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CBSE Solutions Class 8 English It So Happened
Page No. 49
Comprehension Check
Q1. In what way is the forest pool different from the one which Ranji knewin the Rajputana desert?
Answer: The pools in the Rajputana desert were sticky and muddy, because buffaloes wallowed and women washed clothes in them.
Q2. The other boy asked Ranji to ‘explain’ himself.
(i) What did he expect Ranji to say?
Answer: He expected Ranji to explain what he was doing there.
(ii) Was he, in your opinion, right or wrong to ask this question?
Answer: In my opinion, he was not right in asking this question. That was a public place and anybody could go there.
Q3. Between Ranji and the other boy, who is trying to start a quarrel? Givea reason for your answer.
Answer: Between Ranji and the other boy, the other boy was trying to start a quarrel. When Ranji saw him, he did not say anything. It was the other boy who asked Ranji to explain himself. Ranji was prepared to be friendly, but was taken aback by the boy’s hostile tone. He even asked the boy to come and swim with him. However, the boy said that it was his pool, and started a fight by calling himself a ‘warrior’.
Q4. “Then we will have to continue the fight,” said the other.
(i) What made him say that?
Answer: Ranji refused to leave the pool even after a long argument, to which the other boy said that they will have to continue to fight.
(ii) Did the fight continue? If not, why not?
Answer: Both of them got tired after the fight so the fight did not continue. Although they decided to continue to fight, none of them continued. The other boy then said that they will continue it the next day if Ranji dares to come back again.
Comprehension Check
Q1. What is it that Ranji finds difficult to explain at home?
Answer: When Ranji reached home, he found it difficult to explain the cuts and bruises that showed on his face, leg and arms. It was difficult to conceal the fact that he had been in an unusually violent fight with Suraj. Therefore, his mother insisted on his staying at home for the rest of the day.
Q2. Ranji sees his adversary in the bazaar.
(i) What does he wish to do?
Answer: At first Ranji felt like turning away and look the other way. His second thought was to hit his enemy with the lemonade bottle.
(ii) What does he actually do, and why?
Answer: He actually stands his ground and only scowls at Suraj.
Ranji decides to go back to the pool to gain self-respect. If he surrenders now, he will be beaten for all time
Q3. Ranji is not at all eager for a second fight. Why does he go back to the pool, then?
Answer: He goes to the pool because he can not refuse a challenge. Not to go to the pool could be an acknowledgement of defeat. He could not quietly accept his defeat. He wants to gain self-respect.
For this, he has to defy his enemy to the last. As long as he fights, he has a right to the pool in the forest. So, he goes back to the pool.
Q4. Who was the better swimmer? How do you know it?
Answer: Ranji was the better swimmer. When the other boy made fun of him by saying that he would not be able to swim across the pool, Ranji dived straight into the water and surfaced at the other end in a flash. The boy was amazed at how well Ranji had dived, and later, at how he had swum underwater. He said that he did not know how to dive or swim underwater, and asked Ranji to teach him both.
Q5. What surprises the warrior ?
Answer: When Ranji is swimming under water, the Warrior expects him to come out of water in front of him. But Ranji goes round him and quietly appears behind him. The surprises the warrior.
Q6. Now that they are at the pool, why don’t they continue the fight ?
Answer: They do not continue the fight because they get busy swimming and Suraj who was keener to have the fight wants to learn how to dive from Ranji. In this way, they become friends and stop fighting.
Q7. Ranji’s superiority over the other boy is obvious in the following:
physical strength, good diving, his being a fighter, sense of
humour, swimming under water, making a good point,
willingness to help
Underline the relevant phrases.
Answer: Good diving, swimming under water, making a good point and willingness to help are the relevant phrases which show Ranji’s superiority over the other boy.
Q8. What, according to you, makes the two adversaries turn into good friends in a matter of minutes ? Explain it as you have understood it.
Answer: The two adversaries admired certain skills in each other, which they themselves lacked. When the other boy saw how well Ranji dived and swam underwater, he forgot about the fight and asked him to teach him these skills. Ranji’s willingness to help the other boy made their friendship possible. Noticing Ranji’s thin body, the other boy promised him that he would turn him into a wrestler like himself. As a result, in a matter of minutes, the adversaries turned into good friends.
EXERCISE
Discuss the following topics in small groups.
Q1. Is fighting the only way of resolving differences of opinion ? What else can be done to reach a mutually acceptable settlement ?
Answer: No, fighting is never the only way to resolve differences of opinion. Any differences between two parties or people can be resolved in a coolhead manner through discussion. Even if the difference of opinion continues, a middleman should try to resolve the conflict between the two parties peacefully.
Q2. Have you ever been in a serious fight only to realise later that it was unnecessary and futile ? Share your experience/views with others frankly and honestly.
Answer: People usually quarrel over minor issues which can be resolved over a cup of tea. Such violent quarrels harm both the parties. In a war, no party actually wins. Both suffer equally and feel sorry later on. Every person can recall one or two occasions of this type.
Q3. Why do some of us find it necessary to prove that we are better than others ? Will you be amused or annoyed to read the following sign at the back of the car in front of you ?
I may be going slow but I am ahead of you.
Answer: It is the inferiority complex which provokes some people to prove their worth. It makes people put such signs on their cars or anywhere else. I will be amused to see it at the back of the car.
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