KSEEB Solutions For Class 8 English Chapter 7 A Visit to Cambridge

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‘A Visit to Cambridge’ is an autobiographical account of the writer, Firdaus Kanga. In the story, Firdaus Kanga recalls his thirty-minute meeting with Stephen Hawking. Both Firdaus Kanga and Stephen Hawking are persons with disability who have achieved a lot in their lives. Stephen Hawking is a world-famous astrophysicist whereas Kanga is a writer and journalist from Mumbai, India.

Kanga narrates how on a walking tour near Cambridge he was informed that Stephen Hawking lived nearby. He immediately rang Hawking at his house. Soon, he fixed a meeting with Hawking for thirty minutes. Kanga was extremely excited to meet Hawking but at the same time, he was afraid to say something foolish and waste the time allotted to him for the meeting.

Firdaus Kanga said that for him Stephen Hawking is an inspiration. He wanted to share his own struggle and experience as a ‘differently abled person with Stephen Hawking. He wanted to know how Stephen Hawking had overcome his limitations. When he met Hawking, he was surprised to hear Hawking telling him that he was not that brave but he had no other choice but to struggle and overcome his disability with intelligence.

Stephen’s every effort of tapping the switch in his hand to converse with Firdaus Kanga moved him greatly. Stephen Hawking and Firdaus Kanga went on to talk about various issues that affected their lives. They talked about the concept of happiness and how it affects a person with a disability. Stephen agreed with him on one thing he learned from his disability is how much kindness there is in the world.

During that small meeting, Kanga was able to recognise the beautiful man trapped inside a disintegrated body. Stephen added that a person with disability must concentrate fully on doing the things he/she is good at. Only then one could overcome physical limitations and give meaning to life. At the end of a longer-than-expected meeting, Firdaus Kanga felt truly connected with Stephen Hawking. He understood that he was not alone during years of his solitary struggle.

Thus, Firdaus Kanga was able to connect with Stephen Hawking at a new, hopeful level, and his Cambridge journey ended on a more positive note.

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A Visit to Cambridge Summary In Hindi

‘कैंब्रिज भ्रमण लेखक फिरदौस कांगा का एक आत्मकथात्मक लेखा-जोखा है। इस लेख में फिरदौस कांगा ने स्टीफन हॉकिंग से अपने आधे घंटे की मुलाकात का वर्णन किया है। फिरदौस कांगा और स्टीफन हॉकिंग दोनों शारीरिक अपंगता के शिकार थे और इसके बावजूद उन्होंने अपने जीवन में ढेरों उपलब्धियाँ हासिल कीं। स्टीफन हॉकिंग विश्वविख्यात तारा- भैतिकीविज्ञानी हैं जबकि फिरदौस कांगा भारतीय पत्रकार और लेखक हैं जो मुंबई में रहते हैं। उन्होंने बताया है कि कैसे जब वे कैंब्रिज के पास टहल रहे थे तब उन्हें पता चला कि स्टीफन हॉकिंग पास ही रहते हैं।

वे तुरंत ही हॉकिंग के घर की ओर मुड़ गए। जल्दी ही उन्हें हॉकिंग से आधे घंटे की मुलाकात का समय मिल गया। कांगा इस मुलाकात को लेकर काफी उत्साहित थे और साथ ही इस बात को लेकर आशंकित भी कि कहीं उनके मुँह से कुछ मूर्खतापूर्ण बात न निकल जाए और मुश्किल से मिला मुलाकात का कीमती समय बरबाद हो जाए। फिरदौस का कहना है कि स्टीफन हॉकिंग उनके प्रेरणास्रोत रहे हैं। वे स्टीफन हॉकिंग से ‘अन्य रूप से सक्षम व्यक्ति के रूप में अपने संघर्ष और अनुभवों को बाँटना चाहते थे। वे यह जानना चाहते थे कि कैसे स्टीफन हॉकिंन ने अपनी सीमाओं और बाध्यताओं पर विजय प्राप्त की। हॉकिंग से मिलने के बाद तो उन्हें उस समय बड़ा आश्चर्य हुआ जब हॉकिंग ने कहा कि वे बहादुर नहीं थे किंतु उनके पास इसके अलावा कोई चारा भी नहीं था कि वे संघर्ष करें और प्रतिभा के बल पर अपनी शारीरिक अक्षमताओं पर विजय प्राप्त करें।

बातचीत के दौरान स्टीफन ने प्रत्येक टेपिंग स्विच का संचालन बड़ी कुशलता से किया, जो कि लेखक के लिए एक शानदार अनुभव था। फिरदौस कांगा और स्टीफन हॉकिंग ने उनके खुद के जीवन को प्रभावित करनेवाले विभिन्न पहलुओं पर विचार विमर्श किया। उन्होंने जीवन में खुशी की अवधारणा पर विचार किया, साथ ही इस पर भी कि यह कैसे शारीरिक रूप से अक्षम व्यक्तियों को प्रभावित कर सकती है। स्टीफन ने अपने इस तथ्य को स्वीकार किया कि उन्होंने अपनी अशक्तता से एक बात जानी है कि संसार में कितनी दया-भावना है।

इस छोटी सी मुलाकात में कांगा यह जान गए कि स्टीफन एक अशक्त शरीर में एक सुंदर इनसान हैं। स्टीफन ने आगे बताया कि एक शारीरिक रूप से अशक्त व्यक्ति को हमेशा पूरी शक्ति लगाकर वही काम करना चाहिए जिसे करने में वह पूरी तरह सक्षम हो। तभी वह अपनी शारीरिक अक्षमताओं पर विजय प्राप्त कर अपना जीवन सार्थक ढंग से जी सकता है। अपेक्षा से ज्यादा लंबी चली इस मुलाकात के अंत में फिरदौस ने स्वयं का स्टीफन हॉकिंग से एक सच्चा आत्मिक जुड़ाव पाया। उनकी समझ में यह बात आ गई कि इस संघर्षपूर्ण संसार में वे अकेले आदमी नहीं हैं।

Sslc Class 8 English A Visit To Cambridge Question And Answers

A Visit to Cambridge Hindi Translations Of The Lesson (With Word Meanings)

This is the story of a meeting between two extraordinary people, both of them ‘disabled, or ‘differently abled’ as we now say. Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scientists of our time. He suffers from a form of paralysis that confines him to a wheelchair and allows him to ‘speak’ only by punching buttons on a computer, which speaks for him in a machine-like voice. Firdaus Kanga is a writer and a journalist who lives and works in Mumbai. Kanga was born with ‘brittle bones’ that tended to break easily when he was a child. Like Hawking, Kanga moves around in a wheelchair. The two great men exchange thoughts on what it means to live life in a wheelchair, and on how the so-called ‘normal’ people react to the disabled.

यह दो असाधारण व्यक्तियों के मिलन की कहानी है, दोनों ही विकलांग अथवा विभिन्न योग्यताओं वाले स्टीफन हाकिंग वर्तमान युग महानतम् वैज्ञानिकों में से एक हैं। वह लकवे (पक्षाघात) के शिकार हैं, जिस कारण वह व्हीलचेअर तक सीमित रह गये हैं और वह कम्प्यूटर के बटन दबा कर ही बात करते हैं जो उनके लिए मशीन जैसी आवाज़ में बात करता हैं। फिरदौस कांगा एक लेखक एवं लेखक एवं पत्रकार हैं जिनका निवास और कार्यक्षेत्र मुम्बई है। बचपन से ही कांगा की हड्डियाँ कमजोर थीं जो आसानी से टूट सकती थीं। हाकिंग के समान ही कांगा भी व्हीलचेअर पर ही घूमते फिरते हैं। दोनो महान् व्यक्ति, कुर्सी पर जीवन व्यतीत करने और सामान्य व्यक्तियों की विकलांगों के प्रति प्रतिक्रिया करने के विषय पर विचारों का आदान-प्रदान करते हैं।

Word Meanings

  • paralysis – a medical condition in which a person experiences inability to move, लकवा
  • extraordinarily remarkable, असाधारण

1. Cambridge was my metaphor for England, and it was strange that when I left it had become altogether something else because I had met Stephen Hawking there. It was on a walking tour through Cambridge that the guide mentioned Stephen Hawking, ‘poor man, who is quite disabled now, though he is a worthy successor to Issac Newton, whose Chair he has at the university.’ And I started, because I had quite forgotten that this most brilliant and completely paralyzed astrophysicist, the author of A Brief History of Time, one of the biggest best-sellers ever, lived here.

मेरे लिए कैम्ब्रिज ही इंग्लैंड था और विचित्र बात यह है कि जब मैंने वहां से प्रस्थान किया तो यह मेरे लिए पूरी तरह बदल गया था, क्योंकि वहां मेरी भेंट स्टीफ़न हाकिंग से हो गई थी। कैम्ब्रिज की पद यात्रा के दौरान मार्ग दर्शक ने स्टीफन हाकिंग के बारे में बताया कि वह बेचारा अब अपाहिज है। यद्यपि वह आइसक न्यूटन का योग्य उत्तराधि कारी है और विश्वविद्यालय में उसी की कुर्सी पर आसीन है और मैं सोच में पड़ गया क्योंकि मैं यह बिल्कुल भूल गया था कि यह सबसे अधिक प्रतिभावान और पूर्ण रूप से अपंग (पक्षघात का शिकार) खगोल भौतिकी का वैज्ञानिक जो सर्वाधिक बिकने वाली पुस्तकों ‘समय का संक्षिप्त इतिहास’ का लेखक है, वहाँ रहता है।

Word Meanings

  • brilliant -bright, दैदीप्यमान
  • astrophysicist – a scholar of astrophysics, a branch of physics dealing with the stars. etc, सितारों के ज्ञाता
  • metaphor – a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing, रूपक
  • successor – one who succeeds another, उत्तराधिकारी

2. When the walking tour was done, I rushed to a phone booth and, almost tearing the cord so it could reach me outside, phoned Stephen Hawking’s house. There was his assistant on the line and I told him I had come in a wheelchair from India (perhaps he thought I had propelled myself all the way) to write about my travels in Britain. I had to see Professor Hawking even ten minutes would do. “Half an hour,” he said. “From three-thirty to four.”

यात्रा खत्म होने पर मैं तेजी से एक फोन बूथ पर गया, तार को झपट कर खींचा ताकि वह मुझ तक बाहर पहुँच जाए और स्टीफन हॉकिंग के घर पर फोन किया। फोन उनके सहायक ने उठाया और मैंने उसे बताया कि मैं भारत से पहियों वाली कुर्सी (व्हॉल चेअर) पर आया हूं (शायद उसने सोचा कि मैं सारा रास्ता व्हौल चेअर पर बैठ कर उसे हाथों से चला कर आया हूँ) और अपनी ब्रिटेन यात्रा का विवरण लिखना चाहता हूं। मैं प्रोफैसर हाकिंग से मिलना चाहता हूं दस मिनट ही काफी हैं। “आधा घण्टा, ” उसने कहा, “साढ़े तीन से चार बजे तक। “

Word Meanings

  • rushed -done too hurriedly, तेजी से जाना
  • propelled- push or drive forward, घसीटना, चलाना

3. And suddenly I felt weak all over. Growing up disabled, you get fed up with people asking you to be brave as if you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque. The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then you know how much is possible and you reach out further than you ever thought you could. “I haven’t been brave,” said his disembodied computer-voice, the next afternoon. “I’ve had no choice.”

और अचानक मुझे सारे शरीर में कमजोरी महसूस होने लगी। अपंगता में बड़े होकर आप उन लोगों से तंग आ जाते हैं जो आप को बहादुर बनने के लिए कहते हैं मानों आपका साहस का खाता है और आप चैक द्वारा निकालने में सुस्ती दिखा रहे हैं। अपने जैसे किसी अन्य अपंग को देखना जिसने जीवन में कोई महान् उपलब्धि प्राप्त की है, मात्र ऐसी बात है जो आप को मजबूती देती है। तब आपको पता चलता है कि आपके लिए कितना कुछ कर पाना सम्भव है और जितना आप सोचते हैं आप उससे कहीं अधिक पा सकते हैं। अगली दोपहर बाद उसके शरीर रहित कम्प्यूटर की आवाज ने कहा, “मुझ में साहस की कमी रही है। मेरे पास इसका कोई विकल्प नहीं था “

Word Meanings

  • disembodied – existing without the body. खंडित

4. Surely, I wanted to say, living creatively with the reality of his disintegrating body was a choice? But I kept quiet because I felt guilty every time I spoke to him, forcing him to respond. There he was. tapping at the little switch in his hand, trying to find the words on his computer with the only bit of movement left to him, his long, pale fingers. Every so often, his eyes would shut in frustrated exhaustion. And sitting opposite him I could feel his anguish, the mind buoyant with thoughts that came out in frozen phrases and sentences stiff as corpses.
“A lot of people seem to think that disabled people are chronically unhappy,” | said. “| know that’s not true myself. Are you often laughing inside?”
About three minutes later, he responded, “I find it amusing when people patronise me.” “And do you find it annoying when someone like me comes and disturbs you in your work?”

निश्चित रूप से मैं यह कहना चाहता था कि क्या विघटित हो रहे शरीर की वास्तविकता के साथ रचनात्मक ढंग से जीना एक विकल्प नहीं था? परन्तु मैं चुप रहा, क्योंकि हर बार जब मैं उनसे बात करता, उन्हें उत्तर देने के लिए विवश करता जिसके कारण मुझ में अपराध भावना बनी रहती थी। अपने हाथ में एक छोटा सा स्विच लिए वहां बैठे अपने कम्प्यूटर पर शब्दों को तलाश करना ही उनकी लम्बी, पीली उंगलियों की थोड़ी बहुत क्रिया थी। जब-तब उनकी आंखे निराशा थकान के कारण बन्द हो जाती थीं। उनके सामने बैठे हुए मैं उनकी वेदना महसूस कर सकता था, उनके दिमाग में विचारों का एक समुद्र ठाठें मार रहा था, जो जमे हुए शब्दों तथा शव के समान कठोर वाक्यों के रूप में बाहर निकल रहे थे।
मैनें कहा, “ऐसा लगता है कि बहुत से लोग यह सोचते हैं कि विकलांग हमेशा दुखी रहते हैं। मैं जानता हूं कि यह बात मेरे बारे में तो सत्य नहीं है। क्या आप कभी मन ही मन हंसते हैं?” लगभग तीन मिनट बाद उन्होंने उत्तर दिया, “जब लोग मुझ पर कृपा दृष्टि करते हैं तो मुझे हास्यकर लगता है। ” और क्या उस समय आपको बुरा नहीं लगता जब मुझ जैसा कोई व्यक्ति आप के पास आता है और आपके कार्य में बाधा डालता है?”

Word Meanings

  • creatively- having power of creation, रचनात्मक
  • buoyant- (here) full of life, जानदार
  • chronically- continuing a long time, दीर्घस्थायी
  • anguish -pain, पीड़ा, तकलीफ

Kseeb Class 8 English A Visit To Cambridge Textbook Solutions

5. The answer flashed. “Yes.” Then he smiled his oneway smile and I knew, without being sentimental or silly, that I was looking at one of the most beautiful men in the world.
A first glimpse of him is shocking because he is like a still photograph-as if all those pictures of him in magazines and newspapers have turned three-dimensional.
Then you see the head twisted sideways into a slump, the torso shrunk inside the pale blue shirt, the wasted legs; you look at his eyes which can speak, still, and they are saying something huge and urgent – it is hard to tell what. But you are shaken because you have seen something you never thought could be seen.

उत्तर तुरन्त मिला, “हां लगता है।” फिर वह अपने ही अन्दाज में मुस्करा दिए और मैं बिना भावुक हुए अथवा बिना कोई मूर्खता दिखाए समझ गया कि मैं संसार में सबसे सुंदर व्यक्तियों में से एक को देख रहा हूं।
उनकी पहली झलक ठेस पहुंचाती है क्योंकि वह एक निश्चल फोटो की तरह हैं मानो पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों में छपे उनके सभी चित्र त्रि-आयामी हो गए हैं।
फिर आप उनके सिर को एक ओर मुड़े लटका हुए देखते हैं, फीके नीले रंग की कमीज़ के अन्दर धंसा हुआ उनका धड़ बेजान टांगे; आप उनकी आंखों पर दृष्टि डालें जो बोल सकती हैं, शान्त स्वर में कोई ऊंची तथा महत्तवपूर्ण बात कह रही हैं यह बताना कठिन है कि वे क्या कह रही हैं। परन्तु आप विचलित हो उठते हैं क्योंकि आपने ऐसी चीज़ देख ली है जिसे देखने की आप कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकते।

Word Meanings

  • dimensional – measurement in length, width, and thickness, आयामी
  • slump – drooping to sides, लटकना, झुकना

6. Before you, like a lantern whose walls are worn so thin you glimpse only the light inside, is the incandescence of a man. The body, almost irrelevant, exists only like a case made of shadows. So that I, no believer in eternal souls, know that this is what each of us is; everything else an accessory. “What do you think is the best thing about being disabled?” I had asked him earlier, “I don’t think there is anything good about being disabled.”
“l think;” I said, “you do discover how much kindness there is in the world.”
“Yes,” he said; it was a disadvantage of his voice synthesizer that it could convey no inflection, no shades or tone. And I could not tell how enthusiastically he agreed with me.

आपके सामने एक ऐसे व्यक्ति की आन्तरिक आभा है जो ऐसी लालटेन के समान है जिसकी दीवारें इतनी पतली हो चुकी हैं कि अन्दर केवल प्रकाश की लौ ही दिखाई देती है।शरीर लगभग बेकार हो चुका है जो परछाइयों की बनी पेटी के समान है। भले ही मैं अजर अमर आत्मा में विश्वास नहीं रखता, यह जानता हूं कि हम सब की यही स्थिती है, अन्य सभी वस्तुएं अनावश्यक सज्जा वाली हैं।
“आपके विचार में विकलांग होने में सबसे अच्छी बात क्या है” मैने एक बार उनसे पूछा था। “मुझे नहीं लगता कि विकलांग होने में कुछ अच्छा है।”
“मेने विचार में है। आपके पता चलता है कि संसार में कितनी अधिक दयालुता है” मैंनें कहा।
“हां, उन्होंने कहा, “यह उनके ध्वनि यन्त्र की त्रुटि थी कि वह उनकी ध्वनि के उतार-चढ़ाव एवं स्वर के बदलाव को प्रेषित नहीं कर पाता था और मैं कह नहीं सकता कि वह कितने उत्साह से मेरे साथ सहमत थे।

Word Meanings

  • irrelevant- not to the point, असम्बद्ध
  • exist- to live, जीवित रहना, अस्तित्व
  • eternal – which always exists, अनन्त
  • enthusiastically -with enthusiasm, उत्साह से incandescence inner glow, अन्दरूनी रोशनी
  • accessory -essential decorative item, जरूरी चीज़ सुन्दरता बढ़ाने के लिए
  • inflection – rise and fall of the voice in speaking, बोलने में आवाज के उतार-चढ़ाव

7. Every time I shifted in my chair or turned my wrist to watch the time I wanted to make every one of our thirty minutes count-I felt a huge relief and exhilaration in the possibilities of my body. How little it mattered then that I would never walk, or even stand. I told him how he had been an inspiration beyond cliche’ for me, and, surely, for others – did that Does thought help him?
“No,” he said; and I thought how foolish I was to ask, When your body is a claustrophobic room and the walls are growing narrower day by day, it doesn’t do much good to know that there are people outside smiling with admiration to see you breathing still. “Is there any advice you can give disabled people, something that might help make life better?”
“They should concentrate on what they are good at; I think things like the disabled Olympics are a waste of time.”
“I know what you mean,” I remembered the years I’d spent trying to play a Spanish guitar considerably larger than I was; and how gleefully I had unstrung it one night. The half-hour was up. “I think I’ve annoyed you enough,” I said, grinning. “Thank you for…”

हर बार जब मैं कुर्सी में अपनी स्थिति बदलता अथवा समय देखने के लिए कलाई घुमाता-मैं उन तीस मिनटों के एक-एक मिनट को महत्त्वपूर्ण ( उपयोगी) बनाना चाहता था- मुझे अपने शरीर की क्षमताओं को देख कर बड़ी राहत और प्रसन्नता प्राप्त हुई। तब मेरे लिए इस बात का कोई महत्व नहीं रहा कि मैं कभी भी चल न संकूगा अथवा खड़ा भी नहीं हो पाऊगां।
मैंने उन्हें बताया कि वह मेरे लिए और निश्चित रूप से दूसरों के लिए किस प्रकार प्रेरणा का स्त्रोत रहे हैं। क्या यह विचार उनके लिए सहायक सिद्ध हुआ? “नहीं”, उन्होंने कहा; और मैंने सोचा कि मेरे लिए यह पूछना कितना मूर्खतापूर्ण था। जब आपका शरीर एक घुटन भरे बहुत छोटे से कमरे के समान हो गया हो जिसकी दीवारें दिन-प्रतिदिन तंग होती जा रही हों, तो यह जानकर कोई लाभ नहीं होता कि बाहर ऐसे लोग भी हैं जो आप को इस अवस्था में जीवित देखकर भी प्रंशसा से मुस्कराते हैं। “क्या आप विकलांगों को कोई परामर्श देना चाहेंगे जो जीवन को बेहतर बनाने में सहायक हो?” ‘‘उन्हें उन चीजों पर ध्यान देना चाहिए जिन पर उनकी पकड़ मज़बूत हैं। मेरे विचार में विकलांगों की ओलम्पिक खेलें कराने जैसे कार्य समय की बरबादी होगी ”
“मैं आप का मतलब समझता हूं। मुझे उन वर्षों की याद ताजा हो गई जब मैं अपने से बड़ी स्पेनिश सितार (गिटार) बजाने का प्रयत्न किया करता था जिसे एक रात मैंने खुशी-खुशी तोड़ डाला था। आधा घंटा बीत गया। “मैं सोचता हूं कि मैंने आपको कुछ अधिक ही परेशान किया है, “मैंने मुस्कराते हुए कहा। ………..के लिए धन्यवाद । “

Word Meanings

  • cliche’ – phrase used so often that it loses its meaning, घिसी-पिटी उक्ति
  • gleefully- happily, बहुत खुशी से
  • exhilaration- to cheer up, प्रफुल्लित होना
  • relief – a feeling of relaxation from pain, दुःख से मुक्ति
  • inspiration – a feeling that motivates to do something, ईश्वरीय प्ररेणा

8. “Stay.” I waited. “Have some tea. I can show you the garden” The garden was as big as a park, but Stephen Hawking covered every inch, rumbling along in his motorised wheelchair while I dodged to keep out of the way. We couldn’t talk very much; the sun made him silent, the letters on his screen disappearing in the glare.
An hour later, we were ready to leave. I didn’t know what to do. I could not kiss him or cry. I touched his shoulder and wheeled out into the summer evening. I looked back; and I knew he was waving, though he wasn’t Watching him, an embodiment of my bravest self, the one I was moving towards, the one I had believed in for so many years, alone, I knew that my journey was over. For now.

‘रूको। “मैंने प्रतीक्षा की। “थोड़ी चाय लीजिए मैं आपको बगीचा दिखा सकता हूं।” बगीचा एक पार्क जितना बड़ा था। परन्तु स्टीफन हॉकिंग ने अपनी मोटर चालित व्हील चेअर की गड़गड़ाहट के साथ चप्पा-चप्पा तय किया जबकि मैं उस दौरान रास्ता देने के लिए पिछड़ जाता रहा। हम अधिक बातें न कर सकें। धूप ने उन्हें शान्त कर दिया। उनकी स्क्रीन के शब्द चमक के साथ लुप्त हो गए।
एक घण्टे बाद हम जाने के लिए तैयार हो गए। मैं नहीं जानता था कि क्या करूं। मैं न तो उसका चुम्बन ले सका और न ही रो सका। मैनें उनका कंधा हुआ और अपनी व्हील चेअर पर गर्मियों की शाम में बाहर निकल आया। मैने मुडकर पीछे देखा तो मुझे लगा कि वह हाथ हिलाकर अलविदा कह रहे हैं यद्यपि ऐसा नहीं था। उन्हें देखकर मुझे ऐसा लगा कि वह मेरे दृढ़ साहस का साकार रूप हैं। वही मेरा लक्ष्य है जिसकी ओर मैं बढ़ रहा था और वर्षों से मेरा जो विश्वास रहा था, उसका प्रतीक है। मैं समझ गया कि मेरी यात्रा पूर्ण हो गई है। अभी तक…….

Word Meanings

  • embodiment- personification, प्रतिरूप

A Visit To Cambridge Class 8 English Kseeb Important Questions

A Visit to Cambridge Textbook Exercises (Solved)

Comprehension Check 

Which is the right sentence?

1. ‘Cambridge was my metaphor for England.’ To the writer,

  1. Cambridge was a reputed university in England.
  2.  England was famous for Cambridge.
  3.  Cambridge was the real England.

2. The writer phoned Stephen Hawking’s house

  1. from the nearest phone booth.
  2.  from outside a phone booth.
  3. from inside a phone booth).

3.  Every time he spoke to the scientist, the writer felt guilty because

  1. he wasn’t sure what he wanted to ask
  2. he forced the scientist to use his voice synthesizer.
  3. he was face-to-face with a legend.

4. ‘I felt a huge relief…..in the possibilities of my body.’ In the given context, the highlighted words refer to:

  1. shifting in the wheelchair, turning the wrist
  2. standing up. walking.
  3. speaking, writing

Answer.

  1. (3)
  2. (2)
  3. (2)
  4. (1)

A Visit to Cambridge Working With The Text

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.

  1.  Did the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous? If so, why?
  2. Did he at the same time feel very excited? If so, why?

Answer.

  1. Yes, the writer felt nervous about the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking. He was nervous because he was tired of people asking him to be brave. He didn’t want Stephen to treat him like that.
  2. Yes, he felt excited at the same time because he considered Stephen Hawking his inspiration. He felt that meeting somebody of his own kind would give him strength to meet challenges of life in a better way.

Question 2. Guess the first question put to the scientist by the writer.

Answer. The writer must have asked the scientist how he had been so brave.

Question 3. Stephen Hawking said, “I’ve had no choice.” Does the writer think there was a choice? What was it?

Answer. Yes, the writer thought that there was a choice. The choice was to live creatively without caring for his disability.

Question 4.’I could feel his anguish.’What could be the anguish?

Answer. The anguish was the feeling of helplessness. Stephen’s fingers were pale and mind frustrated. He could not even speak properly.

Question 5. What endeared the scientist to the writer so that he said he was looking at one of the most beautiful men in the world?

Answer. The author was not looking at outward beauty rather he was talking about inner beauty. Stephen was a strong and brave man with a good heart

Question 6. Read aloud the description of the beautiful man. Which is the most beautiful sentence in the description?

Answer. Most beautiful line of the description is: Before you, like a lantern whose walls are worn, so thin that you glimpse only the light inside, is the incandescence of a man.

Karnataka Sslc Class 8 English Chapter 7 Solutions In English

Question 7.

  1. If the lantern’ is the man, what would its ‘walls’ be?
  2.  What is housed within the thin walls?
  3.  What general conclusion does the writer draw from the comparison?

Answer.

  1. Here ‘walls’ refer to the body which is weak and without any strength.
  2. Within those thin walls are the thoughts and feelings of the human being and a mind which is full of emotions.
  3. The writer reels that what we think and feel is more important than whether we can walk and stand.

Question 8. What is the scientist’s message for the disabled?

Answer. Do only those things at which you are good. Do not waste time in trying to do things that are beyond your reach.

Question 9. Why does the writer refer to the guitar incident? Which idea does it support?

Answer. The writer refers to the guitar incident because he had wasted a lot of time on this exercise. It supports the idea that one should only concentrate on those things at which they are good.

Question 10. The writer expresses his great gratitude to Stephen Hawking. What is gratitude for?

Answer. The gratitude is for not treat ng his disability as a weakness. Hawking overpowers it and emerges an inspiration for other disabled people.

Question 11. Complete the following sentences taking their appropriate parts from both the boxes below.

  1. There was his assistant on the line________________.
  2.  You get fed up with people asking you to be brave,____________________
  3. There he was,_________________ .
  4.  You look at his eyes which can speak, _________________.
  5.  It doesn’t do much good to know________________.

A

  • tapping at a little switch in his hand
  •  and I told him
  • that there are people
  • as if you have a courageous account
  •  and they are saying something huge and urgent.

B

  •  trying to find the words on his computer.
  •  I had come in a wheelchair ^om India.
  •  on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque.
  •  smiling with admiration to see you breathing still.
  •  it is hard to tell what

.Answer.

  1.  and I told him I had come in w a wheelchair from India.
  2. as f you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque
  3. tapping at a little switch in his hand, trying to find words on his computer.
  4.  and they are saying something huge and urgent it is hard to tell what.
  5.  that there are people smiling with admiration to see you breathing still.

Kseeb Class 8 English A Visit To Cambridge Solved Exercises

A Visit to Cambridge Working With Language

Question 1. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box:Capture-7-English.

  1.  I met a_____________ from an antique land.
  2.  I need special____________ in Mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject
  3. The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy___________ to Issac Newton.
  4.  His other problems____________ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.
  5. The meeting was________________ by the youngest member of the board.
  6.  Some people say yours ’______________ when they informally refer to themselves.
  7.  I wish it had been a________ match. We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least

Answer.

  1.  traveler
  2.  Guidance
  3. successor
  4. paled
  5.  chaired
  6.  truly
  7.  drawn.

Question 2. Look at the following words:
walk       stick
Can you create a meaningful phrase using both of these words?
(It is simple. Add -into the verb and use it before the noun. Put an article at the beginning.) … a walking stick.
Now make six such phrases using the words given in the box.Capture-7-English.

Answer

  1.  a reading session
  2. a smiling face
  3.  a revolving chair
  4.  a walking tour
  5. a dancing doll
  6. a winning chance

Question 3. Use all or both in the blanks. Tell your partner why you chose one or the other.

  1. He has two brothers.__________ are lawyers.
  2.  More than ten persons called.______________ of them wanted to see you.
  3.  The______________ cheered the team.
  4.  ________________her parents are teachers.
  5.  How much have you got? Give me _____________of it

Answer.

  1. Both
  2. All
  3.  All
  4.  Both
  5. All

In sentences (1) and (4) both are used because they involve two persons, in sentences (2), (3), and (5), ‘all’ is used because more than two persons/things are involved.

Question 4.  Complete each sentence using the right form of the adjective given in brackets.

  1. My friend has one of the_________ cars on the road, (fast)
  2.  This is the_____________ story I have ever read, (interesting)
  3. What you are doing now is_____________ then what you d d yesterday, (easy)
  4.  Ramesh and his wife are both._______________(short)
  5. He arrived as usual. Even the chief guest came_________ than he did. (late, early)

Answer.

  1.  fastest
  2.  most interesting
  3.  easier
  4.  short
  5.  late, earlier.

Class 8 English A Visit To Cambridge Notes Karnataka Board

A Visit to Cambridge Speaking And Writing

Question 1. Say the following words with the correct stress. Pronounce the parts given in color loudly and clearly.Capture-7-English.
• In a word having more than one syllable, the stressed syllable is the one that is more prominent than the other syllable(s).
• A word has as many syllables as it has vowels,
man (one syllable)
manner (two syllables)
The mark (’) indicates that the first syllable in ‘manner’ is more prominent than the other.

Question 2.  Underline stressed syllables in the following words. Consult the dictionary or ask the teacher if necessary.

Answer. Students will do it themselves.

Question 3. Writing a notice for the School Notice Board

Step I
Discuss why notices are put up on the notice board.
What kinds of ‘notices’ have you lately seen on the board?
How is a notice different from a letter or a descriptive paragraph?

Step 2
Suppose you have lost or found something on the campus. What have you lost or found? You want to write a notice about it If you have lost something, you want it restored to you in case someone has found it. If you have found something, you want to return it to its owner

Step 3
Write a few lines describing the object you have lost or found. Mention the purpose of the notice in clear terms. Also write your name, class, section, and date.

Step 4
Let one member of each group read aloud the notice to the entire class. Compare your notice with the other notices, and make changes, if necessary, with the help of the teacher.
• Imagine that you are a journalist
• You have been asked to interview the president of the village panchayat.
• Write eight to ten questions you wish to ask.
• The questions should elicit comments as well as plans regarding water and electricity-, cleanliness, and school education in the village.

Answer.

Capture-7-English.
OR
As a journalist, I would like to ask the following questions:

  1.  As president of the panchayat, what have you done to provide clean water to the villagers?
  2. How is the condition of electricity in the village?
  3. There is a middle school in the village. Have you approached the authorities to upgrade the school?
  4. Is there a public library/reading room in the village?
  5.  Have you taken steps to promote games?
  6.  The drainage system is far from satisfactory. What efforts have you made in this direction?
  7.  Have you ever told the people about the benefits of investing their money in small-saving schemes?
  8. Have you ever visited doctors to educate people about sanitation?

A Visit to Cambridge Extract-Based Questions

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

1.  And suddenly I ‘felt weak all over. Growing up disabled, you get fed up with people asking you to be brave as if you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque. The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then you know how much is possible and you reach out further than you ever thought you could.

  1. Name the author of the lines.
  2. What is wrong with him?
  3. What makes him irritated?
  4.  From where does he get strength?
  5. By meeting somebody like him what feelings are evoked in him?

Answer.

  1.  Firdaus Kanga is the author of the lines.
  2.  He is disabled.
  3. When people keep asking him to be brave, he gets irritated.
  4. He gets strength when he comes across people who are disabled like him and have achieved a lot in their lives.
  5. By meeting people like him. he realises what all he can do. Those are the things which he has never thought of doing.

2. “What do you think is the best thing about being disabled?” I had asked him earlier.
“I don’t think there is anything good about being disabled.”
“I think,” I said, “You do discover how much kindness there is in the world.”
“Yes,” he said, ‘it was a disadvantage of his voice synthesizer that it could convey no inflection, no shades or tone. All I could not tell how enthusiastically he agreed with me.

  1. Who is T in the opening line?
  2. What question does he ask the addressee?
  3.  What answer does he get?
  4. What are author’s views of the voice synthesiser?
  5.  Make nouns from think, tell.

Answer.

  1. T is the author, Firdaus Kanga.
  2. He asks the addressee what the best thing about being disabled is.
  3.  He gets the answer that there is nothing good about being disabled.
  4. The author feels the voice synthesiser can only convey the words. It can’t convey the emotions and feelings behind those words.
  5. Thought and tale.

3. When your body is in a claustrophobic room and the walls are growing narrower day by day. It doesn’t do much good to know that there are people outside smiling with admiration to see you breathing still. “Is there any advice you can give disabled people, something that might help make life better?” “They should concentrate on what they are good at; I think things like the disabled Olympics are a waste of time.”

  1. Whose body is being referred to in the opening lines?
  2.  Why does people’s admiration not mean anything to him?
  3. Why does the author want him to give advice to disabled people?
  4. What is his advice?
  5. What is waste of time for him?

Answer.

  1. Stephen Hawking’s body is being referred to in the opening lines.
  2. Living himself is a constant struggle for him. When people admire him for his courage he does not find anything extraordinary in it
  3.  The author wants him to give advice to other disabled people because he considers him an embodiment of all virtues.
  4.  He advises the disabled to spend the time and energy on those activities at which they are good.
  5.  For him, things like the disabled Olympics are a waste of time.

4. An hour later, we were ready to leave. I didn’t know what to do. I could not kiss him or cry’. I touched his shoulder and wheeled out into the summer evening. I looked back; and I knew he was waving though he wasn’t Watching h m an embodiment of my bravest self, the one I was moving towards, the one I had believed in for so many years, alone. I knew that my journey was over for now.

  1. What were the author’s feelings when he had to leave?
  2. How did he bid him goodbye?
  3.  What did he feel when he looked back?
  4. Was Stephen waving him goodbye?
  5. How was the author’s journey over?

Answer.

  1.  He felt very attached to Stephen Hawking but did not know how to convey his feeling. He could not decide whether to kiss him or cry.
  2. He bade him goodbye by touching him on his shoulder.
  3. He felt that Stephen Hawking was also bidding him goodbye.
  4. No, Stephen was not waving him goodbye.
  5. The author’s journey was over because he felt contented after meeting Stephen Hawking.

A Visit To Cambridge Class 8 English Summary And Explanation Kseeb

A Visit to Cambridge Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. Who wanted to meet whom in the story ‘A Visit to Cambridge’?

Answer. The author, Firdaus Kanga wanted to meet Stephen Hawking.

Question 2.  What was similar between Firdaus Kanga and Stephen Hawking?

Answer. Both Firdaus Kanga and Stephen Hawking were differently abled.

Question 3. Where did the author meet Stephen Hawking?

Answer. The author met Stephen Hawking in Hawking’s house in Cambridge.

Question 4. “I haven’t been brave “Who said this and to whom?

Answer. Stephen Hawking said this to the author.

A Visit to Cambridge Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.  How did Stephen Hawking communicate with the author?

Answer Stephen Hawking communicated with the author by finding words in the computer and selecting them by tapping at the little switch in his hand

Question 2. What was Stephen Hawking’s advice for a person with a disability?

Answer. According to Stephen Hawking, a person with a disability should focus on the things that he/she is good at

Question 3.  What did the author realize at the end of his meeting with Stephen Hawking?

Answer. For years, the author had believed that he was all alone struggling with his disability. On meeting Stephen Hawking he realised that he was rot alone.

Question 4.  What did the author comment about people?

Answer. The author said that people are generally kind. Because of his disability, he has understood how much kindness there is in the world.

A Visit to Cambridge Long Answer Type Questions

‘The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing somebody like you.” What was the author referring to here?

Answer. The author, Firdaus Kanga, was a journalist and writer. He was also a man with a disability. When he said that the only thing that makes you stronger was seeing somebody like you, he was referring to his meeting with Stephen Hawking. He expected that his meeting with Stephen Hawking would help him understand how much was still possible with disability. People generally talk about courage but meeting someone who is actually struggling with the same problems that the author was facing could help him have more faith in himself.

When I set out for Lyonnesse Summary In English

The poem ‘When I Set out for Lyonnesse narrates the poet’s visit to an imaginary place, Lyonnesse. In the opening part of the poem, the poet mentions that Lyonnesse is a hundred miles away. He adds that the journey to Lyonnesse was a lonesome one. He started for Lyonnesse on a cold night. The poet informs us that it was very cold and the night sky was full of stars. He had to travel a hundred miles in such circumstances to reach Lyonnesse.

The poet did not know what happened at Lyonnesse during his stay there. He informs us that no prophet or any wise magician could guess what had happened to him in Lyonnesse. The only thing he was aware of was a strange glow in his eyes when he came back. The radiance in his eyes was rare and deep and it could not be measured. People could see it, but they could not understand its mystery. So, they remained silent.

Simplified Notes For A Visit To Cambridge KSEEB Class 8 

When I set out for Lyonnesse Summary In Hindi

यह कविता कवि के एक काल्पनिक स्थान के भ्रमण के विषय में है जिसे वह Lynnesse बताता है। यह स्थान कवि के निवास स्थान से सौ मील दूर था। कवि बिल्कुल अकेला था। जब उसने अपनी यात्रा आरम्भ की उस समय बड़ी ठंड थी और रात्रि आकाश में सितारे चमक रहे थे। उसे Lyonnesse पहुँचने के लिए ऐसी परिस्थितियों में सो मील की यात्रा करनी पड़ी। कवि नहीं जानता था कि उसे Lyonnesse आवास के दौरान क्या घटनाएं घटेंगी। वह कहता कि कोई पैगम्बर या सब से बुद्धिमान जादूगर भी इसका अनुमान नहीं लगा सकता। जब वह वापिस आया तो उसकी आँखों में एक विचित्र चमक थी जो विरली और इतनी गहरी थी कि उसे नापा नहीं जा सकता था। सभी ने इसे देखा परन्तु उस का रहस्य नहीं समझ सके और कोई टिप्पणी नहीं की।

When I set out for Lyonnesse Hindi translation Of The Lesson (With Word Meanings)

(1) When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away, The rime was on the spray; And starlight lit my lonesomeness When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away.

जब मैं Lyonnesse के लिए रवाना हुआ जो सौ मील दूर था। वृक्षों की पत्तियों तथा शाखाओं पर पाला जमा हुआ था और मेरे अकेलेपन (वीरान रास्ते) को तारों का प्रकाश रोशन कर रहा था। यह दृश्य उस समय का है जब मैं Lyonnesse के लिए रवाना हुआ

Word Meanings

  • set out – started, all
  • lonesomeness – loneliness,
  • rime – frost, ell
  • spray leaves and branches of trees, और शाखाएं

(2) What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there, No prophet durst declare; Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there.

कोई भी मसीहा या जादूगर नहीं बता पाया कि मेरे Lyonnesse निवास के दौरान क्या होगा। किसी की भी हिम्मत यह बताने की नहीं है

Word Meanings

  • bechance – happen,
  • durst- dared, साहस दिखाया
  • wizard – magician, at
  • sojourn – stay,
  • prophet-a (holy) messenger of God,

(3) When I returned from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes. All marked with mute surmise My radiance rare and fathomless, When I returned from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes.

जब मैं Lyonnesse से वापिस आया मेरी आंखों में एक विशेष प्रकार का आकर्षण था। यह चमक इतनी दुर्लभ और गहरी थी कि सभी उसके बारे में शांत भाव से अनुमान लगाते रहे। यह तब हुआ जब मै Lyonnesse से वापस आया।

Word Meanings

  • mute – silent,
  • radiance – glow, 445
  • rare – not easy to find, gef
  • surmise-guessed,
  • fathomless -very deep, beyond measurement, बहुत गहरा

Sslc Class 8 English Chapter 7 Workbook Answers

When I set out for Lyonnesse Ncert Textbook Exercises (Solved)

Working With The Poem 

1.  In the first stanza, find words that show

  1. that it was very cold.
  2.  that it was late evening.
  3.  that the traveler was alone.

Answer.

  1. the rime was on the spray
  2.  starling
  3.  my lonesomeness

2.

  1. Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was
    (a) improbable.
    (b) impossible.
    (c) unforeseeable.
  2. Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.

Answer.

  1.  (c) unforeseeable.
  2. ‘No prophet durst declare;
    Nor did the wisest wizard guess.

3.

  1. Read the line (stanza 3) that implies the following.
    ‘Everyone noticed something, and they made guesses, but didn’t speak a word.’
  2. Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.

Answer.

  1.  All marked with mute surmise.
  2.  My radiance is rare and fathomless.

When I set out for Lyonnesse Extract-Based Questions

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

(1) When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away, The rime was on the spray; And starlight lit my lonesomeness When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away.

Question 1.  How far was Lyonnesse from the poet’s place?

Answer. Lyonnesse was a hundred miles away from the poet’s place.

Question 2. What kind of weather is described in the above stanza? Identify and write the line that suggests this.

Answer. It was very cold. The line The rime was on the spray’ suggests this.

Question 3.  What lit the poet’s loneliness?

Answer. The stars in the sky lit the poet’s loneliness.

Question 4.  Give the meaning of the word rime.

Answer. The word rime means snow.

Question 5. What was there on the spray?

Answer. The snow was on the spray.

(2) What would be chance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there, No prophet durst declare; Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would be chance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there.

Question 1. What could no prophet declare?

Answer. No prophet could declare what happens at Lyonnesse.

Question 2. Could any wizard guess what happens at Lyonnesse?

Answer. No, no wizard could guess it.

Question 3. Name the poem and the poet.

Answer. The name of the poem is ‘When I set out for Lyonnesse’ and the poet is Thomas Hardy.

Question 4. Write the rhyming words.

Answer. There-declare and Lyonnesse-guess.

Question 5. Write the meanings of the following words:
(a) bechance         (b) sojourn

Answer.
(a) happen
(b) stay

Class 8 Kseeb English Theme And Message Of A Visit To Cambridge

(3) When I returned from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes. All marked with mute surmise My radiance rare and fathomless, When I returned from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes.

Question 1. What did the poet’s visit to Lyonnesse lend his eyes?

Answer. The poet’s visit lent his eyes a strange glow.

Question 2. How did everyone react to it?

Answer. Everyone saw the glow but remained silent

Question 3. What was special about the poet’s glow?

Answer. The poet’s glow was rare and fathomless.

Question 4. Give the meaning of the following words
(a) fathomless       (b) surmise

Answer.
(a) very deep
(b) to guess

Question 5. Write the words that rhyme together.

Answer.Eyes-surmise and Lyonnesse-fathomless.

When I set out for Lyonnesse Additional Questions

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. In which season did the poet undertake his journey to Lyonnesse?

Answer. The poet undertook his journey in winter.

Question 2. Why did the poet visit the parish which he calls Lyonnesse?

Answer. The poet visited the parish to supervise the resto-action of a church.

When I set out for Lyonnesse Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.  What are the two things that people noticed about the poet when he returned from Lyonnesse?

Answer. The two things that people noticed are:

  1. a rare and fathomless glow n the poet’s eyes.
  2. a crumpled piece of paper Stic ring out of his coat pocket

Question 2. What happened during the poet’s stay at Lyonnesse?

Answer. The poet experienced a deeper change in himself. It was too strange to understand or make a guess about.

When I set out for Lyonnesse Long Answer Type Questions

What is the central idea of the poem, ‘When I Set out for Lyonnesse’?

Answer. The poem ‘When I Set out for Lyonnesse’ by Thomas Hardy has a religious theme. It brings out the sentiments of the person who visits a sacred place. Lyonnesse is an imaginary place that evokes religious sentiments. A visit to such a place lends a new glow to the eyes of the visitor. People can see it but they cannot understand its mystery. So, they remain mute. Besides, something strange happens during one’s visit there. None can guess or declare what it is.

KSEEB Solutions for Class 8 English Karnataka State Syllabus

KSEEB Class 8 English Supplementary Readers contains Textbook Readers and Supplementary Readers of all chapters are part of Revision Notes for grade 8 English. Here we have given notes Class VIII.

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