Niketan Class 8 English Chapter 16 Dindayal Upadhyay

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Niketan Class 8 English Chapter 16 Dindayal Upadhyay

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Dindayal Upadhyay

Chapter – 16

ENGLISH

SANKARDEV SISHU NIKETAN

Q.1.Where was Dindayal Upadhyay born ?

Ans :- Dindayal Upadhyay was born at Chandrabran village, now called Dindayal Dham , near Farah town, 26 km away from Mathura.

Q.2. What were Dindayal’s parents name ?

Ans :- His father was Bhagawati Prasad and mother Rampyari.

Q.3. How did Upadhyay come into contact with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ?

Ans :- He came into contact with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh through his classmate at Sanatan College, Kanpur, Balaji Mahashabde.

Q.4. Who founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh ?

Ans :- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

Q.5. What did the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee say about Upadhyay ?

Ans :- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee highly appreciated the acumen and meticulousness shown by Dindayal and remarked, “If I had two Dindayals, I could transform the political face of India”.

Q.7. Who was the founder of RSS ?

Ans :- K.B. Hedgewar was the founder of RSS.

Working with the Text :

1. Complete the paragraph by filling in the missing words. Try not to see the lesson.

Dindayal Upadhyay was born in 1916 in the village ……………… Now called Dindayal Dham near the Farah town in Mathura district 26 km away from ……….. His father Bhagawati Prasad was a well known astrologer and his mother …………… was a religious minded lady. Both his parents died when he was …………… and he was brought up by his maternal uncle. He ………….. academically under the guardianship of his …………. He went to high school in Sikar, where he matriculated.

Ans :- Dindayal Upadhyay was born in 1916 in the village Chandrabran, now called Dindayal Dham near the Farah town in Mathura district 26 km away from Mathura. His father Bhagawati Prasad was a well known astrologer and his mother Rampyari was a religious minded lady. Both his parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his maternal uncle. He excelled academically under the guardianship of his maternal uncle and aunt. He went to high school in Sikar, where he matriculated.

2. Given below are some phrases from the lesson. Use them in sentences of your own.

Religious minded, On account of, Thought provoking, Rely upon

Ans :- Religious minded :- A religious minded person always prays for wellbeing of the society.

On account of :- I failed to attend classes on account of illness.

Thought provoking :- The statement of the mayor was thought provoking.

Rely upon :- How can I rely upon a Person who has a track record of misdeeds.

3.Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

(a) The book was laying ……….. the desk.

Ans:- The book was laying on the desk.

(b) I am tried ………….. walking.

Ans :- I am tried of walking.

(c) The old man walks ………….. a stick.

Ans :- The old man walks with a stick.

(d) I have not seen him ………….. a long time.

Ans :- I have not seen him for a long time.

(e) The cow lives …………… grass.

Ans :- The cow lives on grass.

(f) We suffer from cold ………… winter.

Ans :- We suffer from cold during winter.

(g) The sky is …………. our head.

Ans :- The sky is above on head.

(h) What is the time …………. your watch.

Ans :- What is the time by your watch.

(i) She bought this book …………… fifty rupees. 

Ans :- She bought this book for fifty rupees.

Write the contracted forms of the following :

(i) She has not –

(ii) I am not –

(iii) He should not –

(iv) I cannot –

(v) They need not –

(vi) We do not –

(vii) You had not –

(viii) She does not –

Ans :- (i) She hasn’t.

(ii) I am n’t.

(iii) He shouldn’t.

(iv) I can’t.

(v) They needn’t.

(vi) We don’t.

(vii) You hadn’t.

(viii) She doesn’t.

Write the full form of these contraction :

(i)  He won’t –

(ii) He weren’t

(iii) You shan’t

(iv) She didn’t

(v) They mustn’t

(vi) I wasn’t

Ans:- (i) He would not.

(ii) He were not.

(iii) You shall not.

(iv) She did not.

(v) They must not.

(vi) I was not.

5.Fill in the blanks using the correct degree of comparison of the words given in brackets:

(i) Rahul is the ………….. boy in the class (good) 

Ans :- Rahul is the best boy in the class.

(ii) Ashoka is ………….. than any other emperor that has ever reigned (great)

Ans :- Ashoka is greater than any other emperor that has ever reigned.

(iii) The …………. baby won the prize (pretty) 

Ans :- The prettiest baby won the prize.

(iv) Name the ………… river in the world (long)

Ans :- Name the longest river in the world.

(v) Boys are ………….. than girls in their work (careless)

Ans :- Boys are less careless than girls in their work.

(vi) The ………….. pair of shoes was thrown out of the window (bad)

Ans :- The worst pair of shoes was thrown out of the window.

(Vii) Misery is the …………… mystery (great)

Ans :- Misery is the greatest mystery.

6.Given below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the words in each sentence to from correct sentences.

One sentence has been worked out for you as an example.

E.g. On/camel/has/hump/its/a/big/back

Ans :- Camel has a big hump on its back.

(a) Oliver twist/work house/in/was/born.

Ans :- Oliver was born in twist work house.

(b) Knew/father/nobody/who/his/was.

Ans :- Nobody knew who was his father.

(c) Died/mother/his birth/his/soon/after.

Ans :- His mother died soon after his birth.

(d) Brought up/Oliver/was/work house/orphanage/run by/the/an/in.

Ans :- Oliver was brought up in an orphanage run by the work house.

7. Look at the following pairs of sentences :

(i) He said to me, “Do you like coffee ?” He asked me if I liked coffee.

Ans :- The lady asked me what was the shortest way back.

(ii) She said to her friend, “When will you return ?” She asked her friend when she would return.Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.

(i) The lady said to me, “What is the shortest way back ?”

(ii) He said to us, ” Are you coming to the meeting today ?”

Ans :- He enquired of us whether we were coming to the mutiny today.

(iii) The King said to his ministers, “What will you do if you are suddenly attacked by a stronger enemy ?”

Ans :- The King asked the ministers What they would do it they were suddenly attacked by a stronger enemy.

(iv) The teacher said to the student, ” When will you show your home work ?”

Ans :- The teacher asked the student when he would show his homework.

(v) She said to us, ” Have you anything to say ?”

Ans :- She enquired with us whether we have anything to say.

(vi) The teacher became angry with the student and said, ” Why are you again disturbing the class in this way ?”

Ans :- The teacher became angry with the student and retorted why he was disturbing the class in that way.

8. Writing :

Write a letter to your friend describing the life of a great man of Assam.

Ans :- My dear Suren,

    Today I shall introduce to a great son of Assam namely Lakshminath Bezbarua. His contribution to wards Assamese language and literature were so great that he was fondly called Sahityarathi. His father Dinanath Bezbarua was a top government officer under British administration. His mother Thaneswari Devi was a housewife. He was born on the ‘Lakshmi Purnima’ day of 1864. Lakshminath had a colourful life. He was a businessman and an employee of a private company also. He spent most of his lifetime outside Assam. After spending first 22 years in Assam (1864-1886). He was in Kolkata for 30 years (1887-1917). Since 1917 he was at Sambalpur in Odisha for nearly 20 years. He died on 26th March, 1938 at Dibrugarh.

      Lakshminath Bezbarua was a great litterateur. There is no branch of literature which he did not excel in. He was a patriot also. When Assamese literature stepped into modern age, Lakshminath enriched it by authoring books, publishing periodicals. He was the author of Assam’s national song ‘O Mor Aponar Desh’. His name would be pronounced with reverence and gratitude till the Assamese language and race survives. I hope this reaches you in best of your health mind. With greetings, I conclude.

                                           Yours sincerely

Vocabulary

Excelled  –  ব্যুৎপত্তি লাভ কৰা, পাৰ্গত হোৱা।

Predecessor  –  পূৰ্বপুৰুষ।

Persuaded   –  সন্মত কৰা, মান্তি কৰা।

Provoking   –  উত্তেজিত কৰা, খুচি দিয়া।

Suffocated  –  শাশৰুদ্ধ হোৱা।

Consequently   –  ফলস্বৰূপে।

Traditions  –  পৰম্পৰা।

Acumen  – বুদ্ধি।

Meticulousness  –  প্ৰণালীবদ্ধতা।

Exhorted  –  আহ্বান জনাইছিল।

Predictors  –  ভৱিষ্যত বাণী।

Intellectual  – বুদ্ধিজীৱী।

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