The Beggar Vocabulary Question And answer

Ch-The Beggar

1-Lodging = accommodation, stay (ठहरने की जगह),

2. Intrigues = plots, schemes (साजिशें), 3.Calumny = slander, defamation (झूठा आरोप),

3. Mendicant = beggar, pauper (भिक्षुक), 4.Overshoes = shoe covers, galoshes (जूतों के ऊपर पहनने वाला आवरण), 

5.Expelled = ousted, removed (निकाल दिया गया),

6.Mumbled = murmured, whispered (मुँह में गुनगुनाया), 

7.Flushed = reddened, blushed (लाल हो जाना),

8. Advocate = lawyer, attorney (वकील), 9.Suppliant = pleader (याचक), 

10. Ragged = tattered, worn-out (फटे हुए), 

11.Province = region, territory (प्रदेश),

12.Ashamed = embarrassed, guilty (शरमिंदा),

13. Lying = untruthful, deceitful (झूठ बोलना),

14. Disgust = revulsion, aversion (घृणा)

15. Swindling = cheating, fraud (धोखा), 16.Fiction = made-up, falsehood (कल्पना), 

17.Choir = singing group, (गायन दल), 18.Drunkenness =  intoxication (नशा), 19.Chop = cut, hew (काटना), 

20.Scarecrow = thin, ragged person (भूसा डराने वाला पुतला), 

21.Perplexity = confusion,  (उलझन), 22.Irresolutely = uncertainly, hesitantly (अनिश्चितता से), 

23.Undermined = weakened, damaged (कमजोर किया हुआ), 

24.Vodka = alcoholic drink, spirit (शराब),

25. Toil = hard work, (मेहनत),

26. Wrathfully = angrily, furiously (क्रोध से), 

27.Shed = storage, outhouse (शेड)

28.Pseudo-teacher = fake teacher, imposter (नकली शिक्षक), 

29. Scold = chastise, reprove (फटकारना),

30. Irresolutely = hesitantly, doubtfully (अनिश्चितता से),

31. Billet = log, timber (लकड़ी की छड़ी),

32.Freezing = icy, cold (बहुत ठंडा), 33.Menial = basic, lowly (नीच), 

34. Waif = stray, outcast (अवारा),

35. Rouble = currency, money (रूबल)  

36.Shovel = dig,  (फावड़ा से खोदना), 

37. Rugs = carpets,  (कालीन),  

38. Wagons = carts, vehicles (गाड़ी), 39.Feebleness = weakness, frailty (दुर्बलता)  , 

40.Gloomy = sad, depressed (उदास), 41.Tattered = torn, worn out (फटा हुआ),   42.Gallery = upper seating, balcony section (उच्च स्थान),

43.Notary = legal official, scribe (नोटरी)  

44.Delighted = pleased, overjoyed (प्रसन्न), 

45.Godson = spiritual son, baptized male child (धार्मिक पुत्र), 

46.Roasting = severe criticism,  (डाँटना),  47.Indebted = obliged, owing gratitude (ऋणी), 

48. Sot = drunkard, alcoholic (शराबी),  49.Strain = tone, manner (धुन), 

50. Dragged = pulled, hauled (खींचा),  

51-Hauling: transporting

52..Copecks: Russian coin equal to one hundredth of a rouble

53.Gait: walk

54.Notary: a person authorized to perform certain legal formalities,

The Beggar NCERT-Solutions

1. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
Ans. Lushkoff became a beggar due to his circumstances. He had been a singer in the choir but was removed due to his drunkenness. Left with no other option, he started begging to fend for himself.

2. What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?
Ans. Lushkoff told Sergei that he was fired because he was a drunkard. If he told the truth, people would not give him alms. Thus, he was forced to lie.

3. Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
Ans. Lushkoff was not willing to work because he was not fit. He was hungry, felt cold and was under the influence of alcohol. He agreed to chop wood for Sergei because of his pride and shame. He was trapped in his own words.

4. Sergei says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” Why does he say so? Is he right in saying this?
Ans. When Sergei met Lushkoff for the first time, he was reluctant to work. Gradually, he took to work and reformed. Sergei felt that his words and deeds had changed Lushkoff. He is right in saying so because if he had not offered him work, Lushkoff would still be begging in the streets.

5. Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
Ans. Lushkoff is obliged to Sergei for earning 35 roubles a month as a notary. When Sergei noticed that Lushkoff had given upo drinking, he offered him a better job due to which Lushkoff became a notary one day.

6. During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?
Ans. Olga hated the beggar. She scolded him, felt pity for him and even chopped the wood for him. She would cry to see his pathetic condition. All this had an affect on Lushkoff and changed him.

Extra Question And answer 

Q1.  How did Sergei recognize the beggar?

Ans.  Sergei turned to face the beggar. His face appeared to be familiar. He attempted to recall where he had seen him. His gaze was drawn to the beggar’s shoes. One shoe was too high, while the other was too low. He knew exactly where he had seen the beggar before. He had noticed the beggar on Sadovaya Street.

Q2. Where did Sergei send Lushkoff? What advice did he give him?
Ans.  Sergei discovered that Lushkoff was unfit for physical labor. He decided to give him a simpler and cleaner job. He assigned him to an office where he would copy documents. He advised him to work hard and refrain from drinking.

Q3. The beggar was a liar. What two lies did he tell Sergei?
Ans.  When the beggar first met Sergei, he told him he was a student who had been expelled from college. When he saw Sergei for the second time, he told him that he had been offered a job in Kaluga but that he didn’t have enough money to get there.

Q4. What kind of work was given to Lushkoff initially? Why did he agree to do it?
Ans.  Sergei refused to give alms to the beggar, Lushkolf. He was offered work by lie. He took him home and assigned him to chop wood. Lushkoff agreed to do this work not because he was hungry or needed the money. He agreed to do it out of pride and shame, as well as being trapped by his own words.

Q5. Where did Sergei see Lushkoff after two years? What work was he doing then?
Ans.  Sergei met Lushkoff in a theater two years later. Sergei discovered him to be well-dressed and in a good mood. He was a notary public at the time. Every month, he earned thirty-five roubles.

Q6. How did Olga save Lushkoff?
Ans.  Lushkoff was in poor health. He was too exhausted to work. He couldn’t cut wood. Olga took pity on him and took his place. Olga assisted him in saving his job and earning money in this manner.

Q7. Was Lushkoff not good at chopping wood?
Ans.  No, Lushkoff was not a skilled woodcutter. He drew a piece of wood towards himself. He tucked it between his thighs. With the axe, the drunk man struck the wood feebly. The piece of wood became unstable and collapsed. He pulled it again and struck it. The piece of wood fell down once more. This demonstrated that Lushkoff had no idea how to chop wood.

Q8. Write a brief character-sketch of Olga.
Ans.  Sergei’s maidservant was Olga. She was staring at the beggar but she had a good heart. She chastised Lushkoff. But she felt sorry for him because he was weak and hungry. Lushkoff was hired by Sergei to do the chopping of the wood but as he was weak, she did it for him. Lushkoff was moved by Olga’s kindness. He stopped drinking and began to be more interested in his work. As a result, Olga’s kindness saved Lushkoff’s life.

Q9. What was Lushkoff in reality?
Ans.  In reality, Lushkoff was a member of a Russian choir. He was fired from that job due to his drinking problem. To earn money by begging, he pretended to be a school teacher or a student.

Q10. Why did Sergei call Lushkoff his ‘Godson’?
Ans.  Sergei assisted Lushkoff in making amends. Lushkoff was no longer a beggar. He was a notary public who made a good living. Sergei was pleased with himself for elevating Lushkoff’s status. As a result, he referred to him as his Godson.

Extract Based 

A. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

KIND sir, have pity; turn your attention to a poor, hungry man! For three days I have had nothing to eat; I haven’t five copecks for a lodging, I swear it before God. For eight years I was a village schoolteacher and then I lost my place through intrigues. I fell a victim to calumny. It is a year now since I have had anything to do.” 

Q1. Who is “I” in this extract? To whom is he telling about himself?
Ans. “I” here refers to the beggar, Lushkoff. He is telling advocate Sergei about himself.

Q2. What was his occupation and why did he lose it?
Ans. According to Lushkoff, he was a village schoolteacher and he lost his occupation because of scheming and lies against him.

Q3. What does he do now?
Ans.  He hasn’t had anything to do for a year now. However, he begs in order to survive.

Q4. What does the speaker expect from the listener?
Ans. The speaker appeals to the listener’s kindness and sympathy in order to get words of kindness and monetary help.  

B. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

“This is dishonesty, my dear sir!” he cried angrily. “This is swindling — I shall send the police for you, damn you!”
“Sir!” he said, laying his hand on his heart, “the fact is I was lying! I am neither a student nor a schoolteacher. All that was fiction. Formerly I sang in a Russian choir and was sent away for drunkenness. But what else can I do? I can’t get along without lying. No one will give me anything when I tell the truth, what can I do?”

Q1. Who speaks the initial lines to whom?
Ans.  Sergei, an affluent advocate, says these words to Lushkoff, an alcoholic beggar.

Q2. Why was the first speaker angry?
Ans. The speaker, Sergei, was angry because Lushkoff was being dishonest and had been cheating people in order to get money as alms.

Q3. What, according to the first speaker, was ‘dishonesty’ and ‘swindling’?
Ans. According to the speaker, Sergei, concealing real identity and telling lies by Lushkoff was dishonesty and swindling.

Q4. Why did the second speaker lay a hand on his heart?
Ans. The second speaker, Lushkoff placed a hand on his heart to indicate that he was speaking the truth.

 

C. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Sergei hurried into the dining-room. From its windows one could see the wood-shed and everything that went on in the yard. Standing at the window, Sergei saw the cook and the beggar come out into the yard by the back door and make their way across the dirty snow to the shed. Olga glared wrathfully at her companion, shoved him aside with her elbow, unlocked the shed, and angrily banged the door.

Q1. Who was Olga and who was her companion?
Ans. Olga was the cook of advocate Sergei and her companion was Lushkoff, the beggar.

Q2. Find a synonym of ‘pushed’ from the given extract.
Ans. Shoved

Q3. Why did Olga unlock the shed?
Ans. Olga unlocked the shed to take out the wood and give it to Lushkoff for chopping as instructed by her master, advocate Sergei

Q4. Why did Sergei stand at the window?
Ans. To watch Olga and the beggar, Lushkoff chop woods in the shed.

 

D. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

“Thank you for your kind words and deeds. I am very grateful to you and to your cook. God bless that good and noble woman! You spoke finely then, and I shall be indebted to you to my dying day; but, strictly speaking, it was your cook, Olga, who saved me.”
“How is that?”
“When I used to come to your house to chop wood she used to begin: ‘Oh, you sot, you! Oh, you miserable creature! There’s nothing for you but ruin.’ And then she would sit down opposite me and grow sad, look into my face and weep.

Q1. Who is “I”? Whom is he talking to and where?
Ans. “I” here is the reformed Lushkoff and he is talking to advocate Sergei, his former employer and mentor. Both of them were at the ticket window of the theater at the time of this conversation.

Q2. Why will the speaker be indebted to the listener?
Ans. Lushkoff shall be indebted forever to Sergei because the latter had spoken finely to him when he was passing through a rough phase of life as a beggar.

Q3. How had Olga saved the speaker?
Ans. Olga, the cook, had saved Lushkoff by her words and her noble deeds. She would grow sad at his plight and reprimand him for his waywardness, but cut wood on his behalf, suffer misery and shed tears for his sake.

Q4. What opinion do you form from this statement?
Ans. This statement reveals that the speaker, Lushkoff, had become a sensitive, humble and grateful soul to acknowledge the good deeds of his benefactor. He was polite but straightforward and honest in his demeanor.

Poem- Slumber Did My Spirit Seal 9th Eng

Poem- Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

bu William Wordsworth 

S.No    Words.        Meaning

1         Slumber      Deep sleep

2.        Seal           Fasten securely

3.         Spirit.      The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character

4.Earthly years      The passing time and seasons in Earth

5 Diurnal.         Pertaining to happening daily

6.Implied.         Indirect or hidden

7.Melancholy   Extreme sadness

8. Numb          Having no feeling or emotions

9. Depart.       To leave or exit

10.Pangs.      The pain that one experiences

11. Fragments.    Broken pieces of a whole substance

12.Charisma.       Enthusiasm or charm

A. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

A slumber did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears:
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

Q1. What does the poet mean by “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal”?
Ans. The poet implies that a deep slumber (sleep) prevented him from seeing the reality of life.

Q2. Which human fears does the poet talk about?
Ans. The poet discusses the human fears of dying, being sick and starvation.

Q3. What did the poet feel about his loved one?
Ans. The poet felt that his loved one was immortal.

Q4. Which slumber is the poet talking about?
Ans. The poet is talking about the false impression he had about his loved one.

B. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

No motion has she now, no force;
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course,
With rocks, and stones, and trees.

Q1. What realization dawns on the poet?
Ans. The poet realises that his loved one’s body is motionless and lifeless.

Q2. What shocks the poet?
Ans. The realization that his loved one is not alive, shocks the poet.

Q3. Which words from the poem describe death?
Ans. ‘No motion’, ‘no force’ and ‘neither hears nor sees’

Q4. Why does the poet compare his loved one to “rocks, stones, and trees”?

Ans. The poet compares his loved one being now a part of the earth, the poet’s loved one now spins with the earth, much like rocks, stones, and trees do.

Q1. What happened to the poet’s beloved?
Ans. The beloved of the poet was gone. She was no longer a living person. Through the poetry, the poet honours her sweetheart. Her spirit is now tranquil or sealed by death. All human fears were put to rest by her death. She had passed away and was no longer susceptible to human mortality.

Q2. How does she become an inseparable part of nature?
Ans. The poet’s beloved merges with nature and becomes a part of it. She gets rolled around in the earth’s course by rocks, stones, and trees while stuck beneath the earth’s surface. She is moving in the daily course of the planet. In actuality, she has merged with nature or has become an inseparable component of it.

Q3. Is she visible? If not, why not?
Ans. No, she is not visible because she no longer exists. She is invisible to the sight. She can be seen by the poet in his soul. She now moves with the planetary diurnal cycle. She has merged with the trees, rocks, and other elements of nature.

Q4. How will time not affect the poet’s beloved?
Ans. The poet’s beloved is dead and a dead thing becomes immortal. The fact that immortality is unaffected by time or the physical world is a commonly acknowledged truth. The poet’s beloved can neither see nor hear. She has left the physical world behind. She has reached the end of her earthly years. She was absorbed into the daily cycle of nature and became a part of nature’s diurnal course.

Q5. How does the poet react to his beloved’s death?
Ans. The death of the poet’s beloved is so sudden and unexpected that his mind as well as his body seems to be closed off. A deep slumber has taken hold over him. His spirit seems to be sealed. He has lost touch of earthly consciousness. Her death has cut him off from all earthly fears. A deep slumber has engulfed all his worldly feelings.

Q6. How does the poet imagine her beloved after her sudden and untimely death?
Ans. The poet’s beloved is no longer a living being in this mortal world. She would be beyond the touch of earthly years. She is beyond the action and reaction of all five senses and the earthly body. She will, however, merge completely with nature. She will be moving with the daily rotation of the planet. She will merge with the trees, rocks, and other elements of nature.

Class 9 A Slumber did my Spirit Seal Long Answer Questions Poem 8

Q1. Give a brief analysis of the poem ‘A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’ in your own words.
Ans. The poet of “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” confesses his love (and sorrow over) an enigmatic, idealised woman in this poem. The poet of this poem is struck by the strangeness of his beloved’s passing since he has always imagined her as young and vibrant and finds it difficult to comprehend that her body is now as inert as the “rocks, and stones, and trees.” The poem serves as a reminder to readers that despite death’s certainty, the majority of people live deeply delusional lives, seldom recognising their mortality.
The poet claims in the first stanza that the loss of his beloved left him feeling extremely unhappy. He claims that his beloved has changed into a thing that is no longer alive and cannot be touched by anything on earth. He claims that his beloved is motionless in the second stanza. She can neither hear any sound nor can she see anything. She is imprisoned beneath the ground and rotates around trees, rocks, and other objects.

Q2. How does the poet react to the untimely, sudden and shocking death of his beloved? What does he imagine her to be after her death?
Ans. The poet is devastated by the abrupt and untimely death of his beloved. The poet’s emotions are difficult to put into words. The poet’s body and spirit appeared to have been sealed off by slumber (sound sleep). She is no more and will not be affected by the earthly years as well as by the touch of five physical senses. She won’t experience any force, motion, or movement. She won’t be able to hear or see either. Nevertheless, she will merge completely with nature.
The speaker appears to awaken after losing his beloved and realises that his belief in his loved one’s immortality was only a delusion. This alteration implies that grief compels people to face a truth they’d prefer not acknowledge.
In the reality the speaker awakens to, his beloved is certainly past “the touch of earthly years,” but only because she’s become an object, just like the “rocks, and stones, and trees.” According to this natural imagery, dying is as normal as “earth’s diurnal course” (the earth’s daily rotation).

On Killing a Tree 9th Eng Vocabulary

On Killing a Tree

Takes = Requires, Consumes (लेना) , jab = Quick stab, Pierce (तेज वार) , Grown = Developed, Matured (बढ़ा हुआ)  , Crust = Earth’s surface, Outer layer (पृथ्वी की बाहरी परत) , Absorbing = Taking in, Soaking up (अवशोषण करते हुए)  , Sunlight = Daylight, Sun’s rays (सूर्य की रोशनी)  ,

Air = Atmosphere, Oxygen (हवा) , Water = Liquid, H2O (पानी) , Leprous hide = Diseased bark, Affected skin (रोगग्रस्त दिखने वाली छाल), Sprouting = Growing out, Budding (अंकुरित होना) , Hack and chop = Cut down, Sever (बार-बार काटना),

Bleeding bark = Oozing sap, Leaking tree.

 skin (वृक्ष की छाल से निकलता रस) , Green twigs = Young branches, Fresh shoots (हरी शाखें)  ,

Boughs = Branches, Limbs (वृक्ष की शाखाएँ) , Unchecked = Unhindered, Unrestricted (अवरोधित) , Root = Base, Foundation (जड़) , Anchoring = Holding firm, Securing (मजबूती से जमा हुआ) , Roped = Tied up, Bound (रस्सी से बाँधना) ,

Snapped out = Forcefully removed, Uprooted (ज़ोर से निकाल दिया) , Slowly = Gradually, Over time (धीरे-धीरे)  , Feeding = Nourishing, Sustaining (पोषित करना) , Pain = Hurt, Discomfort (दर्द) , Expand = Grow, Stretch (विस्तार करना) , Former size = Previous dimension, Earlier magnitude (पूर्व आकार) , Miniature = Small, Tiny (लघु)

Pulled out = Uprooted, Dislodged, Extracted, Removed (निकाला हुआ)  , Earth-cave = Ground, Earth’s depth (पृथ्वी की गहराई)  , Strength = Power, Vigor (बल)  , Exposed = Displayed, Made visible, Revealed, Uncovered (प्रकट किया गया)  , Source = Origin, Root (स्रोत)  ,

White = Pale, Colorless, Light-colored, Bleached (सफेद)  , Wet = Moist, Damp (गीला)  , Sensitive = Delicate, Tender (संवेदनशील)  , Hidden = Concealed, Covered (छिपा हुआ)  , Scorching = Burning, Searing (जला हुआ)  , Choking = Suffocating, Strangling (गला घोंटना)  ,

Browning = Turning brown, Discoloring (भूरा होना)  , Hardening = Solidifying, Stiffening (कठिन होना)  , Twisting = Turning, Coiling (मोड़ना)  , Withering = Shrinking, Wilting (सुखना)  , Done = Finished, Completed (समाप्त)

On Killing a Tree NCERT Solutions

1. Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?
Ans. No, a simple jab of the knife cannot kill a tree. The place from where the tree is cut will give out sap and once the wound heals, new branches and leaves will grow from it which will develop into trees.

2. How has the tree grown to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life and activity.
Ans. The tree has grown by consuming nutrients from the Earth, absorbing sunlight, air and water. The words suggestive of its life and activity are – consuming the earth, Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing years of sunlight, air, water.

3. What is the meaning of “bleeding bark”? What makes it bleed?
Ans. Bleeding bark refers to the sap which flows out of the tree’s bark where it is cut. The tree bleeds when it is cut with a knife.

4. The poet says “No” in the beginning of the third stanza. What does he mean by this?
Ans. ’No’ means that the tree will not die by cutting or chopping the trunk.

5. What is the meaning of “anchoring earth” and “earth cave”?
Ans. “Anchoring Earth” means that the Earth supports the tree firmly. “Earth cave” refers to the pit in the Earth where the roots of the tree bind it firmly to the Earth.

6. What does he mean by “the strength of the tree exposed”?
Ans. “the strength of the tree exposed” means that upon being uprooted, the most sensitive and important part of the tree i.e. the roots will no longer remain hidden in the Earth.

7. What finally kills the tree?
Ans. The tree dies when it is uprooted. When it is detached from the Earth, it withers, hardens twists and finally dies.

Q7. What are the two important stages for killing a tree?
Ans. A tree can be killed in two stages. The tree should first be completely uprooted. Its roots must be exposed to the elements of the nature, like air and sun. Second, the roots must be exposed to the sun’s heat. The roots become dark, hard, and withering when they are burnt. Finally, the tree is killed.

Q8. How does the poet create the feelings of sadness in the poem ‘On Killing A Tree’?
Ans. The poet uses terms like “killing,” “jabbing,” “bleeding,” “uprooting,” etc. to convey a sense of melancholy. The “bleeding bark” symbolises a tree’s suffering. The sentences that make readers melancholy include “No so much suffering will do it” and “The wounded bark will heal.”

Q9. What does the killing of a tree symbolize?
Ans. Killing a tree is a metaphor for breaking a habit. Habit strengthens over time, much like a tree. It cannot be abandoned all at once. To break a habit, significant time is required. It must be abandoned with unwavering resolve.

Q10. “The strength of the tree exposed.” Explain.
Ans. The strength of a tree is in its roots. The tree is secure as long as its roots are protected. It cannot be killed. As the roots are removed and exposed to the air and sun, they wither, ultimately causing the tree to die

A. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow

It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife
Will do it. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing
Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves.

Q1. Which poem does this extract belong to?
Ans. It comes from Gieve Patel’s poem, “On Killing A Tree”.

Q2. Can a few blows from an axe kill a tree?
Ans. No, a few blows from an axe can not kill a tree. It takes much more than that to kill a tree.

Q3. How does a tree gain its strength?
Ans. A tree draws its strength from the earth’s crust by absorbing the sunlight, air and water.

Q4. Where do the leaves come from?
Ans. Leaves sprout from the bark of a tree.

Q5. Identify the poetic device in the first line of the poem.
Ans. Consonance (prominence of ‘t’ sound) is used in the first line of the poem.
“It takes much time to kill a tree.”

So hack and chop
But this alone wont do it.
Not so much pain will do it.
The bleeding bark will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again
To former size.

Q1. Which poetic device is used in the phrase, ‘bleeding bark’?
Ans. Alliteration is used in the phrase, ‘bleeding bark’

Q2. What happens when a tree is cut down?
Ans. When a tree is cut down, it sprouts green curled twigs which develop into full-sized branches.

Q3. What happens to the bleeding bark?
Ans. A bleeding bark heals up again and sprouts fresh twigs.

Q4. What does regrowing of a hacked tree indicate?
Ans. Hacked tree indicates that nature is not easily defeated by man.

Q5. What do you understand by “miniature boughs”?
Ans. Miniature boughs are new branches that sprout where a tree has been cut or hacked. If left unchecked, they will grow into a massive tree.

C. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

No,
The root is to be pulled out-
Out of the anchoring earth;
It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out-snapped out
Or pulled out entirely,
Out from the earth-cave,
And the strength of the tree exposed
The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth.

Q1. What is meant by the phrase, “anchoring earth”?
Ans. “Anchoring Earth” refers to the tree’s roots that lie within the earth and act as an anchor for the tree to growQ2. Where does the strength of the tree lie?

Ans. The strength of a tree lies in its roots.

Q3. How can the root of a tree be destroyed?
Ans. Root is to be pulled out of the earth and exposed to scorching heat.

Q4. Which is the most sensitive part of a tree?
Ans. Its root is the most sensitive part of a tree.

Q5. Which part of the tree is wet and white?
Ans. The roots of a tree are wet and white.

D. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.

Q1. What remains to be done to kill a tree after its root has been pulled out?
Ans. The tree has to be dried up after being uprooted.

Q2. What dries up the tree?

Ans. The hot and scorching sun dries up the tree. and hold it firmly

Q3. What happens to the tree in the sun and dry air?
Ans. The tree turns brown, hardens, twists and withers in sun and dry air.

Q4. “And then it is done.” What does ‘it’ stand for?
Ans. ‘And then it is done’ means finally the tree will die.

Q5. Find a word in the extract which means the same as the following words. “Blazing, Torrid, Searing”
Ans. Scorching