CBESE solutions of class 8 English ch 3
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Look at Picture 1 and recall the opening lines of the original song in Hindi. Who is the singer? Who else do you see in this picture?
Answer:
The opening lines of the original song in Hindi are –
“Aye mere watan ke logon, tum khub laga lo naara
yeh shubh din hai ham sab ka, lehralo tiranga pyaara
par mat bhulo seema par, veeron ne hai praan ganvaaye
kuchh yaad unhe bhee kar lo – (2)
jo laut ke ghar naa aaye – (2)
This beautiful heart-touching track was sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
In the picture, we see great leaders of India namely – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Question 2:
In Picture 2 what do you understand by the Company’s “superior weapons”?
Answer:
The East India Company’s “superior weapons” refers to the arms and ammunitions such as guns and cannons, wit, strong rules and regulations and diplomacy of the British rulers.
Question 3:
Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered? (Picture 3)
Answer:
An artisan is a skilled craft worker who creates decorative or functional items manually. The artisans suffered as the British were extracting high taxes from them because of which they were facing economic loss on their products. Moreover, the British were importing machine-manufactured items from England and selling them on a large scale, thereby ruining the existing market of hand-made products made by the artisans.
Question 4:
Which picture, according to you, reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt?
Answer:
Picture 7 – The Sparks (1855-57) reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt.
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