THE GREAT SACRIFICE Chapter 7 Textbook Questions And Answers OF Karnataka Board Class 8 English Prose

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About the author

Rabindranath Tagore (1861- 1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj. He was a Bengali poet, writer, composer, philosopher and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Theme

The basic theme that runs through the story is that of the sacrifice and patriotism. Once the king got the news that his neighbouring country was planning an attack on his country. In his kingdom, there lived an old lady who on hearing this news went to the royal palace. She met the king and said that she wanted her only son to take part in the battle. The king was stunned to see the patriotism of the woman. He gave her the permission. A vicious battle took place. The old lady’s son sacrificed his life for the motherland. When the old lady went to the palace weeping, the king tried to console her. She said, “I am not crying because my son died, but because I had only one son. Now I won’t be able to give any help to the kingdom at the time of crisis.”

I. Comprehension 

Textbook Questions And Answers

1. Padma and Panna were worried because everything was going wrong since the death of Rana.

2. a. Banbir.

b. He is compared to a snake.

c. The other nobles were powerless because the loyal nobles of Rana had crushed the other nobles.

3. a. Banbir had made up his mind to kill the infant prince Udai Singh.

b. He had resolved to do this to become the permanent rider of Mevvar.

4. a. The prince’s mother had taken a promise from Panna that she would save the life of the prince and be a mother to him.

b. Panna promised the Rani that she would give her life in order to save the life of the prince.

5. a. Champa brought the news that Banbir was moving towards the bed chamber of prince Udai Singh.

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b. Banbir had a naked sword in his hand.

6. a. Panna changed the prince’s clothes to save his life.

b. She put him in a basket of flowers.

c. She covered him with flowers and leaves.

7. Panna clothed her baby with the clothes of the prince. She put him on the prince bedchamber.

8. Banbir killed Panna’s baby. No, he did not realize his mistake.

9. Panna was a faithful and loyal nurse to the Rana’s of Mevvar. She kept up her promise given to the queen for which she had to sacrifice her son’s life.

II. Read the following sentences:

1. Use the following present time expressions in meaningful situations: still, yet, now, just, eg: He has just made tea.

Still: She is still waiting for the bus to arrive.

Yet: I have yet to complete the notes.

Now: I just now saw the teacher leaving the class.

Just: I just now finished having my lunch.

III. Rewrite these sentences using the words given in brackets at the appropriate places:

a. The children have just returned from the zoo

b. I have never had a ride on a camel.

c. We have already had our lunch.

d. Lata had often sung before foreign audiences.

e. I have seen the republic day parade only once in my life.

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IV. a. Use the present perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences:

Answer:

Have, drawn

have, put

have put

has, stolen

have, dropped

have lost

have, lost

have, taken

was

V. a. Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:

Answer:

Strong × Weak

like × dislike

end × begin

outside × inside

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b. Fill in the blanks with words from column A and add sentences using words from column B as well:

a. Don’t go outside. It’s raining. Stay inside

b. The hero dies at the end of the film. Now, let’s begin our work.

c.  All of us like ice-cream. Arun dislikes it.

d. This chair is strong. You cannot break it. You’re weak. You cannot even lift it.

c. Fill in the blanks using the correct tense forms of the verbs given in brackets:

a. are, plough, sow , put, water

d. Rewrite the above passage in the singular form. Begin this way:

Answer:

The farmer and his family are in the field since 6’o’ clock in the morning. He ploughs his field and his wife sows the seed. His daughter puts seed on the earth and his son waters the field.

e. Imagine that the above scene took place yesterday. Rewrite the passage making minor alterations where necessary:

Answer:

Yesterday at 6 ‘O’ clock in the morning the farmer ploughed the field. His wife sowed the seeds. His daughter put eartth on the seed and his son watered the field.

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VI. Use the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets and fill in the blanks:

a. tried

b. drunk

c. decided

d. known

e. nominated

VII. Imagine that Panna has just come out of the bed-chamber and is talking to you. Complete this Paragraph.

Answer:

have saved, by hiding, have taken, has killed, have done, have kept.

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