West Bengal Primary Board Birds Eye Question Answer Class 5 Lesson 9 | Activity Solution
Bird’s Eye
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ACTIVITY 1
Let’s tick the correct answer:
1. Dronacharya arranged a test to
(a) decide the best archer among all (Answer)
(b) decide who is the most intelligent boy amongst all
(c) decide the most disobedient boy amongst all
2. The Kauravas were
(a) Five brothers
(b) fifty one brothers
(c) a hundred brothers (Answer)
3. Nakul and Sahadeva were most comfortable with
(a) bows and arrows.
(b) swords (Answer)
(c) spears.
4. “I can see only the eye of the birds,” said –
(a) Dronacharya
(b) Dushasana
(c) Arjuna (Answer)
5. All the children gathered in the woodland near
(a) a small hut where Guru Dronacharya lived (Answer)
(b) a pond where a crane lived.
(c) a palace where their parents lived.
6. Duryodhana was
(a) the eldest brother of the Pandavas
(b) the eldest brother of the Kauravas(Answer)
(c) the youngest brother of the Kauravas
7. Ultimately the test revealed that
(a) Arjuna was the best archer (Answer)
(b) Arjuna was the most clever student,
(c) Arjuna was not at all a good archer.
ACTIVITY 2
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:
(a) Dronacharya was one of the greatest poets of his time. [F]
(b) The bird was made of paper. [F]
(c) Dronacharya was a disciple of Parasurama. [T]
(d) Dronacharya was not pleased with Arjuna’s concentration. [F]
(e) Yudhisthira was very obedient to his Guru. [T]
(f) All the children were learning various skills happily. [T]
ACTIVITY 3
Fill in the chart with information from the text.
| NAME OF THE PRINCE | HIS FAVOURITE WEAPON |
| Yudhisthira | Spear |
| 1. Duryodhana 2. Bhima | Mace |
| 1. Nakula 2. Sahadeva | Sword |
| Arjuna | Archer |
ACTIVITY 4
Let’s answer the following Question:
(1) Who was the Guru of Dronacharya?
Answer - Parasuram was the Guru of Dronacharya.
(2) Where was the bird placed?
Answer - The bird was placed on the far-off tree.
(3) What did Yudhisthira see?
Answer - Yudhisthira saw his Gurudev, the tree, people around him and the bird.
(4) Why did Dronacharya like Arjuna the most?
Answer - Dronacharya liked Arjuna the most because Arjuna practised the art with great concentration.
(5) What is most Important in hitting a target?
Answer - The most important in hitting a target is immense concentration.
ACTIVITY 5
Write the opposite of the following words.
(1) Dark – Bright
(2) Sad – Glad
(3) Never – Always
(4) Worst – Best
(5) Everything – Nothing
(6) Invisible – Visible
ACTIVITY 6
Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B:
| A | B |
| (1) Disciples | Goal (5) |
| (2) Royal | Kept quiet (4) |
| (3) Immense | Noticed (7) |
| (4) Silenced | Students (1) |
| (5) Target | Huge (3) |
| (6) Prominently | Majestic (2) |
| (7) Observed | Distinctly (6) |
ACTIVITY 7
Let’s fill in the gaps with words given in the box:
[Ready, surprised, fierce, invited, please]
(1) We were surprised to hear the sad news.
(2) The players are ready for the game.
(3) Always try to keep yourself away from fierceanimals.
(4) Please give me a glass of water.
(5) Renuka invited all her friends on her 10th birthday.
ACTIVITY 8
Let’s write ‘a’ or ‘an’ or ‘the’ in the boxes below:
(1) He always speaks the truth.
(2) Nila has seen the Tajmahal.
(3) Mr. Sen is an honest man.
(4) Amal is drawing the map of India.
(5) The Ganga is a holy river.
(6) Have you seen an owl?
(7) Grandfather gave me a doll.
ACTIVITY 9
Let’s look at the picture below:
[from, in, under, into, beside, on, at]
Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box and describe the room:
(1) There is a table at the centre of the room.
(2) There is a vase on the table.
(3) Some flowers are in the vase.
(4) A dog is lying under the table.
(5) A fan is hanging from the ceiling.
(6) A book shelf is beside the door.
(7) A cat is walking into the room.
ACTIVITY 10
Some words are given below. Let’s put a tick beside those words which are adverbs:
(1) Silently (adverb)
(2) Now (adverb)
(3) Remember
(4) Soon (adverb)
(5) Aim
(6) Only (adverb)
(7) Loud
(8) Near (adverb)
(9) Try
(10) Exactly (adverb)
ACTIVITY 11
Let’s fill in the blanks with the adverbs given below:
[very, never, always, carefully, bravely, honestly, near]
(1) We opened the lid of the box carefully.
(2) The man was very poor. But he lived honestly.
(3) We should always try to help others.
(4) Yesterday there was an accident near Renu’s house.
(5) Soldiers fight bravely for their county.
(6) I never went to zoo.
Let’s look at the set of pictures below. The pictures are telling us a story. It is a story from ‘Betal Panchabingshati’.
Look at the sentences below. They are not in order. Arrange them serially according to the order of the pictures.
A woman called Leelavati married a thief and the thief decided to give up stealing. [2]
Betal put forward a puzzle to Vikram. [1]
The businessman loved his family and reared the child well. The child grew up and took charge of the business. [8]
The thief died. [5]
Leelavati married a businessman. [6]
After a son is born the thief found that he had no money to support his family. [3]
He went back to stealing. [4]
Leelavati and the businessman died. [9]
The young boy came to a river-side to perform the last rites. Three pair of hand came out claiming the offering. The boy recognised his mother’s hands. [10]
But the young boy could not make out which pair of hand was his father’s. he recalled his mother once mentioning his real father. [7]
Bikram replied, “the businessman, as he loved and brought up the child.” Betal flew away. [12]
Betal stopped the story and asked Brikram, “Now tell me which father was finally given the offering?” [11]
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