1st PUC English Workbook Answers Passages for Comprehension
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UNIT – B
Reading Comprehension
Shellfish in Oman
1.) Why is Oman‘s fishing industry continuing to expand?
Answer: Oman’s fishing industry plays a significant role in its economy. It continues to expand as research into its marine life grows stronger.
2.) Why was abalone shellfish originally important?
Answer: The abalone shellfish was originally important because it was brought to the surface hoping that the soft tissues contained beautiful pearls.
3.) How is the abalone different from other shellfish?
Answer: The abalone shellfish has only one shell and has a distinctive and much admired flavor which makes it different from other shellfish.
4.) State the three uses of abalone shells.
Answer: The three uses of abalone shells are:-
1.) Light is diffracted by geometrically arranged crystals within the shell, creating a wonderful shine.
2.) The shells of several abalone are used for decorative purposes.
3.) The shells of several abalone are used for making jewellery and buttons.
5.) Mention one of the factors contributing to Oman‘s growing economy.
Answer: Abalone lives in shallow marine waters with rocky bottom conditions. They can only survive successfully in areas where cold, nutritious water rises from the sea bed. The environmental conditions are met at the coast of Dhofar in Oman.
6.) The abalone is fished in Dhofar.
7.) When are abalone harvested?
Answer: Abalone are harvested after the monsoon period, between October and March.
8.) Which part of the year is best suited for harvesting abalone?
Answer: Between October and March is the best suited part of the year for harvesting abalone
9.) Bring out the difference between the life of the young and adult abalone.
Answer: The Young abalone shelter in small groups, holding onto the underside of
medium-sized boulders, whereas the adults live grouped up to a dozen together in rocky cracks.
10.) How are abalone fished under sea?
Answer: Fishermen dive to a depth of ten metres assisted only by a face mask and, perhaps, fins. Groups of up to ten men search the sea bed for abalone encrusted boulders and deftly remove the shells using a knife, before coming up for air. A good diver searches for large adults and will collect up to 600 specimens per day. In order to do this, the diver may have to cover an area of 100 square metres. In this way abalone are fished under sea.
11.) Give the meaning of the phrase ‗multi-million dollar‘ in the context of the passage.
Answer: The phrase ‘multi-million dollar’ is used to indicate the huge amount that plays key role in the economy of the country.
12.) Why does a diver use a knife?
Answer: A diver uses a knife for removing the shells of the fish.
ii.) Good twin, Bad twins
1.) Where did the author come across the first twin myth?
Answer: The author came across the firs twin myth at a local supermarket.
2.) What difference did the mother of the twin sons find between these two and the other children?
Answer: The difference the mother of the twin sons found was that her children were compassionate and thoughtful than the other children.
3.) Why are twins often classified as good and bad?
Answer: Ancient myths and modern movies are full of situations where twins are made to represent polar opposites. This is why twins are often classified as good and bad without actually knowing them.
4.) What advice does the writer give about bad behaviour?
Answer: The writer advises to focus on the disapproval of the bad behavior and not the child.
5.) What trap do some parents fall into?
Answer: Some parents fall into the trap of contrasting their twins’ personality traits and abilities like easy and difficult, pretty and smart.
6.) How do wise parents overcome the twin Myth?
Answer: Wise parents keep these feelings to themselves. When they speak of differences between their twin children, they translate them into positive points, and avoid negative labels.
7.) Why do you think myths in general float around?
Answer: The myths usually come from books, movies and they have certain effect on the minds of the people. People without getting the actual knowledge of it, start believing what is being told or said and this is how myths take the topmost position in the system of our thoughts.
8.) ‗Twins are not up against the human enthusiasm for comparing, contrasting and labelling people‘. Draw conclusions from your reading of the passage.
Answer: Twins are not in the favor of comparing and labeling themselves. They don’t like such practices which can be often seen regarding twins. They believe in individuality and want the people to do the same.
iii. The man who conquered every peak in Europe
1.) How was Baber employed before he began making records?
Answer: Baber was employed as a telecom salesman before he began making records.
2.) Name the problem Baber faced during his attempt.
Answer: Initially Baber faced the problem of financial support, weather and politics. During his attempt he faced the problems like rock falls and avalanches, sidestepped landmines, altitude sickness.
3.) Baber entered the Guinness Book of World records because he has conquered the highest peak in each of the 47 European countries in three years. He broke the record that was previously set for seven years.
4.) What started Baber‘s interest in mountaineering?
Answer: In his teens, Baber was sent on an adventure weekend. After spending an evening with some work colleagues and having conversation about climbing mountains, he got hooked by it and it was there his interest in mountaineering began.
5.) What qualities in Baber made his achievement possible?
Answer: Baber’s sheer determination, luck and love for climbing made possible to achieve his goal.
6.) What does Baber mean by ―I‘d like to lead a normal life, but I‘m on the mountain wagon now‖?
Answer: Baber means that he would love to settle down and have a good life just like others. But right now he is on an adventure of mountaineering wagon which will take him further in his goals.
7.) The word Summit means peak. (sum total, peak, surface)
8.) List some of the European mountain peaks mentioned in the passage.
Answer: 1.) Mt. Elberus in Russia
2.) Mt. Daravica in Kosovo,
3.) Mt. Shkhara in Georgia
4.) Mt Ararat in Turkey
iv.) Plants that Heal
1.) How are foxgloves medicinally helpful?
Answer: The drug digitalis is extracted from the foxgloves and this is used to treat people with heart diseases.
2.) The drug that is extracted from foxgloves is digitalis.
- a) belladonna. b) strychnine.
- c) Nux Vomica. d) digitalis.
3.) What happens if belladonna and strychnine are given in small doses?
Answer: If given in small doses, belladonna are used as sedative and strychnine can increase appetite.
4.) Before man could manufacture drugs, plants were not the only source of medicine. True/False.
Answer: True
5.) What was used as painkillers by the Chinese and the South American Indians?
Answer: The Chinese were using opium, from poppies and the South American Indians chewing cocoa leaves as painkillers.
6.) Which plants produce oils of medicinal value?
Answer: Camphor, Caster beans and cloves produce oils of medicinal value.
7.) Which fungus proves a good antibiotic?
Answer: Penicillium fungus proves a good antibiotic.
8) Match the following.
a) Penicillin – iii) Penicillium fungus
b) Quinine – iv) Cinchona
c) Opium – ii) poppies
9.) Complete the table given below.
Name of the plant | Part of the plant used as medicine | Illness/disease cured |
Foxgloves
|
Leaves | Heart diseases |
Deadly Night Shades | Leaves | Sedative |
Nux Vomica | Fruits | Increases appetite |
Poppies
|
Fruits | Painkiller |
Cocoa
|
Leaves | Painkillers |
Cinchona
|
Bark | Brings down fever |
Camphor, Caster beans and cloves
|
Beans | Ease the illness |
Penicillium fungus
|
Antibiotic |
v.) Jane Goodall
1.) What did Jane‘s mother notice?
Answer: Jane‘s mother noticed that she was spending quite a lot of time in the
shed. She also noticed that food was disappearing from the house especially bread and fruit.
2.) Who was sitting with Jane in the shed?
Answer: A young gorilla was sitting with Jane in the shed.
3.) Where had the gorilla come from?
Answer: The gorilla had escaped from the zoo.
4.) Where had Jane found the gorilla?
Answer: Jane had found the gorilla wandering through the park.
5.) Whom did the mother want Jane to inform about the gorilla?
Answer: The mother wanted Jane to inform the police about the gorilla.
6.) Why weren‘t the police angry with Jane?
Answer: The police knew about the Jane and her animals so the police weren’t angry with Jane.
7.) What did the zoo keeper offer Jane?
Answer: The zoo keeper told Jane that she could visit the zoo and see the gorilla as often as she like and he would send a free pass for her.
8.) The Gorilla belonged to the zoo.
- zoo. b. park. c. police.
9.) Jane‘s mother went to the shed because she wanted to find food.
a.) animals. b. food. c. Jane‘s friends.
10.) Match the actions in column A with the reasons in B.
1.) Jane took food from the house. c. She needed it for the gorilla.
2.) Jane began to spend a lot of time in the shed. e. She had a gorilla there.
3.) Jane‘s mother used to shout at her. b. She tried to bring animals into the house.
4.) The gorilla vanished. a. It was in Jane‘s shed.
5.) Jane phoned the police. d. She had to tell them about the gorilla.
vi.) Flying Saucers
1.) What did Rod always use to laugh at?
Answer: Rod always used to laugh at the idea of flying saucers.
2.) What did Rod hear as he was getting ready to go to bed?
Answer: As Rod was getting ready to go to bed he heard a low humming noise outside, like thousands of bees.
3.) In the field at the end of the garden Rod saw some strange objects.
a.) people. b. humming bees. c. strange objects.
4.) Where could Rod view the mysterious objects clearly from?
Answer: At the end of the garden Rod could view the mysterious objects clearly from.
5.) What was Rod sure of?
Answer: Rod was sure that the men, all wearing space suits were from outer space.
6.) What did Rod imagine about the outer space?
Answer: Rod imagined that the outer space was quiet, peaceful planet, quite unlike the
world he lived in.
7.) How many machines did Rod see moving?
Answer: Rod saw three machines moving.
8.) Why was Rod sad?
Answer: Rod felt sad because the machines were leaving without him.
9.) Where did Rod find himself when he was pushed back?
Answer: When Rod was pushed back he found himself in the field.
10.) Why does Rod feel sad when there is a mention of flying saucers?
Answer: Rod feels sad when there is a mention of flying saucers because he remembers the happy peaceful planet and how he wanted to go there.
vii.) Robert
1.) What was the weather like?
Answer: The weather was cold as it was winter.
2.) Who was in the canoe?
Answer: A boy was in the canoe.
3.) When Robert heard the cry for help, he was still on the bridge.
a) still on the bridge.
b) looking at the river.
c) taking off his jacket.
4.) What did the boy do when Robert caught hold of him?
Answer: When Robert caught hold of him, he (the boy) began to struggle and shout something at him.
5.) The people on the boat left Robert in the water.
- a) laughed at Robert.
- b) did not speak to Robert.
- c) left Robert in the water.
6.) What had the people on the boat been doing?
Answer: The people on the boat had been making/ filming a movie.
7.) Pick out the synonyms from the passage for the following words.
a.) Did not try – Hesitate
b.) Pulling – Dragging
c.) Ruined – Spoilt
8.) Fill in the table with appropriate information given below:
Time of Day | Afternoon |
Time of Year | Winter |
Places | A motorboat, a bridge, a river |
People | Film people, Robert, a boy , |
Events | Robert saved a boy. He spoilt a film. |
ix.) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1.) Kamaladevi is remembered even today because
a.) she was a romantic figure of the freedom struggle.
b). her ideas are still relevant.
c.) she believed in egalitarian politics.
2.) Kamaladevi was a feminist at a time when feminism had already become fashionable. True/ False.
True
3.) Mention the name of any two freedom fighters who initiated her to politics.
Answer: Gopalakrishna Gokhale and Annie Besant are two freedom fighters who initiated her to politics.
4.) Why did Kamaladevi demand for a uniform civil code?
Answer: Kamaladevi demanded for a uniform civil code as a means to promote gender justice.
5.) She considered western system of mass production as a deathblow to traditional crafts.
6.) Match suitable words to the word ‗union‘ and use in sentences of your own.
(labourers, judge, trade, student, food)
a) Laborers’ union – There is a big laborers’ union in Mumbai.
b) Trade Union – Every city has a trade union to protect the rights of the workers.
c) Students’ union – I was the president of Students’ union of university.
7.) Refer to a dictionary and find the meaning of the word ‗deathblow‘.
Answer: The blow that kills (usually mercifully)
8.) Choose a synonym from the passage for the word ‗swadeshi‘.
Answer: Indigenous
9.) Why did Kamaladevi have a deep association with labour unions?
Answer: Kamaladevi’s study on the abject situation of women in the mining industry led to her deep association with labour unions.
viii. Useful Microbes
1.) Name various natural fertilizers.
Answer: The bacteria and fungi act upon the dung of farm animals, straw, vegetable wastes, grass cuttings and other degradable wastes.
2.) Which is the bacterium that lives in the swollen parts of legumes?
Answer: Rhizobium bacterium is the bacterium that lives in the swollen parts of legumes.
3.) The phrase ‗anaerobic conditions‘ in the passage means absence of oxygen.
a) absence of aerobics.
b) absence of oxygen.
c) excess of oxygen.
4.) What is the component used for fermentation?
Answer: Yeast is used for fermentation.
5.) What are nodules?
Answer: The swollen parts of plants such as legumes( beans, peas, soya bean etc) are nodules.
6.) Name any two degradable wastes.
Answer: Vegetable wastes and grass cuttings are two degradable wastes.
7.) How is biogas produced? Why is biogas a valuable fuel?
Answer: Human and animal faeces and leafy waste from crops are broken down by bacteria in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic conditions) to produce methane
(biogas). It is a valuable fuel for cooking and lighting.
8.) Explain the process of nitrogen fixation?
Answer: Different species of the Rhizobium bacterium live in these swellings and convert nitrogen to nitrates.
9.) How is raw sewage, a health hazard turned into a harmless and useful substance?
Answer: Bacteria breakdown raw sewage wastes such as faeces and urine into harmless and even useful substances. These can be used as landfills or to renovate the soil by providing nitrates and phosphates and improving its water retention capacity.
10.) How does the bread or cake turn soft?
Answer: Yeast is added to dough to produce carbon-di-oxide which makes the dough rise. The bread or cake made from the dough becomes soft and fluffy due to the gas.
x.) Yakshagana
1.) In Yakshagana, the one who looks grander than others is the villain.
hero.
villain.
bhagawatha.
2.) All roles in Yakshagana are played by women. (True / False)
False
3.) What system is absent in Yakshagana?
Answer: The caste system is absent in Yakshagana.
4.) What does ‗mohiniattam‘ mentioned in the passage, refer to?
Answer: Mohiniattam is a dance form in Kerala.
5.) What does the word ‗Yaksha‘ literally mean?
Answer: The word Yaksha refers to the song of the Yakshas, or demi-gods.
6.) Besides being an amateur Yakshagana artiste, Govinda Prasad is a doctor.
a) a teacher.
b) a mechanic.
c) a doctor.
7.) In Govinda Prasad‘s view, caste neither benefits nor hinders a person from getting a particular role in Yakshagana.
a) benefits
b) hinders
c) neither benefits nor hinders
8.) What does the word ‗myth‘ mean? Refer to a dictionary and find out.
Answer: A myth is a traditional story accepted as history, serves to explain the world view of a people.
9.) Match the words in column A with their synonyms in B.
1.) Defy – Deny
2.) Typical – Characteristics
3.) Thrive – Develop
4.) Particular – Specific
10) Choose the correct noun form of the verb.
1.) Perform – Performance
2.) Show – Show
3.) Add – Addition
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