Lesson- 7
On An African River -David Livingston
Short answer types questions:
Q .1) What type of
creature live in the river Chobe?
Ans.) In Chobe dangerous creatures like
hippos and crocodiles live.
Q .2) When is a
herd of hippos dangerous and why?
Ans.) A herd of hippos is dangerous
when a canoe passes in to the midst of it when all are asleep. They become
dangerous because they are disturbed in their sleep.
Q .3) What advice
is given to the traveler to avoid the attack?
Ans.) To avoid the attack the traveler
is advised to steer always near the bank in day time and in the middle of the
stream in the night.
Q .4) Describe the
incident which made the author fearful.
Ans.) One day author’s men were
swimming across these streams, suddenly he saw one of his men caught by
something and taken below. This incident made the author fearful.
Q .5) How did the
fellow escape from the crocodile?
Ans.) That fellow kept his wits about
him and gave the crocodile a stab behind the shoulder with his pointed spear.
Starting back in pain, the crocodile left him.
Q .6) How does the
mother crocodile behave after laying the eggs?
Ans.) After laying the eggs, the mother
crocodile covers them up and leaves them.
She returns afterward to help the young come out of confinement.
Q .7) What is the
chief food of crocodiles? How do they catch it?
Ans.) The chief food of crocodile is
fish. The crocodiles have broad scaly tails. They take help of their tails in
catching the fish.
Q .8) What is the
remarkable about crocodiles speed, when it sees a man in the water?
Ans.) When a crocodile sees a man in
water, it rushes across the stream with a wonderful speed. Its speed is judged
by the high ripple. It makes on the surface.
Long answer types question:
Q .1) Describe the
life and behavior of crocodile in the chobe water (river) in South Africa.
Ans.) ‘On An
African River’ is
a very great essay by David Livingston.
The writer expresses about the
river chobe has two big animals hippos and crocodiles, but crocodiles are more
dangerous than hippos. The number of crocodiles is very great in this river.
They are more dangerous than the crocodiles in other river.
Many children when they go down for water, are
carried off by the crocodiles. The
crocodiles of the river are so very dangerous because seldom they carry off
calves and cow also. The crocodiles attack their prey with their tails, then
they pull him in and drawn him. When the crocodiles are watching for prey they
can not be seen because at that time they lie in the water.
The
chief food of crocodile is fish either large or small. The crocodiles have
broad and scaly tails and with the help of their tails they catch fish. When a
crocodile sees a man on the other bank of the river, he runs at once at a very
high speed at the bottom of the river, so his body is not seen on the surface.
One more interesting fact about
crocodiles is that when they eat their prey, they make a very loud chewing
sound which can’t be forgotten if once heard.
Fill in the
blanks
1.
As a rule,
hippos flee when they see a man.
2.
Lair means a resting place of animals.
3.
Hippos require
to come up every few minutes to
breathe.
4.
The young , when
very little, take their stand on the neck of the mother.
5.
The number of
crocodiles is very great and in this river they are more savage than in some others.
6.
The crocodile is
said by the natives to strike the victim with its tail.
7.
Here the people
have noillfeelings towards person
who have men with such an adventure.
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