English X - Chapter No.17 - Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise

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THE INHERITORS
Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise

A. Comprehension:

Q.1: What property did the two brothers inherit from their father?
Ans. After the death of their father, the two brothers inherited his property which consisted of a cow, a date-palm tree and a blanket.

Q.2: what was the suggestions of Azam about the division of property? OR how did Azam cheat Moazzam? OR How was the property divide between two brothers?

Ans. The property was divided verbally between the two brothers. Azam, the elder brother was greedy and clever.  While Moazzam, the younger brother, was simple and trusting. Azam suggested that the rear part of cow, the upper part of the date-palm tree and the blanket from sunset to sunrise would belong to him. Where as Moazzam was allotted with the front part of cow, the lower part of the tree and the blanket for the day time. which was surely of no use to Moazzam.

Q.3: Why did Moazzam agree to the division?
Ans. Moazzam was innocent and simple boy and agreed to the division because Azam had cunningly presented the useless part of the property as the better ones. Furthermore he believed that whatever his elder brother will divide, it will beneficial for both of them.

Q.4: Who fed the cow and who got the milk?
Ans. According to the agreement between Azam and Moazzam, Moazzam had to feed the cow as the front part belonged to him and Azam got the milk as the rear part was his. He would not give a drop of milk to Moazzam. Instead, he would praise Moazzam for looking-after the cow and feeding it so well.

Q.5: why did Azam not give dates to Moazzam?

Ans. According to the division, the top part of the date palm tree belonged to Azam.  When the dates were ripe, Azam picked all the fruit. He did not offer even a single date to Moazzam, while Moazzam regularly watered the date palm tree. 

Q.6: Was the blanket of any use for Moazzam?

Ans. Moazzam had no use for blanket, because it was hot during the day. At night when it grew cold, he would shiver, while Azam enjoyed a deep, comfortable sleep under the warm blanket.

Q.7: What did Moazzam do when Azam was milking the cow?

Ans. Moazzam started hitting the cow's head with a short stick. The cow started moving about and Azam was unable to milk the cow.  Moazzam told Azam that he would do what he liked with his part of the cow. Azam agreed to give half the milk and to share in the feeding of the cow.

Q.8: What did Moazzam do when Azam began to pick the dates?

Ans. Moazzam started cutting the trunk of the tree when Azam climbed the date-palm tree to pick ripe dates. When Azam asked Moazzam what he was doing witha n axe. Moazzam replied that he was only cutting his part of the tree. Azam agreed to give him half of the dates and to share in the watering of the tree.

Q.9: What did the Moazzam do to the blanket?

Ans. Moazzam soaked the blanket in water during the day, so Azam was unable to sleep under the wet blanket at night.  Azam agreed to share the blanket with Moazzam at night.

Q.10: What did the Azam say to the Moazzam about the blanket?

Ans. Azam asked Moazzam why he had made the blanket wet. Moazzam innocently replied that the blanket was his during the day-time, so he could do with it what he pleased. Azam had to agree to share the blanket with Moazzam at night.

Q.11: How did Moazzam teach the lesson to his elder brother? OR What three things did Moazzam do on the advice of the old man?
Ans. After advising by an old man, Moazzam wisely foiled Azam’s tricks as: 

• When Azam was milking the cow he started hitting the cow’s head with a short stick.
• When Azam had climed the tree to pick ripe dates, Moazzam started cutting the tree with an axe.
• When Azam had found blanket wet at night, as Moazzam soaked it in water through the day.

In this manner, Moazzam was able to teach the lesson to his brother.

Q.12: Give the character sketch of Moazzam and Azam? OR How was Moazzam different from Azam?
Ans. Moazzam, the younger son of the poor farmer was a very simple and trusting boy. He never hesitated in doing hard work. He respected and honoured his elder brother.  Being obedient and innocent, he always believed his brother to be generous to him. 

But Azam, the elder son of the poor farmer was a greedy, clever and selfish person. He had an ordering style. He was always in the favour of cunning and false hood. Laziness was also their in his character.

Q.13: What is the moral of the lesson “The Inheritors”?
Ans. The moral of the lesson is that falsehood have no ground bases to stand. We should be pragmatic in our dealings and we can answer cleverness by wisdom. We must obey our elder’s advice because their advice is as good as gold.

B. Write down the meanings of the following words and used them in your own sentences: 

Words / Meaning

S.No.	Words	Meanings
1.	Advise	Suggest
2.	Axe	A tool used for chopping wood
3.	Cheat	Deceive
4.	Clever	Smart
5.	Consist	Comprise
6.	Content	Satisfied
7.	Date-palm	A sweet, dark brown oval fruit containing a hard stone,
8.	Delighted	Happily
9.	Divide	Separate or be separated into parts.
10.	Division	Dividing
11.	Disturb	Interrupt
12.	Fair	Just
13.	Generosity	Unselfishness
14.	Greedy	Hungry / Glutton
15.	Guess	Estimate
16	Inherit	Receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
17.	Milk	Dairy product / A white liquid obtained from female mammals for nutritional purpose.
18.	Pick	Collect, Choose
19.	Property	A thing or things belonging to someone
20.	Rear	Back, The opposite of front
21.	Ripe	Mature (of fruit or vegetable)
22.	Share	Divide, Contribute
23.	Striped	Lined, Banded
24.	Suggest	Advice
25.	Verbal	Oral
25.	Whisper	Speak softly

Sentences

S.No.	Words	Sentences
1.	Advise	The doctor advised his patient to give up the bad habit of smoking.
2.	Axe	He was splitting logs with an axe.
3.	Cheat	Aslam was cheated by Ikhlaq through his foolishness.
4.	Clever	Ahsan is young, clever and rich too.
5.	Consist	The air is consist of more than 70 % of nitrogen
6.	Content	Slaman is not content with his present salary.
7.	Date-palm	Muslims break their iftar on date palm in the month of Ramdan.
8.	Delighted	Sana delighted herself on her success.
9.	Divide	Scientists divide animals, plants and rocks into different classes.
10.	Division	The plan for the division of sub-continent on 14th August 47 is known as 3rd June Plan.
11.	Disturb	Please don't disturb me while I'm working.
12.	Fair	Truth may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit.
13.	Generosity	Generosity is a part of good character in a person.
14.	Greedy	She looked at the gold with greedy eyes.
15.	Guess	Ahmed could not guessed the mystery.
16	Inherit	We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics.
17.	Milk	I bought 5 litres of milk from the shop to make the milk shake.
18.	Pick	The trucks waited at the warehouse to pick up their loads.
19.	Property	The property of former Manager of the company was captured by the Government because he was found indulge in crimes.
20.	Rear	The thief had entered in the house by the rear door.
21.	Ripe	The mangoes are ripe for harvest
22.	Share	I share a bedroom, with my sister.
23.	Striped	There is a striped sofa along the wall.
24.	Suggest	I suggest him to take admission in summer fall crash courses.
25.	Verbal	The job applicant must have good verbal skills.
25.	Whisper	She dropped her voice to a whisper to share her secret with her friend.

C. Fill in the Blanks in the following sentences by choosing the words from the list given below:

greedy, divide, suggested, left, simple, trusting, enjoyed, offer, content, milk, feed, sunrise, sunset, delighted, generosity, clever, childhood

1. Their mother had died in their childhood.
2. His younger brother. Moazzam was simple and trusting.
3. Azam the elder brother was very greedy and clever.
4. Azam suggested that they should divide the property left by their father.
5. We shall just divide it verbally.
6. Moazzam was delighted with the generosity of this elder brother.
7. It shall be mine only from sunset to sunrise.
8. Now moazzam would feed the cow and Azam would milk it.
9. He did not offer even a single date to his younger brother.
10. Moazzam was quite content with it.
11. Azam enjoyed a deep sleep under the warm blanket.

D. (a) Make noun from the following verbs and use them in the sentences of your own:

die, advise, divide, suggest, agree, feed

S.No.	Verb	Noun
1.	Die	Death
2.	Advise	Advice
3.	Divide	Division
4.	Suggest	Suggestion
5.	Agree	Agreement
6.	Feed	Food

Sentences

S.No.	Verb	Sentences
1.	Die	He has lost his balance of mind due to the death of his father.
2.	Advise	We must obey our elder’s advice
3.	Divide	The plan for the division of sub-continent on 14th August 1947 was presented by Lord Mountbatten.
4.	Suggest	He did not accept any suggestion about his matter and suffered a heavy loss.
5.	Agree	An agreement of undertaking was signed between Pakistan and America on the basis of Kashmir.
6.	Feed	Proper food is not available in our remote villages .

(b) Make noun from the following adjectives:

clear, greedy, generous, stupid, innocent, simple, young

S.No.	Adjective	Noun
1.	Clever	Cleverness
2.	Greedy	Greedy
3.	Generous	Generosity
4.	Stupid	Stupidity
5.	Innocent	Innocence
6.	Simple	Simplicity
7.	Young	Youth

(c) Complete the following sentences by using the proper tense of the verb / verbs placed in brackets against each sentence:

1. Azam guessed that somebody had advised his young brother. (guess, advise)

2. My guests had gone before I returned. (go, return)

3. When he came out of the cinema house, the rain had stopped. (come, stop)

4. The train had left before he reached the station. (leave, reach)

5. Ajmal was ill yesterday, so he could not attend the school. (to be, can, attend)

6. Moazzam was simple and was easily tricked by Azam. (to be, trick)

(d) Fill in the Blanks with suitable prepositions
1. He is fond of reading books.
2. Najma is not interested in games.
3. Ajmal is good at mathematics.
4. He is not fit for this job.
5. The baby is crying for its mother.
6. The nurse looks after the patient.
7. The patient has been cured of his disease.
8. He has given up smoking.
9. I am used to taking tea without sugar.
10. We should be proud of our country.

(e) Change into Passive Voice:
1. The old man advised Moazzam.
Ans. Moazzam was advised by the old man.

2. Moazzam fed and looked after the cow.
Ans. The cow was fed and looked after by Moazzam.

E. Composition:

Q.1 How did Azam cheat Moazzam?

Ans. Being greedy, selfish and clever, Azam took advantage of Moazzam’s simpliciity by taking every beneficial part of the inheritance. Azam suggested that the rear part of cow, the upper part of the date-palm tree and the blanket from sunset to sunrise would belong to him. Where as Moazzam was allotted with the front part of cow, the lower part of the tree and the blanket for the day time. which was surely of no use to Moazzam.

Q.2: What was the effect of the old man’s advice on Moazzam? OR Who helped Moazzam to get his due share in the inheritance?

Ans. The old man of the village noticed that how the younger brother was being cheated by the cleverness of his elder brother. The old man gave Moazzam a wise advice. Being obedient, he accepted the advice of an old man and answered the cleverness of his brother with his wisdom. In this way he got his due share in the inheritance.

Q.3: Why did Azam give up cheating?

Ans. Azam was a clever boy. By Moazzam's behaviour, he guessed that somebody has advised his younger brother to fight for his rights and fair share in the inheritance. When Moazzam followed an old man's advice, Azam found himself helpless and decided to give up cheating to his younger brother.