KSEEB Solutions for Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 17 King Sindbad and His Falcon

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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 17 King Sindbad and His Falcon

King Sindbad and His Falcon Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes

Textbook Questions And Answers

I. Comprehension :

A. Answer in two-three sentences each:

Question 1.
Who was Sindbad? What was he fond of?
Answer:
Sinbad was a king. He was fond of racing and hunting.

Question 2.
What had the king brought up? What did he tie around its neck? Why?
Answer:
The king had brought up a falcon as his pet. He tied a golden cup around its neck.

Question 3.
What did the falcon suggest to the king one day?
Answer:
One day the falcon suggested the king that it was the right time for hunting.

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Question 4.
How did the king threaten the hunting troop?
Answer:
The king threatened the hunting troop that he would punish a person who allowed the gazelle to escape.

Question 5.
Why does the falcon upset the cup with the “dripping liquid”?
Answer:
The falcon upset the cup with the dripping liquid because it contained the poison of viper snake.

Question 6.
When did the falcon succumb to death?
Answer:
The falcon’s wings were chopped off by the king in rage. It succumbed to death when the king reached his camp.

Question 7.
What was the king’s reaction?
Answer:
The king cried aloud as he lost his faithful companion.

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B. Answer in three-four sentences each:

Question 1.
How did the king look after the falcon?
Answer:
The king took the falcon wherever he went. During night it stayed with him on his fist. He tied a golden cup around her neck to provide a drink cup around her neck to provide drink at the time of hunting.

Question 2.
How did the gazelle escape?
Answer:
The gazelle was trapped in the net. As the hunting troop lifted the net and narrowed to trap the gazelle. She too moved towards the king and stood on her hind legs. She then lifted her forelegs up to her breast and suddenly jumped above the head of the king and escaped out of the maze.

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Question 3.
How did the falcon help the king to kill the gazelle?
Answer:
The falcon flew high up and traced the fleeing gazelle. She swooped down and blinded the gazelle with her claws. The king struck his mace on the gazelle and killed it.

Question 4.
Why did the king take out the cup?
Answer:
As the king and his horse were thirsty. They wandered in search of water, they reached a place where the king saw water dripping through the leaf of a tree. As his falcon was very thirsty. He took out the cup from her neck to fill it with the dripping liquid.

Question 5.
What activity of the falcon made the king become furious?
Answer:
The king filled the cup with the dripping liquid and placed it in front of the thirsty falcon. But surprisingly the falcon overturned the cup instead of drinking it. As the king filled the cup and placed it in front of the falcon, it overturned the cup. This strange behavior of the falcon made the king furious.

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Question 6.
Why did the king cut off the wings of the falcon?
Answer:
Each time the king filled the cup with the dripping liquid and placed it in front of the falcon, the falcon overturned it. The king was upset by the strange behavior of the falcon. In his fury, he took his sword and chopped off the wings of the falcon.

Question 7.
What did the falcon indicate to the king?
Answer:
The falcon indicated to the king to lookup by raising her head. The king’s eyes followed the falcon. Seeing the poisonous viper on the tree he understood that what he had mistaken to be water was the snake’s poison dripping from the leaves.

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Question 8.
How did the king’s men trap the gazelle?
Answer:
The kingsmen formed a circular shroud of the net and trapped the gazelle.

Question 9.
Why did the falcon upset the cup again and again?
Answer:
The falcon had noticed that the dripping liquid was not water but the snake’s poison. The king had riot noticed this and kept filling the liquid each time and placed it in front of the falcon to drink. Hence the falcon upset the cup again and again.

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Question 10.
Why did the king repent?
Answer:
The king became furious as the falcon upset the cup each time it was placed in front of her. In a fit of rage, the king chopped off its wings. The falcon cried in pain and indicated to the king that the dripping liquid was the snake’s poison. As soon as the king reached the camp the falcon succumbed to death. The king repeated for he lost a faithful companion due to his hasty decision.

Question 11.
Why did the king call his pet an unlucky and foolish thing?
Answer:
The king placed the cup filled with the dripping liquid for the falcon to drink. But each time the king did so the falcon overturned the cup. This strange behavior of the falcon made the king furious and called her unlucky and foolish thing as she was not willing to slake neither her thrust not the thirst of the horse.

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Question 12.
How did the falcon save the king’s life?
Answer:
The falcon repeatedly upset the cup of liquid that the king had placed before it. In furious, the king chopped off the wings of the falcon. In pain, the falcon indicated to the king that the liquid-filled was the poison of the viper snake that was dripping from the leaves. As soon as the king reached the camp the falcon succumbed to death. Thereby saving the king’s life.

C. Answer the following questions in six-eight sentences each:

Question 1.
How did the king look after the pet falcon?
Answer:
The king took the bird wherever he went. During night it stayed with him on his fist. The king tied a golden cup around its neck to provide drink at the time of hunting. It was his best companion when he went hunting.

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Question 2.
How did the king hunt the gazelle?
Answer:
The hunting troop trapped the gazelle in the net. As they narrowed the net to trap the gazelle, the gazelle moved towards the king stood on the hind legs lifted her forelegs up to the breast jumped above the king’s head up traced the fleeing gazelle and swooped down and blinded the gazello with her talons. The king immediately struck his mace and killed the gazella.

Question 3.
What made the king cry aloud?
Answer:
As the falcon repeatedly overturned the cup filled with the liquid, the king grew furious of this strange behavior and chopped off the wings of the falcon with his sword. The falcon in pain indicated to the king the poison of the viper snake that was dripping from the leaves. The king was remorseful and repented for cutting off its wings. As he reached the tent the falcon succumbed to death. The king repented cried aloud for losing his faithful companion who saved his life.

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Question 4.
How did the falcon prove himself a faithful companion of the king?
Answer:
The falcon was a faithful companion of the king. She always was his hunting. companion. When the gazelle escaped from the traps she flew high traced the gazella and swooped down and blinded the gazelle with her talons. Hence the king was able to kill the gazelle. When the king and the horse were thirsty, the king filled the cup with the dripping liquid and placed it in front of the falcon, the falcon.

As the falcon repeatedly overturned the cup filled with the liquid, the king grew furious of this strange behavior and chopped off the wings of the falcon with his sword. The falcon in pain indicated to the king the poison of the viper snake that was dripping from the leaves. The king was remorssful and repented for cutting off its wings. As he reached the tent the falcon succumbed to death. The king repented cried aloud for losing his faithful companion who saved his life.

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III. Your teacher will read an interesting story for you. Listen to it carefully and answer the following questions: One day a young mother left her sleeping toddler on the floor and went out to fetch water in a pot, leaving her pet mongoose in charge of the baby.

When she returned a little later, she found the mongoose with its mouth full of blood lying near the doorstep. Presuming that the mongoose had killed the sleeping baby, in her anguish, she took the iron rod lying nearby and killed the animal with it. Later, when she entered the room where she had left her babe asleep, she saw a venomous viper lying dead, next to the baby’s bed, its body in pieces strewn around. She gasped in horror as she took in the scene, realizing that her baby had been unharmed as the mongoose had fought with the snake and had killed it.
All her remorse and lament could not bring her pet mongoose back to life.

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Questions:

Question A.
Who took care of the baby when the woman went to fetch water?
Answer:
Her pet mongoose.

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Question B.
Why was the mongoose’s mouth covered with blood?
Answer:
Because it had killed the snake.

Question C.
What made the woman kill the mongoose?
Answer:
The women saw the mongoose mouth covered with blood. She thought the mongoose had killed her baby. In fury she killed the mongoose.

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Question D.
Why did the woman shed tears?
Answer:
The woman shed tears in repentance for killing the loyal mongoose due to her hasty decision.

Question E.
What do you learn from this story?
Answer:
We should always think twice before taking decisions.

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V. Given below are five proverbs. Match them with their meanings:

l. Haste makes waste. a. One should excel in one’s trade rather than dabbling in too many.
2. A Jack of all trades and b. One is judged according to the master of none, friends he has.
3. A poor workman blames c. One must understand his tools, importance of saving money.
4. A penny saved is a penny d. A person is trying to do earned, everything.
5. A person is known e. An incapable person blames by the company he keeps, others for his failures.
f. If you rush when you are doing something, you will make a mistake.

Answer:
1 – f, 2 – a, 3 – e, 4 – c, 5 – b.

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Glossary:

  • subordinate: lower in rank or position
  • valley: a low area between hills
  • prey: an animal hunted and killed by another for food
  • maze: a complicated network of paths
  • thwart: prevent from succeeding
  • murmur: something that is said quietly
  • accomplish: achieve or complete successfully
  • talons: the claws of a bird of prey
  • wander: walk or move in a casual way
  • gauntlet: a strong glove with long loose wrists
  • annoy: make slightly angry
  • slake: satisfy
  • viper: a poisonous snake
  • repent: feel regret or sorry
  • gasp: a sudden catching of breath
  • saddle: a seat with a raised ridge at the front and back, fastened on to the back of a horse for riding.

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