Class 7 English chapter 20

Exercise C
Ans1Moina wanted to catch a snake because her family ate snakes.
Ans2. The author dragged Moina back because she was trying to catch a large snake. Cobra is poisonous and could have harmed Moina.
Ans3. Sabars eat snakes.
Ans4. Moina didn't want to rest because she had many things to do like bring the Babu's goats home, collect firewood, fetch water and lay the trap for birds.
Ans5. Moina didn't want to thank the Babu for the rice because she fid many jobs for the Babu. So, if he had sent the rice, there was no reason to thank him
Ans6. Moina's mother was lame, her father had gone to Jamshedpur in search of work and her brother collected firewood in the forest. So, Moina had to work to support her family.
Ans7. When she was a child, Moina would tell the village children whatever she had learnt from the author. When she was eighteen, she started teaching at the Samiti School.
Hots Ans1Moina wanted to come and stay with the author because firstly, she liked the author because the author cared for her. Shewas eager to learn and could learn a lot from the author.
Ans2. Yes, the author marvelled at Moina's capacity to ask questions. She loved answering her questions and was happy that a tribal girl was  learning  so many new things so well.
Ans3. The argument was about the school hours. The schoool worked from 9 to 11am. Moina could come to schoool only after 11 as she had to graze the Babu's goats in the morning.She wanted to learn and if there was nobody to teach , how could she learn? So she wanted the school hours to be changed.

Class 7 English chapter 19

vExercise A.
1....respect to the National Anthem.
2....the meaning of patriotism.
3...large, well built man , wearing a white dhoti- kurta and huge turban.
4...Dr Ajit Rai or his son.
5...hospital, Nanaji

Exercise B
1. The father was reading a newspaper and the mother was talking on the phone.
2. The government stopped playing the National Anthem at the end of a film show in cinema halls because people would leave the hall midway laughing and talking.
3. i. You can show respect to your National Anthem or flag.
ii. You can take pride and preserve your language and culture.
iii. You can serve your fellow beings.
4.Akash decided to come back to India and serve his country. The family was not happy with the decision. They wanted him to earn money, settle in America and call them there.
5. Akash immediately packed his bags and left for the village where the epidemic had broken out. He served the people there and saved many lives. He did so because he was a dedicated doctor and couldn't see people dying around him and not do anything.
6. Akash himself fell seriously ill and after fighting with the illness for a month, he passed away.
7. The villagers collected money and built a small hospital in the village. They named the hospital after Akash to pay homage to him.
Hots Ans. Nanaji was warmly welcomef by the villagers because he was the father of Dr. Akash Rai, who had saved many lives during the epidemic. The villagers were grateful for Akash's selfless service.

Class 6 English Chapter 20

Exercise B.
1....the schoool building was bare and quiet.
2...holidays as a punishment for his misdoing.
3......paste board placard on which these words were written:'Take Care of Him. He Bites.'
4....knapsack.
5.....the servants, the butcher, the baker could read his placard.

Exercise C.
Ans1. The school room into which Mr.Mell took David was a forlorn, desolate, long room with three long rows of desks and six of benches. There were silkworms' webs on the desks and scraps of paper littered the dirty floor. There was a small bird in a cage and two white mice ran around the room filled with a strange unwholesome smell of fungus. Ink was splattered all around.

Ans2. When David saw the placard, he got upon a desk apprehensive of a great dog because the worfs on the placard said," Take care of him. He bites."

Ans3. David suffered greatly because he always fancied that somebody was reading the placard on his back.

Ans4. The man with the wooden leg made sure that David's placard was always clearly visible for everyone to read. He didn't let David lean against a tree or a wall but threatened to report him if ever his placard was not clearly displayed.

Ans5. David dreamt of being with his mother or of going to a party at Mr. Peggotty's, or of travelling outside the stagecoach or of dining with his friend, the waiter. In all these circumstances people screamed and stared to see David wearing only his night shirt and the placard.

Ans6. Some good moments of David's life were being with his mother or going to a party at Mr. Peggotty's or travelling outside the stagecoach.
HOTS
Ans1. Yes, the school atmosphere was depressing. Theschool building was quiet and desolate. The desolate, neglected schoool room with two helpless mice and a caged bird made the atmosphere gloomy. The stale-smelling, damp roim made the place unbearable.

Ans2. David was forced to wear the placard on his back and he suffered greatly on this account. He always imagined that someone was reading the placard on his back. The constant fear and humiliation didn't let him sleep peacefully and even in his dreams he imagined people  si be staring at him.

Ans3. We feel sorry for David at the harsh and humiliating punishment which he did not deserve.