Class 7 English Chapter 5 – The Drum – All Textual Solutions | AJB Assam

Class 7 English Chapter 5 The Drum Solutions | AJB Assam

Class 7 English Chapter 5 – The Drum Complete Textual Question Answers and Solutions (AJB Assam)

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 AJB Class 7: English

Lesson-5                                                   Ospin Academy

The Drum

TEXUAL SOLUTION

অনুশীলনী (Comprehension):

 1. Answer the following questions in Complete Sentences:

(তলত দিয়া প্রশ্নবোৰৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ বাক্যত উত্তৰ দিয়া:)

(a) Where did Lakshmi live?

(লক্ষ্মীয়ে ক’ত বাস কৰিছিল?)

Answer: Lakshmi resided in a tiny village located in Rajasthan.

(লক্ষ্মীয়ে ৰাজস্থানত অৱস্থিত এখন সৰু গাঁৱত বাস কৰিছিল।)

(b) What did Lakshmi do to earn his living?

(লক্ষ্মীয়ে জীবন নির্বাহৰ বাবে কি কৰিছিল?)

Answer: To earn her livelihood, Lakshmi worked tirelessly from morning till night husking grains for the villagers, and received money in return.

(জীৱন নিৰ্বাহৰ বাবে লক্ষ্মীয়ে গাঁৱৰ মানুহৰ ঘৰত শস্য খুন্দি পুৱাৰ পৰা গধূলিলৈকে অক্লান্ত পৰিশ্ৰম কৰিছিল আৰু তাৰ বিনিময়ত ধন ঘটিছিল।)

(c) What did her son ask her to bring from the market?

(তাইৰ পুতেকে তাইক বজাৰৰ পৰা কি আনিবলৈ কৈছিল?)

Answer: Her son requested her to buy a drum for him from the market.

(তাইৰ পুতেকে তাইক বজাৰৰ পৰা তাৰ বাবে এটা ঢোল কিনি আনিবলৈ অনুৰোধ কৰিছিল।)

(d) What did Lakshmi buy in the market?

(লক্ষ্মীয়ে বজাৰত কি কিনিছিল?)

Answer: From the market, Lakshmi purchased essential items such as salt and flour.

(বজাৰৰ পৰা লক্ষ্মীয়ে নিমখ আৰু আটাৰ দৰে প্ৰয়োজনীয় সামগ্ৰীসমূহ ক্ৰয় কৰিছিল।)

(e) What did she bring for her son instead of a drum?

(এটা ঢোলৰ পৰিবৰ্ত্তে তাই পুতেকৰ বাবে কি আনিছিল?)

Answer: Instead of a drum, she picked up two beautiful pieces of wood from the road and brought them for her son.

(ঢোল এটাৰ সলনি তাই ৰাস্তাৰ পৰা দুটুকুৰা ধুনীয়া কাঠ বুটলি লৈ পুতেকৰ বাবে আনিছিল।)

(f) Why was the potter’s child crying?

(কুমাৰৰ ল’ৰাজনে কিয় কান্দি আছিল?)

Answer: The child was crying because he was hungry, and his mother, the potter’s wife, had no food to give him.

(ল’ৰাজনে কান্দি আছিল কাৰণ তাৰ ভোক লাগিছিল, আৰু তাৰ মাক অৰ্থাৎ কুমাৰৰ ঘৈণীয়েকৰ ওচৰত তাক খুৱাবলৈ কোনো খাদ্য নাছিল।)

(g) To whom did the boy give the shawl?

(ল’ৰাজনে চ’ল খন কাক দিছিল?)

Answer: The boy handed the shawl to a man shivering in the cold, whose clothes and belongings had been completely stolen by robbers.

(ল’ৰাজনে ঠাণ্ডাত কঁপি থকা এজন মানুহক চ’লখন দিছিল, যাৰ কাপোৰ-কানি আৰু সকলো বস্তু ডকাইতে কাঢ়ি লৈ গৈছিল।)

2. Who were quarrelling and why?

(কোনে আৰু কিয় কাজিয়া কৰিছিল?)

Answer: A washerman and his wife were fighting with each other. They quarrelled because the wife had accidentally broken the only pot he used for boiling clothes.

(এজন ধোবা আৰু তেওঁৰ পত্নীয়ে ইজনে সিজনৰ লগত কাজিয়া কৰি আছিল। তেওঁলোকে কাজিয়া কৰিছিল কাৰণ ধোবাৰ পত্নীয়ে কাপোৰ সিজোৱাৰ বাবে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা একমাত্ৰ পাত্ৰটো ভাঙি পেলাইছিল।)

3. Why did the poeple of the wedding party look sad?

(বিবাহ যাত্রীসকল কিয় দুখিত আছিল?)

Answer: The wedding guests appeared sad because the person responsible for bringing the horse was late. Consequently, they were delayed and worried about missing the auspicious time for the marriage.

(বিবাহ যাত্ৰীসকলক দুখিত দেখা গৈছিল কাৰণ ঘোঁৰা অনাৰ দায়িত্বত থকা মানুহজন অহাত পলম হৈছিল। ইয়াৰ ফলত তেওঁলোকৰো পলম হৈছিল আৰু বিয়াৰ শুভ লগ্ন পাৰ হৈ যাব বুলি তেওঁলোকে ভয় কৰিছিল।)

4. Choose the correct options from the brackets and rewrite the sentences:

(শুদ্ধ বিকল্পটো বাছি উলিওৱা আৰু বাক্যবোৰ পুনৰাই লিখা।)

Answer: (a) (Please write this answer from your textbook.)

(ক) অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি এই উত্তৰটো তোমাৰ পাঠ্যপুথিৰ পৰা লিখা।)

Activity-1

(i)______ of the boys has done his work.

Answer: Each

(ii)______ of the women was rewarded.

Answer: Each

(iii)______ of the competitors will get a certificate.

Answer: Each

(iv) Leap year falls ______in fourth year.

Answer: Every

(v) ______of the students will be given a copy of the book.

Answer: Each

(vi) _____boy of the area is literate.

Answer: Every

(vii)_______-building of the city is nicely painted.

Answer: Ever

শব্দ অর্থ (Word Meaning)

শব্দ (Word)	অৰ্থ (Meaning)
livelihood	জীৱন নিৰ্বাহ কৰা।
ground	পথাৰ/মাটিৰ উপৰিভাগ
expenditure	খৰচ।
snatch away	তৎক্ষণাত উলিয়াই আনা।
possession	কিবা বস্তু লোৱা/দখল কৰা
aspicious	শুভ/সুন্দৰ ভৱিষ্যত।
nodded	মূৰ জোকৰা।
dusk	সন্ধিয়া/গধূলি।
grains	শস্য।
patted	মূৰত মৰমেৰে চপৰিয়াই দিয়া।
bridegroom	দৰা।
quarrelling	কাজিয়া।