9th English Unit 2 Online Test – Old Book

Explanation:- Gaia is a Greek term used to refer Earth

Explanation:- Earth is called by different names in different countries. Indians call it as Bhumi, English men call as Earth, Greek men call as Gaia, Portuguese call as Terra

Explanation:- Extinction means getting destroyed. So, reserved forest such as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries protect animals from getting destroyed and vanished

Explanation:- Parents should be a role model to their children and children should think their parents as their inspiration and role model. Admiration means looking up to someone. 

Explanation:- Earth is the huge mass of ball that spins on its axis while revolving around the sun

Explanation:- Resources=all the facilities

Explanation:- About 300 million years ago, Earth didn’t have seven continents but instead one massive supercontinent called Pangea, which was surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa.

Explanation:- Here survival would mean-chance of living, chance to escape

Explanation:- Gravity is the force that holds everything onto earth. The entire living and non-living things stand on earth because of gravity only.

Explanation:- Earth speaks to the readers by saying that life on it was peaceful when plants were growing and animals were wandering, when humans stepped in earth, it lost its peace.

Explanation:- Impact-means-Effect on something

Explanation:- When humans came to Earth, it thought that the six sense creatures would protect and care for it but humans behaved exactly opposite. They destroyed the earth’s resources for their development.

Explanation:- IUCN is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and releases Red list- on list of threatened animal species.

Explanation:- Earth is deeply worried because humans deplete the resources of earth for the development

Explanation:- According to mother Earth, love for nature has disappeared in humans because humans don’t bother about cutting trees, killing animals, destroying forest, and other resources.

Explanation:- Due to pollution, high usage of vehicles and many such activities too much of heat is generated which causes global warming and hole in ozone layer that result in forest fire, melting of snow, increase in sea level ect…

Explanation:- The ozone layer O3 acts as a cover blanket and protects the earth from the ultraviolet rays from sun.

Explanation:- Canopy means- As a protective cover

Explanation:- Aerosals are tiny particles that are released into air while burning coal, petroleum, wood ect.. and also its released from vehicles, factories. 

Explanation:- Trees actually binds and keep the soil intact by their root system.

Explanation:- Deadly diseases such as cancer are caused mainly because of ultra violet rays penetration into skin which are result of pollution created by humans that causes depletion of ozone layer

Explanation:- Mother earth feels that it’s her duty to warn humans of the forth coming danger to nature, if humans continue to exploit the natural resources and spoil the nature thoughtlessly.

Explanation:- Earth advises humans to stop causing damage to nature. It suggests alternate ways such as…battery vehicles, planting trees, banning plastic and using biodegradable products, using solar energy, rain water harvesting and water recycling ect… to conserve the natural resources.

Explanation:- Humans are the superior living beings on earth who has the power to create or destroy things. So only humans can restore the peace and harmony like how the earth was in its olden days.

Explanation:- The word glorious means- Worthy, wonderful, marvellous. So opposite to that is shame, disgrace

Explanation:- WWF- World wide fund for nature is an international non-governmental organization that works in field of conservation of nature and environment.

Explanation:- Man –Subject; Hunting is an action so it is Verb; Animal is the object and Mercilessly describes the act of hunting so it takes Adjunct.

Explanation:- Tree is the subject; Give is an act so its verb; What does tree give= fruit. So fruit answer the question what, so its direct object; To whom does the trees give fruits= to us, so us is indirect object; Year after year is an adjunct as it supports the verb.

Explanation:- Earth is subject; Is =Verb; a ball= Complement as it is a non living thing; in the space = Adjunct

Explanation:- “The eye of the prophet”- is a luminous collection of Gibran’s writings translated from Arabic to French and English. Theme is seeking best in people from all religion and refusing to separate humankind from natural world

Explanation:- Kahlil Gibran is a Lebanese- American writer, great philosopher known for his work “The Prophet” which is translated into more than 100 languages.

Explanation:- Personification is giving life and quality to non living object. Here quality of beauty is attributed to Earth

Explanation :- Earth gives back trees, fruits, food grains, minerals and components for the development of human race for all the ill treatments man does to Earth like pollution, drilling, deforestation ect..

Explanation:- The poet says that he and Earth are one and the same. As he sees his joy, sadness, dreams all are experienced by earth as well. Man and Earth are inseparable.

Explanation:- Mother Earth does not revenge man for his ill treatments for it provides humans with elements, and natural resources 

Explanation:- Humans make cannons and bombs out of the elements and compounds which are used for destruction, says poet but Earth in return give back good thing to man.

Explanation:- Man pierce the heart or chest of the Mother Earth will weapons says Khalil Gibran

Explanation:- Humans dump waste on Earth but the benevolent Earth give us food grains and fruits to eat

Explanation:- The lines from the poem; “I have walked over your plains; I have climbed your stony mountains; I have descended into your valleys”— implies that the poet have stepped in all places of Earth.

Explanation:- Humans wage wars and buries skulls and bones of other men and animals but Earth in return grows trees that would benefit mankind.

Explanation:- The poem is a thanks giving to Earth because Earth is so patient and merciful for all the disturbances human race cause to it. So the poet expresses his gratitude= thanks giving to Earth for being so merciful

Explanation:- Thakur Surat Singh, of Kharda Thikana a small estate in Jodhpur Pargana was granted the estate of Khejarli by Maharaja Abhai Singh of Jodhpur.

Explanation:- Thakur Surat Singh ,of Kharda Thikana -a small estate is in Jodhpur Pargana.

Explanation:- After grant of estate of Khejarli to Thakur Singh by Maharaja Abhai Singh, he became the first “Thakur of Khejardi”. Khejarli-also known as Khejardi.

Explanation:- The name of the village Khejarli or Khejardi is derived from the Khejri trees.

Explanation:- The trees of the village were cut down to burn them for lime inorder to build a new paace for the king-Maharaja Abhai Singh of Jodhpur.

Explanation:- It was called as Black Tuesday because on that day Amrita Devi and all her three daughters were beheaded for protecting against cutting down of trees. Their heads were sliced off when they stood hugging the tree.

Explanation:- In the 19th century Colonol James wrote a famous book on “Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan”-in which he had mentioned about the Khejrali massacre- so many people were killed for hugging the trees an protesting against cutting down of trees.

Explanation:- Chipko movement has its root in early 1970s and in 1974 in Chamoli district inUttarkhand under the leadership of Chandi PrasadBhatt, a human chain was formed encircling trees from being cut down.

Explanation:- Giridhar Bhandari- was theminister in Maharaja Abhai Singh’s court who came to village to cut down the trees for building a palace

Explanation:- When Amrita Devi hugged the trees protecting them from cutting down her head was sliced and cut off.

Explanation:- Amrita Devi said that a tree is worth of a human life. It is worth to sacrifice one’s life in order to save a tree from being cut down

Explanation:- When king asked the reason for delay in bringing woods from forest trees, the chief woodcutter explained the king that, their axes of tired of killing humans as the tribes from the Khejarli village are so passionate towards the trees

Explanation:- On September 1730, Amrita Devi and her three daughters faced a tragic death as their heads were severed for hugging the trees and saving them from being cut down.

Explanation:- Bishnoy community men around the Jodhpur pargana came forward courageously to fight against cutting down trees

Explanation:- The people of villages believed that the Khejri trees are holly and it is their religious duty to save and protect them

Explanation:- Chipko movement is a mass ,non-violent movement as people protested in a silent way without using any weapons to attack. They just hugged trees and formed human chain and encircled the tree to save the trees

Explanation:- Once the king came to know about the massacre of people, he felt shocked and bad
that he came down and apologized to the tribal chief for the wrong sin committed by his ministers
and he issued a royal decree which prohibited people from cutting down trees around the village
and punishment for those who do not abide by the rules

Explanation:- The Kind issued the royal decree engraved in copper plate

Explanation:- In the 19th century Colonol James wrote a famous book on “Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan”-in which he had mentioned about the Khejrali massacre- so many people were killed for hugging the trees an protesting against cutting down of trees.

Explanation:- Chipko movement is a mass ,non-violent movement as people protested in a silent way without using any weapons to attack. They just hugged trees and formed human chain and encircled the tree to save the trees.

Explanation:- When king asked the reason for delay in bringing woods from forest trees, the chief woodcutter explained the king that, their axes of tired of killing humans as the tribes from the Khejrali village are so passionate towards the trees.