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Chapter-1 Swami Vivekananda
Q-1 Answer the following questions
1. Why is Swami Vivekananda's birthday celebrated as the National Youth Day in India?
2. Where was Vivekananda born ? Write his initial name.
3. Why did Vivekananda initially question on the existence of God? How did his mind change?
4. What changes did Vivekananda feel in himself when he went to the temple and faced the goddess ?
5. What was all about the programme in Chicago that made Swami Vivekananda a world figure?
6. Describe Vivekananda as a prominent nationalist.
Q-2 Complete the following lines.
1. The young monk and his teachings have been an inspiration to many, _____ _
2. Narendranath excelled in his studies as well, ---------------
2. Narendranath excelled in his studies as well, ---------------
3. Although Narendranath's mother was a devout woman and _________ _
4. Ramakrishna gradually won over this argumentative ___________ _
5. Swami Vivekananda spent the next two and a half years in America and ____ _
Chapter-2 Where The Mind is Without Fear
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. What does the poet mean by 'the head is held high'?
2. Explain what the poet means by 'where knowledge is free'?
3. What do you understand by 'clear stream of reason'?
4. What is the 'dead habit' according to the poet?
5. What does the poet mean by 'ever-widening thought and action'?
Chapter-3 The Young Man And The Fortune Teller
Q-1 Answer the following questions
1. Who was Shakti Singh ? What did he want from his countrymen ?
2. What did Shakti Singh notice one day?
3. What did the fortune-teller say to the young man ?
4. What did the young man say when his mother asked him about her medicines ? Could his reply satisfy his mother ?
5. How did the young man react when he heard from Shakti Singh a punishment of three years in prison ?
6. What did Shakti Singh want to make the young man realise ?
Q-2 Write true or false.
1. There is no shortcut to attain success.
2. The fortune-teller had a small cage with a parrot.
3. The young man did not want to work to earn money for the family.
4. Shakti Singh put the young man in the prison.
5. There is no alternative to hard work.
Chapter-7 Green Raw Mangoes
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. Why did Vikas and Varun go into their neighbour's orchard?
2. Why did Varun give his mangoes to Vikas ?
3. What did Vikas's mother make him do ?
4. Do you think the old watchman was a kind person?
5. Why wasn't Vikas afraid of the dark on his way back from the neighbour's garden?
Q-2 Write true or false.
1. Varun was afraid he would get into trouble for picking mangoes from the police officer's house, so he gave all his mangoes to Vikas.
2. Vikas came home all excited, and told her mother that he had brought mangoes for her.
3. Vikas's mother was happy to see so many stolen mangoes with Vikas.
4. Vikas returned all the raw mangoes to the gardener of the orchard.
5. Vikas was feeling very happy, happier than he had felt when his pockets were full of green raw mangoes.
Chapter-8 The Most Valuable Cargo
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. Where were the merchants travelling to and why ?
2. What did they ask the stranger on the ship ? How did the stranger reply to them ?
3. How did the merchants treat the stranger when they could find no cargo that belonged to him?
4. Did the scholar help the merchants to come back?
5. What happened later to the ship and the travellers ?
6. What did the merchants come to realise at the end?
Q-2 Write true or false.
1. The merchants laughed and taunted the stranger about the fact that he had no cargo at all, precious or otherwise.
2. The merchants were travelling with their cargo of silk, gold, gems and spices.
3. The stranger was travelling with the cargo of gold and gems.
4. The merchants were forced to seek the help of the scholar.
5. The merchants finally realised that the scholar was right.
6. The scholar didn't help the merchants return the home country.
Chapter-9 The Story Of Helen Keller
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. Write about Helen Keller's feelings when she couldn't understand the meanings of doll and some other words. How do you think she would have felt when she finally understood what these words meant ?
2. What qualities of young Helen helped her come out of the 'still, dark' world in which she lived?
3. Do you think like Helen Keller or Anne Sullivan you also show real perseverance in your real life story ?
4. Suggest a suitable title for the story.
Q-2 Write true or false for the following.
1. The baby Helen got an idea from her mother's signs and from the excitement of moving to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen.
2. It became little difficult for baby Helen to differentiate between the words mu-g and w-a-t-e-r.
3. When baby Helen played with the doll a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into her hand the word d-o-1-1.
4. Bringing a hat was the indication that Helen was going out into the warm sunshine.
5. Helen did not obey her teacher - Anne Sullivan- many times.
Chapter-10 We Are Friends
Q-1 Answer the following.
1. Why did Shishir feel uneasy when Saif praised the new boy ?
2. Why did Shishir point out the thing in Jack's ear?
3. Shishir stopped going out to play because Saifwas always with Jack. Do you think Saif was not a true friend of Shishir or was it just misunderstanding ?
4. Why didn't Shishir like hearing nice things about Jack?
5. Why did Shishir's mother call Shishir handicapped from inside?
6. What did Shishir's mother suggest Shishir to do to remove this inner handicap?
7. Is jealousy a bad feeling ? In what way is it bad ?
Q-2 Write true or false for each of the following.
1. Shishir called Jack an alien.
2. Shishir liked Jack and wanted to make him friend.
3. Saif was a selfish boy and he forgot Shishir when he found new friend Jack.
4. Shishir was troubled by selfishness and jealousy.
5. Shishir admits before his mother that he was wrong and decides to change himself.
Chapter-11 A Basketball Match
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. Why do you think the Aay Pee Jay Team began to lose once Sujata was out of the game?
2. What did Sujata suggest to the coach to help them win the game? What does this show about Sujata?
3. What did the coach suggest instead? How did it affect the team's morale?
4. How did Anjali show sportsmanship towards the end of the game ?
5. What impression of Anjali and Sujata do you get from the story ?
Q-2 Write true or false.
1. Anjali suggested Sujata that they should change their game strategy to give the opponent team a tough fight for the trophy.
2. Sujata had no faith in Anjali and the team.
3. The coach suggested Anjali that all she needed was faith in her abilities and a true sportsman's spirit to fight on.
4. Ratan International team emerged as winners.
5. Anjali had true sportsperson qualities of a sportsperson.
Chapter-12 Neerja Bhanot
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. When and where was Neerja born ? Where did she study ?
2. Which field did she choose in the initial years of her career ?
3. What was the post ofNeerja when that dreadful incident happened?
4. What did Neerja do first ?
5. How did Neerja sacrifice her life for that good cause?
6. How was Neerja honoured by the Government of India and the Government of America for her noble task ?
Q-2 Complete these lines.
1. Neerja Bhanot completed her high school from
2. Pretty and confident, she
3. She was soon made a
4. The hijackers opened fire after _
Chapter-13 The Bully
Q-1 Answer the following questions.
1. Do you think Jatin was being bullied ? How do you think he felt ?
2. What tricks did Jatin learn in order to handle the bully?
3. What did Kamal do when Jatin stood up to him?
4. Did Jatin feel any change when he stood up to the bully?
5. Was it difficult for Jatin to handle a bully like Kamal?
Chapter-14 Yoga For Good Health
Q-1 Write the benefits of the following asanas.
1. Naukasana :
2. Bhujangasana :
3. Chakrasana :
4. Dhanurasana :