English X - Chapter No.5 - Reference To Context

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A VISIT
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters and poems thoroughly for reference to context Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
Lesson Name: A Visit
Speakers: Mr. Ahmad, Mr. Hassan, Bilal, Sarosh

1. "One man working with this machine can do as much work as one hundred men working without it."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Where and to whom were these words spoken?
(iii) How much work can one man do on the machine?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A visit
Speaker: Mr. Hassan
(ii) Place: In Model Farm
Listeners: Mr. Ahmad's class boys
(iii) Machines have made the work easy for the farmer. That’s why one man can do the work of almost hundred men with the help of machines.

2. "This is wonderful. But, surely machines do not make the grain."
(i) Name the speaker and the person spoken to and name the lesson also?
(ii) What surprised the boys when they reached the model farm?
(iii) How are ploughing, seeding and harvesting done on the model farm?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A visit
Speaker: Bilal (A student)
Listener: Mr.Hassan
(ii) When the boys reached the farm, they were surprised to see such a vast area of farm, where huge machines doing the work of men.
(iii) On the model farm, ploughing is done by tractors. The sowing machine is used for the purpose of seeding where as harvesting is done by Combine.

3. "No, we grow wheat, maize, cotton, sugar-cane and gram. Moreover, we grow vegetables and we also have a large orchard, where we grow mangoes and oranges."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Where do they grow all these crops?
(iii) Why were the boys surprised on the vegetable farm?
(iv) What does 'orchard' mean?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A visit
Speaker: Mr. Hassan
(ii) They grow all these crops in a model farm
(iii) The boys were surprised on the vegetable farm to see the vegetable growing out of the season on the vegetable form. They do it by the usage of chemical fertilizers; plentiful supply of water and by the help modern machine.
(iv) An orchard means 'a garden where fruit tress grow.'

4."In this way we would be able to meet the needs of ever growing population of our country.”
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) When did the speaker say these words?
(iii) What was the speaker talking about?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A visit
Speaker: Mr. Ahmad
(ii) When Mr. Ahmad was returning with his class boys from the visit to the farm, he replied to Bilal.
(iii) Mr. Ahmad was talking about the model farms that if such farms are establish through out the country, the production and quality of crops will improve and it will fulfill the need of a country.