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.
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tattoo guns and ink |
Part of body? | Forehead, tip of the nose,lower chin, legs, ankle, knee, limbs.
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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
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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
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Example | Meaning |
-ess | lioness, actress
|
Feminine |
-est |
tallest, biggest | Superlative |
-ful
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beautiful, thankful | Quality |
-hood
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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’