11) Answer the following questions. 10x3=30
A)How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
B)Why do the worker ants carry the grubs about?
C)What is "the master call?" Why is it the most important signal for an elephant to learn?
D) A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text?
E). How do the smaller desert animals fulfill their need for water?
F)Who does he say the kitten's ancestors are? Do you believe him?
G)What was the noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran?
H) The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two
paragraphs.
1)How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
J)How did it help him next?
Answers
Answer:
A)It takes two to three weeks for the grub to transform into cocoon and then another three weeks to convert into a complete ant.
B)The worker ants carry the grubs about daily for airing, exercise and sunshine.
C)The master call is a strange hissing howling sound as if a snake and a tiger were fighting each other. It is the most important signal for an elephant because whenever the master was in trouble one master call would bring the elephant near him and help him out of danger.
D)A camel can do without water for days together because they sweat very little. Camels can stand high body temperature. They don't need to sweat and therefore can retain the water they drink for long periods of time
E)The smaller desert animals take various measures to fulfil their need for water: Some of them burrow underground in the day time and come out only at night to eat. Some others eat other animals and get the moisture from the meat. Some eat plants and seeds and obtain plant juices.
F)He said the kitten's ancestors was the Mahabalipuram Rishi-Cat, which was the emblem of the Pallava dynasty and the Mahabalipuram Rishi-Cat was descendants of the cat-goddess of Egypt.
G)The noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran was that of 'kreeching' sound of Lalli's violin.
H)The old farmer was a kind person. It is evident from the fact the way he loved his dog as his own baby. He fed it with fish with his own chopsticks and all the boiled rice it wanted.