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KSEEB Solutions for Class 6 English<\/a> Prose Chapter 10 The Touch Free PDF Download is available here. Karnataka State Board Class 6 English are prepared as per the Latest Exam Pattern. Students can prepar these English Chapter 10 The Touch Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes Pdf, KSEEB Solutions for Class 6 English\u00a0Karnataka State Board Solutions and assess their preparation level.<\/p>\n

Karnataka State Board Class 6 English Prose Chapter 10 The Touch<\/h2>\n

Prepared as per the KSEEB Solutions for Class 6 English Prose Chapter 10 The Touch can be of extreme help as you will be aware of all the concepts. These Karnataka State Board Class 6 English Chapter 10 The Touch Questions and Answers pave for a quick revision of the Chapter thereby helping you to enhance subject knowledge.<\/p>\n

The Touch Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes<\/h3>\n

Pre-reading task:<\/span><\/p>\n

Question A.
\nWhat did the girls say to each other that evening?
\nAnswer:
\nThe girls said to each other that they were sad because they were not allowed to eat kadabus.<\/p>\n

Question B.
\nA kind old woman, also a neighbor, heard them. She said a few words to each woman. What do you think she said to each woman?
\nAnswer:
\nThe kind old woman said that little innocent children were like the Gods and he won\u2019t be offended if they eat the Kadubus before the Pooja.<\/p>\n

Skimming:<\/span><\/p>\n

Question a.
\nHow does the father address his daughter?
\nAnswer:
\nThe father addressed his daughter as \u201camnia\u201d.<\/p>\n

Question b.
\nSay whether the narrator was a teenager or middle-aged?
\nAnswer:
\nThe narrator was a middle-aged woman.<\/p>\n

Question c.
\nWhat would be the age of the narrator’s father?
\nAnswer:
\nThe narrator\u2019s father was eighty years old.<\/p>\n

Question d.
\nHow many years had the father spent in bed?
\nAnswer:
\nThe father had spent last two years in bed.<\/p>\n

Question e.
\nWhich paragraph tells you about two types of parents?
\nAnswer:
\nThe fourth paragraph tell us about the 2 types of parents.<\/p>\n

1. Each of the following statements has four alternatives. Choose the right answer and write it Work with your partner to do this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Question a.
\nA good way for parents to receive their children returning from school is<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. to ask about their score in Maths.<\/li>\n
  2. to ignore them simply.<\/li>\n
  3. to embrace them lovingly and speak to them lovingly.<\/li>\n
  4. to ask about their report card<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Answer:
    \nto embrace them lovingly and speak to them lovingly.<\/p>\n

    Question b.
    \nWhat had happened when the narrator visited her father on an earlier occasion?<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. she had seen him quarreling with people.<\/li>\n
    2. he had been sleeping.<\/li>\n
    3. he had been too weak to talk.<\/li>\n
    4. she had noticed bugs on his cot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Answer:
      \nshe had noticed bugs on his cot.<\/p>\n

      Question c.
      \nThe narrator hesitated even to touch her father because<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. that\u2019s how she had been raised.<\/li>\n
      2. he was suffering from illness.<\/li>\n
      3. she hated her father.<\/li>\n
      4. her husband had told her to keep distance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Answer:
        \nthat\u2019s how she had been raised.<\/p>\n

        2. Read the extract and answer the following questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Question a.
        \n\u2018Who is it?\u2019 he asked as he turned on his side.
        \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Who asked this question?
          \nThe narrator’s father asked this question.<\/li>\n
        2. When did this person ask this?
          \nWhen the narrators enquired him, \u201cAre you asleep?\u201d that person asked that<\/li>\n
        3. What was the reply?
          \n\u201cIt is I\u201d was the reply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Question b.
          \n\u2018Sit properly \u2018amma\u2019, you\u2019ll fall off\u2019
          \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Who is \u2018amma\u2019 here?
            \nThe narrator is the \u2018amma\u2019 here<\/li>\n
          2. Who said this?
            \nThe narrator\u2019s father said this.<\/li>\n
          3. Where were they at that time?
            \nAt that time they were in rickshaw to go somewhere.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Question c.
            \n\u2018It would be so pice if you moved into this town\u2019
            \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Why did father say this?
              \nThe father was all alone and the narrator was living in a faraway town. The narrator\u2019s. Were also living in the same town in which the in-laws were living.<\/li>\n
            2. How did the narrator react to this?
              \nThe narrator looked at him helplessly.<\/li>\n
            3. What did father do then?
              \nFather did not speak again and was silent as he stroked the narrator\u2019s hand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              3. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Rewrite the false statements correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Question a.
              \nThe young woman in this story is the main character – False
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe old narrator\u2019s father in this story is the main character.<\/p>\n

              Question b.
              \nThis time the father shows his affection for his daughter
              \nAnswer:
              \nTrue<\/p>\n

              Question c.
              \nThe daughter thinks it would be a good idea to ask her mother to clip father\u2019s nails – False
              \nAnswer:
              \nAsking mother to do it would be as useless as the mortar weeping on the shoulder of the drum.<\/p>\n

              Question d.
              \nThe young woman becomes emotional thinking of her widowed sister-in-law – False
              \nAnswer:
              \nNot that he could not ask my sister-in-law, but perhaps he wanted me to do something for him. The narrator felt elated and did the job carefully.<\/p>\n

              Question e.
              \nThe author decides to take her father to her house – False.
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe author looked at him helplessly. A look he could not see. She could not reassure him with words either.<\/p>\n

              4. Answer in one word or a sentence each.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Question a.
              \nWhy had the narrator come to that town?
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe narrator had come to that town on hearing that her mother-in-law was not well, and to spend some time with her.<\/p>\n

              Question b.
              \nWhat was the caution she had received from her husband before going to visit her father?
              \nAnswer:
              \nNot to sit on her father\u2019s bed but pull up a chair and sit. because she would carry bugs back home.<\/p>\n

              Question c.
              \nWas the narrator\u2019s mother alive?
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe narrator’s mother was alive.<\/p>\n

              Question d.
              \nWhat did father say to her finally?
              \nAnswer:
              \n\u201cIt would be so nice if you moved into this town. I could stay with you.\u201d The father said this finally.<\/p>\n

              Question e.
              \nWhy had the narrator hesitated to face her father?
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe narrator hesitated to lace her father because she could not reassure him that she would move into the same town.<\/p>\n

              5. Answer the following in two or three sentences each.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Question a.
              \nWhat was the narrator\u2019s childhood like?
              \nAnswer:
              \nFrom the time the narrator was kept at distance, in the name of discipline, and because of madi, her father\u2019s orthodox way of life. She never had the courage to touch him she had always felt that he was in a state of ritual purity. She was used to slipping into her cocoon.<\/p>\n

              Question b.
              \nWhy did the narrator feel, in her childhood, that her father kept her at a distance?
              \nAnswer:
              \nHer father kept her at a distance, in the name of discipline and because of madi, his orthodox way of life.<\/p>\n

              Question c.
              \nThe \u201cmortar\u201d and the \u201cdrum\u201d in the proverb refer to two people. Who are they?
              \nAnswer:
              \nThe narrator\u2019s father and the mother.<\/p>\n

              Question d.
              \nWhy did her father ask her to clip his nails?
              \nAnswer:
              \nAsking her mother to do it would be useless, so he asked the narrator to do it.<\/p>\n

              Question e.
              \nHow did the narrator feel while returning from her father\u2019s house?
              \nAnswer:
              \nAs she returned in the rickshaw, her father\u2019s tender touch haunted her. Tears welled in her eyes and blurred her view of the road.<\/p>\n

              Words in use:<\/span><\/p>\n

              6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given in the box.<\/span><\/p>\n

              \"KSEEB<\/p>\n

                \n
              • The soldier at the border longed to meet his family.<\/li>\n
              • The old woman groped in the air to find the door.<\/li>\n
              • The climax of the play moved our heart.<\/li>\n
              • A watch-man noticed the thieves and blew his whistle.<\/li>\n
              • Venkatarama hesitated to ask my permission to go home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                7. Make the opposites for the following, by adding suitable prefixes given in bracket.
                \n(ir, in, un, mis, dis, im)<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • known \u00d7 unknown<\/li>\n
                • discipline \u00d7 indiscipline<\/li>\n
                • responsible \u00d7 irresponsible<\/li>\n
                • continue \u00d7 discontinue<\/li>\n
                • proper \u00d7 improper<\/li>\n
                • understand \u00d7 misunderstand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  8. Complete the following sentences on your own, using the words given in bracket.<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • My grandmother was an orthodox person {orthodox}<\/li>\n
                  • The firefighters extinguished the fire {extinguished}<\/li>\n
                  • A bulldozer crushed the building {crush}<\/li>\n
                  • The doctor was helpless without a nurse {helpless}<\/li>\n
                  • Suguna, \u201cStop chatting and come soon\u201d {chatting}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Grammar<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Active and passive voice.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    While changing active into passive:<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. The object of the verb in active voice becomes [new] subject in passive.<\/li>\n
                    2. \u2018by\u2019 is placed before the [new] object.<\/li>\n
                    3. The past participle form of the verb is used.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Change the voice in the following sentences.<\/p>\n

                      Question a.
                      \nPeople don\u2019t respect corrupt politicians.
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nCorrupt politicians are not respected by the people.<\/p>\n

                      Question b.
                      \nThe students are planting the trees.
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nThe trees are being planted by the students.<\/p>\n

                      Question c.
                      \nThey help the orphans.
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nThe orphans are helped by them<\/p>\n

                      Question d.
                      \nAnitha presented a golden watch to me
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nA golden watch was presented to me by Anitha.<\/p>\n

                      Question e.
                      \nHe had broken the chair
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nThe chair had been broken by him.<\/p>\n

                      Question f.
                      \nA man called Lippershy had invented the telescope in 1608.
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nIn 1608 the telescope had been invented by a man called Lippershey.<\/p>\n

                      Question g.
                      \nA telescope makes distant objects appear to be near.
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nDistant objects are made to appear nearby a telescope.<\/p>\n

                      Writing:<\/span><\/p>\n

                      1. Answer the following in 5-6 sentences each?<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Question a.
                      \nDo you sympathize with the father in this story?
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nFather had longed for sons all his life but was left with only his daughters. So I sympathize with him for his unfortunate situation.<\/p>\n

                      Question b.
                      \nDo you sympathize with the daughter in this story?
                      \nAnswer:
                      \nThe daughter spent her teenage fife in a cocoon. Every day she died out of fear still she was not able to come out of that shyness. Then under her husband\u2019s care, she was not able to reason her father that she would move to the same town. I sympathize for her sorry state of affairs.<\/p>\n

                      2. Supply the missing words in this story:<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Long long ago a young man called Shravana kumara lived with his old parents. One morning his father said to him, \u201cKumara, your mother and I have grown old and blind. We are sorry to teJJ you, that we want to worship God in places of pilgrimage.\u201d<\/p>\n

                      Kumara said, \u201c No trouble at all, father.\u201d He set to work immediately. He cut a length of bamboo. Ah! This will serve as my shoulder pole,\u201d he said. He hung two baskets at either end of the pole. He seated his parents in it. He carried them on his shoulder to many holy places.<\/p>\n

                      Work with your partner and insert suitable words in the blanks in the passage below.<\/p>\n

                      In this story a Hindu woman tells us about a visit that she made to her father one day. He receives her affectionately. But his affection only brings back to her past unpleasant memoties. She remembers the strict upbringing he had given her. As a child she had longed for his loving words and loving touch. She had never received them. Now, grown old and blind, he longs for her loving words and loving touch. She treats him kindly She feels sorry for him.<\/p>\n

                      The Touch Summary in English<\/h3>\n

                      \"KSEEB<\/p>\n

                      The lesson \u2018The Touch\u2019 is a short story by Abburi Chayadevi. She wrote it as \u2018Sparsha\u2019 in Telugu. It is translated into English by K. Jayashree Mohan.<\/p>\n

                      Abburi Chayadevi was one of the earliest feminist writers in Telugu. Her family was extremely orthodox and she took to writing as a means of self – expression. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.<\/p>\n

                      The story traces the relationship between & father and his daughter in a orthodox Hindu family. The father is now eighty years old arid his daughter is a middle-aged lady. She is a working woman, married to a man of the same town but now residing in another near by town.<\/p>\n

                      The father who was eighty years old, now had poor eyesight. He was otherwise healthy but was weak due to his poor eyesight. He had lost his grown up son and left only with his daughters. His wife was also bed ridden and his widowed daughter – in- law lived with him. His grandsons were working else where.<\/p>\n

                      The daughter had come to visit her father. When the father hears his daughter pulling a chair to sit down he asks her to sit beside him on his bed and grips her hand lovingly and tells her that he had been looking forward to her visit.<\/p>\n

                      The daughter recalls her childhood days when her father had kept her at a distance in the name of \u2018madi\u2019 his orthodox way of life. She also discipline. She still feels she hasn\u2019t got over recalls that she was also treated harshly in the name of the diffidence it had created.<\/p>\n

                      Her father had been hed – ridden for two years. She had managed to visit her parents when she her husband had come to vist her mother-in-law. Sitting close to her father she revives the faint memories of her childhood When he stroked her hands lovingly, her eyes welled up with tears.<\/p>\n

                      During her childhood. She had longed for his loving touch, but she was treated harshly. She was still unable to feel free with him. When she had visted him for the first time during his illness, she had picked some bugs. Later her husband had noticed a bug, back home, on their bed and had warned her not to sit close to her father.<\/p>\n

                      She knew that her father longed for his sons. When her brother died she hesitated to face her father due to some unknown feeling of guilt.<\/p>\n

                      Her father pleaded with her that if they moved back to his town he could perhaps stay with them. She looked at him helplessly couldn\u2019t reassure, him with words either. Her father didn\u2019t speak again and silently stroked her hands.<\/p>\n

                      At that moment she felt that her eduction, her job and everything were vain and superficial. While returning back in an autorickshaw, she was still haunted by her father\u2019s tender touch and tears welled up in her eyes.<\/p>\n

                      The Touch Summary in Kannada<\/h3>\n

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