Chapter 4 Agriculture
Chapter 4 Agriculture Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Answer the following questions. (i) What is agriculture? (ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture. (iii) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages? (iv) What is plantation agriculture? (v) Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth. Answer: (i) Agriculture is the […]
Chapter 3 Mineral and Power Resources
Chapter 3 Mineral and Power Resources Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Answer the following questions. (i) Name any three common minerals used by you every day. (ii) What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located? (iii) Name two regions rich in natural gas resources. (iv) Which sources of energy would […]
Chapter 2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources
Chapter 2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Answer the following questions. (i) Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation? (ii) Write any two reasons for land degradation today. (iii) Why is land considered an important resource? (iv) Name any two steps that the […]
Chapter 1 Resources
Chapter 1 Resources Textbook Questions Solved Question 1. Answer the following questions. (i) Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth? (ii) What is resource development? (iii) Why are human resources important? (iv) What is sustainable development? Answer. (i) Resources are distributed unequally over the’earth because of the different natural conditions, and physical factors like terrain, […]
Chapter 18 On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Chapter 18 On the Grasshopper and Cricket Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 123) Question 1: Discuss with your partner the following definition of a poem. A poem is made of words arranged in a beautiful order. These words, when read aloud with feeling, have a music and meaning of their own. Answer: […]
Chapter 17 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse
Chapter 17 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 110) Questions: 1. In the first stanza, find words that show (i) that it was very cold. (ii) that it was late evening. (iii) that the traveller was alone. 2. (i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was (a) improbable. […]
Chapter 16 The Duck and the Kangaroo
Chapter 16 The Duck and the Kangaroo Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 99) Question 1: Taking words that come at the end of lines, write five pairs of rhyming words. Read each pair aloud. For example, pond — beyond Answer: Kangaroo — too; hop — stop back — quack; pond — beyond; […]
Chapter 15 The School Boy
Chapter 15 The School Boy Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 85) Question 1: Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy. Answer: The words/phrases that reflect the child’s happiness are the song of birds and the skylark, and the sound of hunter’s horn. Question 2: […]
Chapter 14 The Last Bargain
Chapter 14 The Last Bargain Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 75) Question 1: Who is the speaker in the poem? Answer: A man looking for his employer is the speaker. Question 2: “The king, sword in hand” suggests (i) wealth (ii) power […]
Chapter 13 Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Chapter 13 Macavity: The Mystery Cat Questions From Textbook WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 51) Question 1: Read the first stanza and think. (i) Is Macavity a cat really? (ii) If not, who can Macavity be? Answer: (i) Macavity is a cunning cat. (ii) If not a cat, he can be an expert thief or […]