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BEEHIVE 10-KATHMANDU

Chapter 10 of Beehive discusses the author's experiences in Kathmandu, including his observations of the bustling streets, temples, and the unique atmosphere of the Pashupatinath and Baudhnath shrines. The chapter includes activities and questions that encourage students to explore routes to major Indian cities, identify local customs, and analyze the author's descriptive language. Additionally, it features exercises on language skills, including phrasal verbs, noun formation, punctuation, and verb tenses.

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BEEHIVE 10-KATHMANDU

Chapter 10 of Beehive discusses the author's experiences in Kathmandu, including his observations of the bustling streets, temples, and the unique atmosphere of the Pashupatinath and Baudhnath shrines. The chapter includes activities and questions that encourage students to explore routes to major Indian cities, identify local customs, and analyze the author's descriptive language. Additionally, it features exercises on language skills, including phrasal verbs, noun formation, punctuation, and verb tenses.

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Beehive Chapter 10 Kathmandu

Thinking about the Text (Page 131)


Activity
Question 1. On the following map mark out the route, which the author thought of but did
not take, to Delhi.

Answer:
Route ¡s shown by dotted line
1. Kathmandu to Patna by bus & train
2. Patna to Allaha bad by boat/Ganges
3. Allahabad to Delhi by boat/Yamuna

Question 2. Find out the possible routes (by rail, road or air) from Kathmandu to New Delhi/
Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai.
Answer: For self-attempt. Students may take the Atlas of the country and see or find
themselves the air, road routes from Kathmandu to New Delhi/Mumbai/ Kolkata/ Chennai.
Some possible routes are:
By Road
1. Kathmandu—Viratnagar—Patna
2. Kathmandu—Nepalganj—Gorakhpur
By Rail
Patna—Delhi
Gorakhpur—Delhi
Patna—Kolkata
Gorakhpur—Varanasi—Kolkata
Patna—Mumbai
Gorakhpur—Allahabad—Mumbai
Patna—Khadarpur—Chennai
Gorakhpur—Allahabad—Nagpur—Chennai

I. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.


Question 1. Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
Answer: Pashupatinath and Baudhnath Stupa.

Question 2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer
to?
Answer: Com-on-the-cob and marzipan.
Question 3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Answer: The flutes tied on the top of the flute seller’s pole.

Question 4. Name five kinds of flutes.


Answer: The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri, the
breathy flutes of South America, the high pitched Chinese flutes.

II. Answer each question in a short paragraph.


Question 1. What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other
hawkers?
Answer: The author finds a difference in selling the articles. The flute seller does not shout
out his wares. He makes a sale in a curiously offhanded way as if this was incidental to his
enterprise.

Question 2. What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?


Answer: According to the belief at Pashupatinath, when a half-protruded small shrine shall
emerge fully from Bagmati river, the goddess inside will escape and the evil period of Kalyug
on earth shall end.

Question 3. The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples
each of
1. The atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for
example: some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
2. The things he sees
3. The sounds he hears
Answer:
1. The author describes the monkey’s fight vividly and graphically. A fight breaks out
between two monkeys. One chases the other, who jumps onto a Shivalinga, then runs
screaming around the temples and down to the river.
2. The author observes a princess of the Nepalese royal house. Everyone bows to her. He
sees monkeys. He sees felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery. He looks at flute
sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, etc.
3. He hears film songs from the radios, car horns, bicycle bells, stray cows low and
vendors shout out their wares. He also listens to the various flutes played by the flute
seller.

III. Answer the following questions in not more than 100-150 words each.
Question 1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine
with the Pashupatinath temple.
Answer: At Pashupatinath there is an atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’. Priests, hawkers,
devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds. There are
so many worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed
aside by others pushing their way to the front.
At the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is a sense of stillness. Its
immense white dome is ringed by a road. Small shops stand on its outer edge. Most of the
shops are owned by Tibetan immigrants. There are no crowds and this is a haven of
quietness in the busy streets around.

Question 2. How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?


Answer: The author says that Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, and religious, with small
shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets. There are fruit
sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and
chocolate or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios,
car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low, vendors shout out their wares. The
author buys a com-on- the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement. He also buys
coca cola and orange drink.

Question 3. “To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why
does the author say this?
Answer: The author says this because he is aware of the fact that music appeals to senses. It
gives pleasure to every listener. The flute seller does not sell only one kind of flute. He has
various types of flutes that represent different customs and culture. The flute seller is a wise
sales person. He does not shout out his wares. He plays melodious tunes which fascinate
others. Mankind does not have multiple appearances and shapes. It is universal and
cosmopolitan. Music soothes everyone’s heart irrespective of their caste, colour and creed.
So the author says that to hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all
mankind.

Thinking about language (Page 132)


Question 1. Read the following sentences carefully to understand the meaning of the
italicised phrases. Then match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meanings in column
B.
1. A communal war broke out when the princess was abducted by the neighbouring
prince.
2. The cockpit broke off from the plane during the plane crash.
3. The car broke down on the way and we were left stranded in the jungle.
4. The dacoit broke away from the police as they took him to court.
5. The brothers broke up after the death of the father.
6. The thief broke into our house when we were away.
Answers:
A B

(d) to start suddenly, (usually a fight, a war or


(i) break out
a disease)

(ii) break off (a) to come apart due to force

(iii) break down (f) stop working

(iv) break away (from someone) (b) end a relationship


(v) break up (e) to escape from someone’s grip

(c) break and enter illegally; unlawful


(vi) break into
trespassing

II.
Question 1. Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form nouns from the following verbs. Make the
necessary changes in the spellings of the words.
Example: proclaim-proclamation

Answer:

Question 2. Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.
1. Mass literacy was possible only after the ______________of the printing machine.
2. Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as he lacks ………..
3. I could not resist the ……….. to open the letter.
4. Hard work and ……….. are the main keys to success.
5. The children were almost fainting with ……….. after being made to stand in the sun.
Answer:
1. invention
2. imagination
3. temptation
4. dedication
5. exhaustion

III. Punctuation
Question 1. Use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas
wherever necessary in the following para-graph.
an arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day he asked the tiger who is
stronger than you you O lion replied the tiger who is more fierce than a leopard asked the
lion you sir replied the leopard he marched upto an elephant and asked the same question
the elephant picked him up in his trunk swung him in the air and threw him down look said
the lion there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer
Answer: An arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day. He asked the tiger,
“Who is stronger than you ?” “You, O! lion,” replied the tiger. “Who is more fierce than a
leopard?” asked the lion. “You, sir,” replied the leopard. He marched up to an elephant and
asked the same question. The elephant picked him up in his trunk, swung him in the air and
threw him down. “Look”, said the lion, “there is no need to get mad just because you don’t
know the answer.”

IV. Simple Present Tense


Question 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(i) The heart is a pump that …………. (send) the blood circulating through our body. The
pumping action …………. (take place) when the left ventricle of the heart …………. (contract).
This …………. (force) the blood out into the arteries, which …………. (expand) to receive the on
coming blood.
(ii) The African lungfish can live without water for up to four years. During a drought it
………… (dig) a pit and ………… (enclose) itself in a capsule of slime and earth, leaving a tiny
opening for air. The capsule ………… (dry) and ………… (harden), but when rain ………… (come),
the mud ………… (dissolve) and the lungfish (swim) ………… away.
(iii) Mahesh : We have to organise a class party for our teacher. ………… (Do) anyone play an
instrument?
Vipul : Rohit ………… (play) the flute.
Mahesh : ………… (Do) he also act ?
Vipul : No, he ………… (compose) music.
Mahesh : That’s wonderful!
Answer:
1. sends, takes place, contracts, forces, expands
2. digs, encloses, dries, hardens, comes, dissolves, swims
3. Does, plays, Does, only composes.

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