- Answer the following Questions with information from the lesson.
(a) What is quiz?
Ans:- Quiz is a test of knowledge between individual or groups held in a form of game, where someone test our knowledge by asking questions.
(b) How many school teams participated in the quiz programme for the selection phase?
Ans:- Five school teams were participated in the quiz programme for the selection phase.
(c) Who was the Quizmaster?
Ans:- Mr. P.K. Baruah was the Quizmaster.
(d) What were the rules of the quiz as announced by the Scorer Aparna?
Ans:- Aparna announced that there will be five rounds in the quiz competition. In each round team will get one direct question and for every a passed over question, five marks will be awarded. There will be no negative marks for a wrong answer. Each team will get only ten seconds to answer a question. The highest scorer team will be the winner of the competition.
(e) Which team was the winner of the state level school Quiz Competition?
Ans:- Team D was the winner of the state level school Quiz Competition.
Q.2. How well do you know your country? Complete the following sentences. They are from the lesson and are about our country.
(a) The ancient name of Assam was Kamrup. It was also known as _.
Ans:- Pragjyotishpur
(b) Su-ka-pha established the Ahom Kingdom in Assam in the year __.
Ans:- 1228 A.D.
(c) __ does not share its border with Assam.
Ans:- Myanmar
(d) The capital of Assam during the Ahom rule was _.
Ans:- Rangpur
(e) The colours of our tricolour National flag are _ and ,__.
Ans:- Saffron, white and green.
(f) White stands for _ and _.
Ans:- Peace and truth
(g) Mahatma Gandhi was born in _ in the state of .
Ans:- Porbandar, Gujarat
(h) Amritsar in Punjab is famous for the _ of the _.
Ans:- Golden Temple, Sikhs.
(i) The largest population of Indian rhino can be seen in __.
Ans:- Kaziranga National Park.
(j) The ancient name of Patna, the capital of Bihar, was __.
Ans:- Patliputra.
(k) The Qutub Minar, the world’s tallest free standing stone tower was built in _ by .। )
Ans:- 1193, Qutubuddin Aibak.
Q.3. Test your memory. Match the statement under A with correct statements under B without looking at the lesson.
Ans:
A. 1. One name by which are country India is known as Hindustan.
B.4. ‘Bharat’ or ‘Bharatvarsha’ is another name for it.
A.2. The colour of the first band of our flag is saffron.
B.1. It signifies courage and sacrifice.
A.3. The blue wheel in the centre of our flag is called Ashok Chakra or Dharma Chakra.
B.2. It signifies there is life in movement and death is Stagnation.
A.4. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.
B.5. It was in the memory of his wife Mumtaj Mahal.
A.5. Dandi in Gujarat is famous for a historical event.
B.3. Gandhiji’s Salt March started here in 1930.
Q.4. Listen to an announcement. Your teacher will read/play it for you. As you listen, state whether each statement is true or false. Mark the option T if the statement is true or F if it is false.
a) The announcement is about the incessant rains in Assam. (T/F)
=> False (F)
b) The announcement is about postponing the quiz programme (T/F)
=> Truth (T)
c) The quiz programme has been postponed indefinitely (T/F)
=> Truth ( T )
d) The quiz programme has been rescheduled for next minday. (T/F)
=> Truth ( T )
e) The next date of the quiz has been notified in the announcement (T/F)
=> False ( F)
f) The pasticipants of the other districts are requested to go back. (T/F)
=> False ( F )
g) The new date for the quiz will be notified shortly (T/F)
=> Truth ( T )
h) Students of the venue school are asked to go to their classes. (T/F)
=> Truth ( T )
Q.5. (a) Imagine you are members of the literary and cultural forum of your school. In groups, draft a notice inviting participants to join the Zonal Level Quiz Competition to be held on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2nd , Monday at 10 a.m. Write all the important information about the quiz on the noticeboard.
(b) Now of the preparations for the event. write the rules you would like the groups or participants to follow during the competition.
Q.6. Let’s learn some grammar.
words such as what, where, when, who, whose and how are question word.
Write questions to which each of the following sentences are answer.
(a) We are from C.R. School, Tinsukia.
= Which school do you come from?
(b) You will get ten marks for a direct question.
= How many numbers will we get far a direct question
(c) Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.
= What did shah Jahan built in memory of his wife?
(d) Guru Ram Das built the Golden Temple.
= Who did built the Golden Temple?
(e) The historic Salt March started in Dandi in Gujarat.
= Where did the historic salt March start?
(f) Kaziranga is famous for the One-horned rhino.
= What is famous for the One-horned rhino?
(g) The winner of today’s quiz is Team D.
= Who is the winner of today’s quiz’s? )
Q.7. In pairs, make Yes/No question for the following answer from the quiz. One is done for you.
(a) Are you representing the East Zone?
Ans:- Yes, we are representing the East Zone.
(b) Is the Tezpur Academy in Sonitpur?
Ans: Yes, The Tezpur Academy is in Sonitpur?
(c) Will the winning team represent Assam in the National School Quiz Competition?
Ans: Yes, the winning team will represent Assam in the National School Quiz Competition.
(d) Was the ancient name of Assam Kamatapur?
Ans: No, the ancient name of Assam was not Kamatapur.
(e) Does the capital of Assam during the Ahom rule was Cooch behar?
Ans: No, the capital of Assam during the Ahom was not Cooch Bihar.
(f) does saffron signify courage and sacrifice?
Ans: Yes, saffron colour in Indian Flag signify courage and sacrifice.
(g) Is Porbandar located in Madhya Pradesh?
Ans: No, Porbandar is located in Gujarat.
Q.8. Imagine you are the school captain who is in charge of all the volunteers for the quiz programme. In order to maintain discipline among the students during the quiz, an announcement has to be made. Discuss in groups and prepare an announcement to be made at the beginning of the quiz.
Q.9. Read the lesson carefully. In the lesson, the members of each team have introduced themselves to the audience. Taking a clue from them, take turns to introduce yourselves to the class.
Q.10. Let’s take a trip to our past:
Q.11. Let’s talk:
1: The Prince of Panidihing
2: My Native Land
3: Explore India : quiz Time
4: Dokchory learns about the panchayat
5: Louis Pasteur
6: A New Day, A New way
7: Sympathy (new)
8: Chandraprbha Saikiani (new)