NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Chapter 8 - My Elder Brother

Question 1:

I have lived in this house................... I was a baby.

Answer:

since

Question 2:

This big jar has been in our family ................... many years.
(worried, shocked, frightened)

Answer:

for

Question 3:

The old banyan tree in the village has been there ...................the last 200 years.
(unhappy, worried, angry)

Answer:

for

Question 4:

Nobody has seen him ...................yesterday.

Answer:

since

Question 5:

What are the things that Munna liked to do ?

Answer:

He liked drawing, going to fairs, watching hockey and cricket matches, playing kabaddi and flying kites.

Question 6:

What did Bhaiya do all day ?

Answer:

He would study all day.

Question 7:

Why was Munna not happy with the timetable that Bhaiya made for him ?

Answer:

Munna was not happy because there was no time to play.

Question 8:

How do you think Munna felt when his brother was so strict with him ?
Why was Bhaiya so strict with him ?

Answer:

Munna felt unhappy. Bhaiya was strict because Munna spent all the time in playing. He did not take interest in his studies.

Question 9:

Whose character do you like more—Munna’s or Bhaiya’s ? Why ?

Answer:

I like Bhaiya’s character more. He is very wise. He knows that experience is as important as hard work. He also knows his responsibility as an elder brother.

Question 10:

Why was Munna not happy with the timetable that Bhaiya made for him ?

Answer:

Munna was not happy because there was no time to play.

Question 11:

What are the things that Munna liked to do ?

Answer:

He liked drawing, going to fairs, watching hockey and cricket matches, playing kabaddi and flying kites.

Question 12:

What did Bhaiya do all day ?

Answer:

He would study all day.

Question 13:

Why was Munna not happy with the timetable that Bhaiya made for him ?

Answer:

Munna was not happy because there was no time to play.

Question 14:

Why did Oliver live in the orphanage ?

Answer:

Oliver lived in the orphanage because he was homeless.

Question 15:

Who was Mr. Bumble ?

Answer:

He was the owner of the orphanage..

Question 16:

What meal were the boys given ?

Answer:

They were given only a bowl of watery soup.

Question 17:

What did Oliver say to Mr. Bumble ?

Answer:

He asked for some more soup..

Question 18:

The boys were given three meals a day. Then why were they always hungry ?

Answer:

Because the soup they were given was never enough.

Question 19:

Find the words from the passage that mean the same as

Answer:

(i) very hungry (para 2)
(ii) to vanish (para 3)

Question 20:

‘All the boys assembled in the cold stone hall.’
Here the word ‘assembled’ means —

Answer:

collected..

Question 21:

From the word ‘assembled’ remove the last two letters. Add one letter to make a word which means a time at the school when the whole school gathers.

Answer:

assembly.

Question 22:

Give a suitable title to the passage.

Answer:

Mr. Bumble’s Orphanage/Poor Oliver.