Mijbil the Otter . Gavin Maxwell . Fog Carl Sandburg .
Class 10 English Chapter 8 Answer
1. Oral Comprehension Check
1. What 'experiment ' did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for ?
Answer :- The writer had gone to Southern lraq in the year 1956. He thought that instead of keeping a dog as a pet, he would go for an Otter. Camusfearna was surrounded by water, so it would be eminently suitable spot for this experiment.
To domestic an Otter is talking about.
2. Why does he go to Basra ? How long dose he wait there, and why ?
Answer :- The writer went to Barsa to collect and Answers his mail from Europe. He had to write there for 5 days as his mail did arrive.
3. How dose he get the Otter? Dose he like it ? Pick out the words that tell you this .
Answer :- when the writer's mail arrived, he took his bedroom to read. He saw Arabs squatting on the floor with a sack that squirmed from time to time. They handed him a note which was from his friend "An Otter fixation" used to describe his feelings towards the Otter. He felt the term was used to express his strong attachment towards otters like any other Otter owner would feel.
4. Why was the Otter named 'Maxwell's Otter ?
Answer :- Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwelli zoologists as Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwelli. Hence, it was called Maxwell's Otter in short.
5. Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the Otter was
- aloof and indifferent :- ❌
- friendly :- ✔
- hostile :- unfortunately
Answer :- in the beginning the Otter was aloof and indifferent.
6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom ? What did it do two days after that ?
Answer :- when the author first took Mijbil to the bathroom, the Otter first went will with joy in the water. He plunged and rolled in it . He jumped up and down the length of the batum. He made enough slosh and splash. After tow days, the Otter suddenly disappeared and went to the bathroom to play in the water and he was up on the end of the bathtub and fumbling at the chromium taps with his paws. The author watched In amazement a trickle of water slowly and after a moment achieved the full flow.
2. Oral Comprehension Check
1. How was Mij to be transported to England ?
Answer :- Maxwell booked a flight to Paris and from there he would fly to England as British airlines do not allow pets on board. The airline authorities insisted that Mijbil should be packed into an eighteen inches square box, to be carried on the floor near Maxwell's feet Hence, he go a box made and an hour before they started and he put Mij into the box so that he would become accustomed to it. He then quickly rushed to a meal.
2. What did Mij do to the box ?
Answer :- The box was lined with a metal sheet. Mij didn't feel comfortable in the box and tried to escape. In his attempt to escape, Mij tore into the metal lining of the box and in the process hurt himself.
3. Why did Maxwell put the Otter back in the box ? How do you think he felt when he did this ?
Answer :- As there was no other way to carry Mij to London, Maxwell put Otter in the box again. He was anxious and felt sorry by looking at the other's condition as he hurt himself while trying to escape from the box.
4. Why dose Maxwell say the airhostess was "the very queen of her kind"?
Answer :- The airhostess was very friendly and showed sympathy to Maxwell after listening to his story. She respected his feelings and concern about the incident with the box and gave him the permission to take the Otter out of the box and keep his prey on his knee hearing this, the author decided a profound admiration for the kind lady and refused her as "the very queen of her kind".
5. What happened when the bok was opened ?
Answer :- As soon as the box was opened , Mij jumped out of it. He disappeared in no time and ran all over the place scaring other passengers in the flight. The Otter created a lot of chaos in the airplane and the co-passengers got scared looking at the little creature. Out of fear, a woman stood up on her seat as went beneath the legs of a portly white-turbaned Indian Maxwell tried to get hold of Mij, but failed. The airhostess assured Maxwell that she would find the Otter for him. Soon enough, Mijbil returned to the author and bounded on to his knee and to nuzzle his face and his neck .
3. Oral Comprehension Check
1. What game had Mij invented ?
Answer :- Mij invented a game of playing with the ball in a unique way. One of the author's suitcase was damaged and had a slope on the top part. Mij would put the ball on the high end and run to catch it as it slided to thrower end.
2. What are 'compulsive habits '? What dose Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) school children
(ii) Mij ?
Answer :- Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behavior which a person dose without clear reason. For example some people put their right foot in a fence, instead of going through the passageway. Usually compulsive behavior of children are full of childhood mischief and those of adults are of incorrigible type.
(i) As per this story, children must place their feet squarely on the cente of each paving block, must touch every seventh upright of the iron railings or pass to to the outside of every second lamp post.
(ii) Mijbil while on it's way yo home would jump over the boundary wall railing and run at full speed throughout it length.
3. What group of animals do atters belong to ?
Answer :- Otters belongs to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines. The other animals of this group are badge, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and other.
4. What yuesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was ?
Answer :- Among to Maxwell, Londoners do not recognize otttters easily as they are not found in England. Hence, they made the wildest possible guesses about Mijbil. Some people guesses ranges from a baby seal, a squirrel, a walrus, a beaver, a bear cub, a leopard, a hippo to a brontosaurs.
Thinking about the Text
1. What things does Mij do which Teel you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love ?
Answer :- Mij proved his intelligence when he invented his own game of ping-pong ball on a worn-out suitcase of Maxwell. Another instance of his intelligence was when he opened the tap in the bathroom and got into the tub and played with water. Although initially he was aloof and indifferent his friendly nature towards his woner. This is event from the fact, when he clung to Maxwell's feet in the flight. He developed a close bond with the author In due course of time and proved to be a fun-loving animal when he developed games on own and exhibited certain compulsive habits on his walks with Maxwell in the streets of London.2. What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text ?
Answer : - Otters belong to a comparatively saml group of animals called Mustellines, shared by badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others, they are found in large numbers in marshes. Arabs keep them as pets and teme. Otters love to spread water and splash in it. Maxwell's Otter was of a race previously. By zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwelli.3. Why is Mij's species now known to the world as Maxwell's Otter ?
Answer :- Maxwell's Otter was of a race previously unknown to Science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrofale perspiclllate Maxwell, hence, it is known as Maxwell's Otter in short.4. Maxwell I the story speaker for the Otter, Mij. He tells us what the Otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some thinks the Otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.
5. Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet Otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true .
Maxwell's description
(i) makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
Answer :- Tru (he spent most of time in play.")
(ii) shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
Answer :- False
(iii) shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does .
Answer :- True
(I watched, amazed, in less than a minute he had turned the tap enough to produce a trickle of water, and after a moment or two achieved the full flow,")
(iv) of Mij's antics is Comical.
Answer :- True
(Marbles were Mij's favorite toys for this pastime: he would lie on his back rolling tow or more of tham up and down his wide, flat belly without ever dropping one to the floor.)
(v) shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
Answer :- True
(A suitcase that I had taken to lraq had become damaged on the journey home, so that the lid, when closed, remained at a slope from one end to the other. Mij discovered that if he placed the ball on the high end it would run down the length of the suitcase. He would dash around to the other end to ambush its arrival, hide from it crouching, to spring up and take it by surprise, grab it and trod off with it to the high end once more)
(vi) shows that he things Mij is a very ordinary Otter.
Answer :- False
(vii) shows that he thinks the Otter is very unusual.
Answer :- ("It is , I suppose, in any way strange that the average londoner should not recognise an Otter, but the variety of guesses as to what kind of animal this might be came as a surprise to me.)
Thinking about the Language
I. From the table below, make as many correct sentences as you Can using would and/or used to, as appropriate. (Hint: First decide whether the words in italics show an action, or a atate or situation, in the past.) Then add two or three sentences of your own to it.
Answer :- 1. Emperor Akbar used to be found of musical evenings.
Answer :- 2. Every evening we used to take long walks on the beach.
Answer :- 3. Fifty years ago, very few people used to own cars.
Answer :- 4. Till the 1980, Shanghai used to have very dirty streets.
Answer :- 5. My uncle used to spend his holidays by the sea.
Answer :- 6. My uncle used to be found of musical evenings.
Answer :- 7. My uncle used to be found musical evenings.
II . Noun Modifiers
1. Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the Modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper noun, or adjective plus noun.
(i) An Otter fixation
Answer :- Noun
(ii) The iron railings
Answer :- Noun
(iii) The Tigers marshes
Answer :- Proper Noun
(iv) The Lobdon streets
Answer :- Proper Noun
(v) soft velvet fur
Answer :- Adjective plus Noun
(vi) A four-footed soccer player
Answer :- Adjective plus Noun
2. Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.)
Answer :-
1. Temple :- white temple , stone temple .
2. Gifts :- ordinary gift , birthday gift .
3. Time :- First time, family time, college time , Rough time.
4. Crossing :- Railroad crossing, Ordinary physique .
5. Girls :- plump girls, college girls.
6. thoughts :- uncomfortable thoughts, Ridiculous thoughts, ordinary thoughts, good thoughts, invigorating thoughts, Heartbreaking thoughts.
7. Scream :- Loud scream, Heartbreaking scream .
8. Subject :- ordinary subjects, college subject.
9. Flight :- First Flight, ordinary flight, Rough flight, uncomfortable flight.
10. Farewell :- College farewell, Heartbreaking farewell.
11. Landscap :- Rough landscape, Bare landscape.
12. Chatterbox :- Incorrigible chatterbox , Ridiculous chatterbox.
13. View :- panoramic view, ordinary view , tremendous view.
14. Dresses :- ordinary dresses, birthday dresses, marriage dresses, Hundred Dresses.
15. Handkerchief :- white handkerchief, clean handkerchief ordinary handkerchief.
16. Profession :- Family profession, First profession, Ordinary Professio .
17. Celebration :- Birthday celebration, Tremendous celebration, Family celebration.
18. Roar :- Loud roar, Tremendous roar .
III. Read this sentence:
1. Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right.
Answer :-
(i) a portion of : --- fried fish .
(ii) a pool of : ---- water .
(iii) flakes of : ---- snow .
(iv) a huge heap of : ---- stones.
(v) a gust of : ---- wind
(vi) little drops of : ----- blood, little drop of water .
(vii) a piece of : ---- cotton, A piece of fried fish.
(viii) a pot of : ---- gold.
2. Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/ lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.
(i) My teacher gave me some advice .
Answer :- My teacher gave me a bit of advice .
(ii) Can you give me some clay, please.
Answer :- Can you give me a lump of clay please ?
(iii) The information you gave was very useful.
Answer :- The bit of information gave was very useful.
(iv) Because of these factors, smoke hangs over the city.
Answer :- Because of, these factories, a cloud of smoke hands over the city .
(v) Tow stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire.
Answer :- Tow pieces of stone rubbed together can produce sparks of fire.
(vi) He gave me so a flowers on my birthday.
Answer :- He gave me a bunch of flowers on my birthday.
Fog Class 10 Seba Answer
Thinking about the poem
1. (i) what dose sandburg think the fog is like ?
Answer :- Sandburg think that the Fog is like cat.
(ii) How does the Fog come ?
Answer :- The Fog comes silently like a cat on its smal feet.
(iii) Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat ? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat
Answer :- The poet not actually say that the fog is like a cat, but he uses the metaphor of cat for comparison.
Three thinks that tell us that the gog is like a cat are :
- It come silently like a cat on its small feet.
- It looks over the Harbour and city like a cat.
- It sites on its hanches like a cat.
2. You know that a met a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other. (See unit I)
(i) Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
Answer :-
3. Dose this poem have a rhyme scheme ? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called 'free verse',
Answer :- This poem does not have a rhyme scheme as the sentences do not end with like sounds. Of the ending words of Any of sentences, therefore the poem is written in free verse.
CLASS 1O ENGLISH ANSWER
2. Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
8. Mijbil the Otter
CLASS 1O ASSAMESE ANSWER
১/ বৰগীত
৩/ প্ৰশস্তি
৪/ দৃশান্তৰ
CLASS 1O GRAMMAR ANSWER
CLASS 1O COCIAL SCIENCE ANSWER
ভূগোল প্ৰথম খণ্ড
১/ বংগ বিভাজন আৰু স্বদেশী আন্দোলন
২/ মহাত্মা গান্ধী আৰু ভাৰতৰ স্বাধীনতা সংগ্ৰাম
৩/ অসমত ব্ৰিটিছ বিৰোধী জাগৰণ আৰু কৃষক বিদ্ৰোহ
৪/ স্বাধীনতা আন্দোলন আৰু অসমত জাতীয় জাগৰণ
৫/ ভাৰত আৰু উওৰ-পূৰ্বাঞ্চলৰ সাংস্কৃতিক ঐতিহ্য
ভূগোল দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড
৪/ অসমৰ ভূগোল
