7th standard English (Uttanka’s Gurudakashina )

 

Uttanka’s Gurudakashina

I.. Quote from the text if necessary. Write down your answers.

1.Who did Uttanka feel indebted to? Why?
Answer:Uttanka, after learning all that his master could teach him felt indebted because he never repaid even once. In olden days there was practice of paying gurudakshina after learning from his-guru. So Uttanka felt indebted.

2.Uttanka was indebted to the Guru’s wife too.
Answer:Not True.

3.The master told Uttanka what he owed to him.
Answer:Not True.

 

4.Uttanka made obeisance to his Guru’s wife before speaking to her.
Answer:True.

5.The Guru’s wife answered the boy’s question in the affirmative.
Answer:True.

6.What was the Guru’s wife long-cher- ished wish?
Answer:Guru’s wife long cherished wish was to wear the ear-rings worn by the queen on feast day.

7.“This will be a test of your devotion to me,” said the Guru’s wife.
Answer:True.

8.Uttanka felt frightened and hopeless to hear her words.
Answer:True.

 

9.Describe Uttanka’s meeting with the strange man.
Answer:When Uttanka went on his way he saw a huge bull coming towards him. Uttanka saw seated upon the bull a man so large, he drew back in fear. But the strange man called him asking to drink a cup Ml of some kind of liquid. Initially, Uttanka refused, but then he drank when the strange man said that it will help him on his way.

10.Read paragraphs 9 to 14. Think about the character of the king and the queen, Tell your partner your opinion about them.
Answer:The character of the king is very kind, caring, and also very affectionate. When the boy approached the king and revealed his task, the king smilingly adviced the boy to approach the queen, that too in new clean clothes. This shows the king’s compassion for then citizens.

In the same way, when the boy approached the queen, she willingly gave her ear-rings to fulfill his mistress’s cherished wish. Also, the queen warned him to be careful while carrying the jewels. Even the queen took part in favoring the boy’s devotion, shows her hospitality.

11.Uttanka did something wrong in following the queen’s instructions. What was that? What made him do a thing like that?
Answer:The queen warned the boy, Uttanka that ear-rings have long been coveted by the serpent king. So she asked him to be cared for and not to lose the ear-rings. But Uttanka on his way was tired, leaning against the trunk of the tree placing ear-rings on the ground beside him This was the wrong thing done by Uttanka since he was tired, walking all the way he was tired. So his weariness made him do that.

12.Who stole the ear-rings? How?
Answer:The serpent king stole the ear-rings. When Uttanka placed it on the ground, he sprang to his feet and turned round in time to see a man dressed in rags, running through the forest. Uttanka ran after him as fast as he could, but the man suddenly changed into a snake which wriggled into a hole in the ground.

 

13.After that, Uttanka met some people, Who were they? How did they help him?
Answer:After that Uttanka met an old man, as he spoke there was thunder and lightning and a great thunderbolt fell. The Whole earth shook but next to where Uttanka stood was a big hole in the ground.

By this Uttankq was able to enter the hole and found himself in the kingdom of the serpent king Secondly he met two women weaving a piece of cloth. They were two maidens weaving the black and white threads of night and day.

Thirdly, he saw a man with a horse. The man was the god of fire. Uttanka bowed to the man respectively and asked him a favour. The man asked Uttanka to blow into the horse. So Uttanka blew and blew and from every hair of the horse’s body darted a flame that shot through every space in the kingdom of serpent king. It burnt the houses till all the serpents rushed out begging Uttanka to save their lives and the serpent king returned ear-rings to Uttanka.

14.What did the serpent citizens do? Why?
Answer:The horse’s body darted a flame that shot through every space in the kingdom of the serpent king. It burnt the houses till all the serpents rushed out. To save their lives, serpent citizens clamored the king to return the ear-rings which the king did.

15.The silent ones he met were the strangest ones. Do you agree? Comment.
Answer:The silent ones he met were the strangest as they did not answer his questions. The two women weaving a piece of cloth in the serpent kingdom were day and night. The six boys who turned the wheel round and round. The 12 spokes could be the 12 months of the year. The man was the God of Rain and the horse was the God of fire.

 

IIFill in the blanks with the past participle. Write a Present Participle in one blank.

1.    Give me that torn shirt. I will get it stitched

2.  We were try ing to see our flag floating on the peak.

3.  They were pushed back by the police.

4.  The train had already arrived when we reached the station.

5.  They were defeated, but they were not discouraged.

6.  Don’t leave any of these questions unanswered.

 

III Make three words using each prefix given and write them down. Refer to the dictionary if necessary. Race with your partner to test your dictionary reference skill.

a. dis
i. disapprove
ii. disagree
iii. dishonest

b. im
i. impossible
ii. impure
iii. immortal

c. in
i inactive
ii. incoherent
iii. inaccurate

d. un
i unjust
ii. unhappy
iii. unreal

e. non
i. nonsense
ii. nonstop
iii nonvegetarian

f. mis
i misread
ii. misconception
iii. mislead.

IV Write five sentences, one for each word you have made.

1.    impossible: Hiding the truth is an impossible thing.

2.  impure: Impure food habits leads to unhealthiness.

3.  immortal: Gandhiji’s qualities is immortal in the hearts of people.

4.  inactive: Sleeplessness makes us inactive all the day.

5.  incoherent: As she was suffering from very high fever she spoke incoherently.

6.  inaccurate: Ill minded people lead others to the path of inaccuracy.

7.  unjust: The judgement given by the judge was unjust so they appealed to higher court.

8.  unhappy: I was unhappy to see my friend in difficulty.

9.  unreal: Unreal jewels are more impressive than realones.

10.               non-sense: Talking nonsense shows the person’s foolishness.

11. non-stop: Non-stop buses move quickly than shuttle buses.

12.               non-vegetarian: Being vegeterian is more healthy than being a non-vegetarian.

13.               mis-read: When anything is read quickly, then maybe chances of misreading.

14.               mis-conception: Misconception once in a way leads to dangerous path.

15.               mis-lead: The idea that wealth brings un-happiness is misleading.

Use this phrases to make a sentence. of each hand / in a loop of string / A cat’s cradle / in which / is a child’s game / patterns and constructions / held between the fingers. A cat’s cradle is a child’s game in which patterns and constructions in a loop of string held between the fingers of each hand.

 

V Both Uttanka’s master and mistress were extremely happy to see him back. After he bathed, was fed and rested, the mistress asked him many questions.

• Mistress: Didn’t you feel fear being alone on the way?
• Uttanka: Of course, I feared. But I determined to fulfill your cherished dream, so I progressed.
• Mistress: Thank you, my boy, Did the king and Queen treat you well?
• Uttanka: Yes, they did. They welcomed wholeheartedly and even the king advised me to change my clothes to meet the queen.
• Mistress: I still can’t believe it. You have fulfilled my long-cherished dream. I will never forget this memorable moment in my life.
• Uttanka: I need your blessings, madam
• Mistress: That will always be with you.

VI Multiple Choice Questions

1.The houses of hermitages are made of ________________ .
a) mud and straw
b) wood and mud
c) mud and stones
d) All
Answer:a) mud and straw

2.Guru’s wife asked guru Dakshina as _________________ .
a) some amount of money
b) ornaments
c) a big house.
d) Queen’s earrings.
Answer:d) Queen’s earrings.

3.Drink given to Uttanka by a stranger is _____________.
a) wine
b) fruit drink
c) Ambrosia
d) grape juice
Answer:c) Ambrosia

 

4.Queen gave ear-rings. _____________________________ .
a) unwillingly
b) willingly
c) with fear of hermitage
d) by king’s order.
Answer:b) willingly

5.A hand snatched the ear-rings changed into _________________ .
a) a lion
b) a tiger
c) a bear
d) a snake
Answer:d) a snake

6.Uttanka entered into the kingdom of ____________________ .
a) Vijayanagaraking
b) Ujjainiking
c) Serpent king djkalingaking.
Answer:c) Serpent king djkalingaking.

7.Boys turned the wheel with spokes
a) five
b) six
c) eight
d) twelve
Answer:d) twelve

8.Women weaving a piece of cloth of and k threads.
a) red and green
b) black and white
c) blue and white
d) pink and blue.
Answer:b) black and white

9.Drink given to Uttanka by a stranger was. ___________________ .
a) wine
b) a fruit juice
c) dirty water
d) none
Answer:d) none

10.The two maidens weaving were and __________________ .
a) twin sisters
b) angles
c) night and day
d) wind and rain.
Answer:c) night and day

11.Uttanka came back to hermitage with the help of _______ .
a) king’s chariot
b) pushpak vimana
c) by walk
d) horse.
Answer:d) horse.

VII Uttanka’s Gurudakashina by Mrinalini Sarabai About the Author:

Mrinalini Sarabai was bom on May 11, 1918, is a celebrated Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. Besides choreographing, more than three hundred dance dramas, she has also written many novels, poetry, plays and stories for children. She is also one of the trustees of the Sarvodaya international test, an organization for the promotion of Gandhian ideals.

Mrinalini Sarabhai has been awarded by the Indian government with national civilian awards Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padmashri in 1965. She was honoured with the degree of Doctor of letters, honours course (Littd) by the University of East Anglia, Norwich.