chapter 2

ધોરણ 8 | విષય: English

સાચો જવાબ: (અહીં આપેલી કવિતા સાંભળી, ગાઈને આનંદ માણવાનો છે.)

સાચો જવાબ:

પ્રશ્ન: વાક્યો ખરાં છે કે ખોટાં તે નક્કી કરી (T) અથવા (F) મૂકો.





  1. The tallest building in the world is Burj Khalifa. [ T ]




  2. It is the smallest building in Dubai. [ F ]




  3. No other building has so long water supply line as the Burj has. [ T ]




  4. Its lift system is the longest one in the world. [ T ]




  5. Its cost was higher than any other building in the world. [ T ]




સાચો જવાબ:

પ્રશ્ન: ચિત્રોનો અભ્યાસ કરી ખાલી જગ્યા પૂરો.



1. (small / smaller / smallest)





  • (a) Second box is smaller than First box.




  • (b) Third box is smaller than Second box.




  • (c) Third box is the smallest of all the boxes.





2. (thick / thicker / thickest)





  • (a) The apple tree does not have thick trunk.




  • (b) The trunk of the mango tree is thicker than the apple tree.




  • (c) The banyan tree has the thickest trunk of all the trees.





3. (short / shorter / shortest)





  • (a) Arnav is short boy.




  • (b) Aditya is the shortest boy in class.




  • (c) Yuvraj is shorter than Arnav.




સાચો જવાબ:

Mark True or False (T / F):





  1. Tansen agreed that he was the best singer. [ F ]




  2. Sant Haridas lived in a hut. [ T ]




  3. Sant Haridas came to Akbar's court. [ F ]




  4. Sant Haridas could not sing well. [ F ]




  5. Tansen made some mistakes deliberately. [ T ]




  6. The king agreed that Sant Haridas was a wonderful singer. [ T ]





• What do these lines from the lesson mean? Tick mark (✔) the correct answer:



1. "There is someone who sings better than I."





  • (A) I sing better than someone.




  • (B) Someone sings better than I do. (✔)




  • (C) Someone sings as well as I do.





2. "I'm afraid he will not come, Shahenshah."





  • (A) I am afraid that he will come.




  • (B) I am not afraid of him.




  • (C) I am afraid that he will refuse to come. (✔)





3. "But Tansen knew how to get round him."





  • (A) Tansen knew the way around.




  • (B) Tansen knew how to get Sant Haridas to sing. (✔)




  • (C) Tansen knew that he could go round him.





4. "I sing at your command."





  • (A) I sing because you ask me to. (✔)




  • (B) Your command is musical for me.




  • (C) You sing at my command.





5. "Guruji sings for one who is the king of kings."





  • (A) Guruji sings for one great king.




  • (B) Guruji sings for many kings.




  • (C) Guruji sings for God. (✔)





• Answer these questions:



1. Who sang better than Tansen?



Ans. Sant Haridas sang better than Tansen.



2. Where did Sant Haridas live?



Ans. Sant Haridas lived in Vrundavan, in a hut on the bank of river Yamuna.



3. Why did Akbar decide to go to Sant Haridas' hut?



Ans. Akbar decided to go to Sant Haridas' hut because Sant Haridas refused to come to the king's court.



4. What condition did Tansen put before the king?



Ans. Tansen put the condition that the king must not go there as a king, but as a humble lover of music.



5. How did Tansen get Sant Haridas to sing?



Ans. Tansen sang Raag Darbari before his guru and made the same mistake again and again. This made Sant Haridas angry, so he took the tanpura and sang Raag Darbari in the right way.


સાચો જવાબ:

1. Mr. Patel is 67 years old and Mr. Pandya is 70 years old.







    1. Mr. Pandya is older than Mr. Patel.








    1. Mr. Patel is younger than Mr. Pandya.







2. Sonal is five feet tall and Sonu is four feet tall.







    1. Sonal is taller than Sonu.








    1. Sonu is shorter than Sonal.







3. Rosy has ten toys. Raziya has nine toys.







    1. Who has more toys than whom? -> Rosy has more toys than Raziya.








    1. Who has less toys than whom? -> Raziya has less toys than Rosy.







4. Mahesh drinks 2 glasses of milk. Naresh drinks 1 glass of milk.







    1. Who drinks more than whom? -> Mahesh drinks more milk than Naresh.








    1. Who drinks less than whom? -> Naresh drinks less milk than Mahesh.







5. Write 'Yes' or 'No' in the brackets:





  1. A state is bigger than a district. [ Yes ]




  2. A country is smaller than a state. [ No ]




  3. A town is larger than a district. [ No ]




  4. A village is the smallest of all. [ Yes ]




  5. A city is as big as a village. [ No ]





6. Fill in the blanks using words from the brackets:



(elephant, hippo, rat, rabbit, horse, deer)





  1. A rat is smaller than a rabbit.




  2. A deer is smaller than a horse, but bigger than a rabbit.




  3. The elephant is the biggest animal of all.




  4. A hippo and an elephant are heavier than a horse.




  5. A hippo and an elephant are heavier than a horse.




  6. The rat is the smallest of these animals.





7. Answer the questions (Plane, Bus, bullock cart, bicycle, bullet train):





  1. A bus is faster than a bicycle / a bullock cart.




  2. A train is longer than a bus.




  3. A bullock cart is slower than a bicycle.




  4. Which is the fastest among all these? -> Plane




સાચો જવાબ:

• Complete the comparisons given below:





  • As brave as a lion




  • As faithful as a dog




  • As useful as a cow




  • As hungry as a wolf




  • As blind as a bat




  • As friendly as a puppy




  • As busy as a bee




  • As ugly as a toad





• Complete the following blanks with the help of clues given in the brackets:





  1. Which is the highest mountain range in the world?



    Ans. the Himalaya




  2. Which is the highest peak in the world?



    Ans. Mt. Everest




  3. Which is the hottest region in the world?



    Ans. the Sahara Desert




  4. Which is the longest river in the world?



    Ans. the Nile




  5. Which is the largest ocean in the world?



    Ans. the Pacific




સાચો જવાબ:

પ્રશ્ન: ગ્રાફનો અભ્યાસ કરી વાક્યો ખરાં (True) છે કે ખોટાં (False) તે નક્કી કરો.





  1. Kolkata is the most polluted city in the world. [ False ]




  2. Tokyo and New York are more polluted but lesser populated cities. [ False ]




  3. Cairo is the second most polluted city in the world. [ True ]




  4. Tianjin city is located in China country. [ True ]




  5. London is more polluted than Tokyo. [ True ]




  6. Delhi is the most polluted city in the world. [ True ]




  7. Mexico city has less pollution but has more population. [ False ]




  8. Cairo is more polluted than Kolkata but less polluted than Delhi. [ True ]




સાચો જવાબ:

• Know your class (તમારા વર્ગખંડના વિદ્યાર્થીઓની વિગતો મુજબ લખવું - ઉદાહરણ તરીકે નીચે મુજબ લખી શકો):




























































Detail Name / Roll No.
The tallest student Rahul (Roll No. 5)
The shortest student Pooja (Roll No. 12)
The best handwriting of the student Aaman (Roll No. 1)
The worst handwriting of the student Karan (Roll No. 18)
The heaviest student Sanjay (Roll No. 22)
The lightest student Neha (Roll No. 15)
The most regular student Priya (Roll No. 3)
The most irregular student Rohan (Roll No. 29)
The best singer Kavya (Roll No. 8)
The poorest singer Vijay (Roll No. 31)
The fastest runner Jay (Roll No. 10)
The slowest runner Amit (Roll No. 25)

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