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    This document discusses the challenges faced by schoolchildren in India. It describes a 10-year-old boy named Ranbir who climbs a mountain daily to attend a government school, as his parents cannot afford an expensive private school. It notes that while few girls previously attended school, more do now, though some face household duties preventing their attendance. The document outlines difficulties children face in remote areas with lack of infrastructure like bridges, and how they help with family livelihoods alongside schooling.

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    SUNFLOWER PUBLIC SCHOOL

    2020-2021

    CLASS-V SUBJECT- ENGLISH LITERATURE

    TOPIC- CHILDREN OF INDIA

    WORKSHEET-6

    [NOTE- Please solve these worksheets on a copy/ A4sheet/ paper.]

    A. Summary of the lesson-

    This chapter is written by very famous writer Ruskin Bond. In this lesson the narrator describes the
    difficulties that the Indian children face while going to school. These children belong from different
    areas like deserts, mountains, plains etc. Here he tells about a ten years old boy Ranbir. He climbs a
    mountain four miles distant and two thousand feet below the town level. He goes to school in all the
    weathers, wearing the same pair of cheap shoes until they have almost fallen apart. There are many
    children like Ranbir who go to government school because their parents can’t afford to send them
    expensive residential schools. Their parents are also uneducated because they didn’t manage to go
    schools. They spent their lives working in fields or delivering milk in the hill station. The narrator also
    tells that up to a few years ago, very few girls in the hills or in the villages went to school. They helped
    at home until they were old enough to be married. But now, there are many girls go to school like
    boys. But sometimes, these girls are prevented to go school by their parents due to some household
    work while their brothers spend their time in playing. For this the narrator gives the example of a girl
    Bindra who is fourteen years old. These children face many difficulties to go to school. Like Ranbir
    and his friends cross deodar forest daily. As winter approaches and days grow shorter, those children
    who live far away must quicken their pace in order to reach home before dark. Its dark at six and
    Ranbir likes to be out of the deodar forest. Usually, he has company of other boys and they all sing
    loudly to frighten away the forest demons. Not only in hills, but all over the India, children are
    constantly making their way to and from school, in conditions that range from dust storms in the
    deserts of Rajasthan to blizzards in Ladakh and Kashmir. In the Ganjam district of Orissa, children
    swim or wade across the Dhanei River every day in order to reach school in the absence of a bridge.
    Holding books or bags aloft in one hand, they do the breaststroke or dog paddle with the other, or
    form a chain and help each other across. In the larger towns and cities, there are school buses, but in
    the remote areas, it is a big problem. The narrator says wherever you go in India you will find children
    helping out with the family’s source of livelihood. Only some fortunate parents can afford to send their
    children to English medium schools and those children are really fortunate. While the great majority
    children in India still attend schools run by the state or municipality. These vary from the good to the
    bad, depending on how they are run and where they are situated.
    B. Learn and write the given Hard Words-
    1. Defiant 13. Surrounding 25.Determined
    2. Extrovert 14. Outskirts 26.Confident
    3. Trudges up 15. Cucumbers 27.Deodar
    4. Eerie 16.Residential 28. Chatters
    5. Disconcerting 17. Livelihood 29.Companions
    6. Enchanting 18. Fortunate 30.Appearance
    7. Blizzards 19.Counterparts 31.Demons
    8. Aloft 20. Communities 32.Obstacles
    9. Proliferate 21. Municipality 33.Satchels
    10. Census 22. Scruffy 34.Breaststroke
    11. Flying- foxes 23. Mischievous 35.Frighten
    12. Abound 24.Population 36. Institutions
    C. Learn and write the given Word- Meanings-
    WORD - MEANINGS
    1. Defiant - Bold, aggressive
    2. Extrovert - Outgoing
    3. Trudges up - Walks up with slow and heavy steps
    4. Eerie - Ghostly, mysterious
    5. Disconcerting - Disturbing, upsetting
    6. Enchanting - Delightful, appealing
    7. Blizzards - Severe snowstorms with harsh winds
    8. Aloft - Up in the air
    9. Proliferate - Grow in number
    10. Census - An official count during a survey
    11. Flying- foxes - A type of bat whose face looks like a fox
    12. Abound - To be present in large numbers or in plenty
    C. Learn and write the following questions and answers-
    Q1-What does Ranbir do with the money that the narrator gives him?
    Ans- Ranbir uses the money to buy books or small things needed at home that the
    narrator gives him.
    Q2- What was the scenario of girls’ education till a few years ago?
    Ans- Very few girls in the hills or in the villages were allowed to attend school for a long
    time. They helped at home until they were old enough to be married.
    Q3- What does Bindra’s father work as and how does the narrator know him?
    Ans- Bindra’s father is a forest guard. The narrator knows him as he met him on his
    walk through the deodar forest behind Landour.
    Q4- Why does Bindra cut grass with her mother?
    Ans- Bindra cuts grass with her mother because the monsoon will end and the grass
    will dry up soon.
    Q5- Why do children need to quicken their pace while returning home?
    Ans- Children need to quicken their pace while returning home in order to get home
    before dark.
    Q6- What do Ranbir and his friends do when they go back home in the dark?
    Ans- When Ranbir and his friends go back home in the dark they sing loudly most of the
    way and one of them play flute to frighten the forest demons.
    D. Make sentences by using the given words-
    1. Extrovert- Bindra is an extrovert girl.
    2. Enchanting- I like flute music because it is very enchanting.
    3. Education - (Do it yourself)
    4. Enchanting - (Do it yourself)
    5. Forest - (Do it yourself)
    6. Population-(Do it yourself)
    7. Cucumber-(Do it yourself)
    E- Write True or False for the given statements-
    1. The author does survey on the schoolchildren. (False)
    2. Ranbir is ten and cheerful. (True)
    3. Ranbir sees ships in the ocean everyday. (False)
    4. Bindra is fourteen years old. (True)
    5. The great majority of our children still attened schools run by government
    or municipality. (True)

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