Textbook Questions And Answers of THE LITTLE BUSY BEE Chapter 2 Poem Karnataka Board Class 8

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Textbook Questions And Answers

C1 Answer the following questions. Share your responses with others.

Question 1. Who is the poet speaking about?

The poet is speaking about a little bee.

Question 2. Why does the bee sit on the flower?

The bee sits on the flower to collect nectar (honey).

Question 3. How does the bee build her cell?

The bee skillfully spreads her wax and builds the cells in the beehive.

Question 4. ‘I would be busy too’. Who does ‘I’ refer to?

‘I’ refers to the poet.

Question 5. What does ‘sweet food’ mean in the context?

Sweet food means ‘honey’.

Question 6. Who does Satan manage to work through?

Satan manages to do the work through idle hands or lazy people.

C2 Pick out the best alternative for each of the following statements:

Question 1. People like the bee because:

a. it is clever

b. it sits on the opening flower

c. it works hard

d. they get honey from it.

Ans

c. It works hard.

Question 2. And labours hard to store it well.

 Here ‘it’ refers to 

a. the bee

b. the honey

c. the wax

d. the flower

e. The cell.

Ans

e. The cell

Read And Write:

C3 Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then write.

Question 1. Why does the poet call the bee busy?

Answer.

 The poet calls the bee busy because it is busy always doing some work or the other.

Question 2. “Let my first years be passed.”

a] What does ‘first years’ refer to?

b] How does the poet want to spend his first years?

c] Why does he want to do so?

Answer. 

a. The phrase ‘first years’ refers to boyhood or early years. 

b. The poet wants to spend his first years reading useful books, healthful play, or fruitful work. 

c. The poet wants to involve himself in useful activities so that he can give a good account of himself at the end.

Question 3. How can you say that the bee is intelligent and clever?

Answer. 

The bee does not waste its time on useless things. It gathers honey from flowers. It builds its beehive very skillfully. Also, it stores honey for the future.

Question 4. What is admirable about the work of the bee?

Answer. 

The bee’s dedication, commitment, and skill are admirable.

Question 5. Why does the poet want us to be like the bee?

Answer.

The bee is busy always. It does some useful work or the other. It does not waste its time unnecessarily. Therefore, the poet wants us also to be useful like the bee.

Question 6. Why should we not keep ourselves idle? What will happen if we are idle?

Answer.

An idle mind is a devil’s workshop. If we are idle, mischievous and destructive thoughts come to our minds. Satan destroys idle hands.

Question 7. What is the message of the poem?

Answer.

The message is that we should always involve ourselves in some useful activities like the bee.

Question 8. Which lines do you like the best in the poem? Give reasons for your choice.

Answer.

The last four lines of the poem are the best. They contain the message of the poem. They tell us how a man can make use of his time profitably. He can confidently give a good report of himself at the end.

Question 9. Pick out the rhyming words in the poem and add more words to each of the rhyming pair.

Answer. hour… flower … clever cell… well… bell skill… still… will too … to … two wax … makes … takes passed … last… tossed

Textbook Questions And Answers of THE LITTLE BUSY BEE Chapter 2 Poem Karnataka Board Class 8