TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

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Telangana SCERT TS 8th Class English Study Material Pdf Unit 8C The Dead Rat Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Questions and Answers:

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What did the mother do to make Madananka normal and settled in life?
Answer:
Madananka’s mother hoped that he would become, normal and settle down if he was married; and so, she found a suitable girl and they were married. But her hopes did not come true.

Question 2.
What kind of man was Yakshadatta?
Answer:
Yakshadatta was a well-to-do merchant. He lent money to the poor but capable persons.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Question 3.
What did Ratnanka do with the dead rat?
Answer:
Ratnanka took the dead rat as a favour from Yakshadatta. He made a cup out of a leaf and placed the dead rat in that cup. He carried it through the streets crying, ‘a rat for sale’. One merchant bought the dead rat as a prey for his cat and gave him a handful of bengalgram.

Question 4.
How did the firewood which Ratnanka had collected fetch him a hundred gold coins?
Answer:
There were continuous rains in the city for ten days. There was scarcity of firewood in the city. The firewood which Ratnanka had collected was bought by the citizens at a price profitable to Ratnanka. Thus, the firewood fetched Ratnanka a hundred gold coins.

Question 5.
How did Ratnanka show his gratitude to Yakshadatta?
Answer:
Ratnanka made a rat made of gold, weighing one kilo. Its eyes were made of rubies, ears of sapphires. It had a diamond chain round the neck. It was kept in a silver trap and carried in procession. Ratnanka, thus took the gold rat to Yakshadatta and told him his success story and requested him to accept the gold rat as repayment of the loan and also as a token of his gratitude.

Question 6.
How did Ratnanka help the woodcutters?
Answer:
Ratnanka took the soaked, swollen bengalgram and drinking water in an earthen pitcher with him. He went outside the city and sat under the shade of a tree and offered each woodcutter some bengalgram and cold water. The woodcutters were pleased with Ratnanka’s helped the hungry, thirsty woodcutters.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Study skills:

Read the biographical write up on Dr. Kotnis again and write the timeline of the events referred to, in your notebook. A few events are shown here.
Answer:

  1. 1910 – Kotnis was bom
  2. 1937 – The Communist General ‘Zhu De’ requested Jawaharlal Nehru to send Indian physicians to China.
  3. 1938 – Dr. Kotnis went to China as a member of 5 member medical team.
  4. 1940 – Dr. Kotnis worked nonstop for 72 hours performing operations.
  5. 1941 – Dr. Kotnis married Guo, a Chinese nurse.
  6. 1942 – Dr. Kotnis and Guo had a son ‘Yin Hua’. & Dr. Kotnis died on 9th December.
  7. 1945 – A book ‘One Who Never Returned’ based on the life of Dr. Kotnis was written.
  8. 1946 – ‘Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani’ a film by V.Shantaram was released.
  9. 1976 – Chinese Government built a memorial hall for Dr. Kotnis.
  10. 1982 – Government of China honoured Dr. Kotnis with a stamp.
  11. 1993 – Government of India honoured Dr. Kotnis by releasing a stamp.
  12. 2000 – Mrs. Kotnis was an honoured guest during the then President of India, K.R.Narayanan’s visit to Beijing.
  13. 2003 – Mrs. Kotnis was an honoured guest during the then Prime Minister Vajpayee’s visit to Beijing.
  14. 2006 – Mrs. Kotnis, accompanied the Chinese President Hu Jintao to India.
  15. 2012 – Mrs. Kotnis died.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Project Work:

Visit any five old people of your locality and interview them. Before you conduct the interview, prepare a questionnaire centred around the following items.

  1. Name
  2. Age
  3. Gender
  4. Social background
  5. Who takes care of them at home
  6. Health conditions
  7. Further support they need

Write a report based on the interview and present it before the class.
Answer:
Person – 1:

  1. Name : N. Santha
  2. Age : 62 years
  3. Gender : Female
  4. Social background : Poor
  5. Who takes care of them at home : Lives alone
  6. Health conditions : Suffers from poor eyesight
  7. Further support they need : Pension from the government

Person – 2:

  1. Name : Lakshmi Gunadala
  2. Age : 67 years
  3. Gender : Female
  4. Social background : Middle-class
  5. Who takes care of them at home : Servant-maid
  6. Health conditions : Suffers from spinal problems
  7. Further support they need : From her daughters

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Person – 3:

  1. Name : Chukka Savitri
  2. Age : 70 years
  3. Gender : Female
  4. Social background : Poor
  5. Who takes care of them at home : Sons and daughters-in-law
  6. Health conditions : Well
  7. Further support they need : –

Person – 4:

  1. Name : Satyanarayana Chaveti
  2. Age : 79 years
  3. Gender : Male
  4. Social background : Poor
  5. Who takes care of them at home : Sons and daughters-in-law
  6. Health conditions : Well
  7. Further support they need : –

Person – 5:

  1. Name : N. Prakasa Rao
  2. Age : 80 years
  3. Gender : Male
  4. Social background : Middle-class
  5. Who takes care of them at home : Servant-maid
  6. Health conditions : Suffers from joint pains and heart disease
  7. Further support they need : From his sons and daughters-in-law

Report:

Old People of My Locality

I interviewed five old peopled aged between 65 and 80. Two are men and three are women. Among the five only two are being cared by the children properly. Three of them are being ill- treated by their children. Though they are old, they aire working to win a bread. Medical care is not available for them. The old people cared by their children are good in health. The remaining three persons are struggling for their existence. They are alone. They need their children’s support in all issues.
Abhilash

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

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The Dead Rat Summary in English

Madananka was a young merchant. He lived in the city of Ujjain. He lost his father at an young age. His mother brought him up with affection. Unfortunately he turned out to be a vagabond. With a hope of bringing him back to normal life, his mother found a girl. They were married. But Madananka became even worse.

One day Madananka absconded from his house. At that time Madananka’s wife was pregnant. His mother grieved for Madananka. His wife gave birth to a son. He was named Ratnanka. He was brought up with care and affection. He was given good education.

One day Ratnanka’s grandmother told him the whole story and asked him to earn something for living. On the advice of his grandmother, he went to ‘Yakshadatta’ a ridr merchant. He was also a money lender. Ratnanka wanted to borrow some money from him and start a business. He told his story and requested him for a loan.

Yakshadatta laughed and pointed to a dead rat lying in the street. He asked Ratnanka to take the dead rat as the capital for business. Ratnanka took the dead rat and carried it in the streets crying, ‘a rat for sale’. One merchant bought the dead rat, a prey for his cat. The merchant gave him a handful of bengalgram to Ratnanka for the dead rat.

Ratnanka took the bengalgram and soaked it in water. He added some salt and pepper to the soaked bengalgram, took some water in an earthen pitcher. He sat under the shade of a tree and offered each woodcutter some bengalgram and cold water. Pleased with Ratnanka’s service, each woodcutter gave him two pieces of firewood. By the evening there was big heap of wood. Ratnanka sold it away for two rupees. He gave one rupee to be saved by his grandmother and with the other rupee he purchased a Kuncham of bengalgram. Every day he gave soaked bengalgram and water to woodcutters. Soon he collected many cart loads of fuel within a month.

There were continuous rains in the city. There was a scarcity of firewood in the city. Ratnanka was able to earn a hundred gold coins. With that money Ratnanka opened firewood stall and became a timber merchant. Then he became a cloth merchant, then a grain merchant and finally a diamond merchant. Within two years Ratnanka became one of the leading merchants in the city.

Finally Ratnanka got a rat made of gold that weighed one kilo and was kept in a silver trap. Ratnanka carried it in a procession to Yakshadatta. Ratnanka told him the whole story of the dead rat. He requested Yakshadatta to accept the golden rat as a token of gratitude. He was pleased with the intelligence and gratitude of Ratnanka.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 8C The Dead Rat

Glossary:

teens (n) : age between 13 to 19
vagabond (n) : a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place
abscond (v) : escape ; or to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape
desert (v) : leave
grieve (v) : feel sorry
misery (n) : suffering
jewellery (n) : ornaments
fall back upon (ph.v) : use for help
eke out (ph.v) : earn
stroll (n) : a slow, relaxed walk
generosity (n) : kindness ; the nature of giving money, time, gifts, kindness, etc.
lo : look
capital (n) : money needed to start a business with
fetch (v) : get
tame (v) : domesticate/cultivate
menace (n) : nuisance; something that is likely to cause harm
prey (n) : an animal to be eaten
pitcher (n) : earthen container
incessant (adj) : never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way
scarcity (n) : dearth/shortage
procession (n) : rally
rubies (n) : dark red precious stones
sapphires (n) : bright blue transparent precious stones
pomp (n) : splendid and colourful ceremony
debt (n) : loan

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