Please can anyone given me 10 extra questions of the chapter secret of machine with answer in detail please. Class 8
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Explanation:
A. Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?
a. Human beings b. Machines
Ans: Machines
2. Who are the speakers and listeners of this poem?
Machines are the speakers and human beings are the listeners in the poem.
3. What metals are obtained from ores and mines? Iron ore
Metals like iron, copper, lead, gold, and silver are obtained from ores and mines.
4. Mention a few machines which are hammered to design.
Machines namely steam engine, the locomotive and iron clad ships were hammered to design.
5. Mention the names of a few machines that run on water, coal or oil.
Machines that run on water, coal, oil, include the Floating grain mill, water powered fire alarm, steam engines, modern diesel engines and container ships.
6. Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing etc.
Farm tractor, crane, fork lift, cass, trucks, printer are few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, etc.
7. Are machines humble to accept the evolution of human brain? Why?
Yes. Machines accept that they are the children of human brain. They have to work as per the instructions of human brain. So they humbly accept it.
8. What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in this poem?
We can feel that the machines have no feelings like human beings. So we should handle them with care.
9. ‘And a thousandth of an inch to give us play:’
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?
a. Once Machines are fed with fuel, they take a very long time to start.
b. Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.
Ans: Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.
10. And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
a) Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?
The pronoun ‘you’ refers to human beings in the above lines.
b) Whose task is referred to as ‘our task’ here?
‘Our task’ is referred to the task of the machines.
c) Open conditional clause is used in the given line. Why is the future tense ‘will set’ and ‘will serve’ used both in the ‘if clause’ and in the ‘main clause?’
Future tense is used in both the ‘if ’ clause and the ‘main clause’ for two reasons. The first reason is that the machines are expressing a definite truth. Machines themselves say that they do not lie. When they are given a task they will perform no matter what they are instructed. The second reason is that the choice is given to us. If we choose to give them a task, they will do it. If we don’t, they don’t do it. Unless they are given a task, they will not perform it.
d) Do the machines serve us twenty four hours a day?
Yes, the machines serve us, for twenty four hours a day, as they can never get tired. They keep running as long as they are fed with water, coal and oil.
e) Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.’
“And now, if you will set us to our task, we will serve you sixty five and three hundred days a year!”