Karnataka Class 5 English 1st Language Unit 2 The Nuclear Test & Great Grandmother Question Answer
Karnataka Class 5 English 1st Language Unit 2 Prose – The Nuclear Test and Poem – Great Grandmother Questions and Answers by Expert Teacher.
Board |
KSEEB |
Class |
Five (5) |
Subject |
English 1st Language |
Chapter |
2 |
Chapter Name |
Swami Vivekananda & Great Grandmother |
‘‘The Nuclear Test’’
I.) Choose the most appropriate answer.
1.) Anjali’s father persuaded Dada to come to Pune because
a) Dada was too old to run the farm
b) Anjali’s chachajis were abroad
c) Dada’s children had migrated to cities
d) he wanted to take care of his aged parents
Ans: d) he wanted to take care of his aged parents
2.) Anjali enjoyed meeting her grandparents
a) everyday
b) during holidays
c) during weekends
d) during her visits to their village
Ans: b) during holidays
II.) Say whether the following statements are true or false.
1.) Anjali always disliked sharing her things with others. (T)
2.) Anjali’s mother was a fantastic cook. (F)
3.) Dada and Dadi enjoyed shopping for fun. (T)
4.) Anjali was extremely happy when her grandparents decided to go to Rita’s place. (T)
III.) Pick out the word that best describes
a) Anjali – possessive
b) Dada – caring
c) Dadi- pious
d) Anjali’s father – strict
e) Anjali’s mother- busy
IV.) In the table given below, list out the various ways in which Anjali’s grandparents rendered help.
Grandfather | Grandmother |
Dada helped Anjali with her projects | Dadi bought her a pretty T-shirt. |
He was a big help with the Math syllabus | Dadi cooked much delicious food. |
Dada also got Anjali into the habit of reading the newspaper. |
V.) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.
1.) Why did Anjali’s mother remove all her things from the cupboard?
Ans: Anjali’s mother removed all her things from the cupboard because Anjali’s dada and dadi will come their house. They are going to need some place for keeping their things.
2.) How old was Anjali’s grandfather? Why was it difficult for him to live in the village?
Ans:The old was seventy of Anjali’s grandfather. He had promised he would not leave his beloved land till he dies. Being alone is not possible there. So it was difficult for him to live in village.
Writing.
VI.) Answer the following in a paragraph (six _ eight sentences) each.
2.) Anjali was too eager to have her grandparents back. What does this tell you about Anjali?
Ans: In the beginning the story Anjali was a possessive girl. She always disliked sharing her things with others. So she became furious when she heard that her Dada and Dadi were coming. Anjali could no longer be the same in the end. She felt lonely after her Dada and Dadi left their home. So she was too eager to have her grandparents back.
Vocabulary :
I.) Give one-word substitutes for the following.
1.) One who resides temporarily outside the country.
Ans: expatriate.
2.) One who is only concerned with oneself
Ans: egocentric.
3.) A state of perfect balance
Ans: equilibrium.
4.) One who is a hundred years old
Ans: centenarian.
5.) A person in his sixties.
Ans: sexagenarian
equilibrium egocentric expatriate centenarian sexagenarian
I.) Now form the plurals of the following words.
(i) house- houses
(ii) student- students
(iii) toy- toys
(iv) flower- flowers
(v) knife- knives
(vi) cloth- clothes
(vii) berry- berries
(viii) eye- eyes
(ix) table- tables
(x) piece- pieces
(xi) company- companies
(xii) lorry- lorries.
II.) Identify the errors in the following words and write them correctly.
(i) Buss- Buses
(ii) machineses- Machines
(iii) bullockes- Bullocks
(iv) vehical- Vehicle
(v) photoes- Photos
(vi) halfs- halves
(vii) tomatos- Tomatoes
(viii) potatos- Potatoes
(ix) calfes- Calves
Poem – 2 Great Grandmother
I.) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.
1.) What has happened to the photograph? Why?
Ans: The photograph was yellowing. The photograph was very old and misted over by time.
2.) What expression does the poet read in the eyes of his great grandmother?
Ans: The poet read stern expression in the eyes of his great grandmother.
3.) Describe the poet’s great grandmother as she appears in the photograph.
Ans: The poet’s great grandmother’s photograph was yellowing and very old and misted over by time. It seemed a frank and serious look in the photograph.
4.) Did the poet know her personally? Why? Which line suggests this?
Ans: The poet did not know her personally.
In this poem, the poet said that he never saw her great grandmother.
In the line which suggests these “I never knew her.”
5.) “She looks out at me” – What does this opening line of the poem mean?
Ans: The poet feels that the lady in the picture looking at him.
6.) Pick out the word from the poem which means that the photograph is old?
Ans: ‘Yellowing photograph’ means the photograph is old.
7.) What were the feelings that the poet experienced when he looked at the photograph of his great grandmother?
Ans: The poet looked at the picture and he imagined himself in her, three generations later.
II.) Answer the following questions.
1.) “Yet I recognize myself in her, three generations later”
a.) What does the word ‘‘recognise” mean in this context?
Ans: In this context the word “ recognize” means imagination.
b.) Explain the term “three generations”.
Ans: Grandparents- Parents- Child.
2.) What feelings/thoughts run in the poet’s mind as he looks at the photograph of his great grandmother?
Ans: When the poet looks at the photograph he imagines himself in his grandmother. He thinks that his grandchildren will feel like him too as he feels for his grandmother.
3.) What picture do you get about the great grandmother of the poet?
Ans: We can see the great grandmother of the poet in the yellowing photograph. That was very old picture of the great grandmother. She was looking frank and serious in the picture. Her stern eyes seemed laughter. She had a bun on her hair that was very tight. Grandmother had worn a black dress but no jewelry.