Maharashtra Board Class 10 English Solution Chapter 3.5 – Unbeatable Super Mom – Mary Kom
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Unbeatable Super Mom – Mary Kom |
WARMING UP
Q.) The text is about a famous female boxer, Mary Kom, who has brought laurels to our country by winning many national and international boxing championships. Make a list of famous men and women boxers across the world. You can take help of internet or your school library to get this information to complete the table.
Ans.
Name of boxer | Gender | Country |
1. Mary Kom | Female | India |
2. ShakhobidinZoirov | Male | Uzbekistan |
3. Fernando Atzori | Male | Italy |
5. Kim Swang-Sun | Male | South Korea |
6. Holly Holm | Female | United States |
7. GalalYafai | Male | Great Britain |
8. Mohammad Ali | Male | United States |
9. Vijender Singh | Male ; | India |
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Q.) What was Mary Kom’s exceptional achievement?
Ans. Mary Kom, she is an Olympic Indian boxer hailing from the Kom tribe in Manipur. She is a six time World Amateur Boxing Champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the summer 2012 Olympics competing in the flyweight (51 Kg) category and winning the bronze medal.
Q.) What has added to her greatness as a boxing champion?
Ans. Mary Kom is a humble and polite athlete. Her greatness is increased by the way she apologized to the whole nation for not winning the gold for her country.
Q.) How did Kom’s parents make a living?
Ans. Kom came from a poor family. Her parents, MangteTonpaKom and MangteAkhamKom were tenant farmers who worked in Jhum fields.
Q.) What failed to pressurize Mary Kom during the Olympics?
Ans. Kom’s confident attitude failed to pressurize Mary Kom during the Olympics.
Q.) What can help Indian Sportsmen to win more Olympic Medals?
Ans. According to Mary Kom more and more people should take up sports as a full-time career if we want more gold medals. More corporates should come in and sponsor players so that the players don’t have any financial pressure and can just focus on their games.
Q.) How did Mary Kom increase her weight?
Ans. Nutrition has definitely been a neglected area in Indian sports. She had to focus on what to eat. She gained weight by eating the right kind of healthy food rather than bad saturated fats.
Q.) What did OGQ do for Mary Kom?
Ans. OGQ really played an important part in Mary Kom’s success. They helped her out whenever she needed something. They took care of everything, which helped her focus on her boxing and kept her stress-free.
Q.) Is Mary Kom more proud of -being a boxer or a mother?
Ans. Mary Kom loves being a mother. She feels that’s the best thing that has ever happened to her.
ENGLISHWORKSHOP:
1.) Choose the correct alternative and underline it.
(a) What is included in the text?
(i) Story (ii) speech (iii) interview (iv) poem
Ans. Interview
(b) Which State does Mary Kom belong to?
(i) Maharashtra (ii) Tamil Nadu (iii) Kerala (iv) Manipur
Ans. Manipur.
(c) Who inspired Mary Kom and other youngsters in Manipur to choose boxing as a career?
(i) Dingko Singh (ii) Charles Atkinson (iii) MangteTonpaKom (iv) Adams
Ans. Dinko Singh
(d) What does Mary Kom prefer being called?
(i) Super mom (ii) Super boxer (iii) Super woman (iv) Super being
Ans. Super Mom
2.) Go through the text again and find out the name of cities and their importance in Mary Kom’s life. One is given for you:
Ans.a)Kangthei – Mary Kom’s birthplace.
b) Manipur – She hails from this state and her boxing idol Dinko Singh also.
c) Bangkok – City that hosted the Asian games of 1998.
d) United States –US hosted the first AlBA Women’s World Boxing Championshipand she made her first international debut.
- e) West Bengal– She won regional championship in the year 2000.
3.) Go through the text again and complete the following sentences:
i. Mary Kom helped her parents with farm-related chores.
ii. The success of Dingko Singh inspired many, youngsters in Manipur to try boxing and she too thought of giving a try.
iii. Mary Kom made her debut at the first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in the United States
iv. We can get more gold medals if more and more people take up sports as their career.
v. Mary Kom was able to increase her weight by eating the right kind of healthy food rather than bad saturated fats.
vi. Mary Kom is good at cooking and other household work too.
vii. Mary Kom loves to be called a Super Mom.
viii. Mary Komapologised the nation for not winning gold for her country.
ix. Kom’s parents were tenant farmers. Her father was a wrestler in younger age.
x. Kom was the first woman boxer to win a medal in one of the six world championships.
4.) You will find some Acronyms (short forms) in the text. Go to the library or search the internet to find their full forms. Discuss with your partner. One is given for you:
Ans. (a) OGQ – Olympic Gold Quest
(b) IBN – Indian Broadcasting Network
(c) MTV – Music Television
(d) YPA – Yellow Pages Advertising
(e) AIBA – Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (International Boxing Association)
(f) CNN – Cable News Network
5.) Fill in the factfile of Mary Kom:
(a) Full name: Chungneijang Mary Kom
(b) Native of: Mnaipur
(c) Early life and interests: Boxing
(d) Special sports taken up: Boxing
(e) Inspired by: Dinko Singh
(f) Coach: CharlesAtkinson
(g) Early achievements: Victory in the Manipur State Women’s Boxing Championship in the year 2000 and the regional championship in West Bengal.
(h) International achievements: made her international debut at the first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in United States, year 2001,
In the year 2012, appeared in Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 Kg) category and won the bronze medal.
(i) Her passion: Cooking
(j) Future plans: Boxing coaching for Indian Women.
6.) Glance through the text and find the special qualities of Mary Kom. Complete the web by putting different qualities of Mary Kom in the boxes:
Ans. Qualities of Mary Kom–
a) Humble
b) Confident
c) Overlooks the fault of others
d) Ability to work and play under stress
e) Takes the responsibility of her failure and loses.
7.) Answer the following questions in your own words.
(a) What makes the writer call Mary Kom ‘a legend’?
Ans. The incredible achievements that she made in the sphere of sports, and how she apologized to the whole nation for not being able to win the gold for her country, made the writer call her a legend. It’s easier to be a good sportsperson, but it takes a big and great heart to apologize for your failures and mistakes.
(b) What prime quality did Mary Kom display during her first attempt in Olympic Games? What was her bad luck?
Ans. During her first attempt in the Olympic games, Komper formed in a restrained way and took the blame of her losses upon herself, instead of finding fault with others. The unfortunate part was that she was scoring high but the judges were not pressing the buttons, so the dodgy judging was part of the reason for her loss in the semi-finals.
(c) What does Mary Kom suggest for India to win more Olympic Gold Medals?
Ans. She thinks that more and more people should take up sports as a full-time career if we want more gold medals. More corporates should come in and sponsor players so that the players don’t have any financial pressure and can just focus on their games.
9.) Rearrange the facts below in their proper order, as per the text.
(a) Mary Kom made her first appearance at international level.
(b) She sparred with male boxers in Pune.
(c) Mary Kom won the Manipur State’s Women’s Boxing Championship.
(d) She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.
(e) Mary Kom decided to take up boxing.
Ans. (e) Mary Kom decided to take up boxing.
(c) Mary Kom won the Manipur State Women’s Boxing Championship.
(b) She sparred with male boxers in Pune.
(a) Mary Kom made her first appearance at the international level.
(d) She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.
10.) Mary Kom prepared rigorously to win many championships. Read the text again and make a list of various things done by Kom regarding her preparations.
Variety of preparations Diet Focus
Ans. a) Variety of preparations – She went for coaching under Charles Atkinson, and also
sparred with male boxers at Pune.
b) Diet- She only ate healthy food, avoiding all kind of saturated foods.
c) Focus- On her healthy diet and stringent coaching.
11.) Find antonyms of the following words from the text.
(a) Arrogant-Humble
(b) Finally- Initially
(c) Depressed-exhilarated
(d) Disqualify- Qualify
(e) Diffident- Confident
(f) Float- Sink
12.) Underline the subordinate clauses and state their kind:
(a) Enough has been said about this great warrior who conquered the world.
Ans. Subordinate Adjective Clause
(b) The male boxers kindly practiced with me whenever I required them.
Ans. Adverb Clause of Time.
(c) I think that more people should take up sports as a full-time career
Ans. Noun clause.
(d) Do you think nutrition is a neglected area in Indian sports?
Ans. Noun Clause.
(e) That’s the best thing that has happened to me.
Ans. Subordinate Adjective Clause
(f) India managed just 6 medals in 2012 Olympics even though we are a nation of 1.3 billion people.
Ans. Adverb Clause.