Bihar Board Class 8 English Chapter 14 She Lived Her Dream all Question and Answers complete Solution by Mrinal Sir and Neha Mam. Here you will get Bihar Board Class 8 English Solution all Chapter.
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Bihar Board Class 8 English Chapter 14 She Lived Her Dream:
Board |
Bihar State Board |
Class |
8 |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
Radiance |
B.) Let’s Comprehend
B.1.) Think and Tell
B.1.1.) Answer the following questions orally:
1.) Why did Kalpana Chawla never return from the space?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla’s spaceship ‘Columbia Shuttle’ broke apart and she died.
2.) What did Kalpana like to do as a child?
Answer: As a child, Kalpana liked to choose flying as a career and draw pictures of air ships.
3.) Who was Jean Pierre Harrison?
Answer: Jean Pierre Harrison was Kalpana’s flying instructor and her husband.
4.) When did Kalpana make her first flight in the space?
Answer: Kalpana made her first flight on 19 November, 1997.
5.) What did Kalpana and her husband like to do?
Answer: Kalpana and her husband loved aerial aerobatics, tiking, back packing and reading.
6.) What made Kalpana an unusual child?
Answer: Kalpana’s love and passion for the skies and space made her an unusual child.
B.2.) Think and Write
B.2.1.) Answer the following questions:
1.) “Many hoped for a miracle” (para 1). What miracle could have happened?
Answer: Had Kalpana been safe in the accident, the miracle could have happened.
The miracle could have happened of Kalpana being somehow safe in the accident. People expected to magic happen.
2.) How was Kalpana different from the other children of her age group?
Answer: While Kalpana’s friends used to play different games, she used to draw pictures of sky, space and different kind of airships. Her school projects were about stars, planets and the outer space.
3.) Which fact of Kalpana’s career shows that she had the qualities of an astronaut ? Pick out the line that conveys this.
Answer: On 19 November, 1997, she made her first flight in an American space shuttle for fifteen days. It took her only 90 minutes to circle the earth! He fact that Kalpana loved drawing pictures of sky, space and different kind of airships in her school days shows that she possessed the qualities of an astronaut.
4.) What was Kalpana’s greatest achievement before she died?
Answer: Kalpana inspired many people to follow their dreams and choose something that would make them stand apart. She worked hard for her dream and achieved it. Her dream to become an astronaut and her efforts to achieve her dreams is something she achieved before she died. She won hearts of many people.
5.) List the activities that show that she loved her country.
Answer: Kalpana’s activities that show that she loved her country are as follows:
1.) Though she accepted American citizenship, she did not forget her home.
2.) Every year she paid for the trip of two talented children from her town to visit NASA.
3.) Kalpana paid for the education of many girls of her country.
6.) List two instances from the lesson when Kalpana managed to win over her parents. What do they show about Kalpana’s character?
Answer: Kalpana’s parents wanted her to get marry and settle down. But she was adamant to choose flying as her career. She became the just aeronautical engineer in 1982 from Punjab Engineering College, against the wish of her father.
Her father wanted her to settle in her own country. But she opposed to his wish and went to U.S. for her post-graduate studies.
The above incidents show that Kalpana was a strong woman with stronger attitude.
C.) Word Study
C.1.) Pick out words/expressions from the text that mean the following and use them in your own sentences to make the meaning clear:
1.) Start living in one place – settle down
2.) fell into pieces – broke apart
3.) convinced – managed
4.) journey by air – flight
5.) every year – annually
1.) I will settle down in Paris.
2.) My laptop broke apart yesterday.
3.) I managed my mother to let me go to the trip.
4.) She had her first flight yesterday.
5.) We conduct surveys annually.
C.2.) In this word puzzle there are live hidden words all connected with space. The words are horizontal or vertical. Encircle the words and write them, in the space provided.
1.) Aviation
2.) Airplane
3.) Plane
4.) Aeronautic
5.) Astronaut
6.) Orbit
D.1.) Use the correct forms of ‘have to’ with the verbs given in brackets to complete the sentences:
1.) Do you have to work late tonight?
2.0 Anwesha has to write a letter to Ananya.
3.) Wehre do you have to do your work?
4.) Anshu has to work hard to pass the exam.
5.) Did you have to wait long for Ashu?
6.) He has to read this chapter before test.
7.) I had to get up early yesterday.
8.) Aslam may have to visit Delhi next week.
D.2.) Tick the correct alternative in each of the following:
1.) Ayesha says she will must/will have to finish her home work by tomorrow.
2.) Anshu’s phone line is engaged, he has to/must be talking to his mother.
3.) My mother told me I will not have to/must not for-get to buy some bread.
4.) Ashu is in a hurry with his work; he must/has to give the report by tomorrow morning.
5.) You must/will have to buy something to get a free gift.
6.) I can’t hear Abhinav any more, he has to be/must be alseep.
7.) Anita’s watch is not working; she must/will have to buy a new one.
8.) The T.V. has been repaired, we must not/don’t have to buy a new one.
9.) You will have to/must stop when the traffic light is red.
10.) You will have to/must work hard if he wants to pass his exam.
D.3.) Find out at least four examples of infinitives used in the lesson.
1.) To get married
2.) To become
3.) To celebrate
4.) To land
D.4.) Fill in the blanks with an infinitive:
1.) I don’t like to agree, but I have to it anyway.
2.) I can’t afford to buy it.
3.) I decided to manage.
4.) I want to study, but I don’t have enough time.
5.) I don’t want to prepare, but I have to do it.
6.) I sometimes forget to plan.
7.) I love to dance.
8.) I need to plan and to prepare every day.
9.) I don’t know how to learn, but I would like to learn.
10.) I would like to try.
D.5.) Fill in the blanks with the passive of the verb in brackets.
1.) Children have to be taught right from the scratch.
2.) He has to be taken to the doctor immediately.
3.) Children need to be given love.
4.) It is important to be given respect by our friends.
5.) Anuj doesn’t want to be seen in that dress.
6.) She is too young to be permitted to drive.
F.) Let’s Write
Read the following table. It gives you some information about the famous astronaut Kalpana Chawala. With the help of the information given in the table, write a brief account of Kalpana Chawala.
Answer: Kalpna Chawla was born in a small town Karnal in Haryana, India. She graduated from Tagore School, Kamal in 1976. She got her Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Colorado in 1988. Then she started working at NASA. She became an astronaut in Johnson space centre in 1995.
Kalpana made her first flight in ‘Columbia Shuttle’ in 2003 in January. This shuttle had broken part on February 2003 during its landing in Florida. This marked the end of an inspiring life of Kalpana. She inspired may people and became the youth’s icon.
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