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Manipur Board Class 5 English Chapter 8: Hijam Irabot
- Board – Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.
- Class – 5
- Subject – English
- Topic – Exercise Solution / Notes / Question Answer.
Answer the following questions :
(i) Who was the precious child?
Ans Irabot Day was the precious child.
(ii) Where was Hijam Irabot born?
Ans He was born on 30th September 1896 at Pishum Oinam Leikai.
(iii) When was Hijam Irabot born?
Ans He was born on 30th September
(iv) What kind of student was Irabot?
Ans Irabot was a very bright and well-disciplined student. He also took part in many co-curricular activities like singing, acting, sports, debating and recitation.
(v) Name the princess whom Irabot married?
Ans Irabot married the kings Daughter of Manipur named khomsana
(vi) Why did Hijam Irabot put up a protest against a teacher when he was reading in class V?
Ans Hijam Irabot put up a protest against a teacher when he was reading in class V because he saw a teacher in his school beating a child severely and even kicking that child with his boots. So he protested against this injustice.
(vii) What post did the king give to Irabot?
Ans Irabot Was appointed as a sadar Panchayat Court by the king.
(viii) When did Manipur became a part of the Indian Union?
Ans In 1949 Manipur became a part of the Indian Union?
(ix) Why is Irabot called a hero of Manipur ?
Ans Irabot Was a man who always fought against injustice and believed in religious tolerance. When women of Manipur became violent and protested against the scarcity of food, he was the man who also protested against this. For this behaviour he went to jail many times, there also he saw many prisoners were tortured badly there also he protested against this. Irabot always look for justice and social security so he regarded as a hero of Manipur.
(x) Why did the Women of Manipur revolt in 1939 ?
Ans There was a scarcity of food in Manipur because Firstly the yield crop was not good, secondly, the government told business man to sold the crops outside Manipur even rice were exported. Women got angry and they went to every mills to hit it with sticks. To protest against this they went to king to convey this situation of Manipur.
Match the words of Group A with the words of Group B of oppositemeaning.
Group A Group B
justice. injustice
wrong Right
accept. Reject
birth. Death
attack. Defend
imprison. Release
strong. Weak
rich. Poor
leader follower
clever. Foolish
3.) a) Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences using both the formsof the words given in the box in their correct forms.
water struggle colour work smoke
(i) The glass on the table is full of water
(ii) My father water the flowers.
(iii) My father smoke a cigarette every morning.
(iv) smoke from factories makes the surrounding dirty.
(v) The peasants work very hard in the field.
(vi) Every student should do his share of work .
(vii) Gandhi’s struggle. for India’s freedom is still remembered.
(viii) Poor people struggle very hard for survival.
(ix) The rainbow has seven colours.
(x) He colours the picture.
B) Complete the sentences with the Noun forms of the Verbs given in the brackets. Make use of a dictionary.
(i) Democracy is a government (govern) of the people, by thepeople and for the people.
(ii) We should keep ourselves away from ….. (tempt).
(iii) In the past caning was a form of punishment (punish) for naughtyboys.
(iv) The Minister gave a lengthy speaking (speak) in the meeting.
(v) Hijam Irabot’s decided (decide) to leave Manipur was not known to others.
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