KSEEB Solutions For Class 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami

The Tsunami 

Summary In English

A tsunami is a very large and powerful sea wave. It is caused by earthquakes under the sea. These waves are very destructive as they wash away everything that comes in their way. On December 26 2004, atsunami hit Thailand and parts of India such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Tamil Nadu Coast. Here are some stories of courage and survival.

STORIES FROM THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

1. Ignesious’s wife felt earthquake tremors at 6 a.m. She woke his husband up. The whole family rushed out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. While trying to escape the tsunami, Ignesious lost his wife and two children. However, three of his children who came with in were saved.

1. Sanjeev, a policeman, was able to save himself, his wife and daughter from the waves. But when he tried to rescue the guesthouse cook’s wife, he too was swept away along with her.
2. Meghna, a thirteen year-old girl, was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days holding on to a wooden door in the sea. She was brought other shore by a wave.
3. Almas Javed, a ten year-old girl, was celebrating Christmas with her family. She lost her grandfather and father who became the victims of a giant wave. Her mother and aunts too were washed away. Luckily, Almas was able to save herself with the help of a floating log of wood. But she was greatly shocked by the incident.

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2. A STORY FROM THAILAND

This is the story of Tilly smith, a ten year old British school girl. She had come to Thailand for Christmas celebrations along with her seven year-old sister and parents, Penny and Colin Smith. She had seen a video of tsunami two weeks before in her class. She knew the signs of a tsunami: slow rise of the sea, foaming, bubbling and formation of whirlpools. She saw the same signs and started screaming at her family to get off the beach. Her parents got confused to see their daughter terribly frightened. Tilly’s family and several other tourists left the beach. Tilly’s family took refuge in the third floor of a hotel. Those who stayed back lost their lives.

3. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Some people believe that the animals can sense the coming of a tsunami. More than 150,000 people lost their lives in the tsunami of 2004 but not many animals were reported dead. It is said that their sixth sense warn them of the danger and they run for life. For example, in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, no animal carcasses were found after the tsunami. It was reported that three elephants had run away from the beach an hour before the tsunami hit. Similarly, two dogs of a gentleman living on the Coast near Galle refused to go for their daily run on the beach on the day of tsunami and thus, saved their master’s life.

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The Tsunami Summary In Hindi

सुनामी एक बहुत ही विशाल और शक्तिशाली लहर होती है। यह समुद्र के नीचे भूकम्पों से पैदा होती है। ये लहरें बहुत ही विनाशकारी होती है, क्योंकि इनके मार्ग में कुछ भी आता है, ये उसे बहा ले जाती है। 26 दिसम्बर 2004 को एक सुनामी ने थाईलैंड तथा भारत के कुछ भागों, जैसे कि अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह तथा तमिलनाडु तट को अपनी चपेट में ले लिया था। यहां साहस तथा बचाव से संबंधित कुछ कहानियां दी गई हैं।अंडमान एवं निकोबार द्वीपसमूह की कहानियां

1. इग्नीशियस की पत्नी को सुबह 6 बजे भूकम्प का आभास हुआ। उसने अपने पति को जगाया, सारा परिवार अपने घर से बाहर भाग आया। जब भूकम्प रूका तो उन्होंने समुद्र को ऊपर उठते देखा। बचाव के प्रयास करते समय इग्नीशियस अपनी पत्नी और दो बच्चों के प्राण गंवा बैठा। परंतु उसके तीन बच्चों की जान बच गई।

2. संजीव, जांकि पुलिस का एक सिपाही था, लहरों से अपनी अपनी पत्नी तथा पुत्री की जान बचाने में सफल रहा। परंतु जब उसने जॉन की पत्नी बचाने का प्रयास किया, उसे भी लहरें उसके बहा कर ले गई।

4. तेरह साल की एक लड़की मेघना अपने माता-पिता तथा 77 अन्य लोगों साथ बह गई। उसने समुद्र में लकड़ी के एक दरवाजे को पकड़कर दो दिन बिताये। उसे तट पर पहुँचने वाली एक लहर ने बचा लिया।
5. दस साल की एक लड़की अल्पास जावेद अपने परिवार के साथ क्रिसमस मना रही थी। वह अपने दादा और पिता को खो बैठी एक विशाल लहर का शिकार हो गए। उसकी मां और मौसियां ( aunts ) भी बह गई। सौभाग्यवश अल्मास  लकड़ी के तैरते हुए लट्ठे की सहायता से अपनी जान बचाने में सफल रही। परंतु इस घटना से उसे गहरा सदमा पहुंचा।

थाइलैंड की कहानी

यह ब्रिटेन की एक दस वर्षीय स्कूली लड़की टिलि स्मिथ की कहानी है। वह अपनी सात वर्षीय बहन और अपने माता-पिता पैनी एवं कोलिन स्मिथ के साथ थाइलैंड के एक बीच की सैरगाह पर क्रिसमिस मनाने आई थी। उसने दो सप्ताह पहले अपनी क्लास में सुनामी का एक वीडियो देखा था। उसे सुनामी आने के संकेतों की जानकारी थी। वे संकेत थे समुद्र ( के पानी ) का ऊपर उठना, झाग बनना, बुलबुले उठना और भंवर चक्रों का बनना। उसने वही संकेत देखे और चिल्ला कर अपने परिवार को बीच से हट जाने के लिए कहा। अपनी बेटी को बुरी तरह डरा देखकर उसके माता पिता घबरा गए। टिली के परिवार तथा कई अन्य पर्यटक बीच छोड़ कर चले गए। टिली के परिवार ने होटल के तीसरे माले पर शरण ली। वे लोग जो वही रह गए अपनी जान गवा बैठे।

पशुओं का व्यवहार

कुछ लोगों का विश्वास है कि पशु सुनामी आने के खतरे को भाँप सकते है। सुनामी के कारण 150,000 से भी अधिक लोग मारे गए, परंतु रिपोर्टों के अनुसार मरने वाले पशुओं की संख्या अधिक नहीं थी। कहा जाता है कि उनकी छठी इन्द्री उन्हें खतरे की चेतावनी दे देती है और वे अपने प्राण बचाने के लिए भाग जाते है। उदाहरण के लिए श्रीलंका के माला नेशनल पार्क के तीन हाथी सुनामी आने से एक घंटा पहले ही बीच से भाग गए थे। इसी प्रकार एक गाला के निकट तट पर रहने वाले एक सज्जन के दो कुत्तों ने सुनामी वाले दिन बीच पर अपनी दैनिक दौड़ के लिए जाने से इन्कार कर दिया था। इस प्रकार उन्होंने अपने तथा अपने मालिक के प्राण बचा लिए।

The Tsunami Hindi Translation Of The Lesson (With Word Meanings)

Look at the map of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands given here.

Kseeb Class 8 English The Tsunami Textbook Solutions

1. Now read the sentences below. Rewrite the incorrect ones after correcting the mistakes.

1. Katchall is an island.
2. It is part of the Andaman group of islands.
3. Nancowry is an island in the Nicobar group.
4. Katchall and Nancowry are more than a hundred miles apart. (Hint: the scale of the map is given.)
5. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are to the west of India.
6. The Nicobar Islands are to the north of the Andaman Islands.

Answer.

1. Correct.
2. It (Katchall) is a part of the Nicobar group of islands.
3. Correct.
4. Katchall and Nancowry are less than a hundred miles apart.
5. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are to the south-east of India.
6. The Nicobar islands are to the south of the Andaman islands.A tsunami is a very large and powerful wave caused by earthquakes under the sea. On 26 December 2004, a tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Tamil Nadu Coast. Here are some stories of courage and survival.

Did animals sense that a tsunami was coming? Some stories suggest that they did.

 These stories are all from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved.

सुनामी एक बहुत ही विष्ठशाल और ष्टाक्तिष्ठशाली लहर होती है जो समुद्र के नीचे भूकम्पों से पैदा होती है। 26 दिसम्बर, 2004 को थाइलैंड और भारत के कुछ भागों जैसे अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह तथा तमिलनाडु के समुद्री तटीय भागों को सुनामी का प्रकोप झेलना पड़ा। यहां साहस और अस्तित्व के बचाव की कुछ कहानियां दी गई है। क्या पशुओं को सुनामी के आने का आभास हो गया था? कुछ कहानियों यह सिद्ध हो गया कि उन्हें सुनामी के आने का आभास हो गया था। ये सभी कहानियां अण्डमान तथा निकोबार द्वीप समूह की हैं। इगनीसियस कचल (Katchall) में एक सहकारी समिति का प्रबन्धक (मैनेजर) था। उसकी पत्नी ने उसे प्रातः छः बजे जगा दिया क्यों उसने भूकम्प के झटके महसूस किए थे। इगनीसियस ने सावधानी से टेलीविजन को मेज के ऊपर से उठा कर जमीन पर रख दिया ताकि वह गिरकर टूट न जाए। फिर परिवार तेजी से घर के बाहर भागा। जब कम्पन रुक गई, तब उन्होंने समुद्र को उठते देखा। इस अफरातफरी में उसके दो बच्चे अपने नाना और मामा के हाथ पकड़ कर विपरीत दिशा में भागे। वे उसे दोबारा कभी दिखाई नहीं दिये। उसकी पत्नी भी बह गई। केवल तीन बच्चे जो उसके साथ आए थे, बच गए।

The Tsunami Class 8 English Kseeb Important Questions

Word Meanings

• courage bravery, साहस
• tremor shaking and trembling of earth, कम्पन
• opposite completely different विपरीत
• rushed out to move swiftly, तेजी से बाहर भागा
• chaos complete disorder अफरातफरी
• swept away washed off, बह गई

3. Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall island of the Nicobar group of Islands. He somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves. But then he heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook. Sanjeev jumped into the water to rescue her, but they were both swept away. Thirteen year-old Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave, and was found walking on the seashore in a daze.

संजीव पुलिस का सिपाही था जो निकोबार द्वीप समूह के कचल (Katchall) द्वीप में नौकरी करता था। वह किसी प्रकार अपने आप को, अपनी पत्नी को तथा अपनी बच्ची को लहरों से बचाने में सफल रहा। परन्तु तब उसने अतिथिगृह के रसोइए जॉन की पत्नी की चीखें सुनी जो सहायता के लिए चिल्ला रही थी। संजीव उसे बचाने के लिए पानी में कूद पड़ा, परन्तु वे दोनों पानी में बह गए।

तेरह वर्षीय मेघना अपने माता-पिता और 77 अन्य लोगों के साथ पानी में बह गई। वह दो दिन तक लकड़ी का एक दरवाजा पकड़े समुद्र में तैरती रही। उसने ऊपर 11 बार राहत पहुचाने वाले हेलिकाप्टरों को उड़ते देखा, परन्तु उन्होंनें उस बच्ची को नहीं देखा। उसे एक लहर तट पर ले आई और वह स्तब्ध अवस्था में समुद्र तट पर चलते मिली

Word Meanings

• dazed – stunned, bewildered, चकित, स्तब्ध
• relief helicopter – helicopter bringing help to
• people during flood emergencies,
• rescue save बचाने के लिए

राहत कार्य करने वाला हेलीकाप्टर

4. Almas Javed was ten years old. She was a student of Carmel Convent in Port Blair where her father had a petrol pump. Her mother Rahila’s home was in Nan covery island. The family had gone there to celebrate Christmas. When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas’ father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.

अल्मास जावेद की आयु दस वर्ष थी। वह पोर्ट ब्लेयर में, जहां उपके पिता का पैट्रोल पम्प था, कर्मिल कानवेंट की छात्रा थीं। उसकी मां Rahila का मायका नैनकाओरि (Nancowry) द्वीप में था। परिवार वहाँ क्रिसमस मनाने गया था। जब प्रातः भूंकप आया, वे सब सो रहे थे। अल्यास के पिता ने समुद्र की लहरो को वापस जाते देखा। वो समझ गये कि पानी ताकत से वापस आएगा। उन्होंने सब को जगाया और सुरक्षित स्थान पर भागने की कोशिश की।

Word Meanings

recede withdraw move back, वापिस जाना

5. As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away.
   Almas’ mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away. Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair. The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatised.

जब वे दौड़ रहे थे तो उसके नाना के सिर में कोई चीज लगी और वह गिर पड़े। उसके पिता उनकी ( नाना की ) सहायता के लिए दौड़े। उसी समय एक दैत्याकार लहर आई और दोनों को बहा ले गई। अल्मास की मां और मौसियां नारियल के पत्तों को पकड़े खड़ी थीं और उसे पुकार रही थीं। एक लहर ने वृक्ष को उखाड़ दिया और वे भी उसके साथ ही बह गई।
अल्मास ने लकड़ी का एक लट्ठा तैरते देखा। वह उस पर बैठ गई। तब वह बेहोश हो गई। जब उसे होश आया तो वह कमॉटो ( Kamorta) के एक हस्पताल में थी। वहा से उसे पोर्ट ब्लेयर (Port Blair) लाया गया। यह छोटी लड़की किसी से भी इस घटना के विषय में बात नहीं करना चाहती। वह अभी भी सदमे में हैं।

Word Meanings

• giant huge, दैत्याकार
• fainted – became unconscious, बेहोष्ठा हो गई
• traumatised – greatly shocked and distressed,

सदमें में

clinging – hold on tightly, कस के पकड़ना

6. Tilly Smith (a British school grl ) was able to save many I’ves when the tsunami struck Phuket beach in Thailand. Though she has won a number of awards, her parents have not allowed their daughter to be interviewed on television ana maae into a heroine. Why do you think they too< that decision?
   Now here is a story from Thailand.
   The Smith family from South-East England were celebrating Christmas at a beach resort in souther Thailand. Tilly Smith was a ten-year-old schoolgirl; her sister was seven years old. Their parents were Penny and Colin Smith. It was 26 December 2004. Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. They had been triggered by a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning.

ब्रिटेन की एक स्कूली लड़की टिलि स्मिथ ने थाईलैंड के फुकेट सागर तट पर आई सुनामी में अनेक लोगों की जान बचाई थी। यद्यपि उसने बहुत से इनाम जीते हैं तो भी उसके माता-पिता ने उसे नायिकाओं के समान टेलीविजन पर साक्षात्कार की अनुमति नहीं दी है। आपके विचार में उन्होंने ऐसा निर्णय क्यों लिया?

7. “The water was swelling and kept coming in,” Penny Smith remembered. “The beach was getting smaller and smaller. I didn’t know what was happening.” But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family. Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam, bubble and form whirlpools. She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown her class the video, and told them that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides.

“समुद्र का पानी उफान पर था और निरन्तर अन्दर प्रवेश कर रहा था । ” पैनि स्मिथ को याद था । “सागर तट छोटा होता जा रहा था। मेरी समझ में नहीं आया कि क्या हो रहा है।” परन्तु टिलि स्मिथ को आभास हो गया कि कुछ गड़बड़ अवश्य है। उसे अपने परिवार के साथ थाईलैंड के लिए उड़ान भरने से दो सप्ताह पहले इंग्लैड़ में पढ़े गए भूगोल के पाठ की याद आईं। टिलि ने समुद्र के पानी को धीरे-धीरे चढ़ते झाग बनाते, बुलबुले उठाते और भंवर बनाते देखा। उसे याद आया कि उसने 1946 में (Hawaiian) हवाई द्वीप समूह में आए सुनामी का ऐसा ही दृश्य अपनी कक्षा में वीडियों में देखा था। उनके भूगोल अध्यापक ने क्लास को वीडियो दिखाया था और उन्हें बताया था कि सुनामी लहरें भूकम्प, ज्वालामुखी और भूस्खलन के कारण उठती है।

Karnataka Sslc Class 8 English Chapter 2 Solutions In English

Word Meanings

• sensed became aware of महसूस किया
• landslide – a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock
• down a mountain or cliff, भूस्खलन
• bubble boil foam, उबलना
• hysterical caused by hysteria उन्मादी

8. Tilly started to scream at her family to get off the beach. “She talked about an earthquake under the sea. She got more and more hysterical,” said her mother Penny. “I didn’t know what a tsunami was. But seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on.” Tilly’s parents took her and her sister away from the beach, to the swimming pool at the hotel. A number of other tourists also left the beach with them. “Then it was as if the entire sea had come out after them. I was screaming, ‘Run!’ The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves. If they had stayed on the beach, they would not have been alive. The Smiths later met other tourists who has lost entire families. Thanks to Tilly and her geography lesson, they had been forewarned. Tilly went back to her school in England and told her classmates her terrifying tale.

टिलि ने चिल्लाते हुए अपने परिवार को सागर तट से दूर भागने को कहा। “उसने समुद्र के नीचे आए भूकम्प के बारे में बताया। वह और अधिक उन्मादी होती जा रही थी। ” उसका मां पैनि ने बताया, “मैं सुनामी के बारे में नहीं जानती थी। परन्तु अपनी पुत्री को इतना भयभीत देखकर मैने सोचा कि कोई गम्भीर घटना घटने वाली है । ” टिलि के माता-पिता उसे और उसकी बहन को बीच (तट) से दूर होटल में स्विमिंग पूल पर ले गए। उनके साथ ही अनेक अन्य सैलानी भी सागर तट से चले गए। “फिर ऐसा लगा मानों पूरा सागर उनके पीछे तट से बाहर आ गया हो।” मैं चीख रही थी, “भागो। ” परिवार ने होटल की तीसरी मंजिल पर शरण ली। होटल का भवन तीन सुनाम

लहरों का संवेग सहन कर गया। यदि वे सागर तट पर रुके रहते तो वे जीवित न बचते। स्मिथ परिवार बाद में अन्य सैलानियों से मिला जिनके परिवार के परिवार समाप्त हो गए थे। टिलि और उसके भूगोल के पाठ का धन्यवाद, उन्हें पहले ही चेतावनी मिल गई थी। जब टिलि वापिस इंग्लैंड में अपने स्कूल गई तो उसने अपने सहपाठियों को अपनी भयानक आप बीती सुनाई।

Word Meanings

• refuge shelter, protection from danger, आश्रय
• terrifying – frightening, भयानक
• surge force, momentum बल, संवेग
• withstood endured without collapsing, सहन

किया

Look carefully at the picture of the boy and his dog, and try to describe the things that you see, using just words and phrases. Either the teacher or one of the students can write down the words and phrases on the blackboard. This is how you can start-
calm, blue sea…..ruined huts.

9. Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts, elephants screamed and ran for higher ground; dogs refused to go outdoors; flamingoes abandoned their low-lying breeding areas; and zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not be enticed to come back out.

लड़के और उसके कुत्ते की तस्वीर को ध्यान से देखो और जो चीज़ आप देखते हैं उन्हें केवल शब्द समूहों में वर्णन करों| अध्यापक अथवा विद्यार्थियों में से कोई एक शब्द और शब्द समूहों को ब्लैकबोर्ड पर लिखा सकता है। आप इस प्रकार आरम्भ कर सकते हैं-
शान्ति….. नीला सागर…. नष्ट हुई झोंपड़ियाँ…..

विशाल लहरों के भारत तथा श्रीलंका के सागर तटों से धमाके के साथ टकराने से पहले ऐसा लगता है कि जंगली और पालतू पशुओं को पता चल गया था कि क्या होने वाला है। वे सुरक्षित स्थानों पर भाग गए। प्रत्यक्ष साक्षियों (चश्मदीदा गवाहों) के विवरण के अनुसार, हाथी चिंघाड़ने लगे तथा ऊंचे स्थानों की ओर भागने लगे कुत्ते घरों से बाहर जाने में आनाकानी करने लगे। राजहंस पक्षी प्रजनन के निचले स्थानों से चले गए। चिड़ियाघर के पशु तेजी से अपने शरण स्थानों पर चले गए और उन्हें बाहर निकलने के लिए बहलाया फुसलाया नहीं जा सका।

Word meanings

• slammed hit forcefully, जोर से टकराई
• abandoned – gave up, ts feat
• flamingo long-necked bird, राजहंस पक्षी
• breeding – producing of young by animals,

प्रजनन

10. Many people believe that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts believe that animals’ more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on. We cannot be sure whether animals have a sixth sense or not. But the fact is that the giant waves that rolled through the Indian Ocean killed more than 150,000 people in a dozen countries; but not many animals have been reported dead.

बहुत से लोगों का विश्वास है कि पशुओं में छठी इन्द्री (छठी हिस) होती है और वे जानते हैं कि पृथ्वी हिलने वाली है (भूकम्प) आने वाला है)। कुछ विशेषज्ञों का मत है कि पशुओं की सुनने की तीव्र शाक्ति पृथ्वी के कम्पन को सुनने या महसूस करने में उनकी सहायता करती है। उन्हें मनुष्यों से बहुत पहले विनाश का आभास हो जाता है। हम विश्वास से नहीं कह सकते कि पशुओं में छठी इन्द्री होती है अथवा नहीं। परन्तु सत्य है कि हिन्द महासागर में उठने वाली विशाल लहरों ने दर्जन भर देशों में 1,50,000 लोगों को मौत की नींद सुला दिया, परन्तु पशुओं के अधिक संख्या में मरने की जानकारी नहीं है।

Word Meanings

• acute intense, तीव्र
• disaster – an event resulting in great loss and
• misfortune, विनाश

11. . Along India’s Cuddalore coast, where thousands of people perished, buffaloes, goats and dogs were found unharmed. The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is home to a variety of animals including elephants, leopards and 130 species of birds. Sixty visitors were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park; but no animal carcasses were found, except for two water buffaloes. About an hour before the tsunami hit, people at Yala National Park had observed three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach.

A Sri Lankan gentleman who lives on the coast near Galle said his two dogs would not go for their  daily run on the beach. “They are usually excited to go on this outing,” he said. But on that day they refused to go, and most probably saved his life.

भारत के कडलोर (Cuddalore ) तटीय भाग में जहां हज़ारों लोग मारे गए, भैंसों, बकरियों और कुत्तों की कोई हानि नहीं पहुंची। श्रीलंका में याला नैशनल याला नैशनल पार्क (Yala National Park) हाथियों, तेंदुओं सहित पक्षियों की 130 प्रजातियों का आश्रय स्थान है। पार्क के अन्दर पातंगला (Patangala beach) तट पर 60 पर्यटक बह गए परन्तु दो समद्री भैंसों के शवों के अतिरिक्त अन्य किसी पशु का शव नहीं मिला। सुनामी लहरों के सागर तट से टकराने से एक घंटा पहले याला नैशनल पार्क के लोगों ने तीन हाथियों को पातंगला बीच से दूर भागते देखा था।

गाले के निकट सागर तट पर रहने वाले श्रीलंका के एक भद्र पुरुष ने बताया कि उसके दोनों कुत्तं रोज़ की तरह तट पर दौड़ने के लिए नहीं गए। उसने कहा, “प्रायः वे (कुत्ते) बाहर जाने के लिए उत्तेजित रहते हैं। परन्तु उस दिन उन्होनें बाहर जाने से मना कर दिया और सम्भवतः इसी कारण उसकी अपनी जान बच गई। “

Word Meanings

• excited thrilled, उत्तेजित
• perished died, suffered destruction, मर गए,
• नज्ट हो गए
• refused rejected, मना कर दिया

The Tsunami D. Textbook Exercises (Solved)

Comprehension Check—1

Say whether the following are true or false.

1. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.
2. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.
3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.
4. Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.
5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the coconut tree that they were holding on to.

Answer. 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True

The Tsunami Comprehension Check-2

Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.

1. Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?

Answer. Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celeberate Christmas.

2. What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

Answer. Both Tilly and her mother saw that the water was swelling and kept coming in and the beach was getting smaller and smaller.

3. Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them (the warning signs)?

Answer. No, she wasn’t alarmed by them as she did not know what was happening.

4. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

Answer. Tilly had seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion when her teacher in one of the lessons in school showed a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946.

5. Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?

Answer. The Smith family and the others on the beach went to the swimming pool at the hotel to escape from the tsunami.

6. How do you think Tilly’s geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

Answer. I think her geography teacher must have felt proud of Tilly.

Kseeb Class 8 English The Tsunami Solved Exercises

The Tsunami Comprehension Check-3

Answer using a phrase or a sentence.

1. In the tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?

Answer. Not many animals died in the tsunami.

2. How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?

Answer. Sixty people died whereas only two water buffaloes died in the Yala National Park.

3. What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?

Answer. People say that three elephants of Yala National Park ran for higher ground about an hour before the tsunami hit.

4. What did the dogs in Galle do?

Answer. The dogs in Galle refused to go for their daily run on the beach.

The Tsunami Working With The Text

Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answers.

1. When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?

Answer. No, Ignesious did not worry about a tsunami when he felt the earthquake. Rather he was worried about his television. He took it off the table and put it on the ground lest it should break. The sentence that tells us that Ignesious did not have any time for discussion is In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction.”

2. Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?

[Look up the dictionary for words that you are not sure of.

brave

cheerful

heroic

brash

heartless

humorous

ambitious

selfless

careless

Class 8 English The Tsunami Notes Karnataka Board

Answer. Sanjeev was brave, heroic and selfless.

Use words from the list to complete the three sentences below

1. I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful_____ or____
2. I think that he was very brave______ or____
3. Sanjeev was not heartless______ or_____

Answer. (1) ambitious, humorous (2) heroic, selfless (3)bresh,careless

3. How are Meghna’s and Almas’s stories similar?

Answer. Meghna was swept away along with her parents. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. A wave brought her to the shore. Similarly, Almas was also washed away. She climbed on a log of wood and fainted. She woke up to find herself in a hospital. Thus, both escaped death.

4. What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you were in their place?

Answer. Her parents could have thought that Tilly had lost her wits. They could have also thought that Tilly was having a fit of hysteria. If I had no knowledge about tsunamis, I would also have reacted in the same way.

5. If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with her parents or her geography teacher?

Answer. I think she should decidedly share it with her geography teacher.

6. What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?

Answer. Firstly, many people believe that animals have a sixth sense. They know when the earth is going to shake. Secondly, some experts hold the view that animals’ acute hearing power helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibation. The second idea is more believable.

The Tsunami Working With Language

1. Go through Part-I carefully, and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly-count how many times!) Put them into three categories.

• fast movement
• slow movement
• neither slow nor fast

Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?

Note: Do it with the help of your teacher.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

1. The earth trembled, but not many people felt the_____ (tremble).
2. When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of_____ and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)
3. We heard with_____ _in the lion had recaptured. (relieve).
4. The Zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue).
5. There was much_______ in the village when the snake chamer came visiting. (excite)

Answer. (1) trembling (2) confusion (3) relief (iv) rescue (4) excitement

3 Study the sentences in the columns A and B.

The Tsunami Class 8 English Summary And Explanation Kseeb

Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’ mentioned in A, or in B? The doer is mentioned in column B. Notice the verbs in A ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit’, ‘were washed away’, ‘were found’. They are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Voice. In these sentences, the focus is not on the person who does the action. In B, the ‘doer of the action is named. The verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice. Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after each sentence as shown in the first sentence.

1. Someone stole my bicycle. A…..
2. The tyres were deflated by the traffic police…..
3. I found it last night in a ditch near my house.
4. It had been thrown there…..
5. My father gave it to the mechanic….
6. The mechanic repaired it for me…..

Answer. (i) A (ii) P (iii) A (iv) P (v) A (vi) A

The Tsunami Speaking And Writing

1. Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for relief work after the tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water and medicines among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.

You may start in this way. 31 December, 2004 The killer tsunami struck these islands five days ago. But the victims are being brought in even now. Each  one has a story to tell. 31 December, 2004 The killer tsunami struck these islands five days ago. But the victims are being brought in even now. Each one has a story to tell. A thirteen year old boy told me how he saved seven lives. An old lady and her granddaughter were saved by a boatman. People tell stories how they lost their loved ones when the huge waves came crashing down. Some lost their parents, some siblings and some other, their wives and husbands. Many people have lost all their family members. Rescue operations are still underway and every day survivors are being found stranded on different islands. The survivors are struggling hard to get back to life. I am deeply touched by their grit and determination to live.

2. The story tells how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.

Do you remember any incident when something that you learnt in the classroom helped you in some way outside the classroom? Write your experiences in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the whole class like
an anecdote.

Answer. Last Monday I was coming back home from school. It was very hot. I saw an old man walking on the road. He seemed to be a simple villager. Suddenly his nose stared bleeding. He was puzzled what to do. I had learnt in my classroom how to deal with a bleeding nose. I got hold of his hand and took him to a tap. I put his head under it and started the supply of the water. Within five minutes his bleeding stopped. He thanked me and went his way.

The Tsunami  Extract Based Questions

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

(1) Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m.

because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family rushed out of the house.

1. What was Ignesious?
2. Who woke Ignesious up and when?
3. Why did his wife wake Ignesious up?
4. What did Ignesious do then and why?
5. What did the family do?

Answer.

1. Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall.
2. His wife woke him up at 6 a.m.
3. His wife woke him up because she felt an earthquake.
4. Ignesious took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground lest it should fall and break.
5. The family rushed out of the house.

(2) When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved.

1. What did they see after the tremors had stopped?
2. What did the two children do in the chaos and confusion?
3. Did the children with their mother’s father and mother’s brother survive the tsunami?
4. What happeed to his (Ignesious’s) wife?
5. What happened to his three other children who came with him?

Answer.

1. They saw the sea rising after the tremors had stopped.
2. In the chaos and confusion, the two children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction.
3. (No, they did not survive the tsunami as Ignesious never saw them again.
4. His wife was also swept away.
5. His three other children who came with him were saved

Kseeb Class 8 English The Tsunami Mcqs With Answers

(3) Thirteen-year old Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave, and was found walking on the seashore in a daze.

1. How old was Meghna?
2. Who was Meghna swept away along with?
3. How did she spend two days in the sea?
4. How many times did she see relief helicopters overhead?
5. What brought her to the shore?

Answer.

1. Meghna was thirteen years old.
2. Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy seven other people.
3. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door.
4. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead.
5. A wave brought her to the shore.

(4) Tilly’s parents took her and her sister away from the beach, to the swimmig pool at the hotel. A number of other tourists also left the beach with them. “Then it was as if the entire sea had come out after them. I was screaming, ‘Run!’.
The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves. If they had stayed on the beach, they would not have been alive.

1. Where did Tilly’s parents take her and her sister?
2. Who left the beach with them?
3. How did the sea behave after that?
4. Where did the family take refuge?
5. What did the hotel building withstand?

Answer.

1. Tilly’s parents took her and her sister to the swimming pool at the hotel.
2. A number of other tourists also left the beach with them.
3. it was as if the entire sea had come out after them.
4. The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel.
5. The hotel building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves.

The Tsunami Additional Questions

Very Short Answer Type Questions

1. What causes a tsunami?

Answer. A tsunami is caused by earthquakes under the sea.

2. Why did Ignesious’s wife wake him up?

Answer. Ignesious’s wife woke him up because she felt earthquake tremors.

3. What saved Almas Javed?

Answer. A floating log of wood saved Almas Javed.

4. Who was Tilly Smith?

Answer. Tilly Smith was a ten year old school girl.

The Tsunami Short Answer Type Questions

1. Who was Sanjeev? How did he prove to be both lucky and unlucky?

Answer. Sanjeev was a policeman who was able to save himself, his wife and daughter from the deadly waves. But when he tried to rescue the guesthouse cook’s wife, he too was swept away with her by the deadly waves. Thus he proved to be lucky and unlucky, at the same time.

2. How did Meghna get caught in the waves? How was she saved?

Answer. Meghna was a thirteen year old girl. She was swept away by the waves along with her parents and seventy seven other people. She spent two days holding on to a wooden door in the sea. She was brought back to the shore by a wave and was found walking on the shore, dazed.

The Tsunami Long Answer Type Questions

1. Who was Tilly Smith? How did she save her family from disaster of the tsunami waves?

Answer. Tilly Smith was a ten year old British school girl. She had come to a beach resort in Thailand to celebrate Christmas with her family. She had seen a video of tsunami two weeks before in her class room. She knew the signs of tsunami. She saw the same signs and started screaming at her family to get off the beach. Her parents got confused to see their daughter terribly frightened. Therefore, Tilly’s family and several other tourists left the beach. Tilly’s family took refuge in the third floor of a hotel. They managed to survive but those who stayed back lost their lives.

Class 8 English Kseeb The Tsunami Short And Long Answer Questions

2. What light does the lesson throw on animal behaviour during the tsunami?

Answer. Some people believe that the animals can sense the coming of a tsunami. Some facts suggest that they can. During the tsunami of 2004, more than 150,000 people lost their lives, but not many animals were reported dead. It is said that their sixth sense warn them of the danger and they run for life. For example, in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, three elephants had run away from the beach an hour before the tsunami hit. Similarly two dogs of a gentleman living on the coast near Galle saved their master’s life by refusing to go for their daily run on the beach on the day of tsunami.

The Tsunami Summary In English

A city looks different when we look at it from ten thousand feet above the ground. While we are in the thick of it, it looks unplanned and without a style. But on seeing it from above the ground, it looks well planned and well-designed.

The poet sees his city from a jet plane in the sky. When his jet sprang into the sky, he came to understand why the city had developed the way it had developed. It means that it had developed according to a plan.

The poet wanted to know another thing. It was why the cities were near rivers why the valleys were populated. This became clear to him when his jet reached ten thousand feet above the ground. It supported the logic of geography that land and water attracted man.

The concluding stanza conveys the theme of the poem. When the poet reached six miles high in his jet, he found that the earth was round. It had more water (sea) than land. But he failed to understand why men on this beautiful earth hated and killed one another.

The Tsunami Summary In Hindi

जब हम एक शहर को पृथ्वी से दस हजार फुट की ऊंचाई से देखते हैं तो यह भिन्न दिखाई देता है। जब हम शहर के बीच होते हैं तो यह बिना किसी योजना एवं शैली से निर्मित प्रतीत होता है, परन्तु पृथ्वी से ऊंचाई पर देखने से यह सुनियोजित और नमूनाबद्ध दिखाई देता है।

कवि अपने शहर को ऊपर जेट हवाई जहाज से देखता है। जब जैट आकाश में उड़ा तो उसकी समझ में आया कि जिस ढंग से शहर विकसित हुआ है उस ढंग से क्यों हुआ। इसका अर्थ यह हुआ कि शहर योजना के अनुसार ही विकसित हुआ।  कवि एक और बात जानना चहाता था। वह थी कि शहर नदियों के निकट क्यों हैं और घाटियों में आबादी क्यों है। यह उसकी समझ में तब आया जब उसका जहाज पृथ्वी से दस हज़ार फुट ऊंचाई पर पहुंचा। इससे भूगोल के उस तर्क की पुष्टी हुई कि मानव भूमि और पानी की ओर आकर्षित हुआ।

अन्तिम छन्द कविता का सार व्यक्त करता है। जब कवि जैट में छः मील की ऊंचाई पर पहुंचा, तो उसे पता चला कि पृथ्वी गोल है। इस पर भूमि की अपेक्षा पानी अधिक है। परन्तु उसकी समझ में यह नहीं आया कि इस सुन्दर पृथ्वी पर लोग एक-दूसरे से घृणा क्यों करते है और क्यों एक-दूसरे को मार डालते हैं।

The Tsunami Hindi translation Of The Lesson (With Word Meanings)

  1. When the jet sprang into the sky, it was clear why the city had developed the way it had, seeing it scaled six inches to the mile. There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard, unplanned and without style When the jet sprang into the sky.

1. जब जेट (हवाई जहाज) आकाश में ऊपर उठा तो यह स्पष्ट हो गया कि शहर का विस्तार इस तरीके क्यों हुआ। इसका पैमाना एक मील के लिए छ: इंच (6 inch = | mile) ही दिखाई पड़ता था। अर्थात् शहर के छोटे रूप को ऐसा लगा कि धरती पर दिखाई देने वाले शहर के तथा अनियोजित विस्तार को रोका नहीं जा सकता था। जब जहाज आकाश में ऊपर पहुंचा तब जा कर इस बात का आभास हुआ।

Word Meanings

sprang moved up, took off, ऊपर उठा

inevitability – state of being unavoidable, fat

बात को टाला या रोका न जा सकना

Haphazard -without any plan, अव्यवस्थित

Class 8 Kseeb English Theme And Message Of The Tsunami

   2. When the jet reached ten thousand feet, it was clear why the country had cities where the rivers ran and why the valleys were populated. The logic of geography- that land and water attracted man- was clearly delineated When the jet reached ten thousand feet.

2. जब जेट दस हजार फुट की ऊंचाई पर पहुंचा तो यह स्पष्ट हो गया कि देश में शहर नदियों के साथ-साथ क्यों बसे है तथा लोगों ने घाटियों में बस्तियां क्यों बसाई । कवि को भूगोल का यह तर्क स्पष्ट रूप से समझ में आ गया कि मानव को धरती (स्थल) और जल ने अपनी ओर आकर्षित किया। यह जेट के दस हजार फुट ऊपर जाने पर पता चली।

Word Meanings

populated full of inhabitants, आबाद थी

|delineated defined, स्पष्ट हो गया

3. When the jet rose six miles high, it was clear the earth was round and that it had more sea than land. But it was difficult to understand that the men on the earth found causes to hate each other, to build walls across cities and to kill. From that height, it was not clear why.

3. जब जेट छः मील की ऊंचाई पर पहुंचा। तो कवि यह बात समझ गया कि धरती गोल है। और इस पर स्थल की अपेक्षा समुद्र (जल) अधिक है। पर उसके लिए यह समझ पाना कठिन हो गया कि धरती पर मनुष्य किस कारण एक-दूसरे से नफरत (घृणा) करते है। शहरों के बीच दीवारे बनाते हैं और एक दूसरे की हत्या करते है। इतनी ऊंचाई से यह सब कुछ स्पष्ट नहीं था।

Word Meanings

rose went up, ऊपर गया

build walls (here) create barriers to separate

people, दीवारें खड़ी करीं l

The Tsunami Textbook Exercises (Solved)

WORKING WITH THE POEM

1. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.

Answer.The phrases are:

1. scaled six inches to the mile
2. the valleys were populated
3. land and water attracted man
4. the country had cities where the rivers ran2.  Seen from the window of an aieroplane, the city appears1.  as haphazard as on ground.
   2. as neat as a map
   3.as developed as necessary.

        Mark the right answer.

Answer. (2) as neat as a map.

Karnataka Board Class 8 English The Tsunami Notes In Kannada

  3. Which of the following statements are examples of “the logic of       geography”?

1.  There are cities where there are rivers.
2. Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.
3. It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
4. It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another.
5. The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

Answer.

1. There are cities where there are rivers.
2. It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
3. The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

The Tsunami Mention two things that are

1. clear from the height.
2. not clear from the height.

Answer.

(1) It is clear from the height that

(a) valleys are populated

(b) the earth is round

(2) It is not clear from the height why humans

(a) build walls across the cities.

(b) hate and kill one another.

The Tsunami Extract Based Questions

Read the stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow.

(1) When the jet reached ten thousand feet, it was clear why the country had cities where the rivers ran and why the valleys were populated. The logic of geography- that land and water attracted man- was clearly delineated When the jet reached ten thousand feet.

(1) Where are the cities located?

Answer. The cities are located near the rivers.

(2) Why are the valleys populated?

Answer. The valleys were populated because of the availability of land and water there.

(3) What is the logic of geography?

Answer. The logic of geography is that land and water attracted man.

(4) When could the poet understand all this?

Answer. The poet could understand all this when he looked down from a height of ten thousand feet above the ground.

(5) Write the rhyming words from the stanza.

Answer. ran – man; populated – delineated

(2) When the jet rose six miles highit was clear the earth was round and that it had more sea than land. But it was difficult to understand that the men on the earth found causes to hate each other, to build walls across cities and to kill. From that height, it was not clear why.

(1) At what height is the jet from the ground?

Answer. The jet is at a height of six miles from the ground.

(2) What becomes clear to the poet?

Answer. It becomes clear to the poet that the earth is round and it has more sea than land.

(3) Who hate and kill one another?

Answer. Men hate and kill one another.

(4) Does the poet know the reason behind it?

Answer. No, the poet fails to understand the reason behind it.

(5) Write the words that rhyme together.

Answer. Land-understand; high-why; round-found.

The Tsunami Additional Questions

Very Short Answer Type Question

1. From where did the poet have a look on the earth?

Answer. The poet had a look on the earth from a jet in the sky.

2. What seemed inevitable to the poet?

Answer. The unplanned development of the cities looked inevitable to the poet.

3. What is the shape of the earth?

Answer. The shape of the earth is round.

4. Which areas of the earth are generally populated?

Answer. The areas of the earth where land and water are easily available are generally populated.

The Tsunami Short Answer Type Questions

1. What did the poet learn about the cities of the country from a height of ten thousand feet?

Answer. From a height of ten thousand feet, the poet learnt the fact that land and water attracted man. That is why the cities are located near rivers and the valleys are populated. Valleys and cities near rivers have easy access to fertile land and huge amounts of water..

2. In what way a city seen from the ground is different from a city seen from above?

Answer. A city when seen from the ground look haphazard, unplanned and without any structure and style. However when one looks at a city from above the ground, one can see that it was made according to a particular plan. When looked from above the cities look properly designed.

The Tsunami Long Answer Type Questions

Give in brief the main idea of the poem.

Answer. Our earth is very beautiful. It is round in shape. The fact becomes clear when seen from the height. The earth has neatly planned cities where rivers run. The valleys are populated. There is more water than land on earth. Everything about the earth makes perfect sense. There is a reason why cities are located near rivers and valleys with fertile lands are populated. However what does not make sense is the hatred and cruelty of man towards his fellow beings. Humans are not satisfied. They build walls across the cities. They hate and kill each other. The poet wants to stress upon the need to live happily and peacefully.