NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Chapter 1 | How the Camel Got His Hump | Class 8 English It So Happened(Supplementry)

NCERT Solutions for class 8 English It So Happened(Supplementry)

Chapter - 1 (How the Camel got his hump)

Part - I

Comprehension Check - Page.03

Q.1) What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?

Ans. The dog was to carry a stick in his mouth. The ox was to carry plough.

Q.2) Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?

Ans. The camel lived in the middle of the desert because he did not want to work.

Q.3) What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?

Ans. The dog, the horse and the ox were very angry because the camel did not want to work and they have to work double time to make up for it.

Q.4) How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?

Ans. The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel. It was because he already knew that the camel did not work. Horse had to work for him.

Part - II

Comprehension Check - Page.05

Q.1) The camel was looking at his own reflection in the pool. What does it suggest to you about the camel?

Ans. It suggest to me that the camel loved his own body.

Q.2) The camel said, "Humph" repeatedly. How did it affect him?

Ans. The Djinn puffed his hump. So the camel found it a hurdle in work.

Q.3) What according to the Djinn, was the use of the "humph"?

Ans. The hump would provide him with food and he could work without eating for a long time.

Q.4) "...he has never yet learnt to behave". In the light of this, what is the writer's opinion about the camel?

Ans. The writer's opinion about the camel is that the camel is still idle. He shirks work. He is rough.

EXERCISE

Discuss the following topics in groups.

Q.1) Can this story be factually true?

Ans. Yes.

Q.2) What according to you, is the story about?

(i) How the world began.

(ii) Why everyone should do his/her shares of work seriously.

(iii) How animals are important to humans.

(iv) How the camel got his hump.

Ans. (iv) How the camel got his hump.

Q.3) What did you do over the weekend? Were you generally active or idle? Please check your back before starting to discuss or answer the question.

Ans. Do Yourself.

Q.4) There are broadly two categories of workers - those who prefer to do today what they can do tomorrow, and those who prefer to do tomorrow what they can do today. Were do you belong?

Ans. Do Yourself. (It depends on you).

Chapter-2(Children at Work)