Maharashtra Board Class 8 English Solution Chapter 2.1 – Vocation
Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 8 English Solution Chapter 2.1: Vocation. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 8 get here Vocation full Exercise Solution.
Std | Maharashtra Class 8 |
Subject | English Solution |
Chapter | Vocation |
(1) Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined ones?
(a) deserted,
(b) exposed to heat,
(c) dirties the clothings ,
(d) no particular route,
(e) following imaginary goals,
(f) scolds and corrects,
(i) nobody takes him to task—-
Ans:- Scolds and corrects.
(ii) if he gets baked in the sun—-
Ans:- Exposed to heat.
(iii) chasing the shadows with my lantern—-
Ans:- Following imaginary goals.
(iv) The lane is dark and lonely —-
Ans:- Descried.
(v) he soils his clothes with dust—–
Ans:- Dirties the clothing’s.
(vi) There is no road he must tak—-
Ans:- No particular route.
(2) Read the poem and fill in the table.
Time of the day | Location | Poet’s Activity H | Hawker’s Activities | Gardener’s Activities | Watchman’s Activities |
Morning
|
Lane
|
Going to school
|
Selling bangle by advertising them out loud
|
|
|
Afternoon | Garden | Going home from school |
X
|
Digging the ground soiling the cloth getting in the sun. | |
Night | Lonely and dark street | Going to bed and watching the watch more | Walking up and down street with a lantern in his hand and also keeping a watch |
(3) (a) What could be the age group of the speaker in the poem?
Ans:- The age group of the speaker could probably be ten year who is the young school going boy.
(b) What is the difference between a hawker and a shopkeeper?
Ans:- A shopkeeper sells his goods in a shop. A hawker does not have a permanent place to sell. A hawker is one who sells his goods moving around the streets, and shouted loudly for advertise his goods.
(c) How do parents react when they see children soil their clothes in dust and heat?
Ans:- When parents see their children soil their cloths in dust and heat they scold them, as they feel they have become dirty and germs which make them fall sick.
(d) Why is the street light compared to a one-red-eyed-giant?
Ans:- The child compares the street light to a one red eyed giant because the roads are lonely and street light is very tall and has a single red light at the top, and it stands alone on the street.
(e) What exactly does the speaker in the poem crave for?
Ans:- The speaker in the poem, who is a young school going boy. Craves for complete freedom. Because he wants to lead a carefree life as he do whatever he wants. So he wants freedom from authority.
(4) Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a –
(a) hawker (b) gardener (c) watchman
Ans:- (a) Hawker:- As he can move around freely as per his own wish. And when ever he wanted to go back home at anytime.
(b) Gardener:- As he can dig the ground, soil his clothes get baked in the sun and get wet with no one to scold him.
(c) Watchman:- As the can walk up and down the street freely, with no restrictions.
(5) Pick out lines that contain Alliteration, Simile, Repetition, Onomatopoeia.
Ans:- Alliteration:- (i) I can see through the gate the gardener digging the ground. Repletion of the sound of the letter t and g.
(ii) ‘ Nobody takes him to task. Repetition of the sound of the t.
(iii) There is nothing to Hurry him on.
Simile:- The street light stands like a giant with one red eye.
Repetition:- “Bangles, Crystal Bangles.”
Onomatopoeia:- ‘ When the gong sounds ten’
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