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UNIT 1 CHAPTER 2
WONDERFUL WASTE!
TEXT BASED QUESTIONS
Objective Answer Type Questions
1- State 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements.
(i) The cook ordered a feast for the Maharaja.
(ii) Avail became famous all over Kerala.
(iii) Nobody wanted to know the name of the new dish.
(iv) The Maharaja entered the kitchen to survey the dishes.
2- Read the following lines of the poem and answer the questions that follow.
Then he cut them into long strips.
He put them in a huge pot and
placed it on the fire to cook.
(i) Who is 'He' in the above lines?
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(ii) What was cut into long strips?
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(iii) Find two adjectives and two verbs from the above lines.
Adjectives ................... ...................
Verbs ................... ...................
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Very Short Answer Type Questions
3- Why was the cook in a fix?
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4- How was the name of the new dish pronounced as?
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Short Answer Type Questions
5- How did the cook react to the Maharaja's order?
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6- Why was everyone eager to know the name of the dish?
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Long Answer Type Questions
7- Describe in detail how the new dish (avial) was prepared.
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8- What were the preparations in the palace for?
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9- Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?
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10- What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps?
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11- In which state is avial very popular now?
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12- What did the cook add to decorate the dish?
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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS
1- Match the following words and phrases with their meanings.
Column A Column B
(i) Lo and behold (a) Hearty meal for many guests
(ii) In a fix (b) Waste
(iii) Scrap (c) A difficult situation
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Column A Column B
(iv) Feast (d) What a surprise!
2- List any five things that are needed to make a dish. The first one has been filled
for you.
(i) Water (ii) ................... (iii) ...................
(iv) ................... (v) ................... (vi) ...................
3- A few words are listed below.
Tempting Travancore Surveyed Huge Feast
Long Cooked Kerala Cleaned Avial
(i) Pick out the nouns from the .........................................................
list.
(ii) Pick out the verbs from the .........................................................
list.
(iii) Pick out the adjectives from .........................................................
the list.
4- Describe any two ways in which you can cut down wastage of: water, electricity,
paper.
Saving Water
(i) .................................................................................................................
(ii) .................................................................................................................
Saving Electricity
(i) .................................................................................................................
(ii) .................................................................................................................
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Saving Paper
(i) .................................................................................................................
(ii) .................................................................................................................
5- Describe in your words a feast that you have attended.
Complete the description by keeping in mind the following points.
• Occasion of the feast • Venue
• Number of guests (Approximately) • Details of dishes and desserts
served
• Who all from your family attended the
feast?
• How did you prepare/what did you wear
etc?
• What you enjoyed the most e.g. dance,
food, games, ceremony etc?
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6- Complete the following sentences by modifying the words given in brackets so as
to make words opposite in their meanings.
(i) The shopkeeper began to ................................... (fold) the sari for my
mother.
(ii) The boy was ................................... (successful) in passing the entrance
examination.
(iii) The word had been ................................... (spelt) in his copy.
(iv) The lawyer was ................................... (satisfied) with the judgement.
(v) The new boy began to ................................... (behave) with the other
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boys in the class.
(vi) This is a ................................... (useful) weapon as it is broken.
(vii) The stranger had ................................... (understood) me as he did not
know Hindi.
(viii) In his anger, he began to ................................... (agree) with what I
suggested to him.
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