Explore India: Quiz Time Class 8 English Chapter 3 Question Answers Solution .

Lokesh Chandra Das

 

Explore India: Quiz Time

 

 

1. Answer the following Questions with information from the lesson.

(a) What is quiz?

Ans:- Quiz is a test of knowledge between individual or groups held in a form of game, where someone test our knowledge by asking questions.


(b) How many school teams participated in the quiz programme for the selection phase?

Ans:- Five school teams were participated in the quiz programme for the selection  phase.

 (c) Who was the Quizmaster?

Ans:- Mr. P.K. Baruah was the Quizmaster.

 

(d) What were the rules of the quiz as announced by the Scorer Aparna?

Ans:- The rules of the quiz announced by the scorer Aparna are as follow:-

(i) There will be five rounds in total. Each round, each team will get at least one direct question.

(ii) Every correct answer there will be 10 marks and 5 marks for a passed over question.

(iii) No negative marking for wrong questions.

(iv) Each team gets 10 sec to answer a question.

(v) The highest mark team will be the winner.

(e) Which team was the winner of the state level school Quiz Competition?

Ans:- Team D was the winner of the state level school Quiz Competition.


Q.2. How well do you know your country? Complete the following sentences. They are from the lesson and are about our country.

(a) The ancient name of Assam was Kamrup. It was also known as Pragjyotishpur .

(b) Su-ka-pha established the Ahom Kingdom in Assam in the year 1228 A.D.

(c) Myanmar does not share its border with Assam.

(d) The capital of Assam during the Ahom rule was Rangpur.

(e) The colours of our tricolour National flag are Saffron, white and green.

(f) White stands for Peace and
  truth.

(g) Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar in the
  state of Gujarat .

(h) Amritsar in Punjab is famous for the
Golden
 Temple of the Sikhs.


(i) The largest population of Indian rhino can be seen in Kaziranga National Park..

(j) The ancient name of Patna, the capital of Bihar, was Patliputra..

(k) The Qutub Minar, the world's tallest free standing stone tower was built in 1193 by Qutubuddin Aibak. .



Q.4. Listen to an announcement. Your teacher will read/play it for you. As you listen, state whether each statement is true or false. Mark the option T if the statement is true or F if it is false.

a) The announcement is about the incessant rains in Assam. (T/F)

Ans:-  False (F)

b) The announcement is about postponing the quiz programme (T/F)

Ans:-   Truth (T)

c) The quiz programme has been postponed indefinitely (T/F)

Ans:-  Truth ( T ) 

d) The quiz programme has been rescheduled for next minday. (T/F)
Ans:-   Truth ( T )

e) The next date of the quiz has been notified in the announcement (T/F)

Ans:-  False ( F)

f) The pasticipants of the other districts are requested to go back. (T/F)

Ans:-   False ( F )

g) The new date for the quiz will be notified shortly (T/F)

Ans:-   Truth ( T )

h) Students of the venue school are asked to go to their classes. (T/F)

Ans:-  Truth ( T )  

 

 

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