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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 8 English Poem Chapter 7 Machine
Machine Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
IRA – Read what Encyclopedia Britannica has to say about a Machine and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
Name a few machines that we use. How do they run or work?
Answer:
Mixer, grinder, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, motorbike, car, etc. They run or work with the help of electricity or petroleum products.
Question 2.
Classify the words into words used in Mechanics and words used in Biology:
emu, cog, nut, wedge, bear, mouse, furnace, tool, boa, rhino, file, ray, turtle, mink.
Answer:
| Mechanics | Biology |
| cog, nut, wedge, furnace, tool, file. | emu, bear, mouse, boa, rhino, ray, turtle, mink. |
Text Questions and Answers:
C1 Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner.
Question 1.
Look at the first stanza. See how a machine made of a metal goes through a process in the making. Fill in the 1 empty boxes with the appropriate steps.
Answer:
Question 2.
What do simple machines need to start working?
Answer:
They need water, coal and oil to start working.
Question 3.
Name at least five machines or mechanical devices, and write how they are useful to man.
Answer:
e.g. an iron box – for ironing
1) pressure cooker – for cooking food
2) vacuum cleaner – for cleaning
3) washing machine – for washing cloths
4) computer – for computing
5) automobiles – for transport.
Question 4.
What can a machine not do? (Stanza 4)
OR
What are the limitations of machines?
Answer:
Machines cannot tell a lie. It can neither love nor pity nor forgive. It is lifeless.
Question 5.
What is the risk, if the machine is mishandled? (Stanza 4)
Answer:
If the machine is mishandled the person would die or troubled or injured.
Read and Write:
C2 Read and discuss with your partner. Then write.
Question 1.
How are machines and human beings different? Study the last stanza and write.
Answer:
Machines are huge, powerful, and sometimes weigh a lot. Still, they do not have individuality which is the quality of human beings. Machines are created by man. So, machines are the children of man’s intelligence.
Question 2.
Do you observe any rhyme scheme in each stanza?
Answer:
If you do, write the words that rhyme together
e.g.
ask – task
play – day [second stanza]
mine – design
pit – fit
drive – dive
light – write
live – forgive
lie – die
eyes – size
again – brain
Question 3.
List all the words that suggest motion.
Answer:
e.g. pull, jump.
Haul, push, lift, drive, print, plough, weave, run, swim, fly, dive, read, write.
Question 4.
Note how the words like ‘and’ are used in the poem. Also, identify other words and phrases that are repeated.
What is the effect of such repetition?
Answer:
We were, we can
The words are repeated for emphasizing that particular point.
Comprehension:
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1. We are not built to comprehend a lie
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive,
If you make a slip in handling us you die!.
a) Who are not built to comprehend a lie?
b) Why can’t machines love or pity or forgive?
c) What will happen if machines are not handled properly?
Answer:
a) Machines.
b) Because they do not have feelings like human beings.
c) The person operating it will die.
2. Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from our eyes,
It will vanish and the stars will shine again,
Because for all our power and weight and size,
We are nothing more than children of your brain!
a) What does the word ‘smoke’ mean in this context?
b) What does ‘the stars will shine again’ mean?
c) Why are machines called children of man’s brain?
Answer:
a) It means ‘misunderstanding’.
b) Once the misunderstanding between machines and man is removed, things will be normal again.
c) Machines are created by man. Hence they are the product or children of man’s intelligence.
Machine Additional Questions and Answers
Question 1.
How are machines made?
Answer:
Machines are made of different metals. These metals are found in the form of ore in mines. The ore is taken and is melted in furnaces and pits. The molten metal is cast in moulds. Then they are shaped and designed. They are cut, rough surfaces are smoothened and measured so that they fit into the designated slots.
Question 2.
How long do the machines serve us?
Answer:
The machines serve us twenty-four hours a day.
Question 3.
List the things that machines can do.
Answer:
Machines can pull, push, haul, lift, and drive. They can print, plough, weave, heat, and tight. They can run, jump, swim, fly, and dive. They can see, hear, count, read, and write.
Multiple Choice Questions
Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.
Question 1.
The poem ‘Machine’ is written by
A) Sir Henry Wotton
B) James Kirkup
C) Clifford Dyment
D) Rudyard Kipling
Answer:
D) Rudyard Kipling
Question 2.
The poem ‘Machine’ is imagined to be recited by
A) machines
B) the poet
C) the furnace
D) a mechanic
Answer:
A) machines
Question 3.
What do simple machines not need to start working, according to the poem?
A) Oil
B) Power
C) Water
D) Coal
Answer:
B) Power
Question 4.
The first step in the making of a machine is
A) metals are cast and wrought
B) metals are hammered to design
C) metals are taken from the ore-bed and mine
D) metals are melted in the furnace
Answer:
C) metals are taken from the ore-bed and mine
Question 5.
For how long can the machines serve us every day?
A) twenty-four hours
B) four hours
C) twenty hours
D) sixteen hours
Answer:
A) twenty-four hours
Question 6.
What can a machine not do?
A) pull and haul
B) lift and drive
C) run and jump
D) tell a lie
Answer:
D) tell a lie
Question 7.
What is the risk if 0 machine is manhandled?
A) It results in the death of the person.
B) It stops working.
C) It begins to run and jump.
D) It will start telling lies.
Answer:
A) It results in the death of the person.
Question 8.
Machines are the children of
A) man
B) heaven
C) man’s brain
D) mines
Answer:
C) man’s brain
Machine by Rudyard Kipling About the Author:
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India. Later on he went to England and had his education. This British novelist, poet, and short-story writer returned to India and worked as a journalist. ‘Kim’, ‘Barrack Room Ballads’, ‘Captain Courageous’ are his well-known works. He got the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1907.
Machine Summary in English
In this poem, a machine lists out the strengths and limitations of machines. It relates how machines are made, how they are made to work, the things they do, their limitations and what would happen if they are not used properly.
The metal ore is taken from the ore beds in a mine. Then the ore is melted in furnaces and pits. The metal is extracted. The molten metal is moulded and shaped and with the help of hammers, it is beaten and given a definite shape according to design. They are cut and smoothened by filing. These parts are tooled and measured to fit the slots meant for them. Thus, a machine is made.
These machines would work if a little space is given to them. They need water, coal, and oil to function efficiently. When all these requirements are provided, the machines work and serve us twenty-four hours a day.
In the third stanza, we are told all the useful things machines do for us. They can pull heavy things, transport people and other material. They can push, lift and provide energy to move. They print, plough the land, weave cloth, heat things, and provide light. They can run, jump, swim (move underwater), fly, and dive. Just like people, they can see, hear, count, read, and write.
The machines are not free to do everything. They have no mind. They have a law to abide by. They are not built to understand a lie. They cannot have feelings such as love, pity, hate, and forgiveness. If a man commits a mistake while handling them he dies.
If they malfunction for some reason or the other, they are set right and would start functioning again. Though they are huge in size, have a lot of weight and power, they are the children (products) of man’s intelligence. Hence, they will be under his control as long as he uses them judiciously.
Machine Summary in Kannada
