Question

the passage and answer the following questions : 10

1. The Gonds are highly cultured people and a great tribe. They are

distributed all over central India, now Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh.

Their culture survives in their memories of the past, for they have an

extensive mythology, in the legendary history of their old kings and

heroes, and in the dance and song at which they are still expert. They

have royal blood in their veins and even the poorest and simplest of

them has a strength of purpose, a dignity, a redeeming sense of humour.

They have a couragein face of the disasters of life that anyone may envy.

The honest peasant in his field, the devotee of Mother Earth, drawing

strength from the elemental forces of Nature, is in this sense as truly

cultured as the most sophisticated intellectuals, Gonds are known for

their art and culture, and for their simplicity.

2. Gond poetry is simple and symbolic, free of all literary conventions and

allusions. It is poetry of earth and sky, of forest, hill and river, of the

changing seasons and the varied passions of men, a poetry of love,

naked and unashamed, unchecked by any inhibition or restraint. The

bulk of the poems are songs of the dance and the most poetic of them

are perhaps the songs of the great Karma dance, which is common to

many of the primitive tribes of central India. This dance symbolizes the

growth of the green branches of the forest in the spring; sometimes a

tree is setup in the village and the people dance round it. The men leap

forward to the rapid roll of drums and the women dance, their feet

moving in perfect rhythm, until the group of singers advances towards

them like the steady urge of wind coming and going among the tree-

tops, and the girls swing to and fro in answer. This is the one greatcultural interest of the people. A girl dancer is compared by the Gonds to

a lovely tree moving to the unseen power of nature.

a. Choose the appropriate option out of the given ones :

1. The Gonds in Madhya Pradesh are mostly ......................

(a) illiterate (b) literate

(c) cultured (d) boorish

2. They are by nature ......................

(a) dare-devils (b) timid

(c) peaceful (d) lethargic

3. The Gond poets are greatly inspired by-

(a) their past (b) their present

(c) nature (d) their ancestors

4. The Gond dances reveal that the Gondsare ......................

(a) dull people (b) lively and energetic

(c) humorous (d) satirical

5. The Gond dance has a rhythm which is reminiscent of ..................

(a) rhythm in different objects of nature

(b) rhythm in seasons

(c) our common life

(d) advanced civilization.

b. Complete the following sentences :

1. The Gonds have royal blood. ......................

2. The Gonds are known for their ......................

3. Gond poetry generally deals with ......................

4. Karma dance symbolizes ......................

5. The Gonds compare a girl dancer ......................​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. The Gonds in Madhya Pradesh are mostly ......................

(a) illiterate (b) literate

(c) cultured (d) boorish