FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 07 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - UTTANKA’S GURUDAKASHINA

 

Unit -06

UTTANKA’S GURUDAKASHINA

Mrinalini Sarabhai

D. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing:

 Ask or answer these questions, taking turns with your partner, tell him/her why your answer is correct. Quote from the text if necessary. Write down your answers.

1) Who did Uttanka feel indebted to? Why?

Ans: Uttanka felt indebted to master because he never reimbursed even once. Gurudakshina was practiced in the ancient time when any student educated from a master.  

 

2) Uttanka was indebted to the Guru’s wife too.
Ans: Not True.

 

3) The master told Uttanka what he owed to him.
Ans: Not True.

 

4) Uttanka made obeisance to his Guru’s wife before speaking to her.
Ans: True.

 

5) The Guru’s wife answered the boy’s question in the affirmative.
Ans: True.

 

6) What was the Guru’s wife long-cherished wish?

Ans: To wear the ear rings worn by the queen on feast day was the Guru’s wife long-cherished wish.

 

7) “This will be a test of your devotion to me,” said the Guru’s wife.
Ans: True.

 

8) Uttanka felt frightened and hopeless to hear her words.
Ans: True.

 

9) Describe Uttanka’s meeting with the strange man.

Ans:  Uttanka had not gone far, when he saw a huge bull coming towards him. As it drew nearer, he saw a man, so large was seated upon the bull. That man called him and asked to drink liquid. Uttanka refused it but the man said that it would help him on his way.

 

10) Read paragraphs 9 to 14. Think about the character of the king and the queen, Tell your partner your opinion about them.

Ans: The personality of the king is thoughtful, mindful, and furthermore exceptionally friendly. At the point when the boy moved toward the lord and uncovered his undertaking, the ruler smilingly exhorted the boy to move toward the sovereign, that too in new clean garments. This shows the king's empathy for then residents. Similarly, when the boy moved toward the queen, she enthusiastically gave her earrings to satisfy his escort's treasured desire. Likewise, the queen cautioned him to be cautious while conveying the gems. Indeed, even the sovereign partook in preferring the boy's commitment, gives her cordiality.

 

11) Uttanka did something wrong in following the queen’s instructions. What was that? What made him do a thing like that?

Ans: Uttanka did something wrong in following the queen’s instructions: The queen cautioned Uttanka that earrings have for some time been coveted for by the serpent king. So she approached him to be thought about and not to lose the earrings. However, Uttanka on his way was worn out, inclining toward the storage compartment of the tree setting earrings on the ground adjacent to him This was an inappropriate thing done by Uttanka since he was drained, strolling as far as possible he was drained. So his exhaustion caused him to do that.

 

12) Who stole the ear-rings? How?

Ans: The earrings were stolen by the serpent king. As soon as Uttanka kept it on the ground, he sprang to his feet and turned round so as to see a man wearing clothes, going through the forest. Uttanka pursued him as quick as could be expected under the circumstances; however the man abruptly changed into a snake which wriggled into an opening in the ground.

 

13) After that, Uttanka met some people, who were they? How did they help him?

Ans: After that Uttanka met an old man, as he talked there was lightning storm and an incredible thunderclap fell. The entire earth shook yet close to where Uttanka stood was a major gap in the ground. By this Uttanka had the option to enter the opening and wound up in the realm of the snake ruler Furthermore he met two ladies weaving a bit of fabric. They were two ladies weaving the high contrast strings of night and day. Thirdly, he saw a man with a pony. The man was the divine force of fire. Uttanka bowed to the man separately and asked him some help. The man requested that Uttanka blow into the pony. So Uttanka blew and blew and from each hair of the pony's body dashed a fire that shot through each space in the realm of snake lord. It consumed the houses till all the snakes hurried out asking Uttanka to spare their lives and the snake ruler returned ear-rings to Uttanka.

  

14) What did the serpent citizens do? Why?

Ans:The horse's body dashed a fire that shot through each space in the realm of the serpent king. It consumed the houses till all the serpents hurried out. To spare their lives, serpent citizens clamored the ruler to restore the ear-rings.

 

Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the past participle.

Write a Present Participle in one blank.

 a) Give me that torn shirt. I will get it stitched.

b) We were trying to see our flag floating on the peak.

c) They were pushed back by the police.

d) The train had already arrived when we reached the station.

e) They were defeated, but they were not discouraged.

f) Don’t leave any of these questions unanswered.

 

The Prefix

Make three words using each prefix given and write them down. Refer to the dictionary if necessary. Race with your partner to test your dictionary reference skill.

 

a) dis                     i) disapprove                  ii) disagree            iii) dishonest

b) im                     i) impossible                   ii) impure              iii) immortal

c) in                      i) inactive                       ii) incoherent         iii) inaccurate

d) un                     i) unjust                          ii) unhappy           iii) unreal

e) non                   i) nonsense                     ii) nonstop            iii) non-vegetarian

f) mis                    i) misread                       ii) misconception  iii) mislead.