Karnataka Class 5 English 1st Language Unit 10 Moving Pictures and Roadways Question Answer
Karnataka Class 5 English 1st Language Unit 10 Prose – Moving Pictures and Poem – Roadways Questions and Answers by Expert Teacher.
Board |
KSEEB |
Class |
Five (5) |
Subject |
English 1st Language |
Chapter |
10 |
Chapter Name |
Moving Pictures and Roadways |
Moving Pictures
Comprehension :
I.) Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each.
1.) What was Stanford’s contention of a galloping horse?
Ans: Stanford’s contention of a galloping horse in 1872, the Californian rail road tycoon and racehorse breeder Stanford had an argument over whether a galloping horse ever has all four hooves off the ground or not.
2.) What was “the truth” that Stanford wanted to capture on a photographic plate?
Ans: “The Truth” was horses sometimes left the ground completely that Stanford wanted to capture on a photographic plate.
3.) Why did Maybridge set up a battery of sixteen cameras parallel to the race track?
Ans: After returning Maybridge set up a battery of sixteen cameras parallel to the race track because as the horse galloped past, its legs tipped the shutters in an order, creating a series of photographs, showing the portion of the horse.
4.) Who helped Stanford to prove himself right?
Ans: Maybridge helped Stanford to prove himself right.
5.) What was the special feature of the lightweight camera?
Ans: The special feature of the lightweight camera was projection systems capable of making movies that could be viewed by an audience.
II.) Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1.)‘‘He had to wait five years for an answer.”
a.) Who does “he” refer to?
Ans: Here “he” refers to Stanford.
b.) What “answer” was he waiting for?
Ans: He was waiting for horses sometimes left the ground completely.
c.) Why had he to wait five years?
Ans: He had to waited five years because Edward Maybridge discovering the truth.
2.) ‘‘They gave the first demonstration of their cinematograph system.”
a.) Who does “they” refer to?
Ans: “They” refers to Lumiere and his son.
b.) When was the first demonstration given?
Ans: The first demonstration was given in March 1895.
c.) What is a cinematograph system?
Ans: A cinematograph system is a light weight camera and projection systems capable of making movies that could be viewed by an audience.
III.) Say whether the following statements are Trueor False.
1.) Stanford was a racehorse jockey. (F)
2.) Experts and artists agreed that hooves of horses always kept some contact with the ground. (T)
3.) The images proved all of them wrong. (T)
4.) Stanford believed that sometimes the hooves of horses don’t have any contact with the ground. (T)
5.) Thomas Edison and his assistant invented the Kinetograph. (T)
I.) Vocabulary
One word substitution (look into the dictionary for help):
1.) Part of the earth where life is found
Ans: Biosphere.
2.) A person with strange habits
Ans: Eccentric.
3.) A book giving information on all branches of knowledge
Ans: Encyclopaedia
4.) A painting, drawing or photograph of a person especially of the head and shoulders
Ans: Portrait.
5.)Skillful in inventing.
Ans: Ingenious.
Poem – 10 Roadways
Comprehension :
I.) Answer the following questions :
1.) What do the words “heaving” and “shining” refer to?
Ans: The words “heaving” and “shining” refers to a road that is wet.
2.) The word “road” means a track for moving. Is the word “road” used to mean this in the poem? What are the other possible meanings of the word?
Ans: In this poem the other possible meanings of the word is to getting something.
3.) Is the poem an expression of the poet’s liking for a journey by sea?
Ans: Yes the poem is an expression of the poet’s liking for a journey by sea.
5.) Why does the poet say the road that leads to shipping, is the right road for him?
Ans: The poet says the road that leads to shipping, is the right road for him because a road without earth’s road-dust is the right road.
7.) How is the poet’s road different from the road of the other men?
Ans: The road of the other men indicates forward their home but the poet’s road indicates to west, east, south and north and where the bronzed sailors go. So the poet’s road is different from the road of the other men.
8.) Why is the wind described as salt sea wind?
Ans: The wind described as salt sea wind because the wind sprays the salt water in the poet’s eyes. So he described the wind as salt sea wind.
9.) Describe the road that the poet would like to take. Example : bronzed sailors go.
Ans: The poet would like to wet road. Wet road calls the poet. The poet wants to add more miles to the tally and in quest of that one beauty that God put for the poet to find.
10.) Why do you think the poet wants to sail all the time?
Ans: The poet wants to sail all the time and says in quest of that one beauty God put for the poet.
11.) Do you think the poet loves travelling? Justify your answer.
Ans: Yes the poet loves travelling. He says wet road calls him and leads to forward. The poet’s purpose is to find in quest of that one beauty that God put for him.
Also See: Previous Lesson No 9 Question and Answer