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AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 3A The Selfish Giant Part 1 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 3A The Selfish Giant Part 1

8th Class English Chapter 3A The Selfish Giant Part 1 Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the picture given below and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
What do you notice in the picture?
Answer:
I noticed some children playing in the garden. A giant was watching them at their games. A boy was sitting on his knee. Another one sat on his thigh picking the fruits. Someone was climbing up the ladder to reach the giant. Another boy who sat on his foot, was trying to walk on his body. They were all playing with him.

Question 2.
What do you think of the size and sitting posture of the figure which is looking at the children?
Answer:
The children are little ones whereas the giant is a huge one. He is watching the children at their games. He seems to be sad
for some unknown reason.

Question 3.
What is the mood of the children?
Answer:
The children are in playful mood. They are all joyful. The way they play shows us this.

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What are the major characters in the play?
Answer:
The major characters in the play are the giant and the children. The other characters are the Snow and the Frost, the North Wind and the Autumn.

Question 2.
Why do you think children have been named as ‘tali girl,’ ’round boy,’ ‘square girl’, etc.?
Answer:
I think children have been named as ‘tall girl,’ ’round boy,’ ‘square girl’, etc. to make the story funny and to beautify it. The children are easily attracted to the words such as ’tali’, ’round’, ‘square’, etc. when they are used to describe a girl or a boy.

Question 3.
Who are the two giants in the play?
Answer:
The two giants, old Giant and the Giant are one and the same. The ‘old Giant’ is a selfish character whereas ‘the Giant’ is a kind character.

Question 4.
How can you say that The Giant is selfish?
Answer:
The Giant didn’t allow the children to play in his garden. He didn’t want to share his happiness with the children. He wanted to enjoy his garden all alone. Hence I can say that the Giant is selfish.

The Selfish Giant Part 1 Summary in English

Once there was an old Giant. He was very selfish. He had a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. The grass stood beautiful flowers like stars and there were twelve peach trees in the garden. Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. The Giant had been to visit his friend the Cornish og and came back after seven years. When the Giant came back, he saw the children playing in the garden. The selfish Giant told the children that they couldn’t play in his garden. He built a high wall all round and put up a notice-board: “TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.” Now, the children couldn’t play anywhere. They tried to play on the road, but it was very dirty and lots of hard stones were there on the road. When a boy told that the Giant was selfish, the Giant opened a door in the wall and told again that he would not allow anybody to play in his garden. When the children heard his voice, they scattered. Then the spring came, and there were little blossoms and little birds all over the country. But it was still winter in the Giant’s garden. In his garden the birds did not come to sing, and the trees forgot to blossom. The North Wind, the Hail, the Frost and the Snow were dancing about through the trees in the garden.

The Selfish Giant Part 1 Glossary

peach trees (n): trees bearing round fruit with soft red and yellow skin.

spring time (n): the season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow

delicate blossoms (n.phr): tender flowers

castle (n): large, strong building with strong and thick walls

trespassers (n): persons who go into land without permission

whispering (v): speaking quietly

scatter (v): disperse, spread over

cloak (n): a type of coat that has no sleeves

wrapped (v): covered or dressed

rejoiced (v): expressed great happiness

chimney-pot (n): a short, wide pipe placed on top of a chimney

delightful (adj): very pleasant, charming

bore (v): produced (fruits)

autumn (n): the season of the year between summer and winter when leaves change colour

pleased (v): felt happy about something

hail (n): small balls of ice that fall like rain

rattled (v): made a series of short loud sounds when hitting against some thing hard.

frost (n): the thin white layer of ice

snow (n): small soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather

 

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 5A Bonsai Life Part 1 Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A Bonsai Life Part 1

8th Class English Chapter 5A Bonsai Life Part 1 Textbook Questions and Answers

Observe the pictures and discuss the questions that follow.

Question 1.
Who are these people? What do you know about them?
Answer:
In the first picture we see Sarojini Naidu. She is also known as The Nightingale of India’. She was a poet and an Indian independence activist. In the second picture we see Mother Teresa. She was an ethnic Albanian, Indian Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity and served the needy. In the third picture we see Sunita Williams. She is an American astronaut. Her parental ancestry originates in Gujarat in India. In the fourth picture we see Saina Nehwal. She is an Indian badminton player who attained a career best ranking of 2 in December 2010. The fifth is the picture of Bharatha Das, Inspector of General of Crime Branch, Kerala, the first IG of Police of the Kerala Armed Police Battalions. In the sixth picture we see a village woman and in the last picture we see a city woman.

Question 2.
‘Education leads to empowerment of women? Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons.
Answer:
Yes, I agree with the statement. Women education plays a key role in the social and economic development of the country. Educating a woman uplifts her life as well as the quality of her life
and her entire family. It is a fact that any educated woman will definitely support the education of her children especially a girl child and provide a better guidance to her children. An educated woman will easily imbibe an independent and progressive outlook in her children. More importantly, an educated woman in a society like India will assist in reducing the infant mortality rate and control the blossoming of the population. Hence we can say, education leads to empowerment of women.

Comprehension

I. Tick (✓) the statements that are true.

1. The narrator receives letters very frequently. [ ✓ ]
2. The letter brought the news of the narrator’s sister and brother-in-law’s arrival. [ ✓ ]
3. The narrator’s husband was very happy to hear the news of the visitors. [ ✓ ]
4. Akkayya was not interested to continue her studies. [ ]
5. The narrator’s husband likes the traditional food of Andhra Pradesh. [ ✓ ]

II. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
“The moment I see letters can’t …….. contain my excitement” Why does the narrator get excited?
Answer:
When the narrator gets the letters and reads them she thinks that it is almost as if she is face to face with her near and dear ones and they are speaking affectionately to her. When she reads the letters the exhaustion of office work disappears and her heart grows light. The sight of letters gives her the energy and enthusiasm and then she discharges her household duties very effectively. So, the narrator gets excited whenever she receives letters.

Question 2.
What change did the narrator observe in her father’s attitude towards education over a decade?
Answer:
The narrator’s father felt in the beginning that education for girls was of no use. Those were the days when people thought it was enough if a girl was able to keep the washerman’s accounts. So, Nannagaru did not let Akkayya study after class Five. A decade later, when Ammalu was born, there was not much debate as to whether a girl should have education or not. Ammalu was lucky that her father changed with the times. He didn’t even hesitate to send her to college.

Question 3.
Why was Akkayya determined to send her daughter to college?
Answer:
Akkayya knew very well how she had suffered as she was not educated and not an employee. She didn’t have financial independence. She had to depend on her husband even for a few paise worth of karivepaku. She didn’t like to keep a girl at home without educating her. She thought that a woman would come to nothing if she didn’t have a degree and she would have to live under her husband’s thumb, like a scorpion under a slipper without it. So, she determined to send her daughter to college.

Bonsai Life Part 1 Summary in English

‘Bonsai Life’ by Abburi Chayadevi is a plea for educating women, thereby freeing them from their ‘Bonsai Life’. Ammalu is a wel! educated woman who works in Delhi. Her sister, on the other hand, is not educated as Ammalu. Their father did not let Akkayya study after class Five. He felt that it was enough if a girl was able to keep the washerman’s accounts. But Ammalu was lucky that her father changed with the times and allowed her to send her to college. Ammalu completed her education and married a job holder. Later she took up one well. Because Akkayya was not educated, she was married to a man from the village. Akkayya’s husband chose agriculture as his profession and settled down in the village to cultivate his land.
Ammalu is lazy about writing letters and loves to receive one from some place or the other, every day. She gets excited when she receives one. One day she received an unexpected letter from her Akkayya. Akkayya didn’t usually write a letter. So Ammalu thought that there might be a reason. She opened the letter and started reading. Akkayya wrote that she and her husband (Baavagaru) were visiting them soon as they wished to visit Kasi and Haridwar. Both Ammaiu and her husband were excited to know about their visit. For the first time Akkayya and Baavagaru were visiting their home since their marriage. Akkayya brought cucumber, drumsticks, appadams, vadiyams and coconuts which were all liked by Ammalu’s husband very much. As Ammalu was always busy with her work, she usually could not find time to prepare the things such as appadams, vadiyams etc. When she expressed the same, her Akkayya consoled her that she didn’t know how she was able to manage work at home and in the office. Ammalu was very unhappy with her job. Sometimes, she felt like giving it up. But Akkayya’s thoughts were different. She felt that a job holder didn’t have to beg anyone for anything and Ammalu was able to lead a dignified life because of her job only. Akkayya yearned for the financial independence of a working woman whereas Ammalu longed for happy life of a house wife. Akkayya’s daughter was in her final year at school. She was determined to send her to college. She felt if a woman didn’t have a degree, she would come to nothing.

Bonsai Life Part 1 Glossary

exhaustion (n): extreme tiredness

vanish (v): disappear

mutter (v): complain about something privately

savour (n): enjoy eating

sumptuous (adj): grand

dignified (adj): deserving respect

elated (adj): very happy, excited

wretched (adj): very unhappy, miserable

uphill (adj): difficult

enthusiasm (n): a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something

sip (n): a very small amount of a drink that one takes into one’s mouth

apprehensive (adj): worried or frightened that something unpleasant may happen

avoided (v): prevented from happening

hesitate (v): to slow to speak or act because one feels uncertain or nervous

accustomed (u): familiar with something and accepting it as normal or usual

consoled (v): gave comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy the grass is greener

on the otherside (idiom): It is said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think that other people have a better situation than they have

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4C Maestro with a Mission Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 4C Maestro with a Mission

8th Class English Chapter 4C Maestro with a Mission Textbook Questions and Answers

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Vempati Chinna Satyam left his house on a purpose. Do you think he was successful at the end?
Answer:
Yes, Vempati China Satyam was successful at the end. He wanted to elevate the status of Kuchipudi he had learnt from his great gurus. He decided to dedicate his life for the enrichment of that art form. So, he left his house for Madras. He carved a niche in Telugu film industry as a Kuchipudi dance director. He established Kuchipudi Art Academy in 1963 in Madras. He composed and choreographed as many as 180 solo items and 15 dance dramas. All his disciples were distinguished ones such as Shanta Rao, Yamini Krishna Murthy, Vfyjayanthimala Bali, Hema Malini, Manju Bhargavi, Shoba Naidu, Bala Kondala Rao and Daggubati Purandheshwari. He was conferred many awards. All the Telugu speakers identify themselves with ‘Kuchipudi’. The rest of the world looks at Kuchipudi and Dr. Vempati’s stupendous work with reverent eyes. Thus, Dr. Vempati was successful when he elevated the status of Kuchipudi.

Question 2.
When the stationmaster asked Satyam “Where are you going, dear?,” he kept silent.
Now choose one of the options that is not the reason for the silence.
a. He was determined to achieve something. [  ]
b. He was determined and confident about his destiny. [  ]
c. He was not determined or confident about his destiny. [  ]
Answer:
c. He was not determined or confident about his destiny. [ ✓ ]

Question 3.
If the eighteen year old lad hadn’t left his village, Kuchipudi would not have gained this popularity. Do you agree/disagree? Why?
Answer:
Yes, I agree with this statement. Kuchipudi originated in the village of Kuchipudi and was performed at temples at the time of annual festivals and in streets on the demand of the people. Only the males perform this art in those days. Though great gurus like Vedantam Lakshminarayana, Chinta Krishna Murthy enriched and transformed it completely, it was not much popular. It was not recognized on a par with other classical dances. The eighteen year old lad wanted to elevate the status of Kuchipudi, left his village and finally succeeded. So, if he hadn’t left his village, Kuchipudi wouldn’t have gained this popularity.

Question 4.
Is it appropriate to call him Dr. Vempati? Do you agree? Why (not)?
Answer:
Yes, it is appropriate to call him Dr. Vempati. Kuchipudi gained the popularity because of him only. He had been passionate about Kuchipudi since his childhood. Though he was not a good performer of Kuchipudi in the early stages, he didn’t lose hopes. He learnt the difficult aspects of Kuchipudi style from Tadepalli Peraiah Sastry and Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry. They inspired him very much. Later he did so much to the development and emergence of Kuchipudi to a full-fledged dance form. So it was appropriate to call him Dr. Vempati.

Writing

Based on the details of the famous singer, S.P. Bala Subrahmanyam given below, write a biographical sketch of him.

Full name: Sirpathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam
Date of Birth: 4th June 1946
Place of Birth: Konetammapeta, Nellore District
State: Andhra Pradesh
Educational qualifications: Engineering
Entry into film field: 1966
First Film : Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna
Entry into Bollywood: in 1980
Total number of songs sung: About 40.000
Other credits: Noted dubbing artist.
Actor: Acted in a number of Telugu films
TV programmes: Leading many TV programmes.
Awards:

1. National Film Award for best male playback singer — 6 times
2. Nandi Awards from Government of Andhra Pradesh — 25 times
3. State Award from Tamil Nadu
4. State Award from Karnataka
5. Padma Shri Award
6. Padma Bhushan

Answer:
Mr. S.R Bala Subrahmanyam is a famous singer. His full name is Sripathi Panditaradhyala Bala Subrahmanyam. He was born on 4th June, 1946 at Konetammapeta, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. He was a graduate in engineering. His entry into film field was made in 1966. He sang for the film Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna for the first time in his life. He entered Bollywood in 1980. He has sung about 40,000 songs in all the languages till now. He is also a noted dubbing artist. He acted in a number of Telugu films. He has already led a number of TV programmes and is leading many of them now. He was rightly conferred the ‘Padma Bhushan’ and ‘Padma Shri’ Awards by our government. He was given ‘Nation Film Award’ for best male play back singer for six times. He received ‘Nandi Awards’ from government of Andhra Pradesh for 25 times. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka honoured him with ‘State Awards’.

Listening

I. Listen to the news bulletin read by your teacher and answer the following questions.

The News

This is All India Radio, giving you the news. The headlines. The Government of AP all set to declare a new art & cultural policy. A new cultural programme to be launched to show the Government’s commitment to cultural development of the state. Exhibitions and other activities to mark the new programme.
The news in detail…

The Government of AP is all set to declare a new art and cultural policy. The policy is expected to stress the development of arts and crafts of the state. The Chief Minister is expected to announce the policy today at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad.

As per the Government sources, a drive under this programme will benefit the artists of Kuchipudi, Burrakatha, Oggukatha and Harikatha. Puppet shows would be made compulsory in all the Government organized programmes, they said.

According to the Handicrafts Minister, 51 new cultural centres would be started to boost the sales of Nirmal, Etikoppaka and Kondapalli toys. He also stated that handloom weaving would be given due importance. Dharmavaram, Pochampalli, Venkatagiri, Mangalagiri, Ponduru weavers would get interest free loans.
The headlines once again. The Government of AP all set to declare a new cultural policy. That’s the end of this news bulletin.

Have a good day!

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What are the highlights of the news bulletin?
Answer:
The highlights of the news bulletin are:

1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh all set to declare a new art and cultural policy.
2. Exhibitions and other activities will be conducted to mark the new programme.
3. The artists of Kuchipudi, Burrakatha, Oggu katha and Hari katha will be benefited.
4. New cultural centres would be started to boost the sales of Nirmal, Etikoppa and Kondapalli toys.
5. Dharmavaram, Pochampalli, Venkatagiri, Mangalagiri, Ponduru weavers would get interest free loans.

Question 2.
Where is the art and culture polity programme going to be announced? Who is going to be benefited from this policy?
Answer:
The art and culture policy programme is going to be announced at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad. The artists of Kuchipudi, Burrakatha, Oggu katha and Hari katha are going to be benefited from this policy.

Question 3.
How will the weavers be benefited from this polity?
Answer:
Dharmavaram, Pochampalli, Venkatagiri, Mangalagiri, Ponduru weavers would get interest free loans.

Study Skills

I. India is a land of culture and tradition. One aspect of culture is dance. India has six major types of dances: Bharathanatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Odissi and Manipuri.
The information can be transformed into a tree diagram.

Here is some information about musical instruments in India:
In India, we have some musical instruments. The shehanai is an Indian wind instrument. This is played during auspicious functions. The harmonium is a wind instrument, having its roots in Europe. The sitar is one of the prime musical instruments of Indian music. It is a stringed instrument. The tampura is another stringed instrument. Among the stringed instruments, the veena is the most ancient stringed instrument. The tabla is a percussion instrument. The flute/bansuri is a wind instrument. The violin is a stringed instrument played with a bow.
Now, convert the above information Into a tree diagram.

Project work

Identify a performing artist like a singer, a dancer or any other artist in your village or town. He/She might not be a famous person. Go to him/her. Collect the details about him/her.
You can take the help of the following questions for interviewing.

1. Who are your parents?
2. What is your place of birth?
3. Who taught you this art?
4. Are there any specific reasons for taking up this art?
5. Does the community around you support you?
6. Does this art make you financially independent?
7. Would you give any message to the student community?

Fill the following table based on the information you have collected.

Prepare a brief profile and exhibit it in your classroom.
Answer:

Yesterday, I met M. Sekhar, one of the popular singers in our village. His parents are Chaya Devi and Prakash. He was born at Nuziveedu, his grandparents’ place. He has a passion for singing since his childhood. He wanted to become a play back singer in film industry. After completion of his SSC, he left his village for Hyderabad. He learnt the music from M. Rama Rao, a great guru. The community around him gave him much support in the process of becoming a singer. He got chances to sing in two or three Telugu films. He is a regular singer in all kinds of festive occasions. Now, he is leading a middle-class life. His message to all of us is that we should show determination and dedication in the process of achieving our goal.

Writing an e-mail

Electronic mail, commonly referred to as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients.
In order to send or receive e-mail messages, you need to create an account to access the service. You must need an internet connection for this purpose.
The messages you receive is stored in the mailbox created for your account. You can re-read the message anytime, delete it if you want to or even forward it to others.

• The address of the recipient is to be typed in the ‘to’ text field.
• The subject, if any, of the message is typed in the ‘subject’ field.
• The ‘message’ is to be typed in the message field.
• If you want to attach any files you can attach to the ‘attachment’ field.
• Click on the ‘send’ in order to send the message.

Messages sent by e-mail normally reach a recipient’s account within seconds. Through mails you can send pictures, documents in addition to messages.
You can send anything to anywhere in the world.

Maestro with a Mission Summary in English

Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam was born to Venkata Chalamaiah and Varalakshmi on 15th, October 1929. He was survived by his wife Swarajya Lakshmi, two sons and three daughters. He faced many hardships in his childhood. He had a strong desire to learn Kuchipudi. Though his teacher ridiculed him, he didn’t lose his interest in Kuchipudi. His passionate dream was to elevate the status of an art form he had learnt from his great gurus. He decided to dedicate his life for the enrichment of that art form. So, he left his house for Madras when he was eighteen. He walked all the way to Madras. On his long way, he fed himself on plantains and water.

The Kuchipudi dance form originated in the village of Kuchipudi. The art was performed at temples at the time of annual festivals and in streets for a long time. Though it was transformed by great gurus like Vedantam Lakshminarayana, Chinta Krishna Murthy, it was not much popular. It was not recognised on a par with other classical dances. Dr. Vempati learnt the difficult aspects of Kuchipudi style from Tadepalli Peraiah Sastry and Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry. He wanted to popularize Kuchipudi all over the world. He gained reputation as a dance director in Telugu film industry by composing the dance sequences in the films “Narthanasala”, “Devadasu” and “Pandava Vanavasam”. He established Kuchipudi Art Academy in 1963 in Madras. Dr. Vempati composed and choreographed as many as 180 solo items and 15 dance dramas. The distinguished performers Shanta Rao, Yamini Krishna Murthy, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Hema Malini, Manju Bhargavi, Shobha Naidu, Bala Kondala Rao and Daggubati Purandheshwari were all Dr. Vempati’s disciples.

Dr. Vempati was conferred ‘Padma Bhushan’ by the government of India. Andhra University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1980 and Sri Venkateswara University honoured him with D. Litt. in 1983. The mayor of Miami, USA presented him ‘Golden Key’ in 1981. He was presented ‘Raja-Lakshmi’ award. The TTD made him the ‘Asthana Natyacharya’ in 1976. He led an illustrious life of 83 years and passed away on 29th July 2012. The rest of the world looks at Kuchipudi and Dr. Vempati’s stupendous work with respectful eyes. He is rightly called “Maestro with a Mission” as he remains the source of inspiration for the people who work for Kuchipudi. He remains at the centre stage of Kuchipudi’s surge as a classical dance form in Modem India.

Maestro with a Mission Glossary

passion (n): strong feeling

choreography (n): art of arranging steps for a dance

ardent (adj): serious

oblivion (n): state of being unnoticed

carve a niche (idm): build reputation

reverent (adj): filled with honour

nuance (n): subtle difference

connoisseur (n): judge of an art

coveted (adj): liked by everyone to have

stupendous (adj): amazingly large

elevate (v): to give something a higher position

transform (v): to change the form of something

humiliated (v): made somebody feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people

ridiculed (v): made somebody look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

rudimentary (adj): dealing with only the most basic matters or ideas

lofty (adj): deserving praise because of its high quality

nostalgic (adj): feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection

laurels (n): honour and praise given to somebody because of something that they have achieved

lay-person (n): a person who doesn’t have expert knowledge of a particular subject

distinguished (adj): very successful and admired by other people

conferred (v): gave somebody an award

reverent (adj): showing great respect and admiration

illustrious (adj): very famous and much admired, especially because of what one has achieved

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4B The Earthen Goblet Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 4B The Earthen Goblet

8th Class English Chapter 4B The Earthen Goblet Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Who is ‘I’ in the poem? Who is the speaker in the first stanza?
Answer:
‘I’ in the poem is the earthen goblet. The speaker in the first stanza is the poet.

Question 2.
What does the phrase ‘fragrant friendship’ convey about the goblet’s relationship with the flower?
Answer:
The goblet told that it had fragrant friendship with the flower. Before the goblet was given its shape, it was in the form of natural clay. The flower plant sent its roots deep into clay and blossomed a little flower. The clay was attracted to the scent of the flower and made friends with it. Thus the phrase ‘fragrant friendship’ conveys about the goblet’s relationship with the flower.

Question 3.
The poem has the expression ‘burned so warm’. Does the poet have tender feelings towards the goblet or the earth? What is your opinion?
Answer:
The poet has tender feelings towards the goblet. The earth is very happy in its natural state. One need not show any tender feelings towards the earth. But, when the earth is given the shape of a goblet, it has to be burnt very warm. It causes the goblet a deep distress. Hence, the poet has tender feelings towards the goblet.

Question 4.
The goblet has certain feelings towards its present life and past life. Which life does it like? Why?
Answer:
The goblet likes its past life as it was full of life in its natural form. In its past life, the goblet was in the form of unshapely earth. It had a fragrant friendship of a little flower. The earth was very happy to have its root deep in it. Just one flower was flaming through its breast. The goblet thinks that its present form is nothing but a death.

Question 5.
What common things do you notice between the expression ‘living breath’ of me and ‘natural stage’?
Answer:
Both the expressions ‘living breath’ and ‘natural stage’ have the sense of ‘life’. The earth is full of life in its ‘natural stage’. The earth is very happy in its ‘natural stage’ when it has a fragrant friendship with a little flower. When the earth is given the shape of the goblet, it thinks that it loses its life and the potter draws out its ‘living breath’.

Literary devices

The devices which can be used to recognize or identify the literary text are called literary devices. Literary devices are useful to interpret or analyse the literary texts.

Tone: The implied attitude towards the subject of the poem. Is it hopeful, pessimistic, dreary, worried? A poet conveys tone by combining all of the elements listed above to create a precise impression on the reader.

Genre: A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).

Satire: A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness.

Point of View – pertains to who tells the story and how it is told. The point of view of a story can sometimes indirectly establish the author’s intentions.

Metaphor vs Simile: A metaphor is direct relationship where one thing is another (e.g. “Juliet is the sun”). A simile, on the other hand, is indirect and usually only likened to be similar to something else.
Similes usually use “like” or “as” (e.g. “Your eyes are like the ocean”).

The Earthen Goblet Summary in English

In this poem the poet conversed with the earthen goblet. The poet tried to bring out the misery that had been faced by the goblet in the process of becoming a goblet. The goblet was red in colour from its top to bottom. The poet expressed his sympathy for the goblet. He asked the goblet how it felt when he was being turned round and round up on the potter’s wheel before the potter made it. The goblet felt a conscious impulse in its clay to break away from the potter’s hand. It burnt so warm that it suffered very much to get into its present form. The goblet became a prisoner on the potter’s wheel and was shaped into his dark red coloured goblet-sleep. It thought that the time when it was on the wheel was most deadly. The goblet had the fragrant friendship of a little flower whose root was buried deep in its heart when it was in the form of clay. The potter drew out the living breath of the clay and gave it the shape of deadly goblet. The goblet thought that its past unshapely natural stage (the clay) was best with just one flower flaming through its breast. The goblet didn’t like its present shape.

The Earthen Goblet Glossary

twirl (v): turn something round and round

fatal (adj): causing death

captive (n): prisoner

goblet (n): a cup

heel (n): the back part of the foot below the ankle

impulse (n): a sudden strong wish or need to do something without stopping to think

about the results cast (v): to shape

crimson (ad)): dark red in colour

fragrant (ad)): having a pleasant smell

bosom (n): chest

 

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 4A The Story of Ikat Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 4A The Story of Ikat

8th Class English Chapter 4A The Story of Ikat Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the pictures given and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
What do you see in these pictures? Where do you find them?
Answer:
In the first picture we see Kondapalli Bommalu. In the second picture we see the Rudrakshamalas (Chains of beads). In the third picture we see the statues of Vinayaka made with plaster of paris. We generally find these three kinds of handicrafts in stalls, shops, emporiums, exhibitions, etc. In the fourth picture we see Mayuri (Sudha Chandran), a famous Bharatanatyam dancer.

Question 2.
Why did the woman make up herself differently? Do you find anything unique in the make up of the woman in the picture? What could be the occasion for this make up?
Answer:
The woman made herself differently as she wanted to perform something. Yes, I find something unique in the make up of the woman in the picture. Usually women don’t make up themselves in such a way. It must be a special occasion. I think she was going to perform Bharatanatyam.

Question 3.
Are these handicrafts and the make up a part of our culture? Give reasons to your answer.
Answer:
Yes, these handicrafts and the make up are a part of our culture. Handicrafts promote our cultural heritage. They make the younger generations know our ancestry, the richness of culture and traditions. Since old ages, our land is famous for these handicrafts. The art forms such as Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam etc., need the make up. These art forms originated in our country and there have been so many well known artists in our country. Hence, 1 can say that these handicrafts and make up are a part of our culture.

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What is the main theme of the story?
Answer:
The main theme of the story is making the children know the richness of our cultural heritage. The story of Ikat’ presents the present condition of textiles in Andhra Pradesh, the meaning of Ikat, the great skill of weavers behind weaving Ikat, the holiness of tying the knot and our traditions. It sends us a message that we should promote handicrafts and protect artists.

Question 2.
How is chitiki rumal used by different people?
Answer:
‘Chitiki Rumal’ is the favourite headgear of fishermen and other labourers. It is also used by Gujarat traders as the towel on their shoulders.

Question 3.
The teacher became silent when she was discussing handloom. Why?
Answer:
When the teacher was discussing handloom, she became silent because of the present status of it. She thought that we had forgotten our heritage in the race with the machine. So, she became serious in those kinds of thoughts.

Question 4.
Children’s attention was divided between her words and thefabrics as she opened silk patola sari. Why?
Answer:
The teacher used the words such as Chitiki, Patola and Ikat to explain the handloom. Saying these words, she opened a silk patola sari from Patan, Gujarat. It had a red design on a black background with rows of flowers in the border. The simple leaf design repeated across the body and the flowers in the border created a mesmorising effect. So, their attention was divided between her words and fabrics.

Question 5.
The writer described some designs, historical things and the weaving. Which part of the story do you like most?
Answer:
I like the process of weaving the most as it is a complex process. Counting the threads, measuring the distance, calculating when to repeat a pattern and tying the knot seem that it is a complex process.

Vocabulary

I. Read the following sentences.
V.V.S. Lakshman is a top class batsman.
Sruthi is in class VIII.
We have ten minutes left for the show.
The minutes of every official meeting remain an important document.
The words underlined in the above sentences have the same spelling but they differ in meaning. These words are called Homonyms.

Find the meaning of the following homonyms with the help of a dictionary.

1. a) fair (adj): ——————————-
b) fair (noun): ——————————-
2. a) mind (noun): ——————————-
b) mind (verb): ——————————-
3. a) quiet (adj): ——————————-
b) quiet (noun): ——————————-
Answer:
1. a) fair (adj): acceptable and appropriate in a particular situation
b) fair (noun): a large public event where goods are bought and sold; a type of entertainment in a field or park
2. a) mind (noun): the part of a person that makes them able to be aware of things, to think and to feel
b) mind (verb): to be upset, annoyed or worried by something
3. a) quiet (adj): making very little noise
b) quiet (noun): the state of being calm without much noise

II. Use the above homonyms In your own sentences.
Answer:
1. a) He is very fair always.
b) This evening we are going to the fair.
(or)
This evening we will go to the fair.
2. a) She is in a disturbed state of mind,
b) I hope you don’t mind if I leave now.
3. a) All the class is very quiet.
b) He always loves the quiet of his own room.

III. Read the following sentences carefully.
The students have some knowledge about ‘Ikat’.
This sum from chapter III is very tough.
The words underlined in the above sentences have the same pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning. Such words are called Homophones.
Read the following passage carefully and replace the underlined words with correct homophones.
One day Janaki teacher said to the class, “We all no that the boy in the blew dress has one the best student price for this year.” She added this is the write hour to felicitate him. Here is the gift for the boy but can anyone help me to untie the not of the died ribbon. One boy came forward and helped her. There is a wonderful gift inside the box!
Answer:
One day Janaki teacher said to the class, “We all know that the boy in the blue dress has won the best student prize for this year. ” She added this is the right hour to felicitate him. Here is the gift for the boy but can anyone help me to untie the knot of the dyed ribbon. One boy came forward and helped her. There is a wonderful gift inside the box!

Grammar

I. Read the following pair of sentences taken from the narrative “The Story of Ikat”.
1. Ramya asked, “Are these fabrics from Indonesia?”
2. The teacher said, “What can be the origin of the word?”
a. Who are the speakers?
b. What are the exact words spoken by them?
c. If you want to report the above sentences, how will you do?
Let’s analyse the sentences 1 and 2.
The first part of the sentence ‘Ramya aksed’ has a subject ‘Ramya’ and a verb ‘asked’.
This clause is called the reporting clause. The verb is called reporting verb.
The part within the quotation marks is called reported clause, which gives the exact words spoken by the speaker.
Let’s look at the answer to the question ‘c’.
1. Ramya asked if/whether those fabrics were from Indonesia.
2. The teacher asked what the origin of the word could be.
Let’s look at the changes that have taken place.
You will find the following changes.
a. Change of the pronoun (these – those)
b. Change of the verb in the reported clause (are – were)
c. Change of question to a statement by adding if/whether
All the above changes are made when the reporting verb is in Past tense.
1. Report the following conversation.
Ramya visits a weaver at Pochampally. She asks him a few questions.
Ramya : Uncle, What are you doing?
Weaver: I’m making a sari. Do you like it?
Ramya : Oh! Yes. What is the price?
Weaver : Five hundred rupees. Do you want to buy it?
Ramya : Oh! Yes. Can you pack it for me?
Weaver : Sure, here you are.
Answer:
Ramya asked the weaver what he was doing. He replied that he was making a sari. He asked her if she liked it/that. Ramya replied affirmatively and asked him what the price was. He replied that it was five hundred rupees and asked her if she wanted to buy it/that. Ramya replied affirmatively and asked him if he could pack it/that for her. He replied that he could certainly give it and then offered her the sari she wanted.

Look at the following changes while reporting.

WASH AWAY THE GERMS
Washing hands helps prevent the spread of germs, and should be done frequently.

• Before you eat.
• Before and after you help a sick person.
• Before you care for a wound or cut, and again after.
• After you use the toilet.
• After you cough, sneeze or blow your nose.
• After you handle animal waste or an animal or pet treats/food.

The Story of Ikat Summary in English

Janaki was a Social Studies teacher. That day she came a bit late to the class. She brought the brilliant red and black checked rumals, shawls with black and blue geometric patterns with her. That material made the dull class vibrant. She wrote on the blackboard ‘Textiles of India – “Ikat” of Andhra Pradesh and pronounced the word “Ikat”. “Ikat” means “to bind” or “knot”. Then she elicited the name of Nalgonda district from the students. She made them know the name ‘Pochampally’, a village in Nalgonda district in connection with “Ikat”. Every student immediatley connected to the village. A handloom is a hand operated loom which weaves. It has been weaving fabrics for centuries. Now we have forgotten our heritage in race with the machine. After telling this, Janaki began to tell the story of Ikat. It is called ‘Chitiki’ in Telugu, ‘Patola’ in Gujarati and simply ‘Ikat’ in Oriya. She showed them a silk patola sari from Patan, Gujarat which created a mesmerising effect. Then she asked them if they were thinking about ‘Ikat’ or ‘tie and dye’. When no one could answer her, she told them about ‘warp’ and ‘weft’. The threads stretched lengthwise are called ‘warp’ and the threads intersecting them widthwise are called ‘weft’. In ‘Ikat’ the threads are carefully sorted, warp and weft divided into bundles, then tied with the materials like plastic sheets, rubber strips and then dropped into colours. The weavers count the threads, measure the distance, calculate when to repeat a pattern and then tie the knots. They draw patterns on the graphs and copy them on the threads. ‘Chitiki rumal’ was the favourite headgear of fishermen and other labourers. Gujarat traders put them on their shoulders as the towels. In Telugu ‘Chitikedu’ means a small quantity of material. Then the students came to know about the original explanation of Ikat. They understood that the characteristic of Ikat was small and small dots of colour. Once Chitiki fabric was our favourite export item. There are different stories about its origin. Different regions fight about its origin but there is no systematic documentation to resolve this dispute. Tying the knot is sacred in our tradition. Muslim culture influenced the designs in Ikat in parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Deccan.

The Story of Ikat Glossary

mandatory (adj): compulsory

wonder (v): wish to know

drab (adj): dull

pelt (v): throw; shoot

giggle (v): laugh in a silly way

babble (n): a talk difficult to understand

pensive (adv): serious

hesitantly (adv): unwillingly/uncertainly

expectantly (adv): hopefuL of something

intersect (v): crossing each other at a point

headgear (n): a piece of cloth worm on head

jubilant (adj): very happy

resolve (v): solve

knot (n): fastening

vibrant (adj): active

compelling (adj): extremely interesting

dashed (v): went somewhere very quickly

partial (adj): showing or feeling too much support for one person, team, idea, etc.

persisted (v): continued

criss-cross (v): to make a pattern on something with many straight lines that cross each other

motif (n): a design or a pattern used as a decoration

sorted (v): arranged things in groups or in groups or in a particular order according to their type

vigorous (adj): very active, determined

origin (n): the point from which something starts

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class Physical Science Solutions Chapter 8 Combustion, Fuels and Flame Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class Physical Science Solutions 8th Lesson Combustion, Fuels and Flame

8th Class Physical Science 8th Lesson Combustion, Fuels and Flame Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Give four examples of combustible materials.
Answer:

1. Petrol
2. Diesel
3. Kerosene
4. Alcohol

Question 2.
Give four examples of non-combustible materials.
Answer:

1. Sand
2. Clay
3. Iron
4. Steel

Question 3.
Why should not we store spirit or petrol near our living place?
Answer:
Spirit or petrol has low ignition temperature. So they turn into gas at room tempera¬ture. So they are highly inflammable that means they easily catch fire at room temperature. So in order to avoid fire accidents we should not store spirit or petrol near our living place.

Question 4.
Give an example of a good fuel. How do you choose that fuel? Explain.
Answer:
The example for good fuel is CNG.
The characteristics of good fuel.

1. It should be cheap.
2. It should be readily available.
3. It should be readily combustible.
4. It should be transported easily.
5. It should have high calorific value.
6. It should not produce gases or residue that pollute the environment.

CNG possess all these characteristics so it is an example for good fuel or ideal fuel.

Question 5.
The oil tires should not be sprayed with water. Why?
Answer:
We should not spray water on oil fires because water is heavier than the oil, it sinks below the oil and oil keeps burning on the top. So water is not suitable for oil fire accidents.

Question 6.
What precautions are to be taken while pouring water on fire?
Answer:

1. Put off the electric mains.
2. Do not pour water on fires caused by electricity water containing dissolves salts is a good conductor of electricity.
3. Do not pour water on fires due to petrol and oil because water is more denser the u oil and petrol.

Question 7.
Why a wick is not used in gas burners ?
Answer:
Wax in the candle melts when it is lighted by a match and a little wax forms vapour. This vapour combines with oxygen in the air to form flame. The heat of the flame melts more of the wax from the top of the candle. The melted liquid wax move upward through the thread. It also changes to vapour when it reaches the top the wick and burns w’ h the flame.
Wick is not required in gas burners because LPG has low ignition temperature so it is easily convert into vapour state.

Question 8.
Water is not used to control fires involving electrical equipment. Why?
Answer:
Water is not used to control fires involving electric equipments because water is good
conductor of electricity (water having dissolved salts) so it may conduct electricity and harm those trying to douse the fire.

Question 9.
Give supporting arguments for both the statements (1) fire is useful (2) fire is harmful.
Answer:
Fire is useful:

1. Fire is useful in cooking food.
2. Fire is used in preparing different types of jewellery with gold and silver.
3. Fire is utilized in making different types of articles with metals and plastics.
4. The heat energy produced from fire of coal used to produce electricity.

Fire is harmful:

1. During fire accidents fire can burn human organs and tissues causing severe damage to mankind, sometimes the people may die due to severe burns.
2. During fire accidents the fire not only kill people but lot of damage to articles, equipments in the house.
3. Fire can burn the forests in summer which may be harmful to animals present in the forest.

Question 10.
What would happen if oxygen stops to support combustion? – Make a guess. And if it is the situation for what other works fuels are useful?
Answer:
If oxygen stops to support combustion there is no other gas which will support combustion. Then fossil fuels are not useful in producing heat, energy and electricity.
So we should have to prefer alternative sources of energy like solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, biomass energy, geothermal energy, etc. for our energy needs.

Question 11.
Let us assume that you are on the moon. If you try to focus sunlight on a paper using magnifying glass, does the paper catch fire? or not? Why?
Answer:
No, moon reflect entire sunlight falls on the surface because it acts as perfect reflector. Whereas earth is also acts as reflector but green house gases present in atmosphere absorbing the sunlight and resending on earth. So paper can be burnt on earth by using magnifying glass but it is not possible on moon.

Question 12.
Can you heat water in a paper vessel? How is it possible?
Answer:
In order to find the answer we have to do an experiment.

Take two small paper cups. Pour water in one of the cups. Put the two cups on different tripod stands and heat both of them using a candle shown in the figure. One cup burns quickly and other does not.
The reason is when heat is supplied to cups, the heat received by second cup is transferred to water
in it. The water in this cup prevents the paper to reach its ignition temperature and hence it does not burn. So water can be heated in a paper vessel upto ignition temperature of paper.

Question 13.
“Is combustion possible without the supply of oxygen”? Discuss with your teacher.
Answer:
No, combustion is not possible without oxygen because it is a reaction of material with oxygen that is an oxidation process. For example, carbon compounds react with oxygen and form carbon-dioxide and water. So no combustion reaction is possible without oxygen.

Question 14.
Explain giving reasons: In which of the following situations water will get heated in a shorter time?
a) Srikar kept water beaker near the wick in the yellow part of a candle flame.
b) Sonu kept water beaker in the outermost part of the flame.
Answer:
In the second situation water will get heated in a short time in the outermost part in the flame complete combustion takes place so which is hottest part whereas yellow part is in the middle zone of candle where partial combustion takes place and it is moderately hot.

Question 15.
List the ways adopted by fire fighters to combat fires.
Answer:
Ways adopted by fire fighters:

1. The fire fighters immediately put off the electric mains and start spraying water on the fire. The water spray cool the combustible material below the ignition tempera¬ture. This prevents fire from spreading. Then the heat turns the water into vapours which surround the burning material and prevent supply of oxygen to the burning material. So the fire extinguishes.
2. For electrical fire accidents or fire accidents involving oil and petrol water is not useful. So fire fighters use carbondioxide. It is heavier than oxygen and does not affect the electric equipment.

Question 16.
Collect information available on different fuels. Find out the cost per kg and compare the cost with calorific value. Prepare report on that.
Answer:

Fuel	Cost per kg (or) litre	Calorific value
1. LPG	Rs. 67	55000
2. Diesel	Rs. 58	45000
3. Petrol	Rs. 80	45000
4. CNG	Rs. 49	50000

From the table we will observe CNG has least price and also comparatively equal calorific value with other fuels and also it is less pollutant and easily transportable. So from the report we say CNG is preferable as fuel.

Question 17.
Draw the diagram of candle flame and label all the zones. (OR)
Draw the diagram of structure of flame and label the parts. In which zone incomplete combustion takes place? (OR)
Draw a diagram of candle flame and label all the zones. What happens in the dark zone of a flame?
Answer:

In the dark zone wax gets vapourised and it is least hot part, (or)
In black zone in complete combustion takes place.

Question 18.
Where do you find spontaneous combustion and rapid combustion in your daily life?
Answer:
Spontaneous combustion is observed in burning of match stick. When the match stick is struck against the rubbing surface the red phosphorous converts into white phosphorous which immediately react with potassium chlorate in the match stick head to produce enough heat to ignite antimony sulphide and start the combustion.
Rapid combustion is observed in gas stoves. When we turn the nob of the gas stove in the kitchen and bringing a burning match stick near to it. The gas burns rapidly and produce heat and light.

Question 19.
How do you organize your daily works with fuels to conserve bio-diversity?
Answer:

1. I would use bicycle to travel short distances which consumes fuel.
2. I would go to school or office (long distance) in a public vehicle like bus which will consume fuel.
3. I will drive at a constant and moderate speed as far as possible which will consume fuel.
4. I switch off the engine at traffic lights or at a place where I have to wait which will consume fuel.
5. I ensure correct tyre pressure which will consume fuel.
6. I ensure regular maintenance of the vehicle which decreases the harmful gases.
7. I will clean gas burners regularly which decreases pollution.
8. I will cook with sufficient water which will consume fuel.
9. I would not prepare fries which take more time.
10. I will use CNG in place of petrol or diesel which is less pollutant.
    The above steps not only reduce the consumption of fuel and also decrease the air pollution. These steps of preserving fuels helps the mankind from pollution there by helps the bio-diversity.

Question 20.
How do you feel about “Fuels have become a part of human life”
Answer:
I feel that fuels are essential part of human life in their day to day life. Starting from the morning before they going to sleep they would found application of fuels. In the morning for breakfast we need fuel for cooking. For seeing TV or working with computer we need fuel because they run by electricity from thermal power (coal). If we want to go to school or office we use vehicle which required fuel. Every electrical articles like fans, mixies works by taking electricity from coal. So we conclude that fuels are essential part of human life.

Question 21.
It is difficult to bum a heap of green leaves but not a heap of dry leaves. Explain why?
Answer:
Green leaves contain water has high ignition temperature. So it will not burn whereas dry leaves does not contain water. So their ignition temperature is low. So they burn during summer.

Question 22.
In a few years the fuels on earth will be exhausted. Think, what would happen to human civilization? (OR)
In few years the fuel on earth will be exhausted. Predict the consequences.
Answer:
If people unable to use alternative sources of energy then lack of fuels drastically affect the human civilization. The consequences of lack of fuel.

1. There would be no fuel for cooking.
2. There would be no fuel for transport.
3. There would be no fuel for running machinery.
4. There would be no fuel for producing electricity.

So life of people on earth is miserable. The people once again go back to stone age where there is no availability of any facilities.

Question 23.
Use of more fuels in our daily life causes air pollution and it is harmful to human being and the other life on earth. Suggest some remedies to avoid this.
Answer:
Remedies to avoid air pollution:

1. Look for alternative sources of energy like wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy which does not produce pollution.
2. Try to minimise the use of fuels that is for travelling short distances use bicycles and try to go by bus (public transport) for offices which will minimise the use of fuels and there by air pollution.
3. Ensure regular maintenance of vehicle and engine which will release the less quantity of harmful gases there by decrease of air pollution.
4. Use CNG (compressed natural gas) as fuel as it is less pollutant and release small quantity of harmful gases.

Question 24.
Project work: Collect information about the experiments of Joseph Priestly. Write a two page report describing Priestly’s experiments proving that oxygen is needed for burning.
Answer:
In August 1774, Priestly isolated an air to be completely new, but he did not have an opportunity to pursue the matter because he was about to tour Europe. While in Paris Priestly managed to replicate the experiments for others, including French chemist Antonie Levoisier. After returning to Britain in January 1775, he continued his experiments and discovered vitriolic acid air (Sulphurdioxide, SO₂).
In March he wrote to several people regarding the new air that he had discovered in August. One of these letters was read aloud to the royal society, and a paper outlining the discovery, titled “An Account of further Discoveries in air”, was published in society’s journal “Philosophical Transactions”. Priestly called the new substance “dephlogisticated air” which he made in the famous experiment by focussing sun’s rays on a sample of mercuric oxide. He first tested it on mice, who surprised him by surviving quite a while entrapped with the air, and then on himself, writing that it was “five or six better than common air for the purpose of respiration, inflammation and I believe, every other use of common atmospherical air. He had discovered oxygen gas (O₂).”
Priestly called his discovery “dephlogisticated air” on the theory that it supported combustion so well because it had no phlogiston in it and hence could absorb maximum amount during burning.

Question 25.
Collect the information about annual fuel consumption in different parts of the world. How many years more the fossil fuels last? Make a poster with this information and issue an appeal to save fuel.
Answer:
Table showing different countries and their petrol consumption.

Country	Usage of Petrol/Diesel per annum in barrels
United States	6821850000
China	2993000000
Japan	1592495000
India	1087700000
Russia	1000100000
Brazil	897900000
Germany	889505000
Saudi Arabia	886950000
South Korea	797525000

The information showing the remaining years in which fossil fuels exhausted.

Fuel	Years in which it exhausted
Petrol / Diesel	Around 60 years
Natural gas	50 years
Coal	250 years
LPG	Around 70 years

We are using excess of petroleum products, coal and natural gas from the above table shows they will not exists long. So fuel consumption should be minimised otherwise no fuel is available in the future. So save fuel for better living.

8th Class Physical Science 8th Lesson Combustion, Fuels and Flame InText Questions and Answers

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 110

Question 1.
Why does candle give flame when it is burnt but why does coal burn without emitting a flame?
Answer:
A candle is made of wax in which a thick thread is inserted. When it is lighted melts by a match stick. A little of the wax forms gas. This gas combines with oxygen in the air to form flame.
But coal is a natural fuel contains more carbon. When it is burnt it sends out carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases and becomes ember and does not emit a flame. Coal is the changed material of wood. Hence it does not emit a flame as it possesses a huge calorific value (heat).

Question 2.
Do all fuels produce same amount of heat when they are burnt?
Answer:
No, different fuels produce different amount of heat when they are burnt.

Question 3.
What do we need to burn a material?
Answer:
We need oxygen to burn a material.

Question 4.
Have you ever tried burning a piece of paper or wood or coal, a small rock or a pebble?
Answer:
Yes, I tried.

Question 5.
Do all of them burn?
Answer:
Except a small rock and a pebble, the rest of them are burnt.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 112

Question 6.
How does scented stick started burning?
Answer:
The stick starts burning with flame because oxygen supports combustion.

Question 7.
Why does not it catch again fire when it is kept aside in air after putting its flame off?
Answer:
The air is not sufficient to burn the scented stick.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 113

Question 8.
a) A slow fire bursts into a flame when air is blown on it, but a candle burning with flame goes off when air is blown on it. Why?
Answer:
A slow fire burst into a flame when air is blown on it because it increase the supply of oxygen to fire. So combustion takes place to produce a flame.
Whereas when the wind or your breathe blows on the mixture of combustible particles and flame of a candle, it pushes the mixture of combustible particles away from the steam of fresh particles. So flame will be go out in the absence of combustible particles.

b) If a large quantity of dry grass is set on fire in forests then it is very difficult to put off the fire. Why?
Answer:
The dry grass is more combustible and supports burning. Hence due to the flow of oxygen (air) it is kindled.

Question 9.
When an object catches fire, the fire is put off by covering with sand or a blanket. Why ?
Answer:
Combustion takes place only in the presence of oxygen. When we cover a burning object with sand or blanket that would cut off the supply of oxygen to burning object. So the fire is puts off.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 114

Question 10.
What makes match sticks to catch fire?
Answer:
A mixture of antimony trisulphide, potassium chlorate and white phosphorous with some glue and starch was applied on the head of a match stick made of suitable wood. When it struck against a rough surface white phosphorous got ignited due to heat of friction. This starts the combustion of match stick.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 115

Question 11.
List different fuels that are used for!
Domestic purpose LPG, CNG
Automobiles/ Aircraft/ Trains/ Rockets Petrol, gasoline
Industry Coal, Charcoal, wood, natural gas
Classify the above fuels into solid, liquid, gases and write them in table.

Solid	Liquid	Gas
Coal	Petrol	LPG
Charcoal	Gasoline	CNG
Wood	Diesel	Natural gas

Look at the fuels in the above table.

Classify the above fuels into solid, liquid, gases and write them in table.

a) Can you decide the best fuel among them?
Answer:
CNG, LPG.

b) What is the criteria to decide a best fuel?
Answer:
CNG & LPG burn completely. The fuel which burns completely is the best fuel.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 116

Question 12.
What is calorific value? Write its units.
Answer:
Calorific value of a fuel is the amount of heat energy produced on complete combustion of 1 kg of that fuel.
It is measured in kJ/kg.

Question 13.
How can we put off the fire if it breaks out?
Answer:
We can put off the fire by using the fire extinguishers in which CO₂ gas is present.

Question 14.
How water helps in eliminating the factors, which support the combustion?
Answer:
The water spray cools the combustible material so that its temperature decreases. This prevents the fire from spreading.

Think and Discuss

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 111

Question 1.
Why some materials burn and why some do not? Give reasons.
Answer:
Burning is a process of reaction of a material with oxygen. The materials which have weak molecular bonds easily react with oxygen so they burn easily. The material which have strong molecular bonds does not react with oxygen easily because the molecular bonds should be broken before they react with oxygen.

Question 2.
Why some materials which do not burn at normal temperature burn at higher temperatures?
Answer:
Burning is a process of reaction of a material with oxygen. The material which have strong molecular bonds does not undergo burning because the molecular bonds should be broken in order to react the material with oxygen. So they have high ignition temperature. So the materials which do not burn at normal temperature burn at higher temperature.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 112

Question 3.
If you lift the glass tumbler (which is placed over a burning candle) to 1 cm height what happens? Why?
Answer:
The Candle tends to burn because of availability air containing oxygen because cool air is more denser than hot air.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 113

Question 4.
How do you say that the gas released in the above experiment is oxygen?
Answer:
If we put a burning match stick into the container having oxygen it burns with bright flame the reason is oxygen supports combustion.

Question 5.
Can we replace potassium permanganate with any other substance to release oxygen?
Answer:
We can replace with HgO (Mercuric oxide), KClO₃ (Potassium chlorate), H₂O₂ (Hydrogen peroxide), NaNO₃ (Sodium nitrate), KNO₃ (Potassium nitrate) for release of oxygen.

Question 6.
Is there any other procedure to prove that oxygen is needed for burning?
Answer:
We can put off a fire by covering with sand or blanket because we are preventing supply of oxygen. So we can say oxygen is needed for burning.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 115

Question 7.
Why is phosphorous preserved in water? (Hint: Think about the role of ignition temperature in combustion)
Answer:
Phosphorous is highly reactive with air containing oxygen. It has low ignition temperature. So it catches fire at room temperature. So it is preserved in water.

Question 8.
Why kerosene stoves and Bunsen burners have small holes in them? (Hint: Think about the role of air in combustion)
Answer:
Kerosene stoves and bunsen burners have small holes for entry of air for combustion of fuel.

Question 9.
It is hard to ignite match stick in rainy days. Why?
Answer:
It is hard to ignite match stick in rainy days because water has extinguishing property.

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 118

Question 10.
A wax candle burns with a yellow flame. The domestic gas burns with a blue flame. Why?
Answer:
The wax candle burns with a yellow in the middle zone because it undergoes partial combustion whereas domestic gas burns with a blue flame because it undergoes complete combustion.

8th Class Physical Science 8th Lesson Combustion, Fuels and Flame Activities

Activity – 1

Question 1.
Do all materials bum?
You will need a pair of tongs, some metal or clay dishes and a candle or a spirit lamp. Using tongs, pick up a small piece of paper and bring it near to the lighted candle and keep it on flame as shown in figure.

Record your observations in table.


Carry out this experiment with a piece of charcoal, magnesium ribbon, straw, cotton cloth, nylon cloth, dry wood, pebble, wax, plastic piece, etc. and record your observations.
You can try to burn liquids like water, petrol, diesel, alcohol and note down your observations in table.
Take 2 ml of water in small plate. Bring the lighted stick near to water in plate.
a) What do you observe in your attempt of burning water?
Answer:
Water does not burn.

b) Is there any difference in flame of lighted stick?
Answer:
If we brought near to water plate the flame decreases.

c) What happened to the lighted stick when it is brought closer to water in the plate?
Answer:
The water in the plate puts off.the lighted stick.
Carryout this activity using coconut oil, mustard oil, kerosene, etc. Record your observation in the above table.

d) What can we conclude from this activity?
Answer:
We conclude that some materials burn and others do not.

e) Which of the material in the above activity are combustible?
Answer:
Except pebbles and water remaining materials are combustible.

Activity – 2

Question 2.
Testing the necessity of air for burning.
Answer:

Take a small burning candle and put it on a table. Invert a glass tumbler over it.
The candle continues to burn for some time. Then flickers and finally flame goes off.
Remove the tumbler and again light the candle. Put the tumbler back over the candle. When the candle flame begins to flicker, remove the tumbler. What happens to the candle?
We find that putting the glass tumbler over the candle cuts off the supply of air and candle flame goes off. When the flame just begins to flicker if we removes tumbler the flame retains back due to supply of oxygen.
This experiment proves that air is needed to burn a material.

Lab Activity

Write an activity to prove that oxygen helps in burning. (OR)
How can you perform the acitivity to prove that Oxygen is essential for burning? Explain.
Answer:
Aim: To prove that oxygen helps in burning.
Material required: Test tube, test tube holder, spirit lamp, match box, inscence stick (agarbatti), potassium permanganate (KMnO4) crystals.
Procedure:
Light a scented / incense stick and let it burn for 10 seconds, then put out the flame and keep it aside.
Take potassium permanganate (KMnO₄) in a test tube. Hold the test tube with a test tube holder and heat it over the flame of spirit lamp. Oxygen is released on heating of potassium permanganate (KMnO₄).
2 KMnO₄ → K2MnO₄ + MnO₂ + O₂ ↑
Insert the agarbatti with the burning stub into the test tube as shown in figure.

Observations: The stick burns with a flame. This proves that oxygen supports combustion by helping agarbatti to burn with bright flame.

Activity – 3

Question 3.
Burning a paper with sun rays.
On a sunny day, go out and focus the sun rays on a piece of paper using a magnifying lens.

a) Touch the spot after some time. How do you feel?
Answer:
It is hot.
You must have heard about people in ancient times rubbing the pieces of stones together to produce sparks.

b) Have you tried it?
Answer:
Yes.

c) Rub two stones together hardly and touch them. What do you feel?
Answer:
They become hot.
Now recall some of your experiences:

d) Does a matchstick burns by itself?
Answer:
No.

e) Why do you rub the match stick on the side of the matchbox to bum it?
Answer:
When we rub match stick on the side of the match box due to friction it produces it which will burn the match stick.

f) Can you bum a piece of wood by bringing it close to a lighted matchstick?
Answer:
No.

g) Why do we use paper pieces or kerosene oil to start fire in wood or coal?
Answer:
Paper or Kerosene oil has low ignition temperature. So they are used to burn wood or coal which have higher ignition temperature.

Activity – 4

Question 4.
Understanding ignition temperature.
Take two small paper cups. Pour water in one of the cups. Put the two cups on different tripod stands and heat both of them using a candle.

a) Which cup bums first?
Answer:
The cup which does not have water.

b) Does the water in the cup become hot? Why?
Answer:
The water in the second cup is hot because the heat received by second cup is transferred to water in it. The water in this cup prevents the paper to reach its ignition temperature and hence it does not burn.

c) When does the second cup start burning?
Answer:
When it reaches its ignition temperature.

Activity – 5

Question 5.
Observing the behaviour of different solid fuels.
Collect some fuels like candle, coal, charcoal, magnesium ribbon, wood, cakes of cow-dung, camphor, wick of the oil lamp, wick of kerosene stove, domestic gas, etc. Burn each of them one by one with the help of spirit lamp and note the time they take to catch fire. Also observe how do they burn?
a) Do all of them bum in the same manner? If not, what difference do you notice?
Answer:
No, some of them produce flame and some does not produce flame.

b) Do all of them form a flame while they are burning?
Answer:
No, all of them does not form flame.
Record your observation in the following table

You may observe that a candle burns with flame whereas charcoal does not. Some materials burn with flame, some do not. Kerosene oil and molten wax rise through the wick become gas and form flames. But charcoal cannot be vaporized. So it does not produce flame.

Activity – 6

Question 6.
Observing the structure of the flame.
Light a wax candle and watch the flame.

Carefully note the different coloured zones in the flame.
a) How many colours are there in the flame?
Answer:
There are three colours in the flame.

b) Starting from the base of the flame, how many flame zones do you observe?
What is the colour of the outer most zone of the flame?
Answer:
There are three flame zones are observed.
The colour of outermost zone is blue.

c) Observe the innermost zone which is dark. What do you observe there?
Answer:
In this zone wax gets vapourised. This is dark zone.
Observe near the base of the flame. Vaporized wax gets completely oxidized and burns with a blue flame. It is blue zone.

Activity – 7

Question 7.
Observing what happens in different zones of candle flame.
Light a candle. Hold a glass tube (with 7 cm length) a pair of tongs and introduce its one end in the dark zone of a non flickering candle flame. Keep lighted match stick near the other end of the glass tube as shown in the figure.

a) What do you observe? Do you see a flame? If so what is it, that produces a flame?
Answer:
Yes, the some of vapours produced by wax pass through the glass tube and are burnt by match stick to produce flame.

b) Notice that the wax near the heated wick melts quickly. What do you observe?
Answer:
When the candle’s flame is steady introduce a clean glass slide into the luminous zone of the flame and hold it with a pair of tongs for 10 seconds.
A blackish circular ring is formed on the glass slide.

c) What is it?
Answer:
The deposition of unburnt carbon particles present in the luminous zone of the flame due to incomplete combustion.

d) Hold a thin long copper wire just inside the flame for about half a minute. What do you observe? What is your inference?
Answer:
The copper wire just outside the flame gets red hot. It indicates that the non luminous zone of the flame has high temperature. It is the hottest part of the flame. It is blue in colour and complete combustion takes place due to good supply of oxygen.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 1B My Mother Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 1B My Mother

8th Class English Chapter 1B My Mother Textbook Questions and Answers

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
How does the poet feel the presence of his mother?
Answer:
The poet feels the presence of his mother when he plays with his play things. When he plays with his play things, he seems to be able to hear a tune which reminds him his mother. He also feels the presence of his mother when he smells the fragrance of shiuli flowers in autumn and when he sees the blue sky through this bedroom window.

Question 2.
What do you understand from the statement – ‘I cannot remember my mother’?
Answer:
The poet’s mother passed away when he was still young. Hence, he can’t be able to recall his mother.

Question 3.
Does the poem convey sadness? If yes, pick out the suggestive expressions.
Answer:
Yes, this poem conveys some kind of sadness. The expression “I cannot remember my mother”, suggests this. The poet can’t remember his mother because she passed away when he was young.

Question 4.
What imagery do you find in each stanza? How does it appeal to you?

Answer:

Stanza	Images	Sense it appeals to
1	Mother rocking the cradle and singing a song	ears (sound)
2	The poet smelling the scent of the shiuli flowers which is like the scent of his mother.	nose (smell)
3	The poet sending his eyes into the blue sky to feel mother’s gaze.	eyes (sight)

Question 5.
Read the poem ‘My Mother’ again and complete the table.

Answer:

Question 6.
We all love our mother, don’t we? We love her because of certain qualities. Think and write about her qualities.
Answer:
We love mother as:
i) She gives birth to her children.
ii) She gives her children her love and care.
iii) She understands her children’s needs.
iv) She makes her children ready to live a happy life.
v) She defends her children.
vi) She supports her children’s dreams even when they seem impossible.
vii) She loves her children though they hurt and neglect her.

Question 7.
How would you choreograph the first stanza? (Group work)
(a) What settings do you arrange ?
Answer:

Stanza	Settings
1	Swinging cradle
2	Garden, morning service in the temple
3	Bedroom – window – sky

(b) What are the characters and their actions ?
Answer:

Stanza	Characters	Actions
1	Child	The child plays with his playthings listening to the tune of the song sung by his mother.
	Mother	She rocks the cradle humming a tune.
2	Child	The child smells the fragrance of shiuli flowers.
	Mother	The mother does the morning service in the temple.
3	Child	The child gazes at her mother through the window.
	Mother	The mother is spread all over the sky.

(c) What is the sequence of actions ?
Answer:

Stanza	Action of the main character	Action of the supporting team/characters
1	The child is playing with his play things. He is listening to the tune of some song.	The mother is rocking the cradle. She is humming a song.
2	The poet (child) is smelling the scent of shiuli flowers.	The mother is making morning service in the temple.
3	The poet (child) is looking at the blue distant sky through his bedroom.	The mother is standing outside the window in some distance.

Each group may choreograph different stanzas of the song.

Figurative language: The use of words to express meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words themselves.
Imagery: Language which describes something in detail, using words to substitute for and create sensory stimulation, including visual imagery and sound imagery, e.g: Mother rocking the cradle. Here child senses with eyes and ears.
Metaphor: The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used.
e.g: Harry was a lion in the fight.
Simile: A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.
e.g: as cool as a cucumber, as white as snow, life is just like an ice-cream. Personification: Giving non-human objects human characteristics, e.g: The moon danced mournfully over the water.

My Mother Summary in English

‘My Mother’ is a gentle nostalgic poem written by ‘Guru’ Rabindranath Tagore. He is one of the greatest poets of modern India. His mother passed away when he was young. In this poem, he expresses his inability to recall the face or the features of his mother. When he looks at his playthings, he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same song when she moved his cradie gently. In autumn, the shiuli tree blossoms into fragrant tiny flowers. His mother would string the flowers for the morning service in the temple. When he smells the scent of shiuli flowers, he recalls his mother. When he sees from his bedroom window into the blue of the distant sky, he feels the stillness of his mother’s gaze. This poem eloquently reveals the emotional bonding between the poet and his mother. She has a great impact on the poet.

About the Poet

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is popularly known as Vishwa Kavi and Gurudev. He was the founder of Shantiniketan, an experimental school. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his ‘Gitanjali’, the Song of Offerings. Each of his poems reflects Indian vision and love towards his Mother Land. He is considered the Voice of Indian Heritage and Spiritualism.

My Mother Glossary

hover (v): remain in the air

shiuli (n): small, white or orange flowers that bloom in autumn

scent (n): perfume/good smell

rock (v): move gently

hum (v): sing with closed lips

gaze (v): look fixedly

morning service (n.phr): a religious service

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 1A The Tattered Blanket Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 1A The Tattered Blanket

8th Class English Chapter 1A The Tattered Blanket Textbook Questions and Answers

Look at the pictures given and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
What do you observe in the pictures?
Answer:
In picture A, we observe a nuclear family that consists of a pair of adults and their children. In picture B, we observe a joint family that consists of a man (the head), his wife, their children, daughters-in-law and their grandchildren.

Question 2.
Do we find many joint families in our society? Yes/No? Give reasons.
Answer:
We don’t find many joint families in our society. The joint family system has been breaking up in India as a result of the increasing individualistic and independent attitudes of grown up children. Nuclear families provide more privacy. Today youngsters want financial independence. Hence, the system of joint family has been gradually disappearing.

Comprehension

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why didn’t the mother recognise Gopi and how did he feel?
Answer:
Gopi’s mother did not recognize him as she might have lost her memory. He didn’t visit her very often. He was very disappointed at that. He tried to convience her that he was Gopi, her son but of no use.

Question 2.
Why do you think Gopi didn’t get anything for his mother?
Answer:
I think Gopi didn’t have any love and affection for his Amma. Actually he didn’t have any feelings for her. He spent all his time in money making. He didn’t have any values. He didn’t give any importance to human relations. He forgot his mother. So, I think, he didn’t get anything for his mother.

Question 3.
The mother could not remember Gopi. Do you think Gopi remembered his mother? What does it suggest?
Answer:
No, I don’t think Gopi remembered his mother. It suggests us that he didn’t have any moral values. He didn’t care for human relations. He was the man of money. He forgot her service and sacrifice. He only looked for the status.

Question 4.
What is meant by the expression ‘the tattered blanket’?
Answer:
The expression “the tattered blanket” means the torn blanket. It symbolizes the life of the Amma. Here the old woman is compared to the torn blanket. Amma is very old and she is in her last stage. No one has any use of her. In the same way, the blanket is a tattered one which is not very useful.

Question 5.
Why didn’t Gopi answer his sister’s question, ‘Do you remember your Amma?’?
Answer:
Gopi knew what he had done to his mother. He came after a very long time to his mother. He didn’t remember his mother. He didn’t even write a letter to her. He came there only for selling his share of the family property but not with love and affection. He valued money and status only. So, Gopi didn’t answer his sister’s question.

Question 6.
If you were Gopi’s sister, how would you respond to his behaviour?
Answer:
If I were Gopi’s sister, I would make him know that he was doing wrong. I would make him know a son’s responsibility towards his mother. I would make him recall Amma’s service and sacrifice for him. I would make him realize that one day he too would become old and face the same situation. I would really hate him.

Vocabulary

I. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words from the box. Remember, the box has some extra words.

1. All my attempts to make him happy proved ———–.
2. It was very cold. So, I ———– in a corner.
3. Forced by her parents, Sita ———– took the diploma course.
4. What are you ———–? I can’t hear you.
5. The news that he was denied promotion caused ———– to him.

II. Tick (✓) the words that are similar in meaning to the underlined words.

1. His mother made a futile attempt to get up.
a. barren
b. limited
c. useless
d. empty
Answer:
c. useless

2. It’s all tattered now.
a. spoiled
b. old
c. dirty
d. torn
Answer:
d. torn

3. There is a cold mist in the mornings,
a. ice
b. snow
c. fog
d. win
Answer:
c. fog

4. It’s just like a ball of knotted yarn.
a. very small
b. rounded tightly
c. joined
d. tied
Answer:
d. tied

5. I can’t make both ends meet with my salary.
a. earn a lot of money
b. spend a lot of money
c. earn just enough money
d. give all that one has
Answer:
c. earn just enough money

Grammar

Phrases, Noun Phrase and Noun Phrase Apposition

I. Look at the following sentences from the text and observe the underlined part in each sentence.

She saw a bald, fat, middle-aged man.

Discussion:

• Which word in the underlined part is important?
• The underlined part in the above sentence has more than one word. It is called a phrase. The underlined part ‘a bald, fat middle-aged man’ functions as a Noun Phrase.

Here the word ‘man’ is important and all other words add more information to that word. So it is called a Noun Phrase.
Identify some more noun phrases from the story and write them below.
Answer:
1) The tattered blanket
2) A thin bath towel
3) His office jeep
4) Her wrinkled cheeks
5) A ball of knotted yarn

Complete the sentences with noun phrases using the words given in brackets.

1. I bought ———– (beautiful/a/umbrella/red)
2. We saw ———–in the zoo. (baby/a/elephants/of/couple)
3. Our grand father lives in ———– (big/house/a/stone-built)
4. Ramya has ———– (nice/a/sari/silk)
Answer:
1. a beautiful red umbrella.
2. a couple of baby elephants
3. a big stone-built house.
4. a nice silk sari.

II. Noun Phrase in Apposition.

Look at the following sentences and observe the underlined part in each sentence.

1. Kamala, her eldest daughter, a widow, got up reluctantly.
2. Don’t you remember Vimala, District Collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter?

The underlined parts in the above sentences refer to the nouns that occur before them. The underlined parts are called Noun phrases in Apposition.

Rewrite the following sentences using Noun Phrase in Apposition.
1. Mahesh is my elder brother. He lives in Delhi.
Mahesh, ———–, lives in Delhi.
2. Sarojini Naidu is popularly known as the Nightingale of India. She wrote many poems in English.
Sarojini Naidu, ———–, wrote many poems in English.
3. Rabindranath Tagore is called Gurudev. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
Rabindranath Tagore, ———–, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
4. Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. It is located in Nepal.
Mount Everest, ———–, is located in Nepal.
Answer:
1. my elder brother
2. the Nightingale of India
3. Gurudev
4. the highest peak in the world

Writing

I. Read the following paragraph, taken from the story.

Delhi is too expensive. You know I have four children to look after now. I can’t make both ends meet with my salary. And one has to keep up one’s status. It will be a great help if I can raise some money by selling my share of the family property. I came to talk it over with you.
Now, write a paragraph on how to keep up family ties despite economic pressures (You may use the hints given below).

• Impact of economic pressures
• Lack of time to spend with the family
• Lack of love and affection
• Absence of human relationships

Answer:
People lead a very busy life in the present society. They work like machines. They even don’t find time to sit together. They forget their families. They don’t have any enjoyment. Because of the economic pressures they have to earn more and more money. They don’t give any importance to the human relations. Everyone tries to keep up his/her status. They don’t show any love and affection on their family members. The younger ones forget the selfless service rendered by their parents. They don’t have any feelings to them. They forget the sacrifice made by their par¬ents in the process of giving them good education, providing them good facilities and giving them good lives. In the hunting of money, they don’t find time to spend with their family members. They neglect their parents. The old people are equal to the little children. They need help, service, money, etc. from their offspring. So, the younger ones must provide them to their parents. Despite their economic pressures, they must find some time to spend with their parents. They should remember that one day they too will become old. If they don’t show any love and affection, they too will have to face the same situation. Though the younger ones are busy with their work, they should maintain family ties and show the right path to the next generations.

Listening

Listen to your teacher making an announcement and answer the following questions.

An Announcement on the Radio

Prashanth, a thirteen year old boy has been missing since last Sunday. The boy is in blue trousers and pink T-shirt. He can speak Telugu, Hindi and English. He has fair complexion. He is fond of movies. His parents are much worried about him. Whoever finds Prashanth will be rewarded. You may contact the Sub- Inspector of Police, Vidya Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram. (Mobile No. 99xxxxxx00)

Question 1.
What is the announcement about?
Answer:
The announcement is about the missing boy, Prashanth.

Question 2.
What are the features of Prashanth?
Answer:
Prashanth is a thirteen year old boy. He is in blue trousers and pink T-shirt. He can speak Telugu, Hindi and English. He has fair complexion. He is fond of movies.

Question 3.
Where do you generally listen to such announcements?
Answer:
We generally listen to such announcements :
(i) On the radio (ii) On the television (iii) Over the loudspeakers, etc.

Question 4.
Think of some announcement you may make or listen at school.
Answer:
As you are aware, we are going to celebrate the Children’s Day celebrations in our school on the 14th of this month. We are going to organize a number of cultural programmes on the occasion. So, I would like to request the students who are interested to give their names to the SPL. The selected events are : Dances, Skits, Songs and Plays.

Question 5.
What are the other ways to trace the missing persons or things?
Answer:
The other ways to trace the missing persons or things are :
(i) Announcement on TV.
(ii) Announcement in dailies, weeklies and other magazines.
(iii) Announcement over loudspeakers.
(iv) Announcement through wall posters, pamphlets, etc.

Study Skills

Family related information.

Is yours a nuclear or joint family?
Now write a paragraph describing the types of families using the information given in the above tree diagram.
Write which type of family you prefer and why.
Answer:
Ours is a nuclear family. But I prefer to be a member of a joint family. There are two types of families. They are (i) Joint family and (ii) Nuclear family. A joint family consists of father, mother, their children and their families. A nuclear family consists of father, mother and their children. I really can’t see any disadvantages with a joint family. In every sense it is a convenient arrangement for everyone – morally, emotionally, mentally, financially, etc. With everyone putting his or her efforts, joint family system benefits everyone. The children are well taken care of. They learn to give and take, to be patient, cooperative, tolerant and to adjust with the other family members in a joint family. The joint family gives security, health and prosperity to everyone of its members. The joint family system is one that could help us to live a less stressful life as there are a lot of people around to help us and to share joys and sorrows. The eleders handle the financial matters. So there is no stress on the younger ones. The elders show the right path to younger ones. The younger ones develop the virtues like co-operation, sympathy, sacrifice, selfless ser­vice, obedience, etc. in a joint family. We find love and affection among the members of a joint family. Hence I prefer the joint family system.

The Tattered Blanket Summary in English

Gopi was a government officer living in Delhi. He married Vimala. district collector Nambiar’s eldest daughter. They had four children. Gopi’s old mother was living in the countryside along with her eldest daughter Kamala, a widow. After attending a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram, he dropped in on his way back. His mother saw him getting down at the gate and asked Kamala to see who he was. Kamala walked slowly to the gate reluctantly. She recognised Gopi and asked him unpleasantly why he made a sudden unexpected visit. But Amma did not recognize him. Gopi tried to tell her that he was her son. Kamala told Gopi that that Amma was often like that those days. She didn’t recognize anybody. When Amma asked Kamala if her son (Gopi) had sent a letter, Kamala told her everything was fine with him. But Gopi didn’t write any letter to her. When Kamala told Gopi all these things, he replied that he was on his toes always as he got promotion the previous year. So he didn’t get any time to write letters. Again Amma asked who he was. Gopi told her that he was her son Gopi and he had come from Delhi. She even forgot his wife’s name. She used to think that Gopi wrote letters to him every day. So she asked Kamala if he wrote a letter that day. Gopi kept his briefcase on the thinna, opened it and pulled out his contents such as clothes, files, a shaving set, etc. Amma told Gopi that her son Gopi was a government officer in Delhi and had Kesariyogam. She asked him to send her a new red blanket to protect herself from a cold mist. Her old blanket, which was brought by Gopi when he was studying in Madras, was all tattered. Actually Gopi didn’t come to the village too see her Amma. He didn’t have any affection and love towards his Amma. He gave more importance to status. He wanted to raise some money by selling his share of the family property. He came to talk it over with his sister. Kamala knew that he would never come there anymore after selling his land. When she told Gopi the same, he answered that he would come when he got time. He said that Amma couldn’t remember who he was. Actually it was he who didn’t remember his Amma.

About the Author

Kamala Das (1932-2009) is the daughter of the famous Malayalam poet- Balamani Amma and V.M. Nair. She is an internationally known poet, short story writer and novelist who writes effortlessly both in English and Malayalam. She has received many awards for her literary work. Some of them are Asian Poetry Prize, Kent Award for English Writing from Asian Countries, Asian World Prize, Sahitya Academy Award and Vayalar Rama Varma Sahitya Award.

The Tattered Blanket Glossary

thinna (n): sit out (elevated place on the verandas)

futile (adj): unsuccessful

huddled (v): held arms and legs close because of fear or cold.

reluctantly (adv): not willing to do something

screwing up eyes (v): narrowing the eyes to look more carefully

on toes (idm): busy, ready to work

mumbling (v): speaking unclearly and quietly

exasperatedly (adv): very annoyed

kesariyogam (n): well settled (in Malayalam)

tattered (adj): torn

irritation (n): annoyance

peer (v): to look closely or carefully at something or somebody

grating (adj): unpleasant to Listen to

scared (adj): frightened

awkwardly (adv): uncomfortably

wrinkled (adj): having folds in one’s skin.

knotted yarn (n.phr): tied threads

nod (v) : move one’s head up and down to show agreement

make both ends meet (idiom): to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need

look after (phr. v): to take care of somebody/something

feebly (adv): weakly

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2C Reaching the Unreached Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 2C Reaching the Unreached

8th Class English Chapter 2C Reaching the Unreached Textbook Questions and Answers

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Complete the following table based on the above article.
Answer:

Name of the child	Age	Nature of work for which engaged
Romesh	14 years	Rag picking
Shanti	9 years	Cooking, moping, cleaning and washing clothes

Question 2.
Who rescued the two children ? Where did they take them to ?
Answer:
Some rescuer called 1098 helpline and Romesh got a helping hand from “The Child Line”. He is now one of the beneficiaries of Andhra Pradesh State based project for the Elimination of Child Labour. In the case of Shanti, the neighbours informed the “Child Labour Enforcement Team”. She was rescued and is now placed in a girls’ transit home.

Question 3.
Many households in your neighbourhood employ children to do the menial jobs. What will you do to save those children?
Answer:
At first I will talk with the owners who employ children to do the menial jobs and make them realize that they are doing wrong. I will make them know that those children are like their own children. I will ask them to educate those unlucky children and feed them well if they can. Next, I will inform the “Child Labour Enforcement Team” about those children. Thus, I will try to save them.

Question 4.
What is the role of CRY?
Answer:
CRY is an organization that partners some basic level organizations working for children, their parents and communities. CRY’s role is that of a bridge between child developmental organizations and people working for marginalized children. They gather the support, money and time of the Indians around the world and thousands of field workers across India who struggle to enrich the lives of children.

Question 5.
Two organisations are working to save the destitutes. What are they?
Answer:
The organisations that are working to save the destitutes are:

1. Child Rights and You (CRY) and
2. Save our Soul (SOS)

Question 6.
How does SOS work?
Answer:
SOS provides family-based care for children. It advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children. SOS focuses on strengthening families, helping them to stay together during difficult times and provide the best care possible to their children. SOS children’s village experts work with families to help them develop a wide range of skills, from household budget planning, how to get a job and earning a living, to bonding with a child or young person and learning to create a stable family life at home.

Study Skills

Read the following passage extracted from the story ‘Oliver Asks for More’ and the notes made on it.
The members of this board were very wise and philosophical men. As they turned their attention to the workhouse, they discovered that it was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes. It was the place where they had breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round and free; where it was all play and no work. This was really shocking state of affairs, they were of the opinion that the poor should be given only two alternatives: Either to starve quickly outside the workhouse, or gradually inside the house, view, they decided that the inmates of the workhouse would be issued three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week.
For the first six months after Oliver Twist was moved in, the system was in full operation. As a result, during this period, the number of workhouse inmates got smaller, and the inmates themselves shrank in size and became thinner.
Observe the notes made from the above passage.
1. The board
a. very wise and philosophical men
b. their attention to the workhouse
c. was a regular place of public entertainment
i. had breakfast, dinner, tea and supper
ii. all play and no work

2. The decision
a. to starve quickly outside the workhouse
b. gradually inside the house
i. issued three meals of thin gruel
ii. an onion twice a week

3. Result of the decision
a. the inmates of the work house got smaller
b. shrank in size
c. became thinner
Now, read the passage Child Rights and You (CRY) once again and make notes with another suitable title.
Answer:
1. CRY
a) an organisation
b) believes that children are citizens and they have their own rights
c) doesn’t believe in charity

2. Nature of work
a) doesn’t run schools or orphanages
b) partners some basic level organizations working for children, their parents and communities.

3. The role of CRY
a) bridges child developmental organizations and people working for marginalized children
b) gathers the support, money and time
(i) of the Indians around the world – who struggle to enrich the lives of children.
(ii) of the thousands of field workers across India – who struggle to enrich the lives of children.

4. CRY’s achievements:
a) Freed more than 1 lakh children from (i) hunger (ii) exploitation (iii) illiteracy
b) prevented child labour in 648 villages
c) liberated 1152 villages from child marriages
d) made 21,676 out of school children join schools

Listening

Homeless Child

No mother no father neither shoes nor a bed
He lives in a street
on pavements of a road
He is just ten
looks pale and thin.
He has so small a dinner
sometimes, he dines on the smell.
And even if he is starving to death
nobody comes to feed him.
As the sun rises and rays shoot him,
he is exposed to child labour.
Tears start rolling down his cheeks
there is nobody to comfort him.
And even if he is dead
There is nobody to worry about him.

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What is the song about?
Answer:
The song is about an orphan who is a child labourer.

Question 2.
Where does the child live?
Answer:
The child lives in a street and on pavements of a road.

Question 3.
How old is the child in the poem?
Answer:
The child in the poem is 10 years old.

Project work

In your village/city you may come across children who are working in some house¬holds, factories, shops, hotels and construction sites for daily wages. Collect the following information about one child. Make a brief profile of the child you have met and present it in the class.

Answer:

Work in groups and analyze the data by using the following questions and present it before your class.
1. Why do children take up jobs?
2. How poorly are they paid?
3. How many are willing to leave the work and join school?
Answer:
Children take up jobs due to various reasons. In some cases, the unlucky children take up jobs losing both their parents or any one of them. Most children work because their families are poor and their labour is necessary for their survival. Some parents feel that what is learnt by their children is irrelevant to fulfil their family needs. They think that there will be no use of education. For many children, school is not an option. A number of children do extremely hazardous work in harmful conditions putting their health, education, personal and social development and even their lives at risk. Many working children don’t have the opportunity to go to school. Usually, they work in the fields, households, factories, shops, hotels, restaurants on the streets as beggars and so on. Children are often employed and exploited because, compared to adults, they are more vulnerable, cheaper to hire and they don’t demand for higher wages or better working conditions. The children are paid very low wages. Compared to adults, the children usually do better but the owners give them very low wages. I think most of the working children will join the school if they are given a chance. The government should do something about it. The government has already started some projects for the elimination of child labour. Some voluntary organizations are making their efforts to eliminate child labour. They should meet the parents who are sending their children to work. They should make them realize that the child should be educated. If it is possible, they should help those families financially and change their attitude towards the children education. Thus, we can eliminate child labour completely.

Reaching the Unreached Summary in English

Romesh, a fourteen year old boy, left his family back in Bihar and reached Hyderabad to find a new future. Finding a job was not an easy job for him. Cursed by hunger, he joined a group of rag pickers. Some rescuer called 1098 help line and he got a helping hand from ‘The Child Line”. He is now one of the beneficiaries of Andhra Pradesh State based project for the Elimination of Child Labour.

Many such children fall to similar fate due to domestic violence and abject poverty. Shanti, a nine year old girl, was sent to Hyderabad by her parents to work in a middle class home. There she did the menial tasks like cooking, moping, cleaning and washing clothes. Her owners used to lock her up in a tiny room when they went out. The neighbours informed the “Child Labour Enforcement Team” and she was rescued and is now placed in a girls’ transit home.

CRY (Child Rights and You) is an organization that believes that children are citizens and they have their own rights. At CRY, they partner some basic level organizations working for children, their parents and communities. It acts as a bridge between child developmental organizations and people working for marginalized children. They gather the support, money and time of the Indians around the world and thousands of field workers across India who struggle to enrich the lives of children. CRY has freed more than 1 lakh children from hunger, exploitation and illiteracy in more than 13000 villages and slums.

Save Our Soul (SOS)

SOS Children’s Villages is an independent, non-governmental, social development organisation that provides family-based care for children in India since 1964. It advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children. More than 6000 children and young people live in 33 SOS Children’s Villages and 27 SOS Youth Facilities in India.

At SOS Children’s Villages, the organisers believe that every child should grow up in a strong family environment, and so their work helps families to create a loving, caring home. Their work focuses on strengthening families, helping them to stay together during difficult times and provide the best care possible to their children. The needs of a family can be varied. SOS Children’s Village experts work with families to help them develop a wide range of skills, from house-hold b udget planning, how to get a job and earning a living, to bonding with a child or young person and learning to create a stable family life at home.

Sometimes, however, it is not possible for a child to stay in the family. In these cases, the organisation works to find tailor-made solutions that respond to each situation, keeping the best interest of each child or young person’s in mind. SOS Children’s Villages is the only organisation of global impact that provides direct care to children who can no longer stay with their families.

Finally, through advocacy, SOS Children’s Villages aims to improve the overall framework conditions for children whose parents cannot take care of them, or who are at risk of losing the care of their families. Successful advocacy, based on their experience as a practitioner, brings about changes in policies and practices that weaken children’s rights leads to sustainable changes to improve the situation for children and families everywhere.

Reaching the Unreached Glossary

toiled (v): worked very hard for a long time

beneficiary (n): a person who gains as a result of something

elimination (n): removing something

abject (adj): terrible and without hope

rescue (v): to save somebody from a dangerous or harmful situation

marginalized (adj): made somebody feel as if they were not important and could not influence desicions or events

exploitation (n): a situation in which somebody treats somebody else in an unfair way

advocate (v): to support something publicly

concern (n): worry

vary (v): to make different; change

sustainable (adj): that can continue or be continued for a long time

 

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class Physical Science Solutions Chapter 7 Coal and Petroleum Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class Physical Science Solutions 7th Lesson Coal and Petroleum

8th Class Physical Science 7th Lesson Coal and Petroleum Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Complete the given analogy.
i) Coal : ExhaustIble :: ———– : InexhaustIble
ii) Coaltar : ———– :: Coke : Manufacture of steel
iii) Petrochemicals : Plastic :: CNG : ———–
iv) Carbondioxide: Global warming :: ———– : Nausea
Answer:
i) Coal : ExhaustIble :: Solar energy : InexhaustIble
ii) Coaltar : Paints :: Coke : Manufacture of steel
iii) Petrochemicals : Plastic :: CNG : Fertilizer
iv) Carbondioxide: Global warming :: Heavy metals : Nausea

Question 2.
Match the following.
Group – A                                                Group – B
i) Natural resource                    ( )          a) Carbonisation
ii) Coal                                       ( )          b) Plastic chair
iii) Petrochemical product         ( )          c) Krishna and Godavari delta
iv) Natural gas                           ( )          d) Plankton
v) Petroleum                              ( )          e) Water
Answer:
i) e
ii) a
iii) b
iv) c
v) d

Question 3.
Multiple Choice Questions:
i) Which one of the following is less polluting fuel?
a) Natural Gas
b) Coal
c) Kerosene
d) Petrol
Answer:
ii) a

ii) The main constituent of coal is
a) Carbon
b) Oxygen
c) Air
d) Water
Answer:
iii) b

iii) Which one of the following material is used for making shoe polish?
a) Paraffin wax
b) Petrol
c) Diesel
d) Lubricating oil
Answer:
i) a

Question 4.
Fill in the blanks.
i) …………… was used in manufacture of steel. (Coke)
ii) The biproduct of coal used in synthetic dyes and paints is ………………. (coal tar)
iii) Coal was formed in areas where large amounts of ………………. was buried under the earth. (forests)
iv) ………………… gas which causes climate change and global warming. (Carbon dioxide)

Question 5.
Name the petroleum products is used for roads surfacing.
Answer:
A petroleum product of bitumen is used for roads surfacing in place of coal tar these days.

Question 6.
Explain the process of formation of petroleum in Earth. (OR)
Explain the process of formation of petroleum in the Earth.
Answer:
Petroleum was formed from the remains of tiny organisms called plankton that were found in the bottom of seas and oceans. Plankton have tiny droplets of oil inside their bodies.
As these organisms died, their bodies settled at the bottom of the sea or ocean and got covered with layers of sand and clay. Over millions of years, due to absence of air, high temperature and high pressure these dead organisms transformed into petroleum.

Question 7.
Project Work:
Compare a CNG run vehicle with that of a diesel run vehicle. What difference do you notice in both cases with respect to pollutants released, level of pollution and cost of fuel? Prepare a report on your findings. You can take the help of a driver to make a report on your observation.
Answer:

Name of the fuel	Cost of the fuel as on today	Pollutants liberated
Diesel/Petrol	Rs. 52.97/ Rs. 72.14 per litre	Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydro carbons, sulphur dioxide
CNG	Rs. 49 per kg	Carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide

Question 8.
Project Work:
Choose five families of your neighbourhood, collect the information about the measures that they adopt to conserve energy resources in transport and cooking.
Make a report on your observation.
Answer:

The precautionary methods taken by them to conserve energy resources in transport and cooking.
In transport:

1. They do not using their motor vehicles for travelling smaller distances.
2. They are completing small distances by walk or by bicycle.
3. They are regularly servicing their vehicles.
4. They are regularly changing the engine oil of the vehicle.
5. They are travelling at prescribed speed and not applying brakes unnecessarily which increase the milage.

In cooking:

1. They are using cookers.
2. Not preparing to many fries which can increase the fuel consumption.
3. Regularly cleaning the burners of gas stove.
4. Cooking the food with sufficient water.

Question 9.
The following table shows the total power shortage percentage in India from 1991-1997. Show the data in the form of a bar graph taking shortage percentage for the years on the Y-axis and the years on the X-axis.

S.No.	Year	Shortage (%)
1	1991	7.9
2	1992	7.8
3	1993	8.3
4	1994	7.4
5	1995	7.1
6	1996	9.2
7	1997	11.5

a) Is the shortage percentage of power increasing or decreasing?
Answer:
The power shortage not followed a regular trend. It decreased from 1991 to 1992 and then increased in 1993 and then decreased upto 1995 and then increased upto 1997 from the table given.

b) If shortage percentage of power increases year by year, how will it affect on human life? Explain.
Answer:
The effect of shortage percentage of power on human life:
Agriculture: Agriculture mainly depends on electric power for water supply. If there is no sufficient power is available then the yield of food material decreases.
Industry: Industries mainly run with electric power. If electric power is not sufficient then it is major set back for their production.
Economy: Economy drastically affected by shortage of power which will also effects the economic status of people.
Health: Shortage of power also affects the health of people because many cured by operations which required power.
Science and Technology : The growth of science and technology completely get damage due to lack of power because they are mainly depend on power.
So shortage of power drastically affect human life.

Question 10.
Draw a flow chart showing exhaustible and inexhaustible resources and their use.
Answer:

Question 11.
Collect the information about place were we get coal, petroleum and natural gas in Andhra Pradesh and mark the places on outline map of Andhra Pradesh.
Answer:
Coal: Coal is not available in Andhra Pradesh.
Petroleum and Natural Gas: These reserves are spread over in Krishna and Godavari basins of our state.

Question 12.
How do you appreciate the efforts of human beings to discover an alternate energy source like coal and petroleum for their daily use?
Answer:
Earlier people used kiln using wood for cooking food and for travelling they used horses and bullock carts. There was no electricity so their life was miserable. The wood they were using produced lot of pollution. So they required a fuel not only for cooking but also travelling long distances.
In 19th century the use of coal as fuel was the major thing in development of human beings. Steam engine which used coal was invented during industrial revolution. Later electricity was produced from coal. During this period the steam engine was used to power everything from cloth looms to vehicles on land and water.
The petroleum was started as fuel in 1859 then it was used everywhere in the world because it was better fuel than coal and less pollutant. So people were using petroleum products for their needs that is for cooking, transport and machinery, etc. So discovery of using coal and petroleum as fuel changes the life of human beings. So we should have to appreciate human being for their discovery of an alternative energy source like coal and petroleum for their daily use.

Question 13.
Harshith said to his father, “Daddy we can save more fuel by using bicycle instead of bike for going to nearby places”. How do you appreciate Harshith’s comment?
Answer:
I would appreciate Harshith for his comment. We are wasting a lot of fuel for travelling near by places which can be covered either by bicycle or by walk. If we do like this a lot of fuel is consumed. Consuming fuel is producing fuel. So I thoroughly appreciate Harshith for his comment.

Question 14.
Why should people look for alternative sources of fossil fuel? (OR)
Write your opinion on the necessity of discovering an alternate energy sources to coal and petroleum.
Answer:
The entire research and development in the field of sourced energy shows that at present rate of use of the conventional energy sources like fossil fuels will not last for long and also burning fuels release carbon dioxide a green house gas, which causes a climate changes and leads to global warming.
Coal fired power plants emit mercury, selenium, arsenic, lead in addition to green house gases which are harmful to human health and environment and availability of coal decreasing rapidly.
So people should have to look for alternative sources of fossil fuels which are inexhaustible and pollution free.

Question 15.
Assume that you are a driver, what measures do you take to save petrol and diesel?
Answer:

1. I will thoroughly check whether the engine of the vehicle properly working or not otherwise the vehicle consume more fuel and also release poisonous gases.
2. I will thoroughly check the air in the tyres.
3. I did not unnecessarily apply brakes which will consume more fuel.
4. I will replace engine oils for every two or three months.
5. I will run the vehicle in prescribed speed which will increase the milage.
6. I did not allow overload in the vehicle.

Question 16.
“Crude oil and refined fuel when spills into the sea from tanker of ships by accident”. Discuss the consequences of this on environment.
Answer:
Crude oil and refined fuel spills into sea from tanker of ships by accident causes a damage to natural system and kill sea birds, mammals, shell fish and other organisms due to lack of dissolved oxygen in water as oil is less denser than water it floats on water and forming a layer called oil slink and oxygen does not enters into the water.

Question 17.
“The use of CNG and LPG as fuels for automobiles helps us to minimize air pollution and maintains ecological balance.” Do you agree with this statement? If yes explain.
Answer:
Yes, I will agree with the statement. CNG and LPG are completely combustible. CNG is less polluting and it is cleaner fuel releasing small quantity of harmful gases. Similarly LPG is also releases few polluting gases. CNG and LPG does not release hydrocarbons. They only release carbon dioxide and small quantities of sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide. So using CNG and LPG as fuels for automobiles help us to minimize air pollution and maintains ecological balance.

8th Class Physical Science 7th Lesson Coal and Petroleum InText Questions and Answers

8th Class Physical Science Textbook Page No. 105

Question 1.
How is biodiversity affected by excessive use of fossil fuels?
Answer:
Biodiversity affected by excessive use of fossil fuels:

1. Burning fuels releases carbon dioxide a green house gas, which causes climate changes and leads to global warming.
2. Coal fired power plants emits mercury, selenium, arsenic, lead in addition to green house gases which is harmful to human health and environment.
3. Many paints made from petroleum and heavy metals release toxic products into air. These toxic products cause a variety of health problems including heart, lungs damage, nausea and dizziness.
   So these are harmful effects of excessive use of fossil fuels on biodiversity.

8th Class Physical Science 7th Lesson Coal and Petroleum Activities

Activity – 1

Question 1.
Identifying articles and materials used for various purposes.
Have a look at table. Column A gives the names of some activities and items. Ask your grandparents or other older people about the names of the materials then used for the items given in column A, and write them in column B. Then in column C, write the names of materials being used at present.
Answer:

From activity 1, you have a long list of materials. Some of them like wood, metals (Iron, Silver, Gold etc) were used ten years, fifty years even hundred years ago. Do your grand parents remember using plastic when they were young?
Now think and wirte the answers:
a) How many of these materials were available 10 years ago?
Answer:
Plastic, iron, gold and silver articles were available 10 years ago.

b) How many of these materials were available 50 years ago?
Answer:
The articles made up of wood, iron, silver, gold are available 50 years ago and also articles made up of clay. There is no plastic articles.

c) How many of these materials were available 100 years ago?
Answer:
The articles made up of clay, wood, iron, silver, gold were available 100 years ago.

Activity – 2

Question 2.
List out the natural resources which are limited and which are abundant arid record in table.
Answer:

Resources abundant	Solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, biomass enery, water
Resources limited	Coal, petroleum, natural gas

a) What will happen if fossil fuel like coal and petroleum are completely exhausted?
Answer:

1. There would be no fuel for cooking.
2. There would be no fuel for transport.
3. There would be no fuel for running machinery.
4. There would be no fuel for producing electricity.
   So life on earth become miserable.

b) What would be our future energy resources?
Answer:
The future energy resources are hydro electric power, solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), biomass energy.

c) Are the fossil fuel resources available plenty to meet the future energy needs?
Answer:
No, a survey gives an information that about 2015 the world people would consume half of total reserves of petroleum. Coal also exhaustible resource. We can meet our needs with coal for another 250 – 300 years at the current rate of use.

d) What actions required to meet the future energy needs?
Answer:

1. Do not waste fuel for unnecessary activities.
2. The energy should be properly utilized and the wastage should be minimized.
3. Usage of bicycle in place of motor vehicles for small distances.
4. Using road transport vehicles for travelling larger distances which will minimize fuel consumption.
5. The engine of a vehicle thoroughly serviced in order to minimize fuel consumption.
6. Alternative sources like solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy more utilized.

Activity – 3

Question 3.
Identifying various uses of petroleum.
Look at the figure and find the other uses of petroleum and its products. Fill in the table.

Answer:

Activity – 4

Question 4.
Identifying uses of coal products:

Observe the above picture and list out the uses of coal products in the following table. You can collect more information by the discussion with elders and with your friends.
Answer:

Lab Activity

Conduct an experiment to show that when we heat high quality coal, a gas evolves which can be burnt. (OR)
What are the materials required to demonstrate “burning of coal”? Draw the diagram of the experimental setup. (OR)
How do you prove a high quality coal on heating produces a burning gas?
Answer:
Aim: To show that when we heat high quality of coal a gas evolves which can burn. Material required : Two boiling tubes, rubber corks, iron stands, delivery tube, jet tube, bunsen burner.
Procedure: Take a spoon of powdered coal into a hard boiling tube and fix it to a stand as shown in figure. Close the test tube with a rubber cork and connect it to another.
boiling tube which is partially filled with water and has fixed to other stand, with the help of ‘U’ shaped delivery tube. Arrange a jet tube to the cork of second boiling tube. Heat the boiling tube containing coal strongly with the help of bunsen burner.

We may notice that brownish black vapours evolved in the first boiling tube. These vapours are passed through water in the second boiling tube. Colourless gas bubbles evolve from the water. If we burn the gas that is evolving through the jet tube we can witness a bright flame at the nozzle. This shows when we heat high quality coal a gas evolves which can burn.

Activity – 5

Question 5.
Group discussion on misuse of fuel resources and its consequences.
Discuss in small groups how fuel resources are being misused in our daily life while doing various activities like
a) transportation, b) cooking and c) industrial use.
Answer:
Misuse of fuel in transportation:

1. Do not stopping the engine at traffic signals.
2. Running the vehicle with more speed than prescribed speed.
3. Unnecessarily using brakes.
4. Not servicing the engine regularly.
5. Not changing the engine oil regularly.
6. Not filling air in the tyres regularly.
7. Carrying overload in the vehicle.
8. Using vehicles for smaller distances.

Misuse of fuel in cooking:

1. Not stopping the burners when the cooking is over.
2. Using more water than required which will consume more fuel.
3. Not checking the burners regularly whether they are any dust particles which will lead more consumption of fuel.
4. Preparing more fries which required more fuel.

Misuse of fuel in industries:

1. Machinery is not properly working.
2. Any flaws in the machinery.
3. Not doing regularly maintenance of machinery.
4. Lubricants are not used properly.

a) What are the consequences of misuse of fuels?
Answer:

1. Fossil fuels like coal and petroleum are completely exhausted.
2. Misuse also leads to environmental pollution due to release of harmful gases like carbon monoxide.

b) What methods could you suggest to prevent the misuse of fuels?
Answer:
In transportation:

1. Drive at a constant and moderate speed as far as possible.
2. Switch off the engine at traffic lights or at a place where you have to wait.
3. Ensure correct tyre pressure.
4. Ensure regular maintenance of the vehicle.

In cooking:

1. Stop the burners when the cooking is over.
2. Use sufficient water for cooking.
3. Do not prepare more frying food.
4. Ensure regular maintenance of the gas stove.

In industry:

1. Correct the flaws in the machinery.
2. Ensure regular maintenance of machinery.
3. Lubricants are used whenever necessary.

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2B The Cry of Children Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 2B The Cry of Children

8th Class English Chapter 2B The Cry of Children Textbook Questions and Answers

Comprehension

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What kind of places are the children working in?
Answer:
The children are working in the places such as coal factories, iron factories, jinning mills, shops, hotels, tea-stalls, automobile shops, fields, etc.

Question 2.
‘The reddest flower would look as pale as snow.’ What does the phrase ‘reddest flower’ refer to ? Why does it become pale?
Answer:
The phrase ‘reddest flower’ refers to the blood coloured eye of the child. It becomes pale as the child is very tired. (In the other sense, the reddest flower becomes pale before the red eyes of the children. The eyes of the children are very red in colour because of their restlessness and sleeplessness.)

Question 3.
How does the work affect the children?
Answer:
The children become very tired. They can’t run or leap as a normal child can. They want to sleep. They are not playful. They are very unhappy with their life.

Question 4.
Do children enjoy their lives when engaged in work?
Answer:
No, children don’t enjoy their lives when engaged in work. They don’t find any time to enjoy.

Question 5.
If the poem were written from the point of view of a factory owner, what kind of things would he say about children?
Answer:
If the poem were written from the point of view of a factory owner, he would say that the children were not doing their work properly. He would say that the children had to work hard. He would say that they were sitting leisurely.

Question 6.
What is the poet’s attitude towards child labour? Pick out the words/expressions that reveal her attitude.
Answer:
The poet’s sympathies are with the child labourers. She feels that the child labourer’s lives are very miserable. The expressions, “we are weary and we can’t run or leap”, “Our knees upon our faces”, “we drag our burden tiring”, “we drive the wheels of iron”, etc. reveal her attitude.

The Cry of Children Summary in English

In this poem E. Browning shows and criticises the sorrow of the children in those years how the exploitation was managed in coal mines and factories. In those days, children were working endlessly under deplorable conditions.
The children are tired and weary. They are fed up with the continuous work in the coal mines and iron factories. They have no joy of living. Their routine is always the same. They start their work early in the morning and finish it late in the evening. They don’t experience the sunlight in the dark undergrounds of the coal mines. They don’t have play time. They don’t have any happiness. They can’t run or jump. They want to sleep in the meadows. Their knees are trembling with their heavy work. Their eyelids are drooping with tiredness.

About the Poet

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was a great poet of English language. She published a Collection of Poems, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Aurora Leigh, The Seraphim and Other Poems. She married Robert Browning, a famous English poet and moved to Italy. Most of her poems deal with human emotions.

The Cry of Children Glossary

weary (adj): tired and lost all the strength

meadows (n): land that is covered with grass

merely (adv): only

sorely (adv): in a painful manner

drooping (adj): hanging downward

pale (adj): not bright/light in colour

stooping (n): bending ones body forwards and downwards

drag (v): to pull something along with effort and difficulty

 

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class English Textbook Solutions Chapter 2A Oliver Asks for More Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 2A Oliver Asks for More

8th Class English Chapter 2A Oliver Asks for More Textbook Questions and Answers

Read the saying given below and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1.
What does the sentence mean?
Answer:
Home is the happiest place in the world for all of us. No other place gives us comfort and protection as the home gives us. No other place makes us happy as the home does.

Question 2.
Do you agree/disagree with the view expressed in it? Why?
Answer:
Yes, I agree with the view expressed in it. To me, the home is the best place to live in. In our home, we find happiness and comfort as we get the company of our parents and siblings. We must be grateful to god for giving us a chance to live with our parents and siblings in our home. Our parents care for us. They can do all they can to make us happy. We get love and warmth of our family members in our home. The other places may make us happy temporarily but the home is the place where we experience all sorts of happiness.

Comprehension

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
How did Oliver feel when he was told to appear before the live board?
Answer:
Oliver Twist did not have any clearly defined notion of what a live board was. So, he was rather astonished by this information and was not quite certain whether he ought to laugh or cry. He had no time to think about the matter.

Question 2.
Why did Oliver tremble and cry in the white-washed room?
Answer:
Mr. Bumble led Oliver into a large white-washed room where eight or ten fat gentlemen were sitting around a table. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen. This made him tremble. The beadle gave him a tap on his back with his cane when he didn’t answer the gentleman’s question and it made him cry.

Question 3.
“What is that, sir?” inquired poor Oliver. What does ‘that’ refer to 111
Answer:
‘That’ refers to ‘orphan’.

Question 4.
What kind of people were the members of the board? Justify your opinion.
Answer:
The members of the board were very wise and philosophical men. They were unhappy when they came to know that the workhouse was the regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes. They didn’t have any mercy or sympathy towards the poor. They were shocked when they came to know that it was all play and no work in works house. They were of the opinion that the poor should starve quickly outside the workhouse or gradually inside the house. So, they ordered to restrict the food given to the poor. If anyone demanded (or requested) for more, he would be thrown out.

Question 5.
What main differences do you notice between the children and the master? (Observe the physical appearances, dress, behaviour, etc.) What can you infer from these differences?
Answer:
The children were very thin. They dressed in rags. They were all very frightened of the board, the beadle and the master. They even didn’t have enough food to eat. They had to do some work. The master wore cook’s uniform. He was fat and healthy. He didn’t have any mercy on the children. He was authoritative.

Question 6.
How do you look at Oliver’s request, ‘Please, sir, / want some more!’? What compelled him to say this?
Answer:
Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation. They became wild with hunger. A tall boy of them announced that he would eat the boy who slept next to him unless he had enough food to eat. A council was held and it was decided that Oliver should ask the master for more. That evening after they had eaten the served gruel, Oliver went to the master and requested him for more. Thus, the hunger of the tall boy compelled him to say this. His hunger and misery too compelled him to say this.

Question 7.
What happened to Oliver at the end of the story?
Answer:
At the end of the story Oliver was ordered into instant confinement. A bill was next morning pasted on the outside of the gate, offering a reward of five pounds to anybody who would take Oliver off the hands of the parish. In other words, five pounds and Oliver Twist were offered to any man or woman who wanted an apprentice to any trade, business or profession.

Question 8.
Do you find children like Oliver around you? How would you help them to live better?
Answer:
Yes. I find one or two boys like Oliver around us. I would help them by giving the clothes, the food, the money as much as I can. I would inform the organisations who take care of orphan children.

Vocabulary

I. Look at the underlined part in the following sentence.

“You have come here to be educated…” said the red-faced gentleman.
The word ‘red-faced’ is called a Compound Adjective.
The phrase ‘red-faced gentleman’ is a short form of ‘a gentleman with a red face’.

Question 1.
Pick out the phrases with Compound Adjectives from the story or elsewhere and write how they can be rewritten to express the same meaning.
a. ———————————
b. ———————————
c. ———————————
Answer:
Phrases with Compound Adjectives and their rewritten form with the same meaning.
(a) gold-laced cuff : a cuff with gold lace
(b) white-washed room: a room that was white-washed
(c) one-eyed man: a man with one eye
(d) long-legged insect: an insect with long legs
(e) fat-bodied woman: a woman with fat body

Question 2.
Change the underlined parts in the following paragraph into compound adjectives. Rewrite the paragraph in your notebook.
Sachin Tendulkar is a cricketer who is famous all over the world. He is a batsman playing with right hand. He has many world records to his credit which are mind blowing. Besides all these, he is a person with a kind heart. He works with an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) based in Mumbai to help more than 200 orphans every year.
Answer:
Sachin Tendulkar is a world-famous cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He has many mind-blowing world records to his credit. Besides all these, he is a kind-hearted person. He works with a Mumbai-based NGO (Non-Governmental Organization! to help more than 200 orphans every year.

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate compound adjectives from the box given below.

Latha is a —-(1)—- girl. She speaks kindly with her classmates. Look at her, she is wearing an —-(2)—- dress. She does not like to wear —-(3)—- dresses. Don’t you think Latha is a —-(4)—- girl?
Answer:
1) soft-spoken
2) old-fashioned
3) brand-new
4) well-mannered

Grammar

I. Look at the following sentence taken from the story.
‘The boy is a fool,’ said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.
As you know, the above underlined expression, can be changed in to a question.
How do we change the above statement into a question? By putting the auxiliary verb before the subject ‘the boy’.

Look at some more sentences.
1. ‘I understand that he asked for more.’
‘Do I understand that he asked for more ?’
2. ‘Oliver asks for more.’
Does Oliver ask for more ?
3. ‘The boys took their places.’
Did the boys take their places?
These sentences are changed into a question by placing ‘do/does/did at the beginning, such questions are called Yes / No questions.
Change the following statements into Yes/No questions.
1. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen.
———————————
2. You are an orphan.
———————————
3. You say your prayers every night.
———————————
4. You will pick oakum tomorrow morning.
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5. Mr. Bumble rushed into the room.
———————————
6. They can devour the big bowl.
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7. Boys have generally excellent appetite.
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Answer:
1. Was Oliver frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen?
2. Are you an orphan?
3. Do you say your prayers every night?
4. Will you pick oakum tomorrow morning?
5. Did Mr. Bumble rush into the room?
6. Can they devour the big bowl?
7. Do boys generally have excellent appetite?

II. Read the following sentence taken from the story.
“You were brought up by the parish, weren’t you?”
In this sentence ‘weren’t you?’ at the end is called a question tag. Question tags are used to get information or confirmation. The question tags are positive if the statements are negative. And if the statements are positive, questions tags are negative. These tags are short/contracted form of questions. If the statement has an auxiliary, the tag begins with an auxiliary. In case it does not have an auxiliary, it will begin with do/does/did.

Read the following dialogue to understand the usage of question tags.

Ramu: The weather is good today, isn’t it?
Vijay: Indeed, Ramu.
Ramu: How about going out now? Hope you’ll join me, won’t you?
Vijay: I’ve got some important work now, I am afraid.

Read the following dialogue that took place at a party. Add suitable question tags to complete it.

Rohit: Hi, I’ve met you before, —-(1)—-
Suma: No, I don’t think so.
Rohit: But your name is Vani, —-(2)—-
Suma: No, it’s Suma! Anyway, glad to meet you.
Rohit: Me too. This is Rohit. The party seems to be really lively, —-(3)—-
Suma: Yes, definitely. We enjoy ourselves a lot on such occasions, —-(4)—-
Rohit: Yeah, we do.
Answer:
1) haven’t I?
2) isn’t it?
3) doesn’t it?
4) don’t we?

Writing

I. Anne Frank was a Uttle girl of thirteen. She was as lonely as Oliver Twist. When the German army invaded her country, she had to hide in a small building with her family. She suffered a lot. She recorded her feelings and thoughts in her diary.
Friday, 1st October, 1942.
Just for fun, I am going to tell you each person’s first wish, when we are allowed to go out again. Mrs. Van says, ‘If I go out, I’ll eat cream cakes.’ Dussel says, ‘If I am let free, I’ll run to see my wife Lotje.’ Mummy says, ‘I will have a cup of coffee.’ Peter says, ‘I will go to the cinema.’ I long for so many things. But I long for a home of our own.

1. What did Anne write in her diary?

• personal feelings/thoughts/reflections
• events other than routine
• future plans

2. Did you notice any variety in the sentences?
3. Are all the sentences connected with each other properly?
After facing the live board, Oliver returned to his bed crying. He sat up to write his diary. Now, imagine you are Oliver Twist. Attempt a diary entry with the above
features in mind.
Answer:
Monday, 12th August, 20xx
What a miserable day in my life! Just now I have appeared before the live board. Actually I don’t have any idea about a live board. Mr. Bumble informed me, ‘Today, you have to appear before the live board forthwith”. I was rather surprised. I was not quite certain whether I ought to laugh or cry. I had no time to think about the matter then. Mr. Bumble told me, “Follow me”. So, I followed him into a large white-washed room. There were eight or ten gentlemen sitting round a table. A fat gentleman with a very round, red face sat in an arm chair rather higher than the rest. Bumble said, “Bow to the board”. I brushed away two or three years that were lingering in my eyes. I didn’t find any board. I only saw a table. So I bowed to that. ’Whats your name, boy?’ said the gentleman in the high chair. I was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made me tremble. As I didn’t answer the question, the beadle gave me a tap on my back with his cane and immediately I started crying, the gentleman in the high chair. I was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made me tremble. As I didn’t answer the question, the beadle gave me a tap on my back with his cane and immediately I started crying. The gentleman in the high chair asked me “Do you know you’re an orphan?” I didn’t understand his question. So, I asked him ‘What’s that, sir”? The gentleman in the white waistcoat remarked, “The boy is a fool”.
The red-faced gentleman in the high chair said, ‘You have come here to be educated and taught a useful trade”. The gentleman in the white waistcoat added You’ll begin to pick oakum tomorrow morning at six o’clock”. I bowed low and rushed into my room. I sobbed myself to sleep on a rough, hard bed. How disgusting all it is! I don’t want to stay here any more. I certainly will leave it. We don’t have any independence here. They don’t allow us to play, run or jump. Here we are living like slaves. We don’t have enough food either. They don’t show any mercy on us. No, I won’t stay here even a minute more. Now itself I shall start.

Oliver Asks for More Summary in English

Oliver, an orphan boy, was brought to a children’s home. Mr. Bumble, the beadle, informed Oliver that he had to appear before the board at once. As he did not have any idea of a live board, he was astonished and was not quite certain whether he ought to laugh or cry. Mr. Bumble took him into a large white-washed room where eight or ten fat gentlemen were sitting round a table. Mr. Bumble ordered Oliver to bow to the board. Seeing no board but the table, Oliver bowed to the table. He was frightened at the sight of them and trembled. The beadle tapped on his back with his cane and he cried. The gentleman in the high chair asked Oliver if he knew that he was an orphan. Oliver couldn’t understand his question as he had no idea of an orphan. The gentlemen reminded Oliver that he was brought up by the parish and asked him to pray for them and take care of him like a Christian. The gentleman in the white waistcoat ordered Oliver to begin to pick oakum the following day morning at six o’clock. Oliver made a low bow and hurried away to a large ward sobbing himself to sleep on a rough, hard bed. The members of the board were very wise and philosophical men. They discovered that the workhouse was the regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes. They opined that the poor should starve quickly outside the workhouse or gradually inside it. They decided the inmates of the workhouse would be issued three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week. As a result, the number of workhouse inmates got smaller and they shrank in size. Oliver and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months. They became wild with hunger. One day a tall boy announced that he would eat the boy who slept next to him unless he was given extra gruel. A council was held and it was decided that Oliver should ask the master for more. That evening the gruel was served and they ate it up. The boys winked at Oliver and nudged him. Oliver advanced to the master and requested him for more gruel. The master got a rage and aimed a blow at Oliver’s head with the ladle. He reported it to the beadle. Mr. Bumble, the beadle rushed into the gentlemen’s room and reported the same. The gentleman in the white waistcoat opined that the boy would be hung. Nobody contradicted his opinion and Oliver was ordered into instant confinement. The following morning a bill was pasted offering five pounds to those who would take Oliver as an apprentice to any trade, business or profession.

About the author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is a well known English novelist. Due to his father’s imprisonment Charles left school and worked in a shoe factory. While he was working as a office boy he launched his writing career. His novels Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, Pickwick Papers, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield brought him name all over the world. He went on lecture tours to America and got literary reputation. He focussed on social issues and human ailments in his works.

Oliver Asks for More Glossary

beadle (n): an official of a church

parish (n): a church committee

oakum (n): loose fibre obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes

surly (adj): serious or angry

gruel (n): a thin liquid food of oats, rice, etc.

devoured (v): ate hungrily or quickly

appetite (n): the desire to eat, hunger

voracious (adj): wanting great quantities of food

stupefied (adj): shocked

paralyzed (v): became motionless

ladle (n): a long handled spoon used to serve liquids

countenance (n): a person’s face or facial expression

confinement (n): putting in a prison or a closed room

apprentice (n): one who works under a skilled person

stride (n): one long step

grasped (v): took a firm hold of something

cuff (n): the bottom of the leg of a pair of trousers/pants that has been folded over on the outside

forthwith (adv): immediately, at once

trotted (v): moved forward at a speed that is faster than a walk

lingering (v): continuing to exist

gruff (adj): deep and rough, and often sounding unfriendly

stammered (v): spoke with difficulty

sobbed (v): cried noisily taking sudden, sharp breaths

starve (v): to suffer or die, because one doesn’t have enough food to eat

winked (v): closed one eye and opened it again quickly, especially as a private signal to somebody

nudged (v): pushed somebody gently with one’s elbow

paralyzed (v): made somebody unable to feel or move all or part of their body

faint (adj): that can’t be clearly seen, heard or smelt

depicted (v): gave an impression of something

contradicted (v): said that something that somebody else had said was wrong

calling (n): a profession or career