NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Unit 10 – The Banyan Tree

The other two spectators were a myna and a jungle crow. They settled on the cactus to watch the outcome. They were not content only to watch the fight. They took part in the proceedings and hurled themselves at the cobra.

 (i) . Towards the end of the fight, the crow flung nearly twenty feet across the garden as the cobra whipped his head back and struck with great force. His snout thudded against the crow’s body and it fluttered about for a while, then it lay still and dead.

(ii). The myna dropped cautiously to the ground, hopped about, peered into the bushes from a safe distance and then with a shrill cry of congratulation flew away.

1 .The word ‘round’ in the story denotes the different courses of the fight that took place between the snake and the mongoose.

2 .Hari leaves for work at nine every morning. He works in the local branch of the firm of which his uncle is the owner. Hari’s success is really the fruit of his own labour. He is happy, but he has a small problem. The root cause of his problem is a stray dog near his office. The dog welcomes Hari with a loud bark every day.

1. When he began to trust me, the squirrel began delving into my pockets for morsels of cake.

2. I saw a cobra gliding out of a clump of cactus.

3. The snake hissed, his forked tongue darting in and out.

4. When the cobra tried to bite it, the mongoose sprang aside.

5. The snake whipped his head back to strike at the crow.

6. The birds dived at the snake.

1. The cobra struck the crow, his snout thudding against its body.

2. The crow and the myna collided in mid-air.

3. The birds dived at the snake, but bumped into each other instead.

1. elephants could fly in the sky, like clouds. They could also change their shapes. They would fly behind clouds and frighten them. People would look up at the sky in wonder.

2. because there was no electricity, he would get up with the sun, and he would go to bed with the sun, like the birds.

3. like the owl, he could see quite well in the dark. He could tell who was coming by listening to their footsteps.

1. (i) Zeba is as tall as Rani.

(ii) Zeba is taller than Ruby.

(iii) Rani is taller than Ruby.

(iv) Ruby is shorter than Rani as well as Zeba.

1. (i) Vijay is as strong as Akshay.

(ii) Anwar is stronger than Akshay as well as Vijay.

(iii) Neither Akshay nor Vijay is as strong as Anwar.

1. (i) Shimla is as cold as Gangtok.

(ii) Srinagar is colder than Shimla and Gangtok.

(iii) Neither Gangtok nor Shimla is as cold as Srinagar.

1. (i) Romi’s pencil is as long as Raja’s pencil.

(ii) Mona’s pencil is longer than Romi’s pencil and Raja’s pencil.

(iii) Neither Romi’s pencil or Raja’s pencil is as long as Mona’s pencil.

1. (i) Delhi is as hot as Nagpur.

(ii) Chennai is not as hot as Delhi or Nagpur.

(iii) Delhi is hotter than Chennai.

(iv) Nagpur is hotter than Chennai.

My favourite place in my house is the balcony that is attached to my bedroom. There is a huge window in my room that overlooks the garden outside. I usually stand on the balcony and enjoy the beautiful view of the garden. Every morning sunshine peeps through my window and lights up my room. Sometimes, a cool breeze blows inside my room, making it airy. I have a desk next to my window and I sit and do my homework and lessons there. I simply love my room, from where I can enjoy the beauty of nature every single day.

(Note: For the second part of the question, students can write about their personal experience).

1. The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because his grandfather was sixty-five years old and could no longer climb it.

2. The small grey squirrel became friendly when he found that the boy did not arm himself with catapult or air gun.

3. When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel grew quite bold and was soon taking morsels from his hand.

4. In the spring, the banyan tree was full of small red figs, and birds of all kinds would come there.

5. The banyan tree served the boy as a library where he had made a crude platform to sit and read books.

6. The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree when it was not too hot, leaning against it and reading story books.

1. (i)

(ii) To show the readiness for their fight, the cobra hissed defiantly with his forked tongue darting in and out; he raised half its total length off the ground and spread his broad, spectacled hood. On the other hand, the mongoose bushed his tail, and the long hair on his spine stood up.