The Riddle Master Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Board |
Odisha State Board |
Class |
8 |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
Lesson |
04 (The Riddle Master) |
Topic |
Question Answers Solution |
SGP-1
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What are these paragraphs about?
Ans. These paragraphs are about different types of riddles.
2.) Name two stories that Budhu Hadam usually tells his listeners.
Ans. The two stories are ‘The Thieves and the Widow’s Son’ and ‘Seven Brothers and One Sister’.
3.) Why do people call him ‘Riddle Master’?
Ans. Budhu Hadam can solve all types of riddles which is why people call him the ‘Riddle Master’.
4.) If a bridegroom’s party fails to answer a riddle, what do they pay?
Ans. If a bridegroom’s party fails to answer a riddle, they have to pay fine.
5.) Why do people need Budhu Hadam during marriages?
Ans. People need Budhu Hadam during marriages as he could tell many riddles and no one had to pay fine.
6.) Why does not Budhu Hadam call a ‘leopard ‘a leopard?
Ans. Bidhu Hadam did not call a ‘leopard’ a leopard because he thought if one called so the leopard would know and kill the person.
7.) What does he call a leopard?
Ans.He called a leopard a ‘wild cat’ or a ‘hornless bullock’.
8.) What does he call a bear?
Ans. Budhu Hadam called a bear a ‘hairy caterpillar’.
9.) Which line gives you the main idea of the second paragraph?
Ans.The line which tells that Budhu Hadam’s talk is full of riddles gives the main idea of the second paragraph.
10.) What does he mean to say?
Ans. He meant to say so because he was fond of riddles and loved to speak with them.
11.) What does he say when someone is dead?
Ans.When someone was dead, he said that he had gone to herd the alligator.
SGP-2
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What kind of story did the children want to hear from Budhu Hadam?
Ans. The children wanted to hear story from the life of Budhu Hadam.
2.) What is the story about?
Ans. The story was about how Budhu Hadam cheated a money lender.
3.) Why did he run away to the forest?
Ans.He ran to the forest because he did not have any money to pay the money lender.
4.) What did Budhu’s wife say when the money -lender came?
Ans. Budhu’s wife said to the money lender that he has went for backward and forward dance in the forest.
5.) What did the money-lender want to learn from Budhu Hadam?
Ans. The money-lender wanted to learn the backward and forward dance from Budhu Hadam.
6.) He will not take the money -lender if Budhu Hadam taught him the dance and answered three of his riddles.
7.) Why did Budhu Hadam take two witnesses with him?
Ans. Budhu Hadam took two witnesses with him as he did not trust the cruel money lender.
8.) What was backward and forward dance?
Ans.The backward and forward dance was the moving backward and forward towards the fire.
9.) What was the money-lender’s first riddle?
Ans. The money-lender’s first riddle was ‘The raja’s plate which you cannot wash.’
10.) What was his second riddle?
Ans. The second riddle was ‘A bamboo with seven eyes.’
11.) What was third riddle?
Ans. The third riddle was ‘He has a crown but is not a king. He wakes up man but is not watchman’
12.) Did Budhu Hadam answer all the riddles of the money-lender?
Ans. Yes Budhu Hadam answered all the riddles of the money-lender.
SGP-3
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) The previous section was Budhu Hadam and the money -lender, how Budhu Hadam cheated the money -lender. What is this section about?
Ans. This section is about solving the riddle by all the boys who were attentively listening to the story narrated by Budhu Hadam.
2.) What riddle did Budhu Hadam ask the children?
Ans. Budhu Hadam asked the riddle, ‘The bullock that raises its tail when it eats belly -full.’
3.) Was it a difficult riddle?
Ans. Yes, it was little difficult riddle for the boys to solve.
4.) Who was called ‘the little riddle master’?
Ans. A young boy was called ‘the riddle master’.
5.) Name at least 10 tribes of Odisha.
Ans.Bagata,Baiga,Banjara,Bathudi,Bhottada,Bhuniya,Bhumia,Bhumij,Bhunjia,Binjahl,
SESSION -4
COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
a.) MCQ
Fill in the blanks with correct alternatives.
1.) Budhu Hadam was a .
A.) money -lender
B.) wood -cutter
C.) farmer
D.) story -teller
Ans. story teller
2.) Budhu Hadam called a tooth a .
A.) wild cat
B.) hairy caterpillar
C.) white stone
D.) hornless bullock
Ans.white stone
3.) Who has a crown but is not a king?
A.) Cock
B.) Hen
C.) Crow
D.) Peacock
Ans.Cock
4.) A bamboo with seven eyes is the
A.) harmonium
B.) guitar
C.) flute
D.) sitar
Ans. Flute
b.) Match the paragraph with their contents.
SESSION-5
3.) LISTENING:
Your teacher will read aloud the following paragraph. Listen to him/her and fill in the blanks.
So, with two other people as witness I met the money-lender. All of us went to the forest. It was very cold I asked him to take off his warm clothes. Then I gathered some dry leaves and wood to set fire to them. We sat very close to the fire. When it blazed, it was very hot and he moved backward. I also moved backward. When the fire was less hot, he felt cold and moved forward. In this way he went on moving backward and forward.
SESSION-6
5.) VOCABULARY
a.) Match the riddles with the words from the lesson. Write the riddle numbers inside brackets.
Riddles Answers
i.) A hornless bullock ( v ) flute
ii.) White stones (vi ) cock
iii.) Hairy caterpillar ( i) leopard
iv.) Raja’s plate that can’t be washed ( ii) teeth
v.) A bamboo with seven eyes ( iii ) bear
vi.) Who has crown but is not a king (iv ) snake
b.) Match the riddles with their answers.
Riddles Answers
1.) I am one of an endless family, Waves
My brothers and sisters’
Never far behind.
I crash and I swirl.
Grind pebbles, growl
Ans gnaw the bones of the land
Like a great wet dog
2.) Little cow Rani Fire
She sleeps in her stall
Give her little or much
She’ll eat it up all.
Give her water, she will die.
Give her butter, she will fly.
3.) At night the king had cows many,
But in the morning, there was not any.
Stars
4.) I am once in a tea The Letter ‘e’
Twice in coffee
But not in sugar
Who am I?
5.) It is black and white and we read it all over. What is it?
Newspaper
SESSION -7
6 USAGE:
a.) Fill in the gaps in the sentences choosing the right prepositions given in the brackets.
(around, in, like, of)
i.) There is a market place in our village.
ii). His bag is full of peanuts.
iii.) Nobody in my class can speak with Rajat.
iv.) There is a big wall in our school.
v.) Here are two pens in my pocket.
vi.) When Budhu started his story, children satwith him.
vii.) He bought two tins of petrol.
b.) Look at the following sentences taken from the text and frame some questions.
i.) Is he very good at riddles?
Yes, he is
ii.) Are his stories of riddles?
Yes, his stories are full of riddles.
iii.) Does he calls a leopard a leopard ?
No, he will not call a leopard a leopard.
iv.) Did Budhu teach the money lender the backward and forward dance?
Yes, Budhu had already taught the money lender the backward and forward dance.
v.) Is it a food?
No, it is not food.
vi.) Was the small boy sitting silently all the time?
No, the small boy was not sitting silently all the time.
SESSION -8
7.) WRITING
A Write answers to the following questions.
i.) Name two stories that Budhu Hadam usually tells his listeners.
Ans. The two stories are ‘The Thieves and the Widow’s Son’ and ‘Seven Brothers and One Sister’.
ii.) Why do people need him during marriages?
Ans. People need Budhu Hadam during marriages as he could tell many riddles and no one had to pay fine.
iii.) What does he call a leopard and a bear?
Ans. He called a leopard a ‘wild cat’ or a ‘hornless bullock’ and called a bear a ‘hairy caterpillar’.
iv.) Why did he run away to the forest?
Ans. He ran to the forest because he did not have any money to pay the money lender.
v.) What was the first riddle of the money lender?
Ans. The money-lender’s first riddle was ‘The raja’s plate which you cannot wash.’
vi.) What riddle did Budhu Hadam ask the children?
Ans. Budhu Hadam asked the riddle, ‘The bullock that raises its tail when it eats belly -full.’
viii.) Who answered the riddle? What reward did he get?
Ans. A boy who was sitting all the time silently answered the riddle.Budhu Hadam picked up the boy and called him the riddle master.
SESION-9
b.) In 2 Comprehension Activities (b) of this lesson, you have already matched the paragraphs with their themes. Write seven sentences.
i.) Paragraph 1 -Budhu Hadam can tell stories like ‘The thieves and the Widow’s Son’ and ‘The Wicked Jackal’
2.) Paragraph 2- Budhu Hadam’s talk is full of riddles.
3.) Paragraph 3- The children were for Budhu Hadam’s stories.
4.) Paragraph 4- Budhu Hadam cheated the money lender.
5.) Paragraph 5- The money lender was less cruel.
6.) Paragraph 6- Budhu Hadam went with two witnesses.
7.) Paragraph 7- The money lender was disappointed.