Manipur Board Class 8 English Solution Lesson 7 Sanaton and His Road all question and answer. We have given here official published solution pdf page. Students of Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) will find here English Lesson 7 Exercise answers.
(1) Answer the following questions in a sentence each:
(1) How were the dhoti and shirt of Sanaton?
Ans: The dhoti and shirt of Sanaton were snow white.
(2) Why did Sanaton’s wife come out after she had prepared the meal?
Ans: Sanaton’s wife came out to help her husband in lifting the earth filled baskets on his head.
(3) What did Sanaton and his wife feel at the end of their work on the first evening?
Ans: Both Sanaton and his wife felt a strange kind of joy on the first evening.
(4) What was the reaction of the people when they found that the road had been raised for a stretch of about five feet?
Ans: They just winked and smiled at one another, meaning that someone was doing what was not his business.
(5) The neighbours did not allow Sanaton to carry the loads anymore. What did they ask him to do?
Ans: They compelled Sanaton not to carry the loads anymore but to supervise the work done by them.
(6) Why did the people decide to name the road ‘Sanaton Road’?
Ans: The people decided to name the road ‘Sanaton Road’ in honour of the man who had shown to them that self help is the best help.
(7) What did some of the rich men do?
Ans: Some of the rich men donated enough money to buy lorry-loads of pebbles required to cover the surface of the road.
(2) Answer the following questions in about 20-25 words each:
(1) What was the condition of the road when it rained heavily?
Ans: The road was so muddy that life became miserable for everyone who had to walk on it. The level of the road was also so low that mud and slime from the gutters overflowed into it.
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