SCERT Questions and Answers

Source Question	Proper Answer
Why are Ricky’s habits described as ‘slovenly’?	Ricky's habits are described as 'slovenly' because he just threw his belongings all over the place.
What household chores did the butler robot take over?	The butler robot took over cooking, cleaning, and ironing. The most important work it did was picking up Ricky’s clothes from the floor.
What does the author mean by 'he caught it red handed'?	The author means Ricky caught the robot in the act of picking up one of his clothes and folding it neatly and keeping it on a pile of clothes in the store room.
“Here, sir. I did not know it was bothering you.” What does the robot mean?	The robot means that it thought Ricky's scattered things were useless or not wanted, as it was programmed to collect all that is not wanted and send them to places where other humans could use them.
What changes came about in Ricky’s behaviour?	Ricky decided to become a ‘Maximum Efficiency Boy’. He put real care into how he treated his things, kept them tidy, and ensured he didn’t have more than was necessary. He also began to help people and buy needful things for them with his pocket money.
Why does the speaker sing in wonder and amazement?	The speaker sings in wonder and amazement because he has found a place among the sky full of the sun and the stars and the universe full of life.
What do you think ‘eternity’s rushing tide’ means?	It refers to the world being swayed by eternity's rushing tide, the movement of which the speaker has felt racing through his blood.
What ‘maddened’ the poet’s mind?	The flowers' fragrance and the gifts of gladness and joy strewn all around maddened the poet's mind.
Why does the speaker prick his ears, open his eyes and bare his heart?	The speaker does this because, in the midst of the known, he has sought the unknown.
Why does the author say that he had squeezed in two days?	The author had been to Oman to stay with his niece and had just squeezed in two days for the visit on his way back home.
Why did the author have to satisfy himself with the photographs on the net?	The author had to satisfy himself with photographs on the net because tourists are not allowed inside the Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power Plant.
Why did the author think he was unlucky in his visit to the Louvre Museum?	He thought he was unlucky because he had spent only half a day in the museum, when he would have loved to spend at least a week.

Words and its meaning in Malayalam
(Note: The Malayalam meanings are provided using general knowledge as they are not available in the provided SCERT sources.)

English Word	Malayalam Meaning
accidental	യാദൃശ്ചികമായ (Yādr̥ścikamayal)
amazement	അദ്ഭുതം (Adhbhutham)
bared	തുറന്നുകാട്ടിയ (Thurannukāṭṭiya)
butler	പ്രധാന ഭൃത്യൻ (Pradhāna bhr̥tyan)
dazzling	കണ്ണഞ്ചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന (Kaṇṇañcippikkunna)
dense	ഇടതൂർന്ന (Iḍatūrnna)
disastrous	വിനാശകരമായ (Vināśakaramāya)
eternity	നിത്യത (Nithyatha)
eyeful	ഒരുപാട് കാഴ്ച (Orupāṭṭu kāḻca)
fascinating	ആകർഷകമായ (Ākarṣakamāya)
filched	മോഷ്ടിച്ചു (Mōṣṭiccu)
futuristic	ഭാവികാല രീതിയിലുള്ള (Bhāvikāla rīthiyilullathu)
handiwork	കൈവേല (Kaivēla)
hovering	വട്ടമിട്ട് പറക്കുക (Vaṭṭamiṭṭu paṟakkuka)
hues	വർണ്ണങ്ങൾ (Varṇṇṇaṅṅaḷ)
nicking	മോഷ്ടിക്കുക (Mōṣṭikkuka)
obstinate	ശാഠ്യമുള്ള (Śāṭhyamuḷḷa)
serene	ശാന്തമായ (Śāntamāya)
skylight	മുകളിലെ ജനൽ (Mukaḷile janāl)
slovenly	വൃത്തിയില്ലാത്ത (Vr̥ththiyillātha)
spectacle	കാഴ്ച (Kāḻca)
startled	ഞെട്ടിച്ചു (Njeṭṭiccu)
strewn	ചിതറിക്കിടക്കുന്ന (Chithaṟikkiḍakkunna)
stupendous	അത്യത്ഭുതകരമായ (Athiyatbhuthakaramāya)
suspicious	സംശയം തോന്നുന്ന (Sanśayam thōnnunna)
swayed	ആടി (Āḍi)

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UNIT 2: IMAGINATION

SCERT Questions and Answers

Source Question	Proper Answer
What did Kafka promise the girl?	Kafka promised the girl that he would meet her the next day to continue looking for the doll.
Why was the girl moody?	The girl was becoming moody because she badly wanted her doll to come back.
How did Helen get her name?	Helen's father forgot the name Mildred Campbell (suggested after an esteemed ancestor) on the way to church. When the minister asked, he gave the name Helen Adams.
Why does Helen say she showed many signs of an eager, self-asserting disposition?	She showed these signs because she insisted upon imitating everything that she saw other people doing.
What tragedy struck Helen in February?	The tragedy was the illness which closed both her eyes and ears forever.
What does the poet mean by ‘looked abroad on foreign lands’?	The poet means he looked over a wide area (abroad) on places that seemed like foreign lands from his perch in the cherry tree.
How was the child able to see places never seen before?	The child was able to see many pleasant places he had never seen before by climbing up into the cherry tree.
What did the child see from the tree?	The child saw the next door garden adorned with flowers, the dimpling river that was the sky's blue looking-glass, and dusty roads with people tramping into town.
Why does the poet say that the river is the sky’s blue looking-glass?	Because the river reflects the blue sky.
What does the poet mean by 'grown-up river'?	It means the part of the river that slips into the sea among the ships.

Words and its meaning in Malayalam
(Note: The Malayalam meanings are provided using external knowledge as they are not available in the provided SCERT sources.)

English Word	Malayalam Meaning
abroad	വ്യാപകമായി (Vyāpakamāyi)
adorned	അലങ്കരിച്ച (Alaṅkaricca)
anecdote	ചെറു കഥ (Ceṟu katha)
ancestor	പൂർവ്വികൻ (Pūrvvikan)
blot out	തുടച്ചുനീക്കുക (Thuḍaccunīkkuka)
consoled	ആശ്വസിപ്പിച്ചു (Āśvasippiccu)
dimpling	കുഴിഞ്ഞു പോകുക (Kuzhiññu pōkuka)
dine	ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കുക (Bhakshaṇam kazhikkuka)
emphatic	ദൃഢമായ (Dr̥ḍhamāya)
fairy land	അത്ഭുതലോകം (Adbhuthalōkam)
flickering	മിന്നുന്ന (Minnunna)
glimpses	ഒറ്റനോട്ടങ്ങൾ (Otta nōṭṭaṅṅaḷ)
impulse	പ്രേരണ (Prēraṇa)
indefinitely	പരിധിയില്ലാതെ (Paridhiyillāthe)
luminous	തിളക്കമുള്ള (Tiḷakkamuḷḷa)
moody	വിഷാദമുള്ള (Viṣādamuḷḷa)
nightmare	ദുഃസ്വപ്നം (Duḥsvapnam)
pipe out	ഉച്ചത്തിലുള്ള ശബ്ദത്തിൽ സംസാരിക്കുക (Uccathilulla śabdhathil sansaarikkuka)
slips	തെന്നിമാറുക (Thennimāṟuka)
tenderness	വാത്സല്യം / മൃദുത്വം (Vātsalyaṁ / Mr̥duthvam)
tramping	കാൽനടയായി യാത്ര ചെയ്യുക (Kālnaḍayāyi yāthra cheyyuka)

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UNIT 3: CLOUD NINE

SCERT Questions and Answers

Source Question	Proper Answer
What made her mother let Totto-Chan go for the trip?	Her mother had already got the Headmaster’s letter and made up her mind to let Totto-Chan go.
The children were amazingly well-behaved. Why?	Although the pupils had never been actually told how to behave, their school life had instilled into them the basics of decency and good behaviour.
What were the values cultivated by the students at Tomoe?	They never bullied others, never took to unruly behaviour, picked up litter wherever they found it, and never annoyed or disturbed others.
The hot spring in the sea was most unusual. Why?	It was unusual because it was not enclosed, so there was no line separating the hot spring from the rest of the sea.
Why did the photo session take a very long time?	The process took a long time because one student had gone to the toilet, another had gym shoes on the wrong feet, and one or two children were lying on the ground, having become tired of holding their poses so long.
Who is the speaker in the poem?	The speaker is someone inviting others to "Come live, and be merry, and join with me".
How do the children express their happiness?	Mary and Susan and Emily express their happiness by singing the sweet chorus of "Ha, Ha, He!" with their sweet round mouths.
What does the poet ask us to do?	The poet asks us to "Come live, and be merry, and join with me".
Who did the conductor put off the train? Why?	The conductor put off another American at Dijon. He did this because Mark Twain, a heavy sleeper, had instructed him to put him off the train regardless of any loud protests.
Why did it take Albert Einstein so long to speak?	According to Albert, it took him so long to speak because "everything was alright till today" (when he complained about the soup being too hot).

Words and its meaning in Malayalam
(Note: The Malayalam meanings are provided using external knowledge as they are not available in the provided SCERT sources.)

English Word	Malayalam Meaning
amazingly	അതിശയിപ്പിക്കുന്ന രീതിയിൽ (Athishayippikkunna reethiyil)
amidship	കപ്പലിന്റെ മധ്യഭാഗത്ത് (Kappalinṟe madhyabhāgath)
annoyed	അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തി (Alōsarappeḍuthi)
apparently	പ്രത്യക്ഷത്തിൽ (Prathyakshathil)
chorus	പല്ലവി (Pallavi)
cicada	ഇലക്കീരി (Ilakkīri)
crouched down	കുത്തിയിരുന്നു (Kuththiyirunnu)
delighted	സന്തോഷിച്ചു (Santhoshichu)
deserted	വിജനമായ (Vijanamāya)
embarked	കപ്പലിൽ കയറി (Kappalil kayaṟi)
grab	പിടിക്കുക (Piḍikkuka)
instilled	മനസ്സിൽ അടിച്ചേൽപ്പിച്ചു (Manasil adichēlpichu)
litter	മാലിന്യം (Mālinyam)
meadow	പുൽമേട് (Pulmēḍu)
merry	സന്തോഷകരമായ (Santhōṣakaramāya)
quilt	പുതപ്പ് (Puthappu)
revelled	ആഹ്ലാദിച്ചു (Āhlādichu)
setting off	യാത്ര തുടങ്ങുക (Yāthra thuḍaṅṅuka)
tweed	കമ്പിളിത്തുണി (Kampiḷithuṇi)
unruly behaviour	അനുസരണയില്ലാത്ത പെരുമാറ്റം (Anusaraṇayillātha perumātṭam)

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UNIT 4: RUSTLE OF WINGS

SCERT Questions and Answers

Source Question	Proper Answer
Why was the fate of the team in Ranji's hands?	The fate of the team was in Ranji's hands because they needed 60 more runs for victory, and Ranji was the last batsman in the batting order, as the rest were bowlers who couldn't be expected to score many runs.
Why was Mr. Kumar’s sports shop special for Ranji?	Mr. Kumar's shop was special because Mr. Kumar had been a state player once and liked encouraging young players, believing Ranji would become a good cricketer.
What did Ranji usually like to do in Kumar’s shop?	He loved to stare at Mr. Kumar’s goods: cricket bats, balls, badminton rackets, hockey sticks.
How did Ranji react when Mr. Kumar offered him the bat?	Ranji took the bat and gazed at it with awe and delight.
Why did Mr. Kumar call one of the cricket bats ‘the luckiest’?	He called it the luckiest because it was the bat he had made a century with.
How did Ranji lose his magic bat?	Ranji left the bat on the bus when he had to take his teammate Bhim, who was injured during the match, to the hospital.
"A bat has magic only when the batsman has magic!" Why does Mr. Kumar say so?	Mr. Kumar said this to teach Ranji that it’s the batsman and not the bat that counts. The bat he gave Ranji was ordinary; Ranji gained confidence by believing in the bat, which was what he truly needed.
How do the mountains enfold the vale?	The mountains enfold the vale with walls of granite, steep and high.
What does the poet mean by ‘sunburned chivalry’?	It refers to brave, experienced individuals (courageous people) who are called by the restless, deep sea to set sail and explore.
Which lines of the poem suggest we should treat limitations as opportunities for success?	"And all the bars at which we fret, / That seem to prison and control, / Are but the doors of daring, set / Ajar before the soul".
Why was it tough to keep food on the table for the Durer family?	It was tough because the Durer family had eighteen children, and the father had to work for almost eighteen hours a day as a goldsmith, taking on any paying job he could find.
What message do we get from the story of Albert and Albrecht?	The message is that no one - no one ever - makes it alone.

Words and its meaning in Malayalam
(Note: The Malayalam meanings are provided using external knowledge as they are not available in the provided SCERT sources.)

English Word	Malayalam Meaning
ajar	ചെറുതായി തുറന്ന (Cheruthāyi thuranna)
bars	തടസ്സങ്ങൾ (Thaḍassaṅṅaḷ)
chivalry	ധീരത (Dhīratha)
crate	മരപ്പെട്ടി (Marappeṭṭi)
daring	സാഹസികത (Sāhasikatha)
dejected	ദുഃഖിതനായ (Duḥkhithanāya)
enfold	ചുറ്റുക / പൊതിയുക (Chuṟṟuka / Pothiyuka)
fret	അസ്വസ്ഥനാവുക (Aswasthhanāvuka)
gazed	ഉറ്റുനോക്കി (Uṟṟunōkki)
glanced	പെട്ടെന്ന് നോക്കി (Peṭṭennu nōkki)
goldsmith	തട്ടാൻ (Thaṭṭān)
haunt	പതിവായി സന്ദർശിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം (Pathivāyi sandarśikkunna sthalam)
homage	ആദരവ് (Ādaravu)
hurled	എറിഞ്ഞു (Eṟiññu)
jovial	സന്തോഷമുള്ള (Santhōṣamuḷḷa)
mournful	ദുഃഖകരമായ (Duḥkhakaramāya)
pact	ഉടമ്പടി (Uḍampaḍi)
painstakingly	വളരെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ (Vareṇa śradhdhayōḍe)
pursue	പിന്തുടരുക (Pinthuḍaruka)
sacrifice	ത്യാഗം ചെയ്യുക (Thyāgaṁ cheyyuka)
smashed	തകർത്തു (Thakarthu)
stacked	അടുക്കിവെച്ചു (Aḍukki veccu)
tribute	ആദരം (Ādaraṁ)
vale	താഴ്വര (Thāḻvara)

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UNIT 5: EMBRACING EMPATHY

SCERT Questions and Answers

Source Question	Proper Answer
How did Helena Hilario and Mario Pece get the thread for the film?	They got the thread for the film from a phone call Hilario received from her sister, who had visited an orphanage and found Joseph asking for a yellow umbrella.
Why did Joseph's father leave him at the orphanage?	His father had been out of work for a long time, and leaving Joseph at the orphanage was the only hope of survival for his son.
Why did Joseph... have a special attachment to a yellow umbrella?	The yellow umbrella was used by his father to protect them from the rain on the day his father left him at the orphanage. It was the last time he saw his father, and the umbrella became etched in his memory as a symbol of hope.
What do you think the song [Bridge over Troubled Water] is about?	The song is about offering unwavering support and comfort to someone who is weary, feeling small, or in troubled times.
What do you think the singer means by being a 'bridge over troubled water'?	The singer means he will provide a way (a bridge) for the troubled person to safely cross over their difficult times ("troubled water") by laying himself down.
What is Usha Chaumar's mission?	Her mission is to cleanse the society of the concept of untouchability and ensure every woman is independent through dignified jobs....
What were some of the challenges Usha Chaumar faced in terms of income and daily living?	She earned a meagre daily wage of 10 to 20 rupees. They mostly ate leftover food and wore the worn-out clothes they collected at the houses where they worked.
How did the situation change when Sulabh International began constructing toilets in the villages?	The need for manual scavenging was eliminated, as the construction of proper toilets addressed the root cause of the problem.
What is Usha's message to the society?	Her message is that she wants to eradicate manual scavenging entirely and build a better society, free of untouchability, by helping women gain independence through dignified jobs.

Words and its meaning in Malayalam
(Note: The Malayalam meanings are provided using external knowledge as they are not available in the provided SCERT sources.)

English Word	Malayalam Meaning
aspired	ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു (Āgrahichu)
beacon	വഴികാട്ടി (Vazhikāṭṭi)
clan	ഗോത്രം / കുടുംബം (Gōtram)
determination	നിശ്ചയദാർഢ്യം (Niścayadhārḍhyaṁ)
downcast	വിഷാദത്തിലായ (Viṣādathilāya)
duo	ജോഡി (Jōḍi)
ecstatic	അത്യധികം സന്തോഷമുള്ള (Atyadhikaṁ santhōṣamuḷḷa)
eliminated	ഒഴിവാക്കി (Ozhivākki)
empathy	സഹാനുഭൂതി (Sahānubhūthi)
eradicate	വേരോടെ പിഴുതെറിയുക (Vērōde pizhutheṟiyuka)
filth	അഴുക്ക് / മാലിന്യം (Azhukku / Mālinyam)
fleeting	ക്ഷണികമായ (Kshaṇikamāya)
grit	ധൈര്യം / നിശ്ചയം (Dhairyam)
hierarchy	ശ്രേണി (Śrēṇi)
inhuman	മനുഷ്യത്വരഹിതമായ (Manushyathvarahithamāya)
intrinsic	അന്തർലീനമായ (Antharlīnamāya)
meagre	തുച്ഛമായ (Thucchamāya)
mournful	ദുഃഖിതനായ (Duḥkhithanāya)
prestigious	അഭിമാനകരമായ (Abhimānakaramāya)
primitive	പ്രാകൃതമായ (Prākr̥thamāya)
prompted	പ്രേരിപ്പിച്ചു (Prērippiccu)
puzzled	കുഴങ്ങിയ (Kuzhaṅṅiya)
refugees	അഭയാർത്ഥികൾ (Abhayārththikaḷ)
sanitation	ശുചിത്വം (Śucithvaṁ)
trivial	നിസ്സാരമായ (Nissāramāya)
wee hours	അതിരാവിലെ (Athirāvilē)