Chapter- 3.2 Compere a Programme
1. What is the title of the first section of the text?
Answer: The title is “Lighting the Lamp.”
2. What does the lighting of the lamp symbolize?
Answer: It symbolizes knowledge and learning.
3. Who are requested to light the traditional lamp?
Answer: The honourable members on the dais are requested to light the lamp.
4. What does the lamp do when it is lit?
Answer: It breaks the darkness of the night and spreads light.
5. What is knowledge compared to in the passage?
Answer: Knowledge is compared to a lamp.
6. How does knowledge spread according to the passage?
Answer: Knowledge spreads light just like a lamp.
7. What does knowledge do instead of dividing or subtracting?
Answer: It adds and multiplies.
8. Who will sing the school song?
Answer: Miss Anagha Bhatia of Std VII and her group will sing the school song.
9. What is the title of the second section?
Answer: The title is “Welcome and Introduction of the Guests.”
10. What does the phrase “Atithi Devo Bhava” mean?
Answer: It means “The guest is like God.”
11. How does Indian culture regard guests?
Answer: Indian culture regards guests as gods.
12. What are the hosts asked to do for the guests?
Answer: They are asked to welcome and honour the guests.
13. From which field does the chief guest come?
Answer: He comes from the field of Art and Culture.
14. Who is the distinguished guest mentioned in the text?
Answer: Shri Charudatta Diwan is the distinguished guest.
15. What is Shri Charudatta Diwan known as?
Answer: He is a renowned artist and painter.
16. What position does Shri Charudatta Diwan hold?
Answer: He is the President of Kala Ranjan Academy.
17. What kind of awards has he received?
Answer: He has received many prestigious awards.
18. Who is requested to welcome Shri Charudatta Diwan?
Answer: The Principal is requested to welcome him.
19. What gift is offered to the guest?
Answer: Books are offered as a gift.
20. What are the books called?
Answer: They are called “Two Volumes of Cherished Lives of Great Artists.”
21. Why are books given instead of flowers?
Answer: Because flowers perish but books last forever.
22. Who is thanked after presenting the gift?
Answer: Shri Charudatta Diwan is thanked.
23. Who is the convener of the Art Festival?
Answer: Ms Shilpa Sanghani.
24. What is Ms Shilpa Sanghani’s profession?
Answer: She is the Art teacher.
25. What event is being organized according to the passage?
Answer: An Art Festival is being organized.
26. What is the purpose of lighting the lamp at the beginning of the event?
Answer: To mark the beginning of an auspicious occasion.
27. What does the lamp represent in the speech?
Answer: It represents knowledge and enlightenment.
28. What quality of the lamp is highlighted in the speech?
Answer: Its ability to light many other lamps without losing its light.
29. Why is the guest described as distinguished?
Answer: Because of his achievements and reputation in art and culture.
30. What is the main purpose of the compère’s speech?
Answer: The main purpose is to begin the program, welcome the guests, and introduce the chief guest.
