SSC (English Medium) 6th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions

List the characters in the play and write one or two lines about each.

How do the following avoid giving anything to the traveller?

Motiram 
(Answer in one or two lines.)

Find what Hirabai tells the traveller by reading her words from right to left.

Apart from the stone, how many things go into the soup?

Does the traveller really have a magic stone? 

On any one page, note against the speech of every character what feelings it should show to bring out the meaning best. For example, joy, fear, anger, nervousness, friendliness, dislike, surprise, wonder, excitement, politeness, rudeness, cunning, curiosity. 

Read aloud/Enact the play.

Write a recipe for the stone soup.

Form a pair. Write at least one short dialogue for the following expression.

I agree. 

Find the meaning of ‘Charity begins at home’. Find other sayings which have a similar meaning.

List five questions from the play which can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'. 

‘Smart Answers’: Form a large group. Each person asks the next one a question to get him to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’. He/She can use appropriate statements, requests, or even other questions as a response. But if he/she says ‘yes’ or ‘no’, he/she is out. Otherwise, he/she continues the game. Questions cannot be repeated.

Visit a library:
Find stories about hosts and guests. Share them with the class. Classify the stories into funny and serious stories.

Who was Sushruta?

Who was Shalihotra?

What question did Shalihotra ask Sushruta?

How long a period did Shalihotra allow to find the missing things?

Who erected the first known veterinary hospitals in the world?

Collect as many pictures as you can, or draw diagrams of all the sources you have listed above. Make a scrapbook using them.

Discuss what a friendly and good-natured peacock would say to a crane. Write his speech. (5-8 lines.)