Chapter 6 Measure for Measure
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 6 Measure for Measure
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Exercise
Word — Meaning
Patronage - पौरकृत्य (Paurakritya)
Portrait - चित्र (Chitr)
Majestic - शानदार (Shaandaar)
Overwhelm - अधिक प्रà¤ावित करना (Adhik Prabhavit Karna)
Impulse - स्फूर्ति (Sphurti)
Sumptuous - à¤à¤µ्य (Bhavya)
Morsel - टुकड़ा (Tukda)
Courteously - शिष्टà¤ाव से (Shishtabhav Se)
Embarrassment - शर्मिंदगी (Sharmindagi)
Livid - नीला-पीला (Neela-Peela)
Pant - सांस लेना (Saans Lena)
Rasp - चिढ़ाना (Chidhana)
Inept - अकुशल (Akushal)
Error - त्रुटि (Truti)
Read and Learn
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role pleasure bold matter
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Ans (Do Yourself)
Word Power
Replace the underlined words / phrases with correct ones from the text:
Answer:
- When they put the first morsel of food in their mouth, the people began to pant and rasp asking water again and again.
- We dined in sumptuous surroundings.
- Raja Varma drew images of prominent characters of men and women from the Purana’s.
- He played a majestic part in the campaign.
- I phoned him up on the spur of the moment.
- Patronage of the art comes mostly from business and private individuals.
- The king was pleased with the artist when his portrait was ready.
Comprehension
(B) Answer the following questions:
1. Who was invited to the court to draw the portrait of the King?
Ans- Raja Varma, a fine artist was invited to the court to draw the portrait of the King.
2. Why did Raja Varma become – close and dear to the King?
Answer- Raja Varma made very live portraits of the King and prominent characters from the Puranas. So he became close and dear to the King.
3. Why were the people unhappy with the administration of the chief minister?
Answer- Everything in the state was thrown into disorder and chaos because of Raja Varma’s hasty decisions and bad-management. So the people were unhappy.
4. Who wanted Tenali Raman’s help?
Answer- The elders of the town wanted the help of Tenali Raman.
5. Who was given the job of preparing the food in Tenali raman’s house?
Answer- A Very good carpenter given the job of preparing the food in Tenali raman’s house.
6. Did the cook prepare very tasty food ? If not, why?
Answer- No, the cook did not prepare very tasty food because it is not a carpenter’s job to cook.
7. Why did Tenali Raman invite the king, queen and some courtiers to his house ?
Answer- Tenali Raman invited the king, the queen and some courtiers to his house for lunch as: he wanted to execute the plan which he had thought to make the King realise that the artist is not eligible to be a Chief Minister.
8. How did the King realize his mistake?
Answer- When Tenali Raman put a good carpenter to prepare food for the king, then the king realized his mistake.
9. When did Raja Varma resign from his post ?
Answer- When Raja Varma came to know about the awkward incident at Raman’s house, he immediately resigned from his post.
10. Was Raja Varma happy when he was the Chief Minister of the state ? If not, why?
Answer- No, Raja Varma was not happy when he was the Chief Minister of the state because he told Tenali in the end that he was happy to remain an artist.
11. Select the appropriate words and fill in the blanks:
(a) The King invited ………… to the court and asked him to draw his portrait.
(i) Tenali Raman
(ii) One of the courtiers
(iii) Raja Varma
(iv) One of his Ministers.
Answer : (iii) Raja Varma
(b) Tenali Raman did not invite ………..
(i) The king
(ii) The queen
(iii) The courtiers
(iv) Raja Varma.
Answer : (iii) Raja Varma
Let’s Learn
(A) Frame Yes/No questions for the following situations:
Answer:
- Sunita, has Raju ever been to Bhopal ?
- Sunita and Raju, are you going to Mahesh war ?
- Suresh, does Mohan play tennis ?
- Did you enjoy your holiday ?
- Rakesh shall we both go for a walk ?
- Ashok, will you be at the zoo today?
- Is the train on time?
- Sunita, can I borrow your pen ?
- Vijay, do you have a motor bike ?
(B) What would you say in these situations:
You are talking to a boy at a party. Ask him:
(1) Name of his school.
Answer:
What is the name of your school ?
(2) His residence.
Answer:
Where do you live?
(3) His age.
Answer:
How old are you?
(4) When the course finishes.
Answer:
When will your course finish?
(5) What the date is today.
Answer:
What is the date today?
(C) Complete the conversation, put in the negative forms of the following words:
Answer:
1. → doesn’t
2. → didn’t
3.→ weren’t
4. → wasn’t
5. → isn’t
6. → don’t
7. → haven’t.
(D) Change the following sentences into Negative and Interrogative sentence:
Answer:
(1) There is a park in-front of my house.
(2) All birds fly in the sky.
(3) They will help her.
(4) We should keep our promises.
(5) The postman was delivering the letters.
(6) Ashok has written this letter.
(7) Meera is cooking the dinner.
(8) Lightning had struck the house.
(9) He has bought a new car.
(10) The farmer has sown the seeds.
Answer:
(1) Negative – There is not a park in front of my house.
Interrogative – Is there a park in front of my house?
(2) Negative – All birds do not fly in the sky.
Interrogative – Do all birds fly in the sky ?
(3) Negative – They will not help her.
Interrogative – Will they help her ?
(4) Negative – We should not keep our promises.
Interrogative – Should we keep our promises?
(5) Negative – The postman was delivering the letters.
Interrogative – Was the postman delivering the letters ?
(6) Negative – Ashok has not written this letter.
Interrogative – Has Ashok written this letter ?
(7) Negative – Meera is not cooking the dinner.
Interrogative – Is Meera cooking the dinner ?
(8) Negative – Lightning had not struck the house.
Interrogative – Had lightning struck the house?
(9) Negative – “He has not bought a new car.
Interrogative – Has he bought a new car?
(10) Negative.- The farmer has not sown the seeds.
Interrogative – Has the farmer sown the seeds ?
Let’s Talk
(A) Read the flow chart and answer the questions given below:
1. What do you do if there is a fault in the valve ?
Answer:
If there is a fault in the valve, we replace it.
2. What do you do after removing the wheel?
Answer:
After removing the wheel, we remove the tube from the type.
3. How do you check the tube for leakage?
Answer:
We pump air from the pressure machine and put the tube in water to check the leakage.
4. What do you do after you have found the leakage.
Answer:
We mark the place of leakage and take it out.
5. How do you repair the puncture ?
Answer:
We repair the tube with puncture solution and a piece of rubber.
(B) Read the passage given in the text book and answer the questions given below:
1. Who is the father of the Green Revolution of India ?
Answer:
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan.
2. How did Dr. Swaminathan bring the Green Revolution ?
Answer:
He developed seeds of high yielding varieties and brought a revolution in farming 1966.
3. What is the result of the Green Revolution ?
Answer:
Due to this, our country is now self – sufficient in food grain production especially cereals i.e., wheat, rice and maize.
4. What two things give us food grain safety?
Answer:
We have better food grain collection and distribution network that gives us food grain safety.
5. How do we help other countries fight famine ?
Answer:
We are exporting surplus food grains to other countries and meet and their food needs.
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