“Butterfly” is the English textbook for class 5 approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). Here we will discuss the Activity Questions and Answers from Lesson 10, A Great Social Reformer of this book.

A GREAT SOCIAL REFORMER – QUESTION & ANSWER

Look at these pictures and answer the question below:

• Who are these people?

Ans: These people are Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Henry Louis Derozio and Iswarchandra Vidyasagar.

• Why are they famous?

Ans: They are famous because they are all great social reformers.

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Let’s match column A with column B:

A	B
Vidyasagar	started Young Bengal Movement
Vivekananda	stopped the evil custom of ‘Sati’
Raja Rammohan Roy	spread the message of brotherhood
Derozio	started widow remarriage

Ans:

A	B
Vidyasagar	started widow remarriage
Vivekananda	spread the message of brotherhood
Raja Rammohan Roy	stopped the evil custom of ‘Sati’
Derozio	started Young Bengal Movement

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ACTIVITY 1

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. Begum Rokeya was born in an affluent Muslim family.
2. At home she learnt Arabic and Persian.
3. She never went to school.
4. She wrote some great books in Bengali and English.

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ACTIVITY 2

Table A and Table B have words with opposite meanings. Let’s match Table A with Table B:

A	B
Kind	Rich
Poor	Forget
Advantaged	Cruel
Remember	Disadvantaged

Ans:

A	B
Kind	Cruel
Poor	Rich
Advantaged	Disadvantaged
Remember	Forget

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ACTIVITY 3

Let’s write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:

(1) Begum Rokeya never thought about others. F

(2) Begum Rokeya demanded education for women. T

(3) She wrote against social injustice. T

(4) She never felt the importance of women in a family. F

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ACTIVITY 4

Find out the word-clusters (describing word + naming word) from the above text:

(i) Social reforms.

(ii) Healthy girls.

(iii) Remarkable women.

(iv) First pioneer.

(v) Strong humanist.

(vi) Famous books.

(vii) Ideal state/woman.

(viii) Great books.

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ACTIVITY 5

Put the punctuation marks in the following sentences.

(i) vivekananda said all indians are my brothers

Ans: Vivekananda said, ‘All Indians are my brothers.’

(ii) i am rokeyas friend said the lady

Ans: ‘I am Rokeya’s friend,’ said the lady.

(iii) who are you oh you are wounded

Ans: ‘Who are you?’, oh! you are wounded.

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(iv) i know there are many birds like crow parrot mynah

Ans: I know there are many birds like crow, parrot, mynah.

(v) netaji founded ajad hind fauj

Ans: Netaji founded ‘Ajad Hind Fauj.’

(vi) vidyasagar was a social reformer.

Ans: Vidyasagar was a social reformer.

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ACTIVITY 6

Let’s fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863. He was born in Calcutta. He belonged to a rich family. In those days our country was under the British rule. Vivekananda felt for the misery of the Indians.

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ACTIVITY 7(a)

Let’s classify the personal pronouns and possessive pronouns from the passage:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a great social reformer. He lived in the 19^th century Bengal. He worked hard for the betterment of our country. His fight was for abolishing the evil system of sati, and his contribution to the improvement of Indian education will be remembered forever. We are all proud of him.

Ans:

Personal Pronoun – He, We.

Possessive Pronoun – His, Our.

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ACTIVITY 7(b)

Change the personal pronouns used in activity 7(a) into possessive pronouns.

Personal Pronouns	Possessive Pronouns
He	His
We	Our

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ACTIVITY 8

Use the following hints and write ten sentences about Henry Louis Vivian Derozio:

Name	Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
Date of Birth	18.04.1809
Parents’ names	Francis Derozio; Sophie Johnson.
Place of Birth	Entally, Kolkata.
School	David Drummond’s “Dhurramtallah Academy’’.
Service	Teacher of English Literature and History, Hindu College.
Achievements	Assistant editor of ‘The India Gazette’, editor of ‘The Calcutta Gazette’, ‘The East Indian’ and ‘The Bengal Annual’ etc.
Notable works	‘To India, My Native land’, ‘The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’ etc.
Death	26th December, 1831.

Ans:

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was an Indian English poet. He was born on 18^th April 1809. His father’s name was Francis Derozio and his mother’s name was Sophie Johnson. He was born at Entally and brought up in Kolkata. He studied at David Drummond’s “Dhurramtallah Acadamy’’ school. Later he started teaching English Literature and History at Hindu college. Soon he became an Assistant editor of ‘The India Gazette’, editor of ‘The Calcutta Gazette’, ‘The East Indian’ and ‘The Bengal Annual’ etc. He wrote many poems in his pass time. A few of his notable poems are ‘To India, My Native land’, ‘The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’ etc. He died on 26th December, 1831.

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