Chhattisgarh Board Class 9 English Tattoos – A Tribal Heritage Chapter Solution

Chhattisgarh Board Class 9 English Tattoos – A Tribal Heritage Chapter Solution

CG Board Class 9 English Solution for Unit 5 Reading A Chapter Tattoos – A Tribal Heritage all Questions Answer. Tattoos – A Tribal Heritage Class 9 English Solution Chhattisgarh Board.

 

Reading A

Tattoos- A Tribal Heritage

Comprehension

I.) How was tattoing in old days different from the way it has been in the recent times?

Complete the table.

                                                                                                 Tattoing
  Olden times Recent times
Why? to protect the identity of various tribes, revealing a rich and eerie intersection of primitive art and violence. To have fashion statement,
With What? used thorns to cut the skin and soot mixed in animal fat for the dark blue colour.

 

tattoo guns and ink
Part of body? Forehead, tip of the nose,lower chin, legs, ankle, knee, limbs.

 

Body

 II.) Where are these tribes from?

Tribes Country
Ainu Japan
Gond  
Berbers Tamazgha
Maoris New Zealand
Atayal Taiwan

 III.) What is the difference between tattooing and applying Mehendi?

  Tatoo Mehendi
Colour Dark blue color Brown
Parts of body

 

 

Face,wrist, limbs, legs, ankles,lower chin and nose Palm, hands, shoulders, legs
How it is prepared Ink Mehndi leaves
Life Two types-

Temporary

Permanent

Two-three weeks
Pain A lot of pain on the skin No pain

 IV.) Answer the following questions.

1.) Apatani women were beautiful. Pick out the line from the text which conveys this.

Answer:  Apatani women were often abducted by the neighbouring Nishi tribesmen for their beauty, so to make themselves look unattractive, they tattooed their faces and wore huge circular nose plugs- this line gives us the clear idea that the Apatani women were beautiful.

 

2.) Is tattooing still practised in Arunachal Pradesh? Substantiate your answer from the text.

Answer: Yes, tattoo is still practiced in Arunachal Pradesh. The patterns have changed but it still exists.

 

3.) What is tattooing called in your local language? Do you find people tattooing today? How do they get these tattoos?

Answer: Yes, I find many people getting tattooed themselves. It is now considered as a sign of fashion. These people get tattoos get done by local tattoo makers.

 

 4.) What is the name of the book written by Aditya Arya and Vibha Joshi?

Answer: The book written by Aditya Arya and Vibha Joshi is Land of the Nagas.

 

5.) How are modern-day tattoos different from the traditional tattoos?

Answer:  Modern-day tattoos are different in their forms and types from the traditional tattoos. Traditional tattoos used thorns to cut the skin and soot mixed in animal fat for the dark blue colour.While the modern-day tattoos are made by using ink. Traditional tattoos represented strength, courage and virility but modern-day tattoos are associated with fashion.

 

6.) Is tattooing harmful for the body? Write two precautions that need to be taken before getting ourselves tattooed?

Answer: Yes, tattoo is harmful for the body as it causes a lot of pain. If one decides to get tattooed then he/she moisturize the skin and use soap and water to keep the skin clean.

 

7.) “…. unmarried Singpho girls were barred from wearing a tattoo.” Are there any such restrictions (related to ornaments, applying of henna/aalta etc.) in the present society for the unmarried girls. If yes, what are they?

Answer: Yes, there are some people who still put restrictions on the unmarried girls. Wearing toe-rings before is not allowed in some culture . There are many other things in various culture that imposes restrictions on the unmarried girls.

 

Vocabulary

I.) Opposite Words

Pick out from the text the words which mean opposite to the words given below.

Words Opposite
neglect Protect
harmless Harmful
release Abduct
weakness Strength
joy Pain

 

II.) Suffixes and Prefixes

4.) What do you call someone who studies zoology?

Zoologist

 

The suffix in all the above underlined words is  study (Branch of study)

 

I.) Read the suffixes and their examples carefully. Write the change in meaning after adding the suffix.

Suffixes

 

Example Meaning
-ess lioness, actress

 

Feminine
 

-est

tallest, biggest Superlative
-ful

 

 

 

beautiful, thankful Quality
-hood

 

childhood, neighbourhood Stage of life,

Where people live next t each other

 

-ese

Japanese, Chinese Language/ citizen of Japan and China

 

However, ‘ess’ is not always a suffix as you can see from the words given here: ‘congress’, ‘mess’ ‘less’ like ‘prowess’. Give five more words which end in ‘ess’ where ‘ess’ is not a suffix.

 

i.) Access

 

ii.) Recess

 

iii.) Success

 

iv.)  Stress

 

v.) Press

 

Circle the prefixes in the following words:

 

1.) autobiography

 

2.) television

 

3.) semi-circle

 

4.) co-editor

 

5.) tricycle

 

6.) regain,

 

7.) pre-historic,

 

8.) anti-government

 

Now complete the following table with the appropriate prefixes.

Meaning Prefix Meaning Prefix Meaning Prefix
again, back re against Anti Far Tele
More Three Tri self Auto
together Co Before Pre Half Semi

 III.) Read the follwing words carefully and circle the prefixes in them. Also write in the blank column what each prefix meAnswer:  One has been done.

 

Words Meaning
Disappear Lack of
Bicycle Two
anti-naxal Against
Vice Principal Deputy
Ex. Prime Minister Former
incomplete Not
mini-bus Small

IV.) Complete the blanks with words in brackets after adding appropriate suffixes and prefixes.

 

1.) You shouldn’t eat too much fast food. It is unhealthy.(health)

 

2.) He behaves in a very childish manner. (child)

 

3.) The team was able to win the  championship. (champion)

 

4.) He was forced toreconsider his decision to resign. (consider)

 

5.) There were only a handful of people in the audience. (hand)

 

Grammar

 

1.) Pick out from the text 5 sentences used in the passive voice.

1.) His grandmother was forced to get her face tattooed when she was barely eight.

2.) The wounds were allowed to get infected so that the tattoos became larger and clearer.

3.) The married women of the Singpho tribe found both in Assam and Arunachal, were tattooed on both legs…..

4.) KONYAK Tribes are recognized among the Nagas by their Tattoos,……

5.) The traditional patterns may have been replaced by modern motifs,

 

2.) Pick out the agent of the action mentioned in each sentence.

Sentences 1-3 have no agents mentioned

 

Sentences 3 and 4 have agent mentioned-

3.) by their Tattoos,……

4.) by modern motifs

 

II.) Read the newspaper cuttings carefully and suggest appropriate headings and write it on the given space.

A.) Cinema hall got ruined.

 

B.) Attack on the police.

 

C.) Three railway officers suspended.

 

D.) Bravery Award to the’ Brave Children’

Updated: November 2, 2021 — 10:16 pm

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