Chapter - 1
"The Fun They Had"
Questions & Answers:
Very Short Answer Type Questions (1-2 sentences)
Q. 1 How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer. Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen.
Q.2 What did Margie write in her diary?
Answers. On 17 May 2157, she wrote, "Today Tommy found a real book!".
Q.3 What is a telebook?
Answer. A digital book displayed on a screen with moving text.
Q.4 Where was Margie’s school? Did she have classmates?
Answer. It was a room next to her bedroom, and she had no classmates.
Q.5 What subjects did they study?
Answer. They studied Geography, History, and Arithmetic.
Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words)
Q.1 What things about the book did Margie find strange?
Answer. She found it strange that words stood still instead of moving on a screen. Additionally, the pages were yellow and crinkly.
Q.2 Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?
Answerr. Margie was failing in geography, and the mechanical teacher was malfunctioning.
Q.3 What did the County Inspector do?
Answer. He adjusted the geography sector to a ten-year-old's level, having been set too fast.
Long Answer Type Questions (100-120 words)
Q. 1- Why did Margie think the old kind of school must have been fun?
Answer. Margie despised her mechanical teacher and its repetitive nature. She imagined the old schools as places where children from the neighborhood met, played, and learned together, fostering a sense of community and companionship.
Passage:
"A good man is like a tree. What is the use of this perishable body if it is not used for the benefit of mankind? Sandalwood—the more it is rubbed, the more scent it yields. ... Those who lay down their lives for humanity will live forever in a world of bliss".
Questions:
Q.1 Why is a good man compared to gold?
Answerr. Because, like gold, a noble person retains their value through hardship.
Q.2 What makes life profitable?
Answer. Living for the sake of others.
Q.3 What lesson do trees teach?
Answer. They teach us to provide value to others.
Q.4 Find a word from the passage that means "lasting for only a short time."
Answer. Perishable.
