Bihar Board Class 8 English Part III Chapter 8. Measure for Measure Text Book Questions and Answers
8. Measure for Measure
TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS
B. LET’S COMPREHEND :
B.1. THINK AND TELL :
Q. 1. Why did the king make Raja Varma the chief minister?
Ans. The king was very impressed with the artistic work of Raja Varma. So he rewarded him the post of chief minister.
Q. 2. Whom did the elders approach to get rid of the chief minister?
Ans. The elders approached Tenali Raman to get rid of the chief minister.
Q. 3. Why did Tenali Raman appoint a carpenter as a cook?
Ans. Tenali Raman appointed a carpenter as a cook to make the king realise his mistake.
Q. 4. When did the king realise his mistake?
Ans. When Tenali Raman indicated the king his mistake, the king realised the matter.
B.2. THINK AND WRITE:
B.2.1. Write “T” for true and ‘F’ for false statement.
1. The king was fond of games.
2. Tenali Raman was a wise man.
3. The carpenter made very delicious food for the guests.
4. Only the king and the queen were invited for lunch.
5. All the guests ate the dishes with much interest.
Ans. 1. (F), 2. (T), 3. (F), 4. (F), 5. (F).
B.2.2. The following sentences of this story are not in order. Arrange them in proper order. One has been done for you.
( ) The king was very pleased with the artist when his portrait was ready.
( ) The king rewarded Raja Varma with the chief ministership..
( ) Apart from this Raja Varma drew images of famous character from Puranas, men and women.
( ) Krishna Deva Raya was known for his patronage of poets, scholars and fine arts.
( ) Overwhelmed by joy Krishna Deva Raya called the artist and asked him what he wanted.
( ) He invited a famous artist to draw a portrait.
Ans.
(1) Krishna Deva Raya was known for his patronage of poets, scholars and fine arts.
(2) He invited a famous artist to draw a portrait.
(3) The king was very pleased with the artist when his portrait was ready.
(4) Apart from this Raja Varma drew images of famous character from Puranas, men and women.
(5) Overwhelmed by joy Krishna Deva Raya called the artist and asked him what he wanted.
(6) The king rewarded Raja Varma with the chief ministership.
B.2.3. Answer the following in about 30 words:
Q. 1. What was Krishna Deva Raya known for ?
Ans. Krishna Deva Raya was known for his patronage of poets and scholars. He was also fond of fine arts.
Q. 2. Why was the king very pleased with the artist when he saw his portrait ?
Ans. When the artist drew the king’s portrait, it seemed that the king was alive under the frame. He became very pleased to see such a fine art.
Q. 3. Who rewarded Raja Varma and how?
Ans. The king, Krishna Deva Raya rewarded Raja Varma with chief- ministership.
Q. 4. How was the food cooked by the carpenter ?
Ans. The food cooked by the carpenter was very testless and hot. Everybody felt the food troublesome.
B.2.4. Answer the following questions in about 70 words :
Q. 1. What does the title “Measure for Measure” mean? Do you like the title? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Ans. The title “Measure for Measure” means different measures taken up for a solution. I like this title because it is fit for the story. The title is according to the incidents taken place in the story.
Q. 2. Did Raja Varma really feel happy to remain an artist ? Give reason for your answer.
Ans. Yes, Raja Varma was realy happy to remain artist. A man can live happily with his habit, work and feelings. So Raja Varma being artist, he was happy to remain artist.
Q. 3. What made the people unhappy with Raja Varma’s adminis- tration? List them and also write what they wanted the king to do.
Ans. During the administration of Raja Varma, everything in the state was thrown into disorder. Raja Varma always took hasty decision. State affairs were badly managed.
Displeased with the administration of Raja Varma, people wanted the king to remove Raja Varma from chief-ministership.
Q. 4. Could Raja Varma, in your opinion, have grown into a good administrator? Give reasons.
Ans. No, Raja Varma could not have grown into a good administrator because he was not intended to be an administrator, basically, he was interested in artistic work. So, it was difficult for him to be an administrator.
Q. 5. What was wrong with the king rewarding Raja Varma as the chief minister? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Ans. The king did not read the capacity of Raja Varma for the work of ministership. Raja Varma had no interest in it. He had no knowledge of politics. A person without the knowledge of politics cannot perform the work of ministership. It was wrong with the king that he did not read Raja Varma with this respect.
C. WORD STUDY:
C.1. Rearrange the letters in following groups to make meaningful words. One has been done for you.
Pypah–happy
sitrat, pencarter, siminter, nemow, leepop
Ans. artist, carpenter, minister, women, people.
C.2. Correct the spellings of the following words :
Equaly, overwhalmed, inapt, majasty, resined
Ans. equally, overwhelmed, inept, majesty, resigned.
C. 3. Look at the following words from the story :
‘disorder’, ‘unhappy’
Words ‘disorder’ and ‘unhappy’, begin with the prefixes ‘dis-* and ‘un-‘. In English prefixes ‘dis-‘, ‘un-‘, ‘in-, ‘il-‘.’im-‘ and ‘mis-‘ are used to make words which just the opposite of the actual word (antonym).
Q. Write the antonym of the following words by adding appropriate prefixes before them :
literate, measurable, mobile, satisfy, relevant,
manage, pleasant, organize, eligible, regular
Ans. illiterate, unmeasurable, immobile, dissatisfy, irrelevant, mismanage, unpleasant, disorganise, ineligible, irregular.
C.4. Match the words given under ‘A’ with their meanings given under ‘B’. One has been done for you.
A B
1. image (a) fault finding
2. decision (b) lavish
3. brilliant (c) event
4. complaint (d) unacceptable
5. incident (e) picture
6. unbearable (f) judgment
7. generous (g) bright, excellent
Ans.
A (Word) B (Meanings)
1. image (e) picture
2. decision (f) judgement
3. brilliant (g) bright, excellent
4. complaint (a) fault finding
5. incident (c) event
6. unbearable (d) unacceptable
7. generous (b) lavish
D. GRAMMAR :
D.1. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:
We use the present perfect tense to show that an action or state started in the past and continues to the present; e.g.
Abhinav has been in Kolkata since 2001.
Forms of the present perfect tense :
I/We/You/They + have + past participle
We have seen the Golghar.
I have received your letter.
Have you read this novel?
He/She/It + has = past participle
She has bought a new watch.
My English has improved a lot.
have/has + adverb + past participle
I have never eaten Dosa.
She has always had a bicycle.
The difference between the simple present and the present perfect is that the simple present refers only to the present time, but the present perfect connects the past to the present (usually with for, since, always, never etc.).
Examples:
Simple present Present perfect
I love my school. I have always loved my school.
I don’t like Potatoes. I have never liked potatoes.
I am in Patna now. I have been in Patna for three years.
Ashu has a car. Ashu has had a car since May.
In many situations, with a present time expression (today, this week, etc.) we may use either the present perfect or the simple past.
For example:
1. (a) Ankit has eaten four mangoes today.
(b) Ankit ate four mangoes today.
2. (a) We have learned five new words today.
(b) We learned five new words today.
3. (a) Ani has been absent twice this month.
(b) Ani was absent four times last month.
In sentences 1 (a) and 2 (a), the number may not be final. In sentences 1(b) and 2(b), the number may be final. In sentence 3(a), the month is not finished. There is a possibility that Ani may be absent more times this month. In sentence 3(b), last month is finished, and the number four is final.
D.1.1. Fill in the blanks with the missing word (not every sentence needs a word).
Example: Anwesha has been in Delhi for two years.
1. Have you ……. Aamir Khan’s new movie?
2. I have ……. many poems.
3. She…….been sick……..Monday.
4. Ayesha and Anwesha …….. known each other for many years.
5. …….. the train …….. at the platform ?
Ans. 1. seen, 2; written, 3. has, since, 4. has, 5. has, arrived.
D.1.2. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets to form the present perfect tense.
Example: Saumya has got (get) a letter from her mother.
1. Anu………. (send) a gift to her friend.
2. We ………. (see) Tajmahal.
3. I ………. (read) your letter.
4. Namita ………. (never, work) as a driver.
5. Alok ………. (recently, pass) from college.
6. I ………. (teach) in many schools.
Ans. 1. has sent, 2. have seen, 3. have read, 4. has not worked, 5. has recently passed from college, 6. have teached.
D.1.3. Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or simple past to complete each dialogue.
Example: A. Have you ever studied Urdu ?
B. Yes, I studied Urdu in high school.
A. I like Urdu a lot. Do you ?
B. No, I never studied Urdu.
1. A. Have you ever ………. to Sikkim ?
B. No, I never have. But I would like to go there some day.
A. ………. you ever ………. to Delhi ?
B. Yes. I ………. there two years ago.
2. A. Have you ever broken your leg or arm?
B. Yes, I ………. my arm when I was ten years old. I was climbing a tree when I ………. (fall).
C. Which arm ………. you ………. ?
D. I broke my left arm.
3. A. ………. you ever ………. an English movie?
B. No, I haven’t. But I ………. seen many Bengali movies.
C. I ………. never ………. a Bengali movie.
4. A. ………. you ever………. to the district library?
B. Yes, I ………. gone gone there many times. Last week I ………. there on Saturday and checked out a novel by Tagore. I have never ………. Tagore’s book in English.
C. ………. you ever………. his books in translation ?
D. Yes. In high school I ……. two of his novels in Hindi.
5. A. ………. your parents ever come here to visit you?
B. No, they never ………. But last year my brother ………. to visit me for a week.
Ans. 1. A. gone, B. Have, gone,
B. Have gone
2. B. have broken, feel down,
C. have, broken
3. A. Have, seen, B. have, C. Have, seen
4. A. have, gone, B. have, was, seen,
C. have, seen, D. saw
5. A. Have, B. came, came.
D.2. THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
The past perfect is used to show the relationship of one past event to a later past event or time. The past perfect tense is formed with had + past participle; e.g.,
He had travelled by ship before.
The winter had been very mild.
The radio had been invented in 1912.
The past perfect continuous is formed with had + been + verb-ing; e.g.,
He had been travelling for three days.
The children had been studying English for six years.
1. yet, already, just, for + time period, and never ……. before are often used with the past perfect to help show the time relationship of one past time or event to another.
2. the past perfect can be used with before and after, but it is not necessary because the time relationship is clear; e.g.,
Before the Titanic hit the iceberg, the captain tried to turn the ship around.
OR
Before the Titanic hit the iceberg, the captain had tried to turn the ship around.
3. Either the past perfect or the simple past can be used with because when the cause and result are close in time. However, if the cause and result are not close in time, usually the past perfect is used for the cause; e.g., I couldn’t call you because I (had) lost your phone number. There were not enough lifeboats because several had been removed. The past perfect is used when we look back from a time in the past. The present perfect is used when we look back from the present time.
D.2.1. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect of the verb in brackets.
Example :
Poor emigrants on the ship had left (leave) behind a way of life.
(a) By 1912, the Wright brothers had ……. (already, made) a successful flight.
(b) The Titanic had ……. (originally, have) 32 lifeboats.
(c) The captain of the Titanic didn’t pay attention to the warnings he ……. (receive.).
(d) Passengers heard a noise but didn’t understand what ……. (happen)
(e) By 1912, the radio……… (passive already, invent)
(f) I failed the test because I ……… (be) absent for two weeks.
(g) The story of the Titanic was not new to me because I ……. (see) the movie.
(h) I didn’t recognise her because she ……… (cut) her hair.
Ans. (a) already made, (b) originally had, (c) had received, (d) had happened, (e) had been already invented, (f) had been, (g) had seen, (h) had cut.
D.2.2. The sentences below tell you which action happened first. Connect these sentences with by the time and already.
Example:
First : My brother and sister ate lunch.
Second : I came home from school.
By the time I came home from school, my brother and sister had already eaten lunch.
1. First : Anu saw the movie.
Second : Her brother saw the movie.
2. First : He fell asleep on the sofa.
Second : The TV serial was over.
3. First : The building burned down.
Second : The fire fighters arrived.
4. First : I saw the movie Titanic.
Second : I read about the Titanic in my textbook.
Ans.
1. By the time Anu saw the movie, her brother had already seen the movie.
2. By the time the TV serial was over, he had already fallen asleep on the sofa.
3. By the time the fire fighter arrived, the building had already burnt down.
4. By the time I read about the Titanic in my textbook, I had already seen the movie Titanic.
(iii) Combine the two sentences:
Example : First : They made a big mistake.
Second : They realised it later.
They realised that they had made a big mistake.
1. First : I left my umbrella at school.
Second : I realised this later.
2. First : You studied Urdu when you were in Hyderabad.
Second : I didn’t know this.
3. First : You lived in Nepal when you were a child.
Second : I didn’t know this.
Ans.
1. I realised that I left my umbrella at school.
2. I didn’t knew that you studied Urdu when you were in Hyderabad.
3. I didn’t knew that you lived in Nepal when you were a child.
(iv) Tell if the following had already happened or hadn’t happened yet when you came to this school.
Example: finish secondary examination.
When I came to this school, I had already finished secondary examination.
OR, When I came to this school, I hadn’t finished secondary examination yet.
1. buy an English dictionary
2. study English
3. know a lot about this school
Ans. 1. When I came to this school, I had already bought an English dictionary.
OR, When I came to this school, I hadn’t bought an English dictionary.
2. When I came to this school, I had already studied English.
OR, When I came to this school, I hadn’t studied English.
3. When I came to this school, I had already known a lot about this school.
OR, When I came to this school, I hadn’t known a lot about this school.
D. LET’S TALK:
Work in groups:
Q. Discuss why the carpenter made a mess of the food he cooked.
Ans. A : Do you know why the carpenter, in the story ‘Measure for Measure’, made a mess of the food he cooked.
B : Yes, the carpenter had made a mess of the food on the hint of Tenali Raman.
A : Why did Tenali Raman gave him hint to mess the food.
B : Tenali Raman wanted the king to realise his mistake, so he gave hint to the cook to mess the food.
E. TRANSLATION :
Translate the following passage into English:
पुण्यजीत एक कलाप्रेमी राजा थे। वे विद्वानों एवं कवियों का आदर करते थे । वे अपनी उदारता के लिए प्रसिद्ध थे । वे उदारता में कभी-कभी भूल कर बैठते थे । एक बार उन्होंने एक गीतकार को मंत्री बना दिया । गीतकार एक अच्छा प्रशासक नहीं हो सका। लोग दुःखी हो गये। बाद में राजा को भी अपनी भूल का एहसास हुआ । अतः हमें सोच-समझकर निर्णय लेना चाहिए ।
Ans. Punyajeet was an art loving king. He respected learned men and poets. He was known for his generosity. Sometimes he made mistake due to his generosity. Once he made a singer minister. The singer could not be a good administrator. People became unhappy. Later on the king also realised his mistake. Therefore we should take over decision thoughtfully.
F. COMPOSITION:
Q. Write a short paragraph on the importance of wisdom.
Ans. Wisdom gives good result, Without wisdom one cannot overcome the problems of life. Wisdom teaches us how to face problems. It is wisdome which distinguishes between good and bad, or right and wrong. If a man cannot distinguish between right and wrong, his lime may turn into a hell. Wisdom is a light which leads human eyes towards prosperity and absence of it may be leading towards adversity.
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Q. 1. Who was Krishna Deva Raya ?
Ans. Krishna Deva Raya was a king.
Q. 2. Why did Krishna Deva Raya call Raja Varma ?
Ans. Raja Varma was a well-known artist. Krishna Deva Raya was fond of fine arts. So, he invited Raja Varma to draw his portrait.
Q. 3. Who was Tenali Raman ?
Ans. Tenali Raman was a brilliant man of the town, well-known for his wisdom.
Q. 4. What had Tenali Raman to do for the measure?
Ans. Tenali Raman had to arrange a feast for the king the queen and some courtiers in order to get the measure.
Q. 5. Why did Raja Varma resigned from the post of chief minister?
Ans. Raja Varma was a good man. He himself had realised his inefficiency as a chief minister when he come to know about the awkward incident at Raman’s house. After that, he immediately resigned from the post.
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