Ncert English Class 6 Solutions The Banyan Tree
Welcome to NCTB Solutions. Here with this post we are going to help 6th class students for the Solutions of NCERT Class 6 English Book Chapter 8 Prose, The Banyan Tree. Here students can easily find step by step solutions of all the questions in The Banyan Tree. Also our Expert English Teacher’s solved all the problems with easily understandable language with proper guidance so that all the students can understand easily. Here in this post students will get chapter 8 solutions. Here all Question Answer are based on NCERT latest syllabus.
The Banyan Tree Exercise question Solutions :
Working With The Text :
(A) Complete the following sentences.
(1) The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because ___
Answer :
The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because – at the age of sixty-five, grandfather was not able to climb it.
(2) The small gray squirrel became friendly when ___
Answer :
The small gray squirrel became friendly when – he noticed that the author had neither catapult nor air gun with him.
(3) When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel ____
Answer :
When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel – became quite bold and was snatching morsels from his hand in a moment.
(4) In the spring, the banyan tree ___ and ___ would come there
Answer :
In the spring, the banyan tree “was bloomed with red figs” and “all kinds of birds” would come there.
(5) The banyan tree served the boy as a ____
Answer :
The banyan tree served the boy as a – library with various kinds of book.
(6) The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree ____
Answer :
The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree – reading story books by propping himself up against the tree.
(B) Answer the following questions.
(1) “It was to be a battle of champions.
(i) What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases from the paragraph above this line in the text and write them down.
Answer :
The qualities did the two champions have is as follows
- Mongoose :
(i) A superb fighter,
(ii) Very clever and swift,
(iii) Made calculated move,
(iv) Aggressive
- Cobra :
(i) Experienced fighter,
(ii) Swift in speed,
(iii) Skillful,
(iv) Long sharp fans were full of deadly poison.
(ii) What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?
Answer :
To show the readiness for the fight the cobra created a hissing sound and lifted there feet’s of its body up from the ground. Then it expanded its broad hood. The mongoose also declared the fight by bushing his tail and also the long hair on its back stood up.
(2) Who were the other two spectators? What did they do? (Did they watch, or did they join in the fight?)
Answer :
The other two spectators were a myna and Jungle crow. At first they took place in the cactus to observe the result f the fight. They not only settled on the cactus to watch their fight but also took part in the fight later. But at the end, the crow got bitten by the snake and the myna flew away from there.
(3) Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose did. Arrange their actions in the proper order.
Answer :
(i) Tried to mesmerize the mongoose → • Refused to look into the snake’s eyes.
(ii) Struck on the side that the mongoose pretended to attack → • Pretended to attack the cobra on one side.
(iii) Struck again and missed → • Sprang aside, jumped in and bit.
(iv) Struck the crow → • Darted away and bit the cobra on the back.
(v) Coiled itself around the mongoose → • Grabbed the snake by the shout.
(vi) Ceased to struggle → • Dragged the snake into the bushes.
(4) – (i) What happened to the crow in the end?
Answer :
In the end of the fight when the snake whipped its head again and stuck with enough force, the crow has flung about twenty feet across the garden. Ultimately, the crow got bitten by the cobra and lay dead.
(4) – (ii) What did the myna do finally?
Answer :
Then finally the Myna came near the ground and look into the bushes very safely. After giving a tempestuous cry the Myna flew away.
Working With Language :
(A) – (1) The word ‘round’ usually means a kind of shape, what is its meaning in the story
Answer :
In the story the word ‘round’ means the courses of the cobra and mongoose’s fight.
(A) – (2) Find five words in the following paragraph, which are generally associated with trees. But here, they have been used differently. Underline the words.
Hari leaves for work at nine every morning. He works in the local branch of the firm of which his uncle is the owner. Hari’s success is really the fruit of his own labour. He is happy, but he has a small problem. The root cause of his problem is a stray dog near his office. The dog welcomes Hari with a loud bark every day.
Answer :
Hari “leaves” for work at nine every morning. He works in the local “branch” of the firm of which his uncle is the owner. Hari’s success is really the “fruit” of his own lab our. He is happy, but he has a small problem. The “root” cause of his problem is a stray dog near his office. The dog welcomes Hari with a loud “bark” every day.
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