Question

Poem 1: Ice cream Man
1. Match the given vocabulary (A) with its meaning (B) by writing the letters in the space provided.
A B
1. blaze a. the faculty or power of seeing.
2. sight b. a rounded mass projecting above a surface.
3. mounds c. a group of similar things or people positioned or

occurring closely together.

4. chilly d. a very large or fiercely burning fire.
5. cluster e. uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold.

2. Read the extract and answer the questions given below.
“His cart might be a flower bed,
Of roses and sweet peas,
The way the children cluster round
As thick as honeybees.”
1. What is the cart compared to?
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2. How did the children cluster around the Ice cream Man’s cart?
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3. Name the poet of the poem.

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3. Answer the questions in 20 to 30 words? (Short questions and Answers)
1. In which season is ice-cream popular? Who feels joyful on seeing the Ice-Cream
Man?

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2. Name the different flavours of ice-cream the Ice cream Man has in his cart.
What are the two things that the Ice-Cream man is selling?

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3. What is the ice-cream cart compared to in the poem? What are the children
compared to in the poem?

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4. Value Based Questions: (Answer the questions in 30 to 40 words)
1. “You are responsible for your own happiness. If you expect others to make you
happy, you will always be disappointed.” Express your opinion by relating the given
quote to the characters the ice cream man and the children.
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Prose 1: Wonderful Waste!
1. Match the given vocabulary (A) with its meaning (B) by writing the letters in the space provided.
A B
1. survey a.in a serious manner
2. sternly b. examine
3. tempting c. belonging to the customs
4. whipped d.appealing
5. traditional e.beaten

2. Read the extract and answer the questions given below.
“A tempting smell started coming from the pot. Now he whipped some curd and added it to
the curry. He also poured a few spoonfuls of coconut oil and decorated the dish with curry
leaves. Lo and behold! The new dish was ready.The cook served this new dish to the guests
that evening. Everyone was eager to know the name of the new dish. The cook thought and
thought. Then a name came to his mind. He named it avial (uh-vi-ul).”
4. What started coming from the pot?
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5. How did the cook prepare the new dish?
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6. What name was given to the new dish by the cook?

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4. Answer the questions in 20 to 30 words? (Short questions and Answers)
5. What made the Maharaja give a command to the cook?
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6. If you were the cook what would you plan to do with the vegetable scraps?

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7. What did the Maharaja do in the kitchen?

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8. Value Based Questions: (Answer the questions in 30 to 40 words)
2. “Overcoming challenges is the quality of a risk taker”. Express your opinion by
relating the given quote to the character ‘the cook’ from the lesson.
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3. “With great power comes great responsibility”. Do you agree that the Maharaja was
fulfilling his role as a king in exhibiting values? If so how?
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Answer 1

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He also poured a few spoonfuls of coconut oil and decorated the dish with curry

leaves. Lo and behold! The new dish was ready.The cook served this new dish to the guests