8th English Unit 4 Online Test – New Book

Explanation:- Rabindranath Tagore on his return from the voyage went and stayed in his brother home in Chandranagore which was in the bank of the river Ganges

Explanation:- The river banks are thickly surrounded by green trees and plants. From them hung bunches of nests at the riverside, where the birds would have chirped, leaves rustled, and the wind rushed. Now it has been replaced by huge dragon-like mills making a hissing noise and letting out black smoke.

Explanation:- The author spent the rainy afternoons in an exciting frenzy way. He played the harmonium as he sang the old Vaishnava songs set to his times. On other afternoons, he sailed slowly in a boat singing Puravi accompanied by his brother Jyotirindra with his violin. They kept on varying the mode of their music with the declining day.

Explanation:- Nobel prize was awarded to field of Physics, Chemistry, medicine, peace and economics. It is not given to music field

Explanation:- Alfred Nobel invented destructive things which led to his own death. So he wrote a will donating all the money he earned for the betterment of the society and human development

Explanation:- Correlative conjunction is a type of conjunction that function in pair

Explanation:- Question that answer What is Direct object and that answers Whom is Indirect object. Here what = Watch( Direct object) and Whom= me (Indirect object)

Explanation:- Question that answer What is Direct object and that answers Whom is Indirect object. Here what = Money(Direct object) and Whom= Poor (Indirect object)

Explanation:- “My Reminiscences” was written and published in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he wrote for the first time in the English language for publication

Explanation:- A thing of beauty never passes into nothingness because it would give us a joy which would last with us forever and never end.

Explanation:- Keats says that human beings are aware of the value of beauty in life. They know that a wreath of flowers in the morning can make their whole day worth living. For, in the moments of gloom and grief, the thought of the beautiful wreath will give them a solace.

Explanation:- Beautiful things are a source of eternal joy which provide peaceful sleep and mental peace, uplift out gloomy souls; provide hope, health, happiness, contentment and comfort. These provide a experience of divine feeling.

Explanation:- The message of the poem ‘A thing of Beauty’ is that a thing of beauty gives us endless joy. It can never vanish nor diminish. These things of beauty take away out stress and tension and rejuvenate us each day. The memory of such thing is a source of everlasting happiness.

Explanation:- The poet uses the image of nature as an ‘endless fountain’ pouring unto us from heaven. Nature is a source of endless joy. The sun, the moon, the daffodils, the clear streams, the forests etc. are a few beautiful images that make a deep impact on us.

Explanation:- Imagery is the way that a writer helps reader visualize or see in their minds what is being described. These images often suggest emotions. Images appeal to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell.

Explanation:- “A Thing of Beauty’ is an excerpt from his poem ‘Endymion: A Poetic Romance’.

Explanation: The pundit had many followers and admirers. He was a eloquent speaker and many gathered to listed to his discourse

Explanation:- The landlord, who lived in other side of the river had commissioned a maid  lady called Moti, to give a tumbler full of milk to Pundit daily

Explanation:- Moti, admired Pundit and listened to his discourse and she thought him to be man equal to God. So Moti felt the service to Pundit as great privilege.

Explanation:- The Pundit want the milk at dawn, an hour before sunrise to perform some rituals

Explanation:- The Pundit want the milk at dawn, an hour before sunrise to perform some rituals

Explanation:- Manoj Das (born 1934) is an award-winning Indian author who writes in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded with Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth highest Civilian Award in India for his contribution in the field of Literature & Education.

Explanation:- The author draws a contrast between scholarship and innocence, between the knowledge which scholarship secures, but which remains a mere theory and the knowledge that works through ones complete faith and surrender to the Lord.

Explanation:- Moti put her empty pot down and, with folded hands, paid obeisance to the river. Then, picking up the pot, she stepped into the water. Struck dumb, the Pundit saw her crossing the river walking with ease.

Explanation:- The Pundit thanked and praised the milkmaid and the boatman who helped her in supplying milk at early hours of dawn in-spite of spate in the river

Explanation:- It is the knowledge that works through ones complete faith and surrender to the Lord. And innocent people and uneducated do not apply their logical mind. Some times blind folded faith causes the miracle.