SSC (English Medium) 8th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Now write what you observe in the following two pictures.

Write down any two Slogans on 'Gender Equality'.

Find from the lesson word/phrase that mean the following.

colours .............

Pick out five Compound words from the lesson.

Answer in your own words.

Read and write down 5 points which prove that Tomba, (Lanthoi’s father) firmly believes in gender equality.

Answer in your own words.

In what ways is Ashangbi different from other women of her community?

Answer in your own words.

What are the provisions in the Declaration of the United Nations, to ensure the equality of men and women?

Who said to whom and when / why?

Project:

From your school library or internet collect quotations/slogans promoting gender equality. Make decorative posters with pictures of outstanding women or sketches or illustrations of your choice. With permission, put up the posters in your school surroundings.

'Worms play a very important role in maintaining ecological balance. They are friends of farmers.'

Form groups and discuss the significance of worms in the above two roles.

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Dragon fly:

Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.

Bees:

Breeding worms to use them to convert organic waste into fertilizer is called Vermiculture or vermicomposting.
Find out more about Vermiculture and how you can carry out the same in your garden/backyard, to fertilize your plants at home.

Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.

However, some writers/poets use them to impart an old-fashioned flavour to suit the background of their write-up. Such words are called Archaic words.

Give the modern words for the archaic words from the poem.

• thy
• being 
• bestow'd
• thee
• thou
• cans't

Pick out any two lines from the poem that contain an Apostrophe.

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Why does the poet appeal to us, to respect the life of a worm?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Why do you think God created worms? What is their ecological importance?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

‘Live and let live’ is a famous proverb. Which lines from the poem support this proverb?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Does the poem urge us to protect only worms? What is the general message conveyed through this poem?

Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.