BSEB Bihar Board English Book Solutions Chapter 7. Japan : The Land of the Rising Sun Class 7th Solutions (जापान : उगते सुरज का देश) Japan : The Land of the Rising Sun Class 7th Solutions
7. Japan : The Land of the Rising Sun
(जापान : उगते सुरज का देश)
TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS
B. Let’s Comprehend :
B.1. Think and Tell :
Answer the following questions in a word or phrase.
Q. 1. Which country is called the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’?
Ans. Japan.
Q. 2. What adds to Japan’s beauty?
Ans. Snow-clad high mountains, beautiful lakes and streams, lovely gardens with their flowers and fruits.
Q. 3. What is the chief food of the Japanese ?
Ans. Rice and fish.
Q. 4. What is the ‘Feast of Dolls’ ?
Ans. A play of girls with dolls.
Q. 5. What is the ‘Feast of Carp’ ?
Ans. Flying kites by the boys, which look like fish.
Q. 6. How do the Japanese treat with their guests?
Ans. Welcome politely.
Q. 7. How do they bear pain?
Ans. With a smiling face.
Q. 8. How can you say that the Japanese are polite?
Ans. They are very soft-spoken and rarely become rude at anyone.
B.2. Think and Write:
B.2.1. Answer the following questions briefly.
Q. 1. Why is there no smoke in a Japanese house?
Ans. Japanese do not burn fire for cooking. They use stove to cook their food. So, there is no smoke in a Japanese house.
Q. 2. What do the Japanese boys and girls love?
Ans. Japanese boys love the Feast of the Carp and the girls love the Feast of Dolls.
Q. 3. What do the Japanese do on New Year’s Day?
Ans. On the New Year’s Day, Japanese visit their friends and take present with them. At night they light their houses with paper lanterns of different colours and rejoice greatly.
Q. 4. What is a carp? Why is it significant to a Japanese ?
Ans. A carp is a kind of fish. It is very strong and brave. It is significant for the Japanese boys to be as strong and brave as a Carp.
B.2.2. Answer the following questions in detail.
Q. 1. What are various Japanese customs?
Ans. Japanese do not take their shoes in their houses. They celebrate New Year’s Day very joyfully. Japanese boys celebrate the ‘Feast of the Carp’ and girls celebrate the ‘Feast of Dolls’ as their festivals. Children are very polite to others. They welcome their guests politely. They bear pain with a smiling face. Japanese love beautiful things and honour the dead. They love their country.
Q. 2. How do the Japanese boys and girls enjoy themselves?
Ans. Japanese boys enjoy the Feast of the Carp in the month of May once a year. Japanese girls enjoy the Feast of Dolls on third March every year. They do not sit idle ever and make beautiful things of wood, leather. paper, cotton, etc.
Q. 3. Describe the behaviour of the Japanese children.
Ans. Japanese children are very careful about cleanliness. They never spit in the room. They knock before entering anybody’s room. They receive guests politely. They are very soft-spoken to everyone. They bear any hurt or pain with a smiling face.
Q. 4. How can you say that the Japanese love their country?
Ans. Japanese are very disciplined. They love beautiful things and honour the dead. They take care of cleanliness of their houses and the country. Patriotism is the remarkable matter for them. They are always ready to die for their country.
Q. 5. What is Shintoism? What does it teach ?
Ans. Shintoism is the chief religion of Japanese. Shintoism teaches to love beautiful things and to honour the dead.
Q. 6. Make a comparison between the life style of an Indian and a Japanese.
Ans. From the study I find that Japanese are very disciplined while I do not find such discipline in Indian life style. I find most of the Indians are not so devoted to the country as the Japanese are for their country. Japanese are very conscious about cleanliness while most of the Indians are unaware of it. Japanese are very heard-working but most of the Indians are not. Japanese never sit idle but Indians, mostly, do not bear pain for idleness.
B.2.3.Arrange the following sentences in a proper order to make a meaningful passage.
1. The people of Japan are very brave.
2. They love their country and are always ready to die for their country.
3. They never sit idle.
4. They value time.
5. The Japanese love their culture.
6. They have their own customs and manners.
7. The chief religion of the Japanese is Shintoism.
8. It teaches the people of Japan to love beautiful things and to honour the dead.
9. It is called the Land of the Rising sun.
10. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Ans.
1. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
2. It is called the Land of the Rising Sun.
3. The people of Japan are very brave.
4. They love their country and are always ready to die for their country.
5. They never sit idle.
6. They value time.
7. The Japanese love their culture.
8. They have their own customs and manners.
9. The chief religion of the Japanese is Shintoism.
10. It teaches the people of Japan to love beautiful things- and to honour the dead.
C. Word Study:
C.1 Match the words given under Column ‘A’ with their meanings given under column ‘B’.
Ans. (1)→(h), (2)→(d), (3)→(c), (4)→(f), (5)→(g), (6) →(b), (7)→(a), (8)→(e), (9)→(j), (10)→(i).
C.2. Correct the spelling of the following words:
mountians, wsno, streems, beautfull, rideing, habbits, alawys, lether, religon, streits, coton.
Ans. mountains, snow, streams, beautiful, riding, habits, always leather, religion, streets, cotton.
C.3. The people of Japan are called ‘the Japanese’.
What are the people of the following countries/states called ?
1. The people of India are called the…………
2. The people of China are called the ………….
3. The people of Germany are called the………..
4. The people of America are called the …………..
5. The people of Bhutan, are called the …………..
6. The people living in Bihar are called the ……………
7. The people of Nepal are called the ……………
8. The people living in Assam are called the ……………
9. The people of England are called the ……………..
10. The people living in Kashmir are called the …………..
Ans. 1. Indians, 2. Chinese, 3. Germans, 4. Americans, 5. Bhutanis, 6. Biharis, 7. Nepalis, 8. Assamese, 9. English, 10. Kashmiris.
D. Let’s Talk:
Discuss the following in groups or pairs.
Q. 1. Travelling is the best means of education.
Ans.
Amar : Do you like travelling, Rohan ?
Rohan : Yes, I like travelling.
Amar : What is the use of travelling?
Rohan : It is the best means of education. It is also a source of entertainment.
Amar : What do you learn by travelling?
Rohan : During the course of travelling we visit people of different places. We also come closer to different landscapes and customs and cultures.
Amar : But, these things we can know from the books.
Rohan : No, travelling gives us opportunity to experience everything in its original form. Besides, a book, cannot show us every aspect of a thing so clear as we see closely at it.
So, travelling is the best means of education.
E. Composition :
Q. Write a letter to your pen friend living in Japan describing him your visit to Rajgir. Also invite him to visit Rajgir a place of historical and religious importance.
Ans.
Park Road, QPatna
20.4.2011.
Dear Toyo,
I was very pleased to have a visit of your country. The lively sights and culture of Japan enchanted me very much.
My country, India, is also very rich in its geography and culture. There are so many historical places in India, which will be charming to you Rajgir is one of such places which impressed me much. Rajgir is a place of historical and religious importance. In ancient times it was the kingdom of Jarasandh. Mahatma Buddha had also visited Rajgir. There is a famous stupa of Buddha. Rajgir is also famous for its natural landscape with mountains and hot-water ‘kunds’ etc.
I urge you to come once to take a visit of Rajgir.
F. Translation:
1. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. जापानी बड़े मेहनती होते हैं।
2. वे कभी बेकार नहीं बैठते हैं ।.
3. वे अपने देश से प्यार करते हैं ।
4. वे अपने मेहमानों का आदर करते हैं ।
5. वे चाय पीने के शौकीन हैं ।
6. वे लोग अच्छा खाना खाने के शौकीन हैं ।
7. त्योहारों के अवसर पर वे अपने दोस्तों और संबंधियों को उपहार भेजते हैं।
Ans.
1. Japanese are very laborious.
2. They never sit idle.
3. They love their country.
4. They respect their guests.
5. They are fond of taking tea.
6. They are fond of eating good food.
7. They send gifts to their friends and relatives on the occasion of festivals.
2. Translate the following sentences into your mother-tongues.
1. Patna is a very old city.
2. It is also called Azimabad.
3. There are many ancient and famous buildings in the city.
4. It is also the birthplace of Guru Govind Singh.
5. Kumharar Park and Patna Planetorium are worth seeing place at Patna.
Ans.
1. पटना बहुत पुराना शहर है ।
2. यह अजीमाबाद भी कहलाता था ।
3. इस शहर में अनेक प्राचीन और प्रसिद्ध भवन हैं
4. यह गुरु गोविन्द सिंह का जन्मस्थान भी है ।
5. कुम्हरार पार्क और पटना तारामंडल पटना में देखने योग्य स्थान हैं।
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Long Answer Type Questions:
Q. 1. Give the summary of the lesson, Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun’.
Hint: See the ‘Summary’ of the lesson on page 51.
Q. 2. Give some specitic features of the Japanese.
Ans. Japanese are hard-working people. They love cleanliness. They speak very softly. They are never rude at anyone. They welcome their friends politely. They never cry at their hurt. They bear pain with smiling face. They love beautiful things and make them of wood, leather, paper, cotton and silk. They love their country and are ever ready to die for her.
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