"Everything For The Best" || chapter - 5 || class - 8 || Exercise

Chapter 5

Everything For The Best 

everything for the best

Today we are going to read and write " Everything For The Best " for class 8 English Chapter 5  explanation with question answer.

 

EXERCISE 

A. Answer the given questions. 

1. What made the kingdom prosperous? 

Ans. Pratap Singh’s Kingdom was prosperous because Caravan loads brought Daily wealth into his capital and his kingdom was well - administered by his ministers.

 

2. How did Pratap Singh explain famine, epidemic and wars? 

Ans. Pratap Singh explained that the famine, epidemic and wars and other situations teach a man wisdom. This brings mankind slowly towards perfection.

 

3. What mishap occurred when the king was on his hunting expedition?

Ans. When the king was on his hunting expedition, he lost deep in the dense forest with Pratap Singh.

 

4. Why was the king angry with his advisor?

Ans. When his minister came, the king said to him, “so everything for the best, isn’t it? In reply the minister said “yes”. This made the king angry as he thought that his minister was making fun of him.

 

5. Who made the king a prisoner? Why?

Ans. The tribal soldiers of the forest made the king a prisoner for their great annual festival.

 

6. Why did the tribal chief send for the priest?

Ans. The tribal chief sent for the priest because as was the custom, the tribal priest had to approve of all offerings to the deity.

 

7. Why did the priest reject the prisoner as an offering to their deity?

Ans. The priest reject the prisoner as an offering to their deity because the deity would accept only those who were whole bodied. But the prisoner’s body was imperfect and it was not fit for offering to the deity.

 

8. How was the advisor's misfortune proved to be his luck?

Ans. If Pratap Singh had known of the kings danger, he would have come to the king’s help. The tribesmen would have made him a substitute victim. So everything was for the best, after all.

 

Word Skill

 

A. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

1. My friend is a person of optimism and has a positive attitude even in times of hardships. (optimistic)

2. The Persued of excellence should be our aim in whatever we do. (pursue)

3. His firm Belief in what is right saved him from a disastrous situation. (believe)

4. The Tragedy occurred during one of their field trips. (tragic)

5. The girl's skill at Comprehension is really good. (comprehend)

6. The Discovery of anew island caused great excitement among the sailors. (discovered)

7. The chief officer's Approval is necessary before implementing the project. (approve)

 

 

 

B. Read the short paragraphs. Use the words given in the boxes and fill in the blanks in each case.

 

       ( reign            reins            rain )

1.      There was heavy rain that day. The king who began his reign few months back decided to tour his kingdom in disguise. He mounted his horse and took the reins in his hand, and off he went into the darkness.

 

       ( sight            cited           site )

2. The site for the proposed palace was really beautiful. The sight of the surrounding hills and the tree-lined avenue that would lead to the huge building was quite refreshing. It was cited by the chief architect as one of the reasons for choosing that particular piece of land to build the palace.

 

       ( ascent             ascend           assent )

3. I don't think the trainers will assent to our plan. We have to make the ascent to the top of the mountain on our own. But it is not a good idea to ascend the steps without informing them.

 

       ( descent           descend           dissent )

4. Luckily, did not dissent to our plan. So, we went ahead and made the descent accordingly. But we did not descend from the top till we got permission from them.

 

       ( council             counsel            consul )

5. The immigrant wanted to go to the consulate to meet the consul and get some counsel on his stay in the US, but as there was a student' council meeting at the college, he could not reach the office in time.

 

 

 

 

 

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