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If I were Jumman, I would have looked after the old lady in a good manner providing her with good facilities like food, dress, treatment etc.

1. Awareness of all kinds of people, good and bad; 

2. importance of hard work; 

3. sportive spirit; 

4. a mind without any envy; 

5. joys of reading and also appreciating nature; 

6. honesty; 

7. self-confidence; 

8. gentleness with people; 

9. toughness with people; 

10. wisdom; 

11. positivity; 

12. optimism 

13. faith in life; 

14. caution about sycophancy; 

15. assertiveness to demand his due at work; 

16. self-righteousness; 

17. courage to be impatient; 

18. patience to be brave; 

19. sublime faith in himself;

 20. sublime faith in mankind

People think that Serbjit always tells lies. They take him to be a liar.

Jumman’s aunt meant that the Panch should be fair and impartial while making the ‘ judgement just as God is when He makes the judgement. Hence, she said that ‘God lives in the heart of the Panch’

Algu lost one of his fine pair of bullocks and he sold the other one to Samjhu Sahu. Howeyer, Sahu refused to pay for the bullock as, within a month of the purchase, the bullock died. Hence, Algu found himself in a tight spot.

The aunt spoke to the villagers for many days in order to explain her case and to seek their support.

Lyonnesse is a mythical place. It is specifically mentioned in the poem as a land of joyfulness, gaiety and contentment.

Jumman Shaikh and Algu Chowdhary were good friends. Both of them believed each other. When either of them went away from the village, the other looked after his family. People respected both very much.

The mother is prejudiced against Phatik. She thinks of him as a big nuisance. She calls him lazy, wild and disobedient. Bishamber wants to help his widowed sister. So he offers to take Phatik with him to Kolkata. He says he will educate him there with his own children.

Lyonnesse is a mythological place in legends associated with King Arthur. The poet uses this place as a setting of his poem to create an air of magic and mysticism. The poem is written on the experience of the poet’s journey to a church near Cornwall. This experience remains as an important event in the memory of the poet. Hence, Lyonnesse is used as a land of bliss and perfect happiness.

The starlight removes the poet’s loneliness.

The poet said that a prophet could hardly say about what would happen to him (poet) at Lyonnesse. Even the wisest [ magician would not have the power to guess the incident that was going to bring about a drastic change in the life of the poet.

Correct answer is log

The bond of friendship between Jumman and Algu was so strong that when either of them went away from the village, the other looked after his family.

Correct answer is False

Algu told Jumman’s aunt that he would be unable to go against Jumman as they were best friends.

Jumman’s aunt asked Algu to come to the Panchayat and speak the truth. These words kept ringing in Algu’s ears.

The poet Thomas Hardy himself is the speaker. The poet realizes some changes within himself during his stay at this particular parish town. The experience alter the course of his life completely. He becomes self-confident as he feels in his heart the unfathomable glow I of some rare quality.

1. When the poet started his journey to Lyonnesse, the winter and frost covered the leaves and branches of the trees.

2. It is night time (late evening) when stars were shining.

3. The line A hundred miles away’ is repeated in this stanza, which suggests that the destination, i.e. Lyonnesse, was quite far from his place.

I feel the second statement best sums up the story. Both Jumman and Algu remained uninfluenced by their friendship at one stage and their differences in the other and they both chose the path of justice. Their decisions were impartial and fair and both did justice to their role of the head Panch.

Phatik asked his followers to roll the log with Makhan sitting over it. This, he thought, would give them added amusement.

Correct option is (i) mother

Jumman’s aunt chose Algu as the head Panch as she trusted that as a Panch, Algu would not let his personal feelings come in the way of doing justice.

Jumman’s verdict as head Panch was that Sahu should pay Algu the price of the bullock. The Panch concluded that when the bullock was bought by Sahu, it suffered from no disability or disease. Hence, Algu should not be punished for the death of the bullock. Algu was over joyed on the judgment of the Panchayat and shouted loudly “Victory to the Panchayat. This is justice. God lives in the voice of the Panch.”

Algu’s verdict was that Jumman should either pay his aunt a monthly allowance or he must return the property to her. This verdict broke the bond of friendship between them. Jumman became Algu’s enemy and started searching for an opportunity to seek revenge for this.

When the poet came back home from Lyonnesse, the people saw sudden changes on the face of the poet. The poet had magic in his eyes and a rare radiance exuded from it.

B. Thomas Hardy.

Phatik and the other boys wanted to roll the log away. But Makhan came and sat down on the log. This annoyed Phatik and his friends.

• Radha: She has bodily intelligence as she enjoys doing physical activities like climbing trees.
• Nasir: He has mathematical intelligence as he wants to use reasoning and logic to find out the method to preserve seeds.
• Rohit: He has visual intelligence as he likes to see and visit new places. He also has bodily intelligence as he like to move around while learning.
• Serbjit : He has interpersonal intelligence as he notices other people’s distrust towards him.
• Dolma: She has verbal and interpersonal intelligence as she is a good organizer and a problem solver.
• Peter: He has interpersonal intelligence as he enjoys more when he is together with people.

Dolma wants to be the Prime Minister of India when she grows up. She is very sure that she would be one as she is extremely confident and has problem solving abilities. She plans to make India a better country to live in. She intends to build good roads, schools and hospitals. She also wants to ensure that our country has many good scientists who will invent cures for diseases and send a spaceship to Mars. When people around her learnt of her ambition, they laughed at her.

B. the Prime Minister of India.

Phatik’s last words were : ‘Mother, the holidays have come.’

Dolma believes that she can be a good Prime Minister because she wants to make things better for everyone.

D. All the given above

Algu gave the decision in favour of Jumman’s aunt.

Jumman, as the head Panch, gave the verdict that Sahu should pay Algu the price of the bullock. When Sahu bought the bullock, it suffered from no disability or disease. The bullock’s death was unfortunate and Algu should not be blamed for it.

Algu, as head Panch gave the verdict that Jumman must pay his aunt a monthly allowance, or else the property goes back to her.

The first Panchayat was called to sort out the problem between Jumman and his aunt.

C. a legendary place.

He offered to take Phatik to his home in Kolkata.

He was Phatik’s younger brother.

Makhan is Phatik’s younger brother. He is the darling of his mother. She calls him as good as gold. But we see that Makhan is not that good. He is spoilsport. He comes and sits on the log when the other boys want to roll it away. He also tells lies to his mother about Phatik.

Makhan lied to his mother that Phatik had beaten him. Phatik could not bear this. Therefore, he beat Makhan.

Naseer wants to become a seed- collector. His father spends a lot of money on buying new seeds to grow their cotton plants every year. But his grandfather told him that many years ago he could collect the seeds from his own plants to be sown during the next year. This thing motivates him.

C. seed collector

1. Dolma wants to be the Prime Minister of India when she grows up.

2. Dolma is sure that she would be the Prime Minister of India as everyone in the class asks her when they have a problem and her teacher also trusts her if she needs to get anything done in school.

3. Dolma wants to build good hospitals, roads and schools for India when she grows up.

4. Dolma wants the scientists in India to invent cures for diseases and send a spaceship to Mars.

5. The two qualities of Dolma which are reflected in the passage, are ability to solve problems and her high level of confidence.

C. people don’t believe him when he tells the truth.

1. It makes Serbjit very angry when people don’t believe him when he is telling the truth.

2. Serbjit’s teacher does not believe him when he says that he could not do his homework as a friend had borrowed his book or that he really did study for the test even if he has got bad marks.

3. Serbjit’s parents do not believe him when he tells them that it wasn’t him but his little brother who started the fight.

4. When Serbjit’s parents and teachers do not believe him they all look at him as if he is telling lies.

5. Serbjit looks down at his shoes and counts to ten to control his anger.

C. Ravi borrowed his book and forgot to return it.