Chhattisgarh Board Class 10 English Sumba’s Adventure Chapter Solution
CG Board Class 10 English Solution for Unit 5 Reading B Chapter Sumba’s Adventure all Questions Answer. Sumba’s Adventure Class 10 English Solution Chhattisgarh Board.
Reading B
Sumba’s Adventure
Comprehension
I) Answer the following questions.
1> What places does Sumba imagine in the poem?
Answer: Luscious forest, golden hills, streams, waterfalls, mountain tops, deep and eerie caves are that are imagined by Sumba in the poem.
2> What creatures does Sumba imagine in the poem?
Answer: The creatures imagined by Sumba are dragons, wolves , bears and spiders.
3> Are Sumba’s adventures real? Or is she just day dreaming? Pick out the
words/ phrases from the poem in support of your answer.
Answer: No, Sumba’s adventures are not real. She is just day dreaming the adventures.
Well…I’ve thought about adventuring
Whilst lying in my bed
I think I’ll stay here snoozing now
And dream of them instead.
The above lines make it clear that she is just daydreaming.
4> Would you like to only dream of an adventure, or experience it in reality?
Answer: I would love to experience an adventure in life. Adventure makes life more exciting and we get to explore new things. It makes one enthusiastic and go beyond the limits.
5> What are the dreadful things that Sumba talks about?
Answer: Danger from the dragons, hungry wolves and bears who would want to eat her, the spiders could string her up for tea, there could be ugly people who would cut and stab her , these are the dreadful things that Sumba talks about.
6> List the qualities necessary for an adventure as suggested in the poem. Which of these qualities, according to you, did Sumba have?
Answer: Fearless, accepting challenges and facing them, enthusiastic ,etc.these are few qualities that makes someone adventurous . Sumba didn’t possess any of these qualities, she is just imaging those things.
II> Read the passage given below and answer the questions.
“If any fences, gates or walls
Should rise in front of me
I’ll hurdle them with such a bound
And see what I can see!”
1> ‘fences, gates and walls’ in these lines refer to challenges
a) opportunities
b) challenges
c) bad luck
2> Sumba plans to ‘hurdle’ them.
‘Hurdle’ here means overcome
a) welcome
b) jump over
c) overcome
3) By ‘and see what I can see’ the author wants to say I will explore as much as I can
a) I will explore as much as I can
b) I will look beyond my wall as far as I can
c) I want to see the road across the wall