Unbeatable Super Mom - Mary Kom

Read the following passage and do the activities.

A1. Fill in the blanks:

Mary Korn is an ______ personality. (inspire/inspirational) ______ has been a neglected area in Indian sports. (nutrients/nutrition) ______ played a role in shaping the boxing scene in India. (OCQ/OGQ) Mary Korn gained weight by eating ______. (saturated fat/healthy food)

A2. Choose the correct alternative.

1. How many Olympic medals did India win in 2012?
   1. 16
   2. 60
   3. 66
   4. 6
2. Which one of these is an unhealthy food constituent according to the passage?
   1. Unsaturated fats
   2. Saturated fats
   3. Proteins
   4. Vitamin C

A3. Complete the given table:

A4. Do as directed:

1. Write the antonyms of the following from the text.
   1. Ignorance
   2. Rare
2. Write the synonyms of the following from the text.
   1. Company
   2. Unattended

A5. Do you think sports can be a successful career? Why or why not?

Complete the following web of India’s winning medals in the Olympics.

             There had to be one successful story if Indians were to survive in sports
and we have that story now. Enough has been said about this great warrior
who conquered the world. This warrior is none other than Mary Mangte Komthe
Komqueror and the Komrade. She is famed as a five times World Boxing
Champion and the only boxer to win a medal in every one of the six world
championships. In the 2012 Olympics, she became the first Indian woman boxer
to qualify and win a bronze medal in the 51 Kg flyweight category of Boxing.

              Kom was born in Kangthei village, Moirang Lamkhai in Churachandpur
district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family. Her
parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who
worked in jhum fields. Kom grew up in humble surroundings, helping her parents
with farm related chores, going to school and learning athletics initially and later
boxing simultaneously. Her father was a keen wrestler in his younger age.
 

             She had an eager interest in athletics since childhood and the success of
Dingko Singh a fellow Manipuri returned from the 1998 Bangkok Asian games
with a gold medal, Kom recollects had inspired many youngsters in Manipur to
try boxing and she too thought of giving it a try.
     

         Mary Kom’s career started in 2000 after her victory in the Manipur State
women’s boxing championship and the regional championship in West Bengal.
In 2001, she started competing at international level. She was only 18 years
old when she made her international debut at the first AIBA Women’s World
Boxing Championship in United States, winning a silver medal in the 48 kg
weight category. Her greatness is reinforced by the way she apoligized to the
whole nation for not being able to win the Gold. She is a legend for sure and
an idol for all the sportswomen to look up to.

(B1) Name the following.
(i) According to the writer the great warrior who conquered the world -
(ii) The State in which Mary Kom was born -
(iii) The kind of farming in which Mary’s parents were working as tenant
farmers -
(iv) The sportsman who inspired many youngsters in Manipur -

(B2) Complete the following.

(B3) Find out antonyms for the following from the passage.
(a) failure × (b) defeat ×
(c) weakened × (d) wealthy ×

(B4)
(i) She is a legend for sure and an idol for all sportswomen to look up to. (Use ‘Not only……….. but also’)
(ii) In the 2012 Olympics, Mary became the first Indian woman boxer to qualify
and win a bronze medal. (Use ‘As well as’)

(B5) What qualities do you think are required to become a good sportsman ?

Discuss and find out the jobs which were done only by men in the past but nowadays women too have started doing them.

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The text is about a famous female boxer, Mary Kom, who has brought laurels to our country by winning many national and international boxing championships. Make a list of famous men and women boxers across the world. You can take the help of the internet or your school library to get this information to complete the table.

Choose the correct alternative and underline it.

Who inspired Mary Kom and other youngsters in Manipur to choose boxing as a career?

Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.

Kom’s parents were ____________ Her father was _________________.

Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.

The success of Dingko Singh inspired ______________.