Balbharati solutions for अंग्रेजी ८ कक्षा महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 4.5 - A Battle to Baffle [Latest edition]

Form suitable groups and discuss the following.

You have heard/read stories of Akbar and Birbal, Tenali Raman, Mulla Nasruddin. Recollect and write down the names of those stories.

Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.

1. Humour
2. Supernatural event
3. Wisdom
4. Suspense
5. Magic
6. Beauty of Nature
7. Wit
8. Play upon words
9. Sadend
10. Violence

Use a dictionary and find the difference in the following term related to 'Drama'.

A Play

Read the following word and use it in a sentence of your own.

Renown

Read the following phrase and use it in a sentence of your own in proper form.

To voice something

Pick out dialogue of Tenali Raman that proves that he had the following quality.

 Wit and wisdom

Answer the following question in short.

What was Pundit Shahane’s claim as a scholar?

Answer the following question in short.

Why did Pundit Shahane visit Vijaynagar?

Answer the following question in short.

What do you learn about Pundits of Vijaynagar?

Answer the following question in short.

What punishment did the emperor threaten the Pundits with?

Answer the following question in short.

Why was Tenali Raman summoned to the court?

Answer the following question in short.

On what condition did Tenali Raman agree to take up the challenge?

Answer the following question in short.

Why was Tenali Raman taken to the court in a palanquin?

Answer the following question in short.

How did Tenali Raman outwit Pundit Shahane?

Answer the following question in short.

What did the bundle in silken cloth contain?

Answer the following question in short.

Explain the significance of the title.

Fill in the elements that you find in the drama script of ‘A Battle to Baffle.' 

Characters:

• Background Scene: 
• Crisis:
• Steps taken to resolve the crisis:
• Climax:
• The end:

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Tenali Raman proved to be wittier than Pundit Shahane. (Rewrite using ‘as witty as’) 

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Pundit Shahane has come here. He wishes to challenge all the Pundits in our Kingdom. (Combine the two sentences using ‘so’. Now combine the same sentence using ‘because.’)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)

How can I discuss its merits? (Make it Assertive.)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

I have not read that scripture. (Rewrite using ‘unaware.’)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)

Your words of praise are my greatest reward. (Begin the sentence with ‘No other .......)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

I am proud of you. (Rewrite using the noun form of the underlined word).

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)

The Emperor said, “But tell me Raman, to what great work did you refer?” (Convert into Indirect Speech.)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Tenali Raman was a poet scholar and jester in Vijaynagar in Krishnadevarayas court. (Punctuate)

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Mantri Ji said Maharaj Pundit Shahane's visit to our court is an open challenge. (Punctuate)

A past student of your school has cleared his UPSC examination and being an IAS officer has been appointed as a Collector of your district. Write a formal letter to invite him to your school to share the story of his success, at a special function.

Understand the quotation and expand it in a paragraph format.

'Pride goes on horseback, but returns on foot'.