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Beehive Class-9 Supplementary Section Solutions: A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
Supplementary
Section Chapter-1
A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
Thinking about the text
I. Choose the right answer.
(i) When something is conserved, it is preserved/destroyed.
Ans- Preserved.
(ii) Herbivorous animals eat flesh/grass.
Ans- Grass.
(iii) When you excavate, you dig out/cover up something.
Ans- Dig out.
(iv) When you visit a historical site, you see new/old monuments.
Ans- Old monuments.
(v) When you play an indigenous game, it is a foreign/local game.
Ans- Local game.
Class 9 beehive English solutions : A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
II. Answer these question in one or two short sentences:
1. Why did the children wake up early in the morning?
Ans- The children Lohit and Trisha, woke up early in the morning because they were excited about their trip to Kaziranga and Sivasagar. Their parents were taking them there for their holidays.
2. Why is Assam unique?
Ans- Assam is unique because it has tea gardens, ancient temples, national parks, historical monuments and many other enchanting things, all in one state.
3. What is a national park?
Ans- A park that is used to conserve the flora and fauna of the place, is called a national park.
4. When was Kaziranga designated as a National park?
Ans- Kaziranga was designated as a National park in 1974.
5. What is the full form of UNESCO?
Ans- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
6. Why was Kaziranga Game Sanctuary renamed the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary?
Ans- The word ‘game’ also refers to animals that are hunted for food, and since the purpose of the Sanctuary was to conserve animals and not to hunt them, the word game was inappropriate. For this reason it was renamed Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in 1950 by P.D. Stracey, the forest conservationist.
7. What does the rhinoceros eat?
Ans- The rhinoceros is a herbivorous animals, and lives mostly on grasses. They also eat leaves, fruits, water, plants and branches of shrubs.
8. “On their way to Sivasagar, they crossed a stone bridge.” What is the name of this bridge?
Ans- The name of the bridge was “Silor Saaku” the Namdang stone bridge.
9. Name the three temples on the bank of the Sivasagar tank.
Ans- Three temples builtg on the bank of the Sivasagar tank are Shiva Dol, Vishnu Dol, Devi Dol.
10.Who built the Rang-ghar?
Ans- Ranghar was built by king Pramatta Singha.
Beehive Class-9 Supplementary Section Solutions: A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
III. Fill in the blanks:
1. Well, in 1904 ______visited Kaziranga.
Ans : Mary Curzon
2. The Namdang stone bridge was built by the Aham king______
Ans: Rudra Singha.
3. Siu-Ka-Pha made _____his first capital.
Ans: Charaideo
Beehive Class-9 Supplementary Section Solutions: A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
IV. Answer these questions in a short paragraph:
1. Write briefly the history of Kaziranga as a protected area.
Ans- Mary Curzon, the wife or then viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, visited Kaziranga in 1904 with the knowledge that the place was famous for rhinos. However she could not spot a single rhino, and this propelled her to request Lord Curzon to do something to protect the rhinos of the region. In 1905, the Kaziranga proposed Reserve Forest was created. As its boundaries expanded, It was named the Kaziranga Game Sanctuary in 1916. Visitors were now allowed into the park, through hunting was forbidden. To emphasis the purpose of the park,through hunting was forbidden. To emphasis the purpose of the park as a site for conservation of Wildlife Sanctuary by P.D. Stracey the forest conservationist. Finally in 1974, it was designated as a National park.
2. Write a short note on Talatal Ghar.
Ans- The ruins of Talatal Ghar can be found in Sivasagar. It was, however, once a magnificient structure. There were four storeys above ground and three below. There were two secret tunnels as well. The first was a massive 16- kilometer tunnel leading to the Gargaon palace, and the second was a 3- kilometer tunnel leading to the Dikhow river the tunnels, however are now closed.
3. Write a short note on Chraideo Maidam.
Ans- The Chraideo Maidams are found at Chraideo, 22 Kms away from Sivasagar. Chraideo was the first capitals of Siu Ka Pha, the founder of the ahom dynasty, and for the nobility of the time, and many royal graveyards still exist. These Maidams even have tomb vaults like the pyramids of Egypt.
Beehive Class-9 Supplementary Section Solutions: A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
Thinking about the language
I. Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech:
1. “Do you know Kaziranga is a World Heritage Site?” their father said.
Ans- Their father asked if they know that kaziranga was a World Heritage Site.
2. “ On our way we can stay for a night at Kaziranga, “their mother suggested.
Ans- Their mother suggested that on their way they could stay for a night at Kaziranga.
3. “Can we go to see the rhino now?” Lohit asked.
Ans- Lohit said if they could go to see the rhino then.
4. “I wish there was really a sagar here!” Lohit said.
Ans- Lohit said that he wished that there really was a sagar there.
A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar: Class 9 beehive English solutions
II. Here are some sentences from the piece choose the words from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the sentence.
1. They checked in at a hotel that had a large compound. (registered, corrected)
Ans- Registered
2. She requested her husband to take measures immediately to protect the rhinos.(take steps, calculate)
Ans- Take steps.
3. Further in, they spotted a deer. (dotted, saw)
Ans- saw
4. In the heart of the town was the Sivasagar tank. (centre of, mind of)
Ans- Centre of
5. The maidams have tomb vaults just like the pyramids in Egypt. (burial chambers, jumps)
Ans- Burial chambers.
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