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“Butterfly” is the English textbook for Class 5, approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). On this page, we cover the activity questions and answers from the book’s revision lesson.
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“A Great Social Reformer” is a lesson from the “Butterfly” textbook for Class 5, as approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education. All the activity exercises in this lesson have been completed by experienced English teachers.
A GREAT SOCIAL REFORMER – Best and Accurate QUESTION & ANSWER Solutions
Look at these pictures and answer the question below:
1) Who are these people?
Answer: These people are Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Henry Louis Derozio and Iswarchandra Vidyasagar.
2) Why are they famous?
Answer: They are famous because they are all great social reformers.
Let’s match column A with column B:
Answer:
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Vidyasagar | started widow remarriage |
| Vivekananda | spread the message of brotherhood |
| Raja Rammohan Roy | stopped the evil custom of ‘Sati’ |
| Derozio | started Young Bengal Movement |
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 1 - Solutions
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1) Begum Rokeya was born in an affluent Muslim family.
2) At home she learnt Arabic and Persian.
3)She never went to school.
4) She wrote some great books in Bengali and English.
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 2 - Solutions
Table A and Table B have words with opposite meanings. Let’s match Table A with Table B:
Answer:
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Kind | Cruel |
| Poor | Rich |
| Advantaged | Disadvantaged |
| Remember | Forget |
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 3 - Solutions
Let’s write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:
(1) Begum Rokeya never thought about others. [F] False
(2) Begum Rokeya demanded education for women. [T] True
(3) She wrote against social injustice. [T] True
(4) She never felt the importance of women in a family. [F] False
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 4 - Solutions
Find out the word-clusters (describing word + naming word) from the above text:
(i) Social reforms.
(ii) Healthy girls.
(iii) Remarkable women.
(iv) First pioneer.
(v) Strong humanist.
(vi) Famous books.
(vii) Ideal state/woman.
(viii) Great books.
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 5 - Solutions
Put the punctuation marks in the following sentences.
(i) vivekananda said all indians are my brothers
Answer: Vivekananda said, ‘All Indians are my brothers.’
(ii) i am rokeyas friend said the lady
Answer: ‘I am Rokeya’s friend,’ said the lady.
(iii) who are you oh you are wounded
Answer: ‘Who are you?’, oh! you are wounded.
(iv) i know there are many birds like crow parrot mynah
Answer: I know there are many birds like crow, parrot, mynah.
(v) netaji founded ajad hind fauj
Answer: Netaji founded ‘Ajad Hind Fauj.
(vi) vidyasagar was a social reformer.
Answer: Vidyasagar was a social reformer.
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 6 - Solutions
Let’s fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
Answer:
Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863. He was born in Calcutta. He belonged to a rich family. In those days our country was under the British rule. Vivekananda felt for the misery of the Indians.
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 7(a) - Solutions
Let’s classify the personal pronouns and possessive pronouns from the passage:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a great social reformer. He lived in the 19th century Bengal. He worked hard for the betterment of our country. His fight was for abolishing the evil system of sati, and his contribution to the improvement of Indian education will be remembered forever. We are all proud of him.
Answer:
Personal Pronoun – He, We.
Possessive Pronoun – His, Our.
A Great Social Reformer - ACTIVITY 7(b) - Solutions
Change the personal pronouns used in activity 7(a) into possessive pronouns.
| Personal Pronouns | Possessive Pronouns |
|---|---|
| He | His |
| We | Our |
ACTIVITY 8
Use the following hints and write ten sentences about Henry Louis Vivian Derozio:
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |
| Date of Birth | 18.04.1809 |
| Parents’ names | Francis Derozio; Sophie Johnson |
| Place of Birth | Entally, Kolkata |
| School | David Drummond’s “Dhurramtallah Academy’’ |
| Service | Teacher of English Literature and History, Hindu College |
| Achievements | Assistant editor of ‘The India Gazette’, editor of ‘The Calcutta Gazette’, ‘The East Indian’ and ‘The Bengal Annual’ etc. |
| Notable works | ‘To India, My Native land’, ‘The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’ etc. |
| Death | 26th December, 1831 |
Answer:
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was an Indian English poet. He was born on 18th April 1809. His father’s name was Francis Derozio and his mother’s name was Sophie Johnson. He was born at Entally and brought up in Kolkata. He studied at David Drummond’s “Dhurramtallah Acadamy’’ school. Later he started teaching English Literature and History at Hindu college. Soon he became an Assistant editor of ‘The India Gazette’, editor of ‘The Calcutta Gazette’, ‘The East Indian’ and ‘The Bengal Annual’ etc. He wrote many poems in his pass time. A few of his notable poems are ‘To India, My Native land’, ‘The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’ etc. He died on 26th December, 1831.