The Woman on Platform 8 - Standard VIII - English - Term 1 - Unit-1 - Supplementary Reader - Samacheer Kalvi

Unit - 1 

Supplementary Reader

 The Woman on Platform 8

A. Choose the best answer.

1. Satish’s mother handed to her son …………….
a) bag of pencil
b) bag of vegetables
c) big box of chocolates
d) cricket ball

Answer:
c) big box of chocolates

 

2. The train would come at …………….
a) one o’clock
b) twelve o’clock
c) two o’clock
d) eleven o’clock

Answer:
b) twelve O’clock

3. The strange lady gave ……………. to Arun.
a) coffee and vada
b) tea and bajji
c) samosas and jalebis
d) black tea and cake

Answer:
c) samosas and jalebis

4. Arun was sitting on platform ……………. .
a) no. 7
b) no. 8
c) no. 4
d) no. 3

Answer:
b) no. 8

5. Satish and Arun were ……………. years old boys.
a) 12
b) 11
c) 13
d) 10

Answer:
a) 12

B. Match the following.

1. woman in white	mother of Satish
2. train	boy of same age
3. bowler	dressed simply
4. Satish	waves of stream
5. spectacles	Arun

Answer:

1. woman in white	dressed simply
2. train	waves of stream
3. bowler	Arun
4. Satish	boy of same age
5. spectacles	mother of Satish

C. Identify the character.

1. I am glad to know that.

Answer:
Mother of Satish

2. Are you all alone, my son?

Answer:
strange woman

3. Yes, I am going to school.

Answer:
Arun

4. He is one of my friends.

Answer:
Satish

5. Goodbye mother.

Answer:
Arun / Satish

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Where was arun sitting?
Answer:
Arun was sitting on platform no. 8 at Ambala railway station.

2. What was the expected time of train’s arrival?
Answer:
The train was due for arrival at the midnight.

3. What was the sight Arun had seen on the platform?
Answer:
Arun saw a tide of people, the cries of various vendors and the newspaper boy.

4. What did the vendors sell?
Answer:
The vendors were selling curds and lemon, the sweet meet and newspaper.

5. How did the woman appear?
Answer:
The woman had a pale face and dark kind eyes. She wore no jewels and was dressed very simply in a white saree.

6. Where was Arun travelling to?
Answer:
Arun was traveling to his boarding school.

7. What did the woman buy for him?
Answer:
The woman bought samosas, jalebis and tea for Arun.

8. What was the advice of Sathish’s mother?
Answer:
The mother of Sathish advised him not to talk to the strangers.

9. What were Arun’s last words?
Answer:
Arun’s last words were “Goodbye – mother”.

10. What was the reaction of the woman at the end?
Answer:
As the train moved, the woman was looking at Arun without listening to the mother of Sathish.