Class-8 Supplementary Reader (It so happened….) Chapter-2, Children at work- Solution with Additional Exercises / NCERT/CBSE
Children at work
Exercise
Choose the correct answer:
1.
Velu, an ________year old boy, runs away
from home.
a.
seven
b.
ten
c.
eleven (✔)
d.
thirteen
2.
Velu wanders gets on a train to _________without
a ticket.
a.
Bangalore
b.
Chennai (✔)
c.
Mumbai
d.
Nagpur
3.
Velu ran after Jaya because
a.
He had no idea where to go (✔)
b.
He liked the girl
c.
Jaya had asked him to do so
d.
She promised him a decent job
4.
What work had Velu done in his village?
a.
weeding
b.
taking cows out to graze
c.
ragpicking
d.
both a and b (✔)
5.
What were the huts made of?
a.
Metal sheets
b.
Tyres and bricks
c.
Wood and plastic
d. All
of the above (✔)
Match these words with their meanings:
|
A |
B |
|
wobbly |
push |
|
grimace |
looking important, hoping to impress others |
|
glumly |
unsteady |
|
squashy |
twisted expression (on the face) due to pain
|
|
crookedly |
sadly or gloomily |
|
shove |
crushed |
|
posing |
not straight |
Answer-
|
A |
B |
|
wobbly |
unsteady |
|
grimace |
twisted expression (on the face) due to pain
|
|
glumly |
sadly or gloomily |
|
squashy |
crushed |
|
crookedly |
not straight |
|
shove |
push |
|
posing |
looking important, hoping to impress others |
Use these words or phrases
to fill in the blanks:
|
pulled
in, gulped ,making his head spin, get off, stomach squeezed him, down,
blockhead |
1. When
the Kanyakumari Express pulled in at Chennai Central, it
2. took
Velu some time to get off.
3. Velu
found that the vehicles kept coming and never stopped for anyone. Smoke and
dust flew at him from all sides, making his head spin.
4. The
girl said, “Ayye, blockhead. It’s not any rubbish. Only paper, plastic,
glass, such things. We sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu.”
5. Velu
hesitated in taking food, but his stomach squeezed him again.
6. He
gulped down the banana and vada.
Answer these questions:
Q 1. Velu stood on the platform but he
felt “as if he was still on a moving train”. Why?
Ans- Velu stood on the platform but he felt “as if he
was still on a moving train”. This is because he had travelled a long distance
and the effect of the moving train usually remains for a while even after the
journey has ended.
Q 2. What made him feel miserable?
Ans- Velu had run away from his village two days ago.
For two
days he had eaten nothing but some peanuts and a piece
of jaggery. This made him feel miserable.
Q 3. (i) Velu travelled without a
ticket. Why?
Ans- Velu travelled without a ticket because he had no
money.
Q 3 (ii) How did he escape the ticket
collector’s attention?
Ans- Velu escaped the ticket collector’s attention
because he didn’t come to the unreserved compartment.
Q 4. Why had Velu run away from home?
Ans- Velu had run away because he couldn’t stand his
father beating him for one more day. His father would snatch away all the money
Velu and his sisters earned and spend it on drink.
Q 5. Why did he decide to follow the
‘strange’ girl?
Ans- Velu decided to follow the strange girl because
he was hungry and he had no idea where to go.
Q 6. Can Velu read Tamil and English?
How do you know?
Ans- Velu could not read the signboards outside the
station because they were in English but he could read the signboard of Central
Jail which was in Tamil. This indicates that he was not able to read English
but he could read Tamil.
Q 7. “If you are not careful, you will
soon be counting bars there,” the girl said.
(i)
What is she referring to?
Ans- She was referring to
the Central Jail.
(ii) What does she mean when she says
“If you are not careful...”?
(She says something a little later which
means the same. Find that
sentence.)
Ans- In India rag picking by children below 14 years
is dealt under Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 198. She means
that all he had to do to stay away from jail is not to get caught.
Q 8. (i) Where did the girl lead Velu
to?
Ans- The girl led Velu to behind a wedding hall (Kalyana
Mandapam) where there was a huge pile of left-over food.
Q 8. (ii) What did they get to eat?
Ans- They got squashy two bananas and a
vada to eat.
Q 9. What work did she do? Think of a
one-word answer.
Ans- Ragpicking
Q 10. (i) What material are the
‘strange’ huts made out of?
Ans- The ‘strange’ huts are made out of metal sheets,
tyres, bricks, wood and plastic.
Q 10 (ii) Why does Velu find them
strange?
Ans- Velu found them strange because in his village houses
are made of mud and palm leaves.
Q. 11 What sort of things did Jaya and children
like her collect and what did they do with those things?
Ans- Jay and children like her collect paper, plastic,
glass and such things. They sell them to recycler.
Q 12. Is Velu happy or unhappy to find
work? Give a reason for your answer?
Ans- Velu was not happy to find this work but he
accepted it to fill his stomach until he finds a better job.
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