Face Masks Fool the Bengal Tigers Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Odisha State Board |
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8 |
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English |
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A New Approach to English |
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Face Masks Fool the Bengal Tigers |
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SGP-1
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What is the 1st paragraph about? Where is the main idea of this paragraph-at the beginning, in the middle or at the end?
Ans.The 1st paragraph is about the Sunderban Delta. The main idea of this paragraph to give an introduction to the readers about the delta. The middle of the paragraph discusses about people who live in villages near the delta. The end of the paragraph is about the extent of the reserve.
2.) What do you understand by ‘delta’?
Ans. The delta is a triangular land created at the mouth of the river before the river enters the sea. It is formed by the deposition of sand, clay and silt carried by the river in its course.
3.) Where is Sunderban? Can you locate it on the map of India?
Ans. The Sunderban is located in the border of Bangladesh where the Ganges falls into the Bay of Bengal. Yes, we can locate the Sunderban on the map.
4.) In which state of India is it located?
Ans. It is located in the state of West Bengal.
5.) It is in the border of Bangladesh.
6.) What do you mean by a mangrove forest?
Ans. A mangrove forest is forest which is filled with tropical mangrove trees that grow at the edge of the river and the trees have roots are above the ground.
7.) What do you mean by a reserve forest?
Ans. Reserve forests are those forests area that are protected by the Government under the law of the constitution.
8.) Can you name the branch of the Ganges which flows inside Bangladesh?
Ans.The name of the branch of the Gangeswhich flows inside Bangladesh is Padma.
9.) Why do people of nearby areas go to mangrove forest?
Ans. People of nearby areas go to mangrove forest because they collect honey and wood and catch fish.
10.) What do you understand by ‘wild honey’? Is there any non -wild kind of honey?
Ans.’Wild honey ‘is a type of which is grown in the natural environment. It is not grown or produced by the humans
11.) Why is it a problem to have a reserve forest for tigers? (You cannot kill them.)
Ans. It is a problem to have a reserve forest for tigers because in a reserve forest one cannot harm or kill the tiger even when it becomes dangerous and starts killing humans.
12.) Since when has this been made into reserve forest for tigers?
Ans. This has been made into reserve forest for tigers since 1973.
13.) How many Royal Bengal tigers live there?
Ans. There are around 500 Royal Bengal tigers in Sunderban Reserve Forest.
14.) Can you guess why ‘Royal’? Why ‘Bengal’?
Ans.The word ‘Royal’ because these tigers are bigger, stronger and more dangerous than other tigers. ‘Bengal’ word is used because these tigers are found in West Bengal.
15.) What is the 2nd paragraph about? Where is the main idea of this paragraph-at the beginning, in the middle or at the end?
Ans.The 2nd paragraph is about the Royal Bengal Tigers and their size and nature. The middle and the end of the paragraph deals with the nature and quality of the Royal Bengal tigers.
16.) What are the three qualities of Royal Bengal tigers?
Ans. The three qualities of Royal Bengal Tigers are that they are bigger, stronger and more dangerous.
17.) What is the fourth quality of the Royal Bengal tigers?
Ans.The fourth quality of the Royal Bengal tigers is that other tigers do not attack people like the Royal Bengal tigers.
18.) What are the problems faced by the people?
Ans.The problems faced by the peopleare that it is very difficult to save fishermen from the Royal Bengal tigers.
19.) ’Sunderban’ is made of two Indian words. Can you guess the two words and their meanings?
Ans. The two words are ‘Sunder’ which is taken from the word ‘Sundari’, the name of the large mangrove trees and ‘bana’ means ‘forest’ or ‘jungle’.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What is the 3rd paragraph about? Where is the main idea of this paragraph-at the beginning, in the middle or at the end?
Ans. The 3rd paragraph about the methods to save people from the attacks of the Royal Bengal tigers. The middle and the end of the paragraph discuss about mask made by the student of the Science Club of Kolkata.
2.) How do tigers attack?
Ans. Tigers attack people from the behind and not from the front side.
3.) Who suggested a way?
Ans. The student of the Science Club of Kolkata suggested a way to save people from the attack.
4.) What way is suggested by the Science Club of Kolkata?
Ans.Theway suggested by the Science Club of Kolkata is to wear a human mask on the backside of a person’s head.
5.) What is the 4th paragraph about? Where is the main idea of this paragraph-at the beginning, in the middle or at the end?
Ans.The 4th paragraph is about the result of wearing the mask. The middle and the end of the paragraph deals the way the mask is used by the people while going inside the forest.
6.) Who made the masks?
Ans.The Indian Forest Service Department made 2500 masks.
7.) For whom the masks were made?
Ans. The masks were made for the 8000 workers who go inside the Sunderban Tiger Reserve to work.
8.) Who were not killed?
Ans. The local people who wear masks were not killed.
9.) Who were killed?
Ans. The people who did not wear the mask when entering the forest were killed.
SESSION -2
2.) COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
a.) MCQ:
Choose the correct options and fill in the blanks.
1.) The Ganges fall into B. the Bay of Bengal .
A.) the Indian Ocean
B.) the Bay of Bengal
C.) the Arabian Sea
D.) the Red Sea
2.) People of nearby place go to type reserve mangrove forest to D. all of the above
A.) catch fishes
B.) collect honey
C.) collect wood
D.) all of the above
3).About 500 tigers live there.
A.) 500
B.) 300
C.) 800
D.) 200
4.) It has been made into a reserve forestsince 1973.
A.) unprotected forest 1967
B.) Reserve Forest, 1973
C.) Forest 1954
D.) Unclassified forest ,1977
5.) Royal Bengal tigers are more dangerous, bigger and stronger.
6.) The Indian Forest Service Department made 2500 masks.
SESSION -3
2.) USAGE:
Look at the following sentence and write three similar sentences using the clues given.
While normal tigers are strong, the Royal Bengal tigers are stronger.
i.) (big)
Ans. While normal tigers are big, the Royal Bengal tigers are bigger.
ii.) (less dangerous)
Ans. While normal tigers are less dangerous, the Royal Bengal tigers are more dangerous.
iii.) (clever)
Ans.While normal tigers are clever, the Royal Bengal tigers are cleverer.
3.) WRITING:
a.) Write answers to the following questions.
i.) What is a delta?
Ans.The delta is a triangular land created at the mouth of the river before the river enters the sea. It is formed by the deposition of sand, clay and silt carried by the river in its course.
ii.) In which state is Sunderban?
Ans. West Bengal
iii.) Why do people of nearby villages go inside the reserve forest?
Ans. People of nearby areas go to mangrove forest because they collect honey and wood and catch fish.
iv.) About how many tigers are there in the forest?
Ans. There are around 500 Royal Bengal tigers in Sunderban Reserve Forest.
v.) How many masks did the Forest Service Department make for its workers?
Ans.The Indian Forest Service Department made 2500 masks.
b.) In 2(b) you have matched the paragraphs with their themes. See the first sentence and write three more similar sentences.
i.) The first paragraph is about Sunderban.
ii.) The second paragraph is about Royal Bengal tigers.
iii.) The third paragraph is about saving the fishermen from the attack of the Royal Bengal Tigers.
iv.) The fourth paragraph is about the Indian Forest Service Department making 2500 masks for 8000 workers and local people following the method to save themselves from the attack.