Read the passage carefully:
Trees are of importance not only to man but also to birds and animals. The branches of trees
give shelter to millions of birds and forest give shelter to numerous wild animals. We value
trees not only for their usefulness but also for their beauty. They have a way to refreshing the
eye and also refreshing the mind. Perhaps that is why the rishies of olden days were drawn to
the forests, and they and their peoples chose going to forest homes in company of Nature. In
modern times when Rabindranath Tagore started a school, he too chose a place full of trees
and called it Shanti Niketenor the home of peace.
Once upon a time large areas of India were covered with forests full of numerous kinds of trees.
As the population grew, trees began to be cut down for mans use. That is how the wonderful
forest described In our ancient poems came to be destroyed, and a great part of our forest
wealth was lost. Now we are trying to replace this loss, and our government wants trees to be
planted all over the country. A new festival called ‘Van Mahotsava’ has been started for this
purpose. Since trees are the country’s wealth we must consider it our sacred duty to protect
them. We should plant new trees wherever we can and look after them well.
A. Answer the following questions: 4 x 2 = 8
a) Why did the Rishis in olden days make forests their homes?
b) Mention the reason that became the cause for the destruction of the wonderful forest.
c) Why is Van Mahotsavaorganized?
d) What message do we get from the above passage?
B. Find the words from the passage which gives the meaning: 2 x 1 = 2
a) termed
b) energizing
C. Find a word from the passage which is the antonym of: 2 x 1 = 2
a) novel x
b) few x
Answers
Answer:
Read the passage carefully:
Trees are of importance not only to man but also to birds and animals. The branches of trees
give shelter to millions of birds and forest give shelter to numerous wild animals. We value
trees not only for their usefulness but also for their beauty. They have a way to refreshing the
eye and also refreshing the mind. Perhaps that is why the rishies of olden days were drawn to
the forests, and they and their peoples chose going to forest homes in company of Nature. In
modern times when Rabindranath Tagore started a school, he too chose a place full of trees
and called it Shanti Niketenor the home of peace.
Once upon a time large areas of India were covered with forests full of numerous kinds of trees.
As the population grew, trees began to be cut down for mans use. That is how the wonderful
forest described In our ancient poems came to be destroyed, and a great part of our forest
wealth was lost. Now we are trying to replace this loss, and our government wants trees to be
planted all over the country. A new festival called ‘Van Mahotsava’ has been started for this
purpose. Since trees are the country’s wealth we must consider it our sacred duty to protect
them. We should plant new trees wherever we can and look after them well.
A. Answer the following questions: 4 x 2 = 8
a) Why did the Rishis in olden days make forests their homes?
b) Mention the reason that became the cause for the destruction of the wonderful forest.
c) Why is Van Mahotsavaorganized?
d) What message do we get from the above passage?
B. Find the words from the passage which gives the meaning: 2 x 1 = 2
a) termed
b) energizing
C. Find a word from the passage which is the antonym of: 2 x 1 = 2
a) novel x
b) few x
a)We value the trees not only for their usefulness but also for their beauty. They also refresh the eye and the mind. These are the reasons the Rishis of olden days chose the forests as their homes.
b)Due to the growth of population the trees were cut for the human use. This is why the trees were cut and were lost.
c) As the government were trying to recompense the loss of the trees the government started van mahotsav festival to plant trees.
d) We get the message that plants give us many useful things and are our friends and we should not cut them down and we should save them.
B)
a)described
b) refreshing
C)
a)old
b)numerous