Question

Read the following passage and do the activities:

B1. Fill in the blanks and complete the sentences:   [2]

1. Mary Kom conquered the ______.
2. She was the first ______ woman to qualify in the 51 kg flyweight category.
3. Since her childhood, Mary Kom had an eager interest in ______.
4. The father and mother of Mary Kom were ______.

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 Kom - the 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.

B2. Make a list of achievements of Mary Kom as a boxer.   [2]

B3. Fill in the blanks by selecting words or phrases from the passage:   [2]

1. My younger sister has so much ______ in dancing and singing.
2. Tanaji Malursare was a great ______ in history.

B4. Do as directed:   [2]

1. Mary Kom was a warrior. She was a boxer. (Use ‘as well as’.)
2. Her father was a keen wrestler in his younger age.
   (Pick out and rewrite two adjectives from the given sentence.)

B5. Personal Response:   [2]

Write any two names of indoor games and two names of outdoor games.

Answer 1

B1. 

1. Mary Kom conquered the world.
2. She was the first Indian woman to qualify in the 51 kg flyweight category.
3. Since her childhood, Mary Kom had an eager interest in athletics.
4. The father and mother of Mary Kom were tenant farmers.

B2. Achievements of Mary Kom as a boxer:

1. She is known as a five-time World Boxing Champion.
2. She is the only boxer to have won a medal in each of the six World Championships.
3. She is India's first boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
4. She won bronze in the 51 kg flyweight event at the 2012 Olympics.

B3. 

1. My younger sister has so much interest in dancing and singing.
2. Tanaji Malursare was a great warrior in history.

B4. 

1. Mary Kom was a warrior as well as a boxer.
2. keen, younger

B5. Two names of indoor and outdoor games:

1. Indoor games –
   1. Table tennis 
   2. Chess
2. Outdoor games –
   1. Football 
   2. Cricket