A MEMORABLE SEMESTER BREAK
Chapter-2
1.(i) Name the state these pictures are from. (āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āϝিāĻāύ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰, āϏেāĻ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।)
Ans. Assam. (āĻ āϏāĻŽ)
(ii) Are you familiar with any of the places shown in the picture? Name them. (āĻāĻŦিāϤ āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąা āĻোāύো āĻ াāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤāύে? āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।) Ans. I am familiar with the Rong Ghar and the Kamakhya Temple that are shown in the picture. These are two well-known places of Assam. (āĻāĻŦিāĻāύāϤ āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąা ā§°ংāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻŽাāĻ্āϝা āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ। āĻāĻ āĻĻুā§োāĻা āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āϏুāĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ āĻ াāĻ।)
(iii) Name a few dances of the state. (ā§°াāĻ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āύৃāϤ্āϝ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।) Ans. A few famous dances of the state are Sattriya dance and Bihu dance. (ā§°াāĻ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻāύāĻĒ্ā§°িā§ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻš’āϞ āϏāϤ্āϰীā§া āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻšুāύাāĻ।)
ACTIVITIES
Q.1. Read the following words. The letters 't', 'l', and 's' in the words are silent. (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒā§া। āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖ 't', 'I' āĻā§°ু 's' āĻāĻš্āϝ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে।)
Now, find more silent letter words in the lesson and write them down in your notebook. (āĻāϤিā§া, āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°ু āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻāĻš্āϝ āĻāĻā§°āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিā§াāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāĻšীāϤ āϞিāĻা।)
Ans. calmness, cruise, lodge, walked
Q.2 (a). Let's check how much we have understood: (āĻāĻŽি āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāĻিāϞো āĻাāĻঁ āĻāĻšা)
Choose the correct option: (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
(i) Where are Diya and Shruti studying? (āĻĻিā§া āĻā§°ু āĻļ্āϰুāϤিā§ে āĻ'āϤ āĻ āϧ্āϝā§āύ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে?)
(a) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kerala
(b) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
(c) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Guwahati
(d) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Ans. (d)
(ii) What attracted Diya the most when she visited the famous Kamakhya Temple? (āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻাāĻŽাāĻ্āϝা āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§° āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āĻā§°োঁāϤে āĻĻিā§াāĻ āĻিāĻšে āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻŦেāĻি āĻāĻā§°্āώিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
(a) the soft breeze in the hilltop
(b) the sunset view from the hilltop
(c) the calmness of the sacred hilltop
(d) the live folk dance in the hilltop
Ans. (c)
(iii) What did they learn in Jorhat? (āϝোā§°āĻšাāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻি āĻļিāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
(a) cooking
(b) tea cultivation
(c) driving
(d) singing folk music
Ans. (b)
(iv) Who said "This land has so much memory," and what does 'this land' refer to? ("āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°াā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāĻি āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āĻā§িāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে।” āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨাāώাā§° āĻোāύে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু "āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°া"āĻ āĻাāĻ āϏূāĻাāĻāĻে?)
(a) Shruti's father said so, and the term refers to Jorhat.
(b) Shruti said so, and the term refers to Charaideo.
(c) Diya said so, and the term refers to the Charaideo Maidams.
(d) Shruti said so, and the term refers to Kaziranga.
Ans. (c)
Q.2 (b). Write down the answers to the following questions: (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϞিāĻা)