NCERT Class 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami

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The Tsunami

Chapter: 2

HONEYDEW: PROSE

Textbook Questions With Their Answers

COMPREHENSION CHECK – I

Say whether the following are True or False:

Q. 1. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

Ans. True.

Q. 2. Sanjeev made it to safety after tsunami.

Ans. False.

Q. 3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.

Ans. False.

Q. 4. Alma’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.

Ans. True.

Q. 5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.

Ans. True.

COMPREHENSION CHECK – II

Q.1. Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?

Ans. Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas at a beach resort. 

Q. 2. What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

Ans. The warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw were that the water was swelling and kept coming in. The beach was getting smaller and smaller.

Q. 3. Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?

Ans. No, Tilly’s mother was not alarmed by them. Instead, Tilly screamed at her family to get off the beach. 

Q. 4. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

Ans. Tilly had seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her Geography teacher had shown her class the video.

Q. 5. Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?

Ans. The Smith family and the others went to the swimming pool at the hotel to escape from the tsunami.

Q. 6. How do you think her Geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

Ans. I think her Geography teacher had felt very proud of Tilly when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket. He must also have thanked to God for the lesson he had taught to kids really helped in life.

COMPREHENSION CHECK – Ill

Q. 1. In the tsunami 1,50,000 people died. How many animals died?

Ans. It was reported that not many animals died in the tsunami.

Q. 2. How many people and animals died in Yala National Park? 

Ans. Sixty persons and two water buffaloes died in Yala National Park.

Q. 3. What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?

Ans. People said that they had seen elephants running from the Patanangala National beach just before an hour of tsunami. 

Q. 4. What did the dogs in Galle do?

Ans. Dogs in Galle refused to go for their daily run on the beach.

WORKING WITH THE TEXT 

Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answers.

Q. 1. When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?

Ans. Ignesious was not worried about a tsunami, when he felt the earthquake. He only put down the television set on the ground so that it might not fall down and he didn’t take any other step to save himself from tsunami. His family ran out of the house just to save themselves from earthquake. The sentence when the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising’ tells us that they don’t have the time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck.

Q. 2. Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?

(Look up the dictionary for words that you are not sure of.)

Ans. brave and heroic.

Use words from the list to complete the three sentences below:

(i) I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, humorous or ambitious.

(ii) I think that he was very brave, selfless and heroic.

(iii) Sanjeev was not heartless, careless or frightened.

Q. 3. How are Meghna’s and Almas’s stories similar?

Ans. Meghna and Alma, both lost their families in the disaster of tsunami and both saved their lives by holding some wooden things.

Q. 4. What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you have were in their place?

Ans. Tilly’s parents could have ignored her as she was just a ten years old girl or they might rebuke her for screaming too much. If I would happen to be there, I would have also taken Tilly seriously to take some precautionary steps for the upcoming disaster.

Q. 5. If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with- her parents or her Geography teacher?

Ans. It is very obvious. Tilly’s award should be shared with her Geography teacher. The parents could not guess the tsunami was coming.

Q. 6. What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami ? Which idea do you find more believable?

Ans. Very few animals were killed in the tsunami/perhaps they feel the tremor much before humans do. Secondly, animals have the sixth sense. They can guess the coming disaster and so run away to safer places/higher ground. 

The idea that the animals are gifted with the sixth sense is more believable. They move fast to get over the crisis.

WORKING WITH LANGUAGE 

Q. 1. Go through part I carefully and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly —– count how many times!) Put them into three categories. 

Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?

Ans:

The one word that occurs repeatedly is ‘Rush’ in various forms. It occurs more than about five to six times in the I part only.

There are more words in one column and not in the others because in the disasters’ situations like ‘The Tsunami’, people’s movement are rather faster than the normal scene.

Q. 2. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ______________ (tremble)  

Ans. tremor.

(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of ______ and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)

Ans. confusion.

(iii) We heard with ______ that the lion had been recaptured.______ (relieve)

Ans. relief.

(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his ______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)

Ans. resurrection or rescue.

(v) There was much _____ in the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)

Ans. excitement.

Q. 3. Study the sentences in the columns.

Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the door’ of the action in every case? Is the door’ mentioned in A, or in B?

Notice the verbs in A: ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit, were washed away’, ‘were found’. They are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive voice. In these sentences, the focus is not on the person who does the action.

In B, the ‘doer’ of the action is named.

The verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice.

Ans: (i) The doer of the action is ‘The Waves,’ 

• The doer is mentioned in column B. 

(ii) The doer of the action is ‘Something’. 

• The doer is mentioned in column B.

(iii) The doer of the action is ‘The Waves’.

• The doer is mentioned in column B.

(iv) The doer of the action is ‘People’. 

• The doer is mentioned in column B.

Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after each sentence.

1. Someone stole my bicycle.

Ans. Active Voice. 

2. The tyres were deflated by the traffic police.

Ans. Passive Voice. 

3. I found it last night in a ditch near my house.

Ans. Active Voice. 

4. It had been thrown there.

Ans. Passive Voice. 

5. My father gave it to the mechanic. 

Ans. Active Voice.

6. The mechanic repaired it for me.

Ans. Active Voice.

SPEAKING AND WRITING

Q. 1. Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for relief work after the tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water and medicine among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.

Ans.

Q. 2. The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she learnt very well at school. She remembered the visuals about tsunami and warned her parents.

Do you remember any incident when something that you learnt in the classroom helped you in some way outside the classroom?

Write your experienced in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the whole class like an anecdote.

Ans. (For classroom discussion)

I was sitting with my friends in a restaurant. Suddenly a short-circuit occurred inside the electricity meter and it caught fire. There was a hue and cry. People started running to save themselves from any mishappening. Unfortunately a service-boy’s clothes caught fire. I recalled what my teacher had told me in ‘First-Aid classes’. I, at once, wrapped the boy in wet blanket throwing him on the ground and rolled him. The fire was extinguished. Fire-Brigade as well as ambulance had been called. There was no further loss of life. In this way, I could apply the learning at school, in my regular life.

COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

Read the passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:

PASSAGE – 1

Ignesious was manager of a cooperative society in Katchal. His wife woke him up at 6 am because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house.

When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved. 

Questions

(a) Where did Ignesious work?

Ans. Ignesious worked as a manager of cooperative society in Katchal.

(b) What did Ignesious do first when his wife felt an earthquake at 6 a.m.? 

Ans. When Ignesious wife felt an earthquake at 6 a.m., he first took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break.

(c) Whom did Ignesious lose that day?

Ans. Ignesious lost his wife and two of his children that day. 

(d) Who were saved from Tsunami?

Ans. Ignesious and his three children who came with him were saved from tsunami.

(e) Find from the passage:

(i) two proper nouns.

Ans. Ignesious, Katchal.

(ii) two abstract nouns.

Ans. chaos, confusion.

(iii) two adjectives of number.

Ans. two, three.

(iv) one adverb.

Ans. carefully.

PASSAGE – 2

The Smith family from South-East England were celebrating Christmas at a beach resort in southern Thailand. Tilly Smith was a ten- years-old schoolgirl; her sister was seven years old. Their parents were Penny and Colin Smith.

It was 26 December 2004. Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. They had been triggered by a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning.

Questions

(a) From where did the Smith family come from?

Ans. The Smith family came from South- East England. 

(b) How old was Tally Smith?

Ans. Tally Smith was ten-years old.

(c) What had triggered Tsunami? 

Ans. A massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning had triggered Tsunami.

(d) “The water was swelling and kept coming in,”

(i) who said this? 

Ans. Penny Smith, Tally’s mother said this.

(ii) could the speaker understand what was happening? 

Ans. The speaker could not understand what was happening.

(e) In which year did it happen?

Ans. It happened in 2004.

(f) Name the lesson.

Ans. The Tsunami.

PASSAGE – 3

Almas’s mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away.

Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair.

The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatized.

Questions

(a) Who was Alma?

Ans. Almas Javed was a ten-years old student of a convent school in Port Blair.

(b) What support did Alma’s mother and aunts take to save themselves?

Ans. Alma’s mother and aunts took the support of a coconut tree to save themselves. 

(c) What happened when Alma climbed on to a floating log of wood? 

Ans. When Alma climbed on to the floating wood, she fainted. 

(d) The little girl does, not want to talk about the incident.

(i) Who is the little girl here?

Ans. Alma is the little girl here.

(ii) What was the incident?

Ans. The incident was the uprising of the tsunami waves. 

(iii) Why does she not want to talk about it to anyone?

Ans. She does not want to talk about the incident because she is still shocked and distressed.

PASSAGE  – 4

Along India’s Cuddalore coast, where thousands of people perished, buffaloes, goats and dogs were found unharmed. The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is home to a variety of animals including elephants, leopards, and 130 species of birds. Sixty visitors were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park; but no animal carcasses were found. except for two water buffaloes. About an hour before the tsunami hit, people at Yala National Park had observed three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach.

Questions

(a) Where is the Yala National Park? 

Ans. The Yala National Park is in Sri Lanka.

(b) Whom does the Yala National Park house?

Ans. The Yala National Park houses variety of animals including elephants, leopards and 130 species of birds.

(c) Why do you think no animal carcasses were found there?

Ans. No animal carcasses were found there because animals might have sensed the danger of tsunami and fled away for safety.

(d) Who were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park? 

Ans. Sixty people were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park.

SOME OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION

Q. 1. What is Tsunami?

Ans. Tsunami refers to a very large and powerful wave in sea which is caused by earthquakes under the sea.

Q. 2. Name three areas where dangerous Tsunami have hit the sea-coast. 

Ans. (a) Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. 

(b) Southern Thailand. 

(c) Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.

Q. 3. Do you think animals get foreknowledge of the tsunami coming ? What are the popular beliefs of the people? 

Ans. Yes, animals get foreknowledge of the tsunami coming. The popular beliefs of the people are:

(a) Animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake.

(b) Animals, more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Tick (✓) the correct option

1. Which of the following statements is not true?

(a) Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall island of the Andaman group of islands.

(b) Sanjeev somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves 

(c) Alma’s parents were Penny and Colin Smith.

(d) The Tsunami waves through the Indian Ocean killed more than 1,50,000 people in dozen countries. 

Ans. (a) Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall island of the Andaman group of islands.

2. Where did Tilly Smith take her geography lessons?

(a) Thailand. 

(b) India. 

(c) England.

(d) USA.

Ans. (c) England.

3. Which of the following words mean agitated?

(a) hysterical. 

(b) frightened.

(c) terrifying.

(d) forewarned.

Ans. (a) hysterical.

4. What is the meaning of ‘resort’?

(a) Whirlpool.

(b) afraid.

(c) a small hotel.

(d) shelter.

Ans. (c) a small hotel.

5. Tilly Smith’s family took refuge in the ____  floor of the hotel.

(a) second. 

(b) first.

(c) third. 

(d) fifth.

Ans. (c) third. 

6. When did Tsunami strike Indian Ocean?

(a) 26 September 2004

(b) 26 January 2004

(c) 26 December 2004

(d) 26 November 2005

Ans. (c) 26 December 2004

MAKE SENTENCES

Use the following words in sentences of your own: 

(i) volcanoes. 

(ii) possess. 

(iii) perished. 

(iv) probably. 

(v) chaos.

Ans. (i) volcanoes: When volcanoes erupt, magma cones to the surface of the earth. 

(ii) possess: Good citizens possess good values that build up a strong nation.

(iii) perished: The crops were perished because of drought.

(iv) probably: Probably, the whole house will be renovated by my uncle.

(v) chaos: There was too much chaos on.

Poem: 2  Geography Lesson.

Geography Lesson

HONEYDEW: POEM

Textbook Questions With Their Answers

WORKING WITH THE POEM

Q. 1. Find three or four phrases in stanza one and two which are likely to occur in geographical lesson.

Ans. (i) The logic of geography that land and water attracted man. 

(ii) Cities where rivers ran.

(iii) The valleys were populated.

(iv) Ground had looked haphazard, unplanned and without style.

Q. 2. Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears.

(i) as haphazard as on ground.

(ii) as neat as a map.

(iii) as developed as necessary.

Mark the right answer. 

Ans. (iii) as developed as necessary.

Q.3. Which of the following statements are examples of ‘the logic of geography’? 

(i) There are cities where there are rivers.

(ii) Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.

(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.

(iv) It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another. 

(v) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

Ans. (i) There are cities where there are rivers.

(ii) Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.

(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated. and

(iv) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

Q. 4. Mention two things that are: 

(i) clear from the height. 

Ans. Land, water.

(ii) not clear from the height.

Ans. Infrastructure and human beings.

COMPREHENSION STANZAS

STANZA – 1

When the jet sprang into the sky, it was clear why the city had developed the way it had, seeing it scaled six inches to the mile.

There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard, unplanned and without style When the jet sprang into the sky.

Questions

(i) Which word in the stanza means destructive?

Ans. haphazard.

(ii) What on ground.’ What does it refer to?

Ans. the city.

(iii) How does the city look?

Ans. The city looks haphazard, unplanned and without style.

STANZA – 2

When the jet reached ten thousand feet, 

it was clear why the country 

had cities where the rivers ran 

and why the valleys were populated. 

The logic of geography— 

that land and water attracted man— 

was clearly delineated 

When the jet reached ten thousand feet.

Questions

(i) What is the current height of the jet? 

Ans. 10,000 feet.

(ii) What is the logic of geography?

Ans. The logic of geography is that land and water attracted man. 

(iii) Which line shows that the poet understands the logic of geography?

Ans. was clearly delineated.

STANZA – 3

When the jet rose six miles high, 

it was clear the earth was round 

and that it had more sea than land. 

But it was difficult to understand 

that the men on the earth found 

causes to hate each other, to build 

walls across cities and to kill. 

From that height, it was not clear why.

Questions

(i) What is the virtue of mankind? 

Ans. Man find causes to hate each other, to build walls across the cities and to kill.

(ii) Correct the statement in grammar. 

‘It was clear that the earth was round”?

Ans. It was clear that the earth is round.

(iii) Who is the poet?

Ans. The poet is Zulfikar Ghose.

SOME OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION 

Q. 1. Why did city look haphazard? 

Ans. The city looked haphazard as the poet could not find any plan or order when he viewed it from a distance while sitting in a jet plane in the sky.

Q.2. Give reason: 

Cities are where rivers run.

Ans. People have better standard of living when they live in a city with a river flowing nearby as there is constant supply of water and hence support to give rise to agriculture.

MAKE SENTENCES 

Use the following in sentence of your own: 

(a) inevitability.

(b) sprang.

(c) delineated.

(a) inevitability: Due to inevitability, I could not come to the party. 

(b) sprang: I sprang up when I heard my name in the final list. 

(c) delineated: It is delineated to me about the topic.