Chapter - 8
A Short Monsoon Diary
( āĻāĻা āĻāĻŽু āĻŽৌāĻুāĻŽী āĻĄাāϝ়েā§°ী )
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( āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া: ) 1. Look carefully at the diary entries for June 24-25, August 2 and March 23. Now write down the changes that happen as the rains progress from June to March.
( 24-25 āĻুāύ, 2 āĻāĻāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ু 23 āĻŽাā§°্āĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĄাāϝ়েā§°ী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦিāώ্āĻিāĻŦোā§° āϏাā§ąāϧাāύে āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻুāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŽাā§°্āĻāϞৈ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻ āĻšাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻি ā§°াāĻāĻ। )
Ans. On June 24, the monsoon mist covers the hills and blankets them in silence. June 25 brings genuine early monsoon rain. On August 2, the rain is in full swing. March 23 sees the end of winter and a rainbow appears in the sky after a heavy hailstorm.
2. Why did the grandmother ask the children not to kill the Chuchundar?
( āĻāĻāϤাāĻ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻুāĻুāύ্āĻĻাā§°āĻ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āύāĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻৈāĻিāϞ? )
Ans. The grandmother asked the children not to kill the Chuchundar because it was considered lucky. She said that it brought money.
3. What signs do we find in Nature which show that the monsoons are about to end?
( āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤিāϤ āĻি āĻিāĻš্āύ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻঁ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāϝ় āϝে āĻŦাā§°িāώা āĻļেāώ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻāĻে?)
Ans. The seeds of cobra lily turn red as monsoon departures. Flowers like wild balsam, begonias and ground orchids also appear.
4. Complete the following sentences.
( āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ। ) (1) Bijju is not seen but his voice is heard because .
( āĻŦিāĻুāĻ āĻĻেāĻা āύাāϝাāϝ় āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻŖ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦā§° āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ় āĻাā§°āĻŖ ।)
Ans. he is hiding.
(ii) The writer describes the hill station and valley as .
( āϞেāĻāĻে āĻĒাāĻšাā§°ীāϝ়া āĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে । )
Ans. picturesque or breathtaking.
(iii) The leopard was successful in . but had to flee when .
( āύাāĻšā§°āĻĢুāĻুāĻী āĻŦাāĻāĻো āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĒāϞাāĻ āϝাāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ । )
Ans. stalking its prey, but, had to flee when the villagers arrived .
(iv) The minivets are easily noticed because .
( āĻŽিāύিāĻেāĻāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻšāĻে āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় āĻাā§°āĻŖ । )
Ans. of their bright plumage.
(v) During the monsoon season, snakes and rodents are found in roofs and attics because .
( āĻŽিāύিāĻেāĻāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻšāĻে āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় āĻাā§°āĻŖ । )
Ans. they seek shelter from the heavy rain.
5. Although tin roofs are given to springing unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain.'
( āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻিāύ⧰ āĻাāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻšিāĻাāĻĒ āĻŦিāĻšীāύ āϞিāĻ āĻŦোā§° ā§°āĻাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়, āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻ āϏ্āĻĒৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻ āύুāĻূāϤি āĻāĻে।' ) (i) Why has the writer used the word, 'springing'?
( āϞেāĻāĻে 'āϏ্āĻĒ্ā§°িং' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻিāϝ় āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻে? )
Ans. The word 'springing' means to develop suddenly. The roof of the housewas corrugated tin and hole/leaks were uneven and thus the writer has used the word springing
(ii) How is the writer untouched by the rain?
( āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϞেāĻāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻ āϏ্āĻĒৃāĻļ্āϝ? )
Ans. The writer was not getting completely wet by the rain as he was in the house. Thus, he was untouched by the rain.
(iii) How is the writer in touch with the rain at the same time?
( āĻāĻে āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āϏৈāϤে āϞেāĻāĻāĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āϤāĻāĻে? )
Ans. The writer was in touch with the rain at the same time because he could feel the rain by listening to its drumming sound on the corrugated tin roof.
6. Mention a few things that can happen when there is endless rain for days together.
( āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻেāĻāĻŦাāĻĻিāύো āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻš'āϞে āĻāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°āĻ। )
Ans. When there is endless rain for days together, everything becomes damp and soggy. There is no place for anybody to go to. The hillsides are lush as late monsoon flowers such as wild balsam, dahlias, begonias and ground orchids begin to appear.
7. What is the significance of cobra lily in relation to the monsoon season, its beginning and end?
( āĻŦাā§°িāώা āĻāϤু, āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤিā§° āϏāύ্āĻĻā§°্āĻāϤ āĻোāĻŦā§°া āϞিāϞিā§° āϤাā§āĻĒā§°্āϝ āĻি? )
Ans. The cobra lily signifies both the beginning and end of the monsoon. At the beginning of the monsoon season, it is the cobra lilies that rear first and it is in late June. During the end of the monsoon season, its seeds start to turn red.
Question Type By - Kishor Nath