NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English

The Banyan Tree NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 10

The Banyan Tree NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

The Banyan Tree Working with the text

A. Complete the following sentences.

Question 1.
The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because…
Answer:
his old grandfather could no longer climb it.

Question 2.
The small gray squirrel became friendly when…
Answer:
he found that the boy did not have a catapult or an air gun.

Question 3.
When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel…
Answer:
began taking pieces of food from the boy’s hands itself.

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Question 4.
In the spring, the banyan tree…, and… would come there.
Answer:
was full of small red figs; birds of all kinds.

Question 5.
The banyan tree served the boy as a…
Answer:
tree library.

Question 6.
The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree…
Answer:
reading and looking down below at whatever was happening

B. Answer the following questions.

Question 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:
Mongoose: superb fighter; clever; aggressive Cobra: swift; skilful; experienced

ii. What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?
Answer:
Hissing defiance, the snake darted in and out his forked tongue. He spread his broad, spectacled hood. The mongoose bushed his tail and the long hair on his spine stood up.

Question 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 jungle crow and a myna. They sat on a cactus plant and tried to hurl themselves at the snake twice. They tried to join the fight, but were no match to the cobra.

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Question 3.
Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose did. Arrange their actions in the proper order.
Answer:

Snake Mongoose
ii. tried to mesmerize the mongoose refused to look into the snake’s eyes
vi. struck on the side that the mongoose pretended to attack pretended to attack the cobra on side
v. struck again and missed sprang aside, jumped in and bit
iv. struck the crow darted away and bit the cobra on the back
iii. coiled itself around the mongoose grabbed the snake by the snout
i. ceased to struggle dragged the snake into the bushes

Question 4.
i. What happened to the crow in the end?
Answer:
The crow was finally flung by the cobra twenty feet across the garden. The cobra had struck him with his venom and he died in the end.

ii. What did the myna do finally?
Answer:
Finally, the myna dropped cautiously to the ground, hopped about, peered into the bushes from a safe distance, and then, with a shrill cry of congratulation, flew away.

The Banyan Tree Working with language

A. Question 1.
The word ‘round’ usually means a kind of shape. What is its meaning in the story?
Answer:
The word ‘round’ in the story denotes the division of the fight between the mongoose and the cobra. In sports, matches are often divided between rounds. The author has used the term to indicate that he was watching a match between the two as an audience.

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Question 2.
Find five words in the following paragraph, which are generally associated with trees. But here, they have been used differently. Underline the words.
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 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.

B. The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

  1. When he began to trust me, the squirrel began delving into my pockets for morsels of cake.
  2. I saw a cobra gliding out of a clump of cactus.
  3. The snake hissed, his forked tongue darting in and out.
  4. When the cobra tried to bite it, the mongoose sprang aside.
  5. The snake whipped his head back to strike at the crow.
  6. The birds dived at the snake.

C. Find words in the story, which show things striking violently against each other.

  1. The cobra struck the crow, his snout thudding against its body.
  2. The crow and the myna colliding in mid-air.
  3. The birds dived at the snake, but bumped into each other instead.

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D. Choose would and could to replace the italicized words in the following sentences.

Grandfather says, in the old days,
1. elephants were able to fly in the sky, like clouds. They were also able to change their shapes. They used to fly behind clouds and frighten them. People used to look up at the sky in wonder.
2. because there was no electricity, he used to get up with the sun, and he used to go to bed with the sun, like the birds.
3. like the owl, he was able to see quite well in the dark. He was able to tell who was coming by listening to their footsteps.
Answer:
1. elephants could in the sky, like clouds. They could also change their shapes. They would fly behind clouds and frighten them. People would look up at the sky in wonder.
2. because there was no electricity, he would get up with the sun, and he would go to bed with the sun, like the birds.
3. like the owl, he could see quite well in the dark. He could tell who was coming by listening to their footsteps.

The Banyan Tree Speaking

  1. Both Zeba and Rani are taller than Ruby. But Zeba is as tall as Rani.
  2. Akshay is as heavy as Vijay. Anwar is taller than both of them.
  3. Shimla is as cold as Gangtok. Srinagar is colder than both these places.
  4. Romi’s pencil is as long as Raja’s pencil. Mona’s pencil is longer than both of their pencils.
  5. Nagpur is as hot as Delhi. Chennai is not as hot as any of them.

The Banyan Tree Writing

Read again the paragraphs of the story in which the author describes the banyan tree, and what he used to do there. Is there a place in your house, or in your grandparents ’ or uncles’or aunts ’ houses, that you specially like? Write a short paragraph about it, saying

  • where it is
  • what you do there
  • why you like it

You may instead write about a place you dislike, or are afraid of
(Encourage the students to use their creativity and formulate their own answers.)
Answer:
My most favourite place in the world is my grandparents’ home in Mussorie. I have a separate room there on the first floor. The room looks out to a gurgling brook which flows outside it. The water of the brook emanates from a glacier and is very cold. I love washing my face with it and dipping my feet into it.

I often look at this small brook from the two large windows on both walls of my room. I love hearing the sound that it makes. It seems to me like some naughty children are frolicking about. I have many books in the room, and often laze around in my room, or soak the sun while reading or sketching.

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My grandmother makes a special concoction for the colder days and it is something that I enjoy with all my heart. Often she tells us interesting stories while I and my siblings sit around her, wrapped in blankets with warm drink in our hands and happiness in our hearts. We all have dinner together, and then we go for a stroll together, while the stars are shining brightly in the sky. Our dog, Lucky, follows us to these nighttime walks and we are just happy to have him around.

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