BSEB Class 8 English Book Chapter 11 My First Role In Life Solutions

Bihar Board Class 8 English Part III Chapter 11. My First Role In Life Text Book Questions and Answers

11. My First Role In Life

TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS

B. LET’S COMPREHEND :
B.1. THINK AND TELL :

Answer the following questions in a word or phrase :

Q. 1. What was the name of the play?
Ans. Shrawan Kumar,.

Q. 2. Who played the role of Shrawan Kumar ?
Ans. The writer.

Q. 3. Name the director of the play.
Ans. A student of class IX.

Q. 4. From where did King Dasharath appear on the stage?
Ans. From behind the curtain.

Q. 5. Who were playing the role of the blind parents of Shrawan Kumar ?
Ans. Two boys.

B. 2. THINK AND WRITE :

B.2.1. Tick (✔) the right answer from the options given

1. The lead character of the play was :
(a) Dasharath
(b) Shrawan Kumar
(c) Balraj
(d) Bodhraj

2. Bodhraj played the role of:
(a) father
(b) mother
(c) uncle
(d) grandfather

3. The blind parents were:
(a) nervous
(b) hungry
(c) tired
(d) thirsty

4. The high pitch of Shrawan Kumar’s voice was :
(a) pleasing
(b) annoying
(c) stunning
(d) charming

Ans. 1. (b),  2. (b),  3. (d),  4. (c).

B.2.2. Answer the following questions very briefly :

Q. 1. What role did the writer play? What impressed the writer most and why?
Ans. The writer played the role of Shrawan Kumar. The spectacles of director impressed the writer most because it reflected him his capabilities.

Q. 2. How was the stage decorated ?
Ans. The stage was decorated with the dhotis and sarees of father, mothers and sisters of the players.

Q. 3. What did the director ask the two boys to do?
Ans. The director instructed the two boys not to open their eyes ever and to sit together in the centre of the stage facing the audience.

Q. 4. What did king Dasharath think Shrawan Kumar to be?
Ans. King Dasharath thought Shrawan Kumar to be an animal polluting the river water.

B. 2.3. Answer the following questions in about 70 words:

Q. 1. How do you think the boy might have felt on getting the lead role? What efforts did the actors of the play put in?
Ans. The boy was serious of his role and other’s activities also. He played his role very cautiously. He was able very attentive to the spectator’s remarks. Therefore, I find the feeling of the boy on getting the dead role.
The actors put their directed efforts in.

Q. 2. Why were the audience giggling in the middle of the play?
Ans. The actors playing the role of blind parents of Shrawan Kumar found it difficult to keep their eyes closed. Both of them was compelled to open their eyes now and then. So the audience were giggling in the middle of the play.

Q. 3. Why did the boy playing Shrawan Kumar get up in middle of the play?
Ans. The boy playing the role of Shrawan Kumar forgot everything and felt that his role was over, so he got up in the middle of the play.

Q. 4. If you were in the role of Shrawan Kumar, how would you have reacted to the giggling of the audience ?
Ans. If I were in the role of Shrawan Kumar, I would not react any, rather to keep silent, because, the audience have right to remark.

C. WORD STUDY :

C. 1. Correct the spelling of the following words :
performence                thristy              stoped              audiance
imediately                   arow                stoodent          apeared
claping                        kurtain            sudenly            whisling

Ans.

performance                thirsty              stopped            audience
immediately               arrow               student            appeared
clapping                      curtain             suddenly          whistling

Q. C. 3. Find out the words from the lesson which are the opposites of the following words: Then, use these above words in sentences:
bless, denounced, later, rememebered, fell

Ans. bless (oppoosite: curse) — The old parents did not bless the main.
denounced (opposite : praised)— The people denounced the name of the thief.
later (opposite: earlier) — The boy confessed his fault later.
remembered (opposite : forgot) — He remembered what he had done earlier.
fell (opposite: rose) — The boy fell on the ground but did not weep.

C.4. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. You can change their form as needed.

1. She ……… at my jokes.
2. My father can’t read the newspaper without his ……….
3. He came to me ……. to help me.
4. The commander must ……. in a loud and clear voice.
5. Let me introduce you to my ………
6. I saw a clown in the circus and burst into ………
7. In the remote villages of India, people still ………… water from the well.

Ans. 1. giggled,  2. spectacles,  3. immediately,  4. command,  5. parents,  6. laughter,  7. fetch.

D. GRAMMAR :

Read the following sentences carefully:

1. I was in class IV when I gave first stage performance at my school.
2. A bucket full of water has been where Shrawan Kumar goes to fetch water for his blind parents.

You see there are two simple sentences in sentence 1. They are (1) I was in class IV and (2) I gave first stage performance at my school. They have been combined by using a conjunction ‘when’. Similarly sentence 2 also consists of two sentences. They are (1) A bucket full of water has been put and (2) Shrawan Kumar goes to fetch water for his blind parents. They have been combined by using another conjunction ‘where’. Generally, we combine two or more sentences by using these conjunctions. They are: and, but, or, becuase, as, so, therefore, when, where, that etc. Relative pronouns such as who, which and that are also, conjunctions.

E.1. Combine these sentences into one by using appropriate conjunctions:

1. She is poor. She is honest.
2. He worked hard. He passed the examination.
3. I’ll phone you. I arrive.
4. The boys sang. The girls danced.
5. Do. I do.
6. I have a friend. He is an engineer.
7. She thanked me for the book. I gave her.
8. He lives in a house. The house is very small.

Ans.

1. She is poor but honest.
2. He worked hard and passed the examination.
3. I’ll phone you when I arrive.
4. The boys sang while the girls danced.
5. Do what I do.
6. I have a friend who is an engineer.
7. She thanked me for the book which I gave her.
8. He lives in a house which is very small.

E. LET’S TALK :

Talk about your favourite actor or actress.
Hints : name – famous films – style /mannerism – dress etc.

Ans. Aamir Khan is my favourite actor. He has acted in ‘Three Idiots’,. ‘Gazni’, etc. His style of talking is very pleasing. His action and dress are, too, very attractive.

F. COMPOSITION:

Write ten sentences about a student of your school who has the potential to become an actor. You may take the help of the following clues : Tall and smart – black and curly hair – clear voice – good memory – expressive body language.

Ans. Alok Kumar of my school has some potential to become an`actor. He is tall and smart personality. He is, though, black in colour but has curly hair. His voice is very clear. He has his good memory. Sometimes he lives cheerful and sometimes very grave. He talks like an actor. He is very active. He often imitates the action of some actors. He is very intelligent. His body language is expressive.

G. TRANSLATION:

Q. Translate the following sentences into your mother tongue :
1. The spectacles that he wore was enough to impress me with his capabilities.
2. A bucket full of water had been put where Shrawan Kumar went to fetch water for his blind parents.
3. One of them, Bodhraj, who was playing the role of mother, was wearing his mother’s sari.
4. I saw the arrow going straight towards the roof.
5. I fell flat on the stage and started crying.
6. Suddenly the audience burst into peels of laughter.
7. I had become so confused that I didn’t know what to do.

Ans.

1. उसने जो चश्मा पहन रखा था वह उसकी क्षमता से मुझे प्रभावित करने के लिए काफी था ।
2. पानी से भरी एक बाल्टी रखी हुई थी जहाँ श्रवण कुमार अपने अन्धे माता – पिता के लिए पानी लाने गया था ।
3. उनमें एक बोधराज, जो माँ का अभिनय कर रहा था, अपनी माँ की साड़ी पहने था ।
4. मैंने तीर को सीधे छत की ओर जाते देखा ।
5. मैं मंच पर सीधे गिर पड़ा और चिल्लाना शुरू कर दिया ।
6. अचानक दर्शक की हँसी गूँज में फूट पड़ी ।
7. मैं इतना घबड़ा गया था कि क्या करूँ, सो नहीं समझ सका ।

SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Q. 1. Why was the scene of a river made on the stage?
Ans. Shrawan Kumar had to fetch water from a river. So, the scene of a river was made on the stage.

Q. 2. Why did the blind parents of Shrawan Kumar find it difficult to keep their eyes closed?
Ans. Laughing of the audience purplexed the blind parents. So, they found it difficult to keep their eyes closed.

Q. 3. Why did the audience burst out laughing?
Ans. The audience burst out laughing when they saw the ‘Pallu’ of saree falling down from the head of Bodhraj who was playing the role of Shrawan Kumar’s blind mother.

Q. 4. Who was the brother of the writer ?
Ans. Balraj was the brother of the writer.

Q. 5. Why did the old parents curse the king ?
Ans. The old parents cursed the king for his arrow killed their son, Shrawan Kumar.

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