Rama to The Rescue: Notes & Question-Answers Class 6 NCER Book Poorvi Unit 1, 3rd Story

Given here – ‘Rama to the Rescue‘ Lesson Notes and Question-Answers for Class 6 NCERT English Textbook “Poorvi”, Unit 1, Story 3. Click here for other lessons of ‘Poorvi’ . Here you would get Notes with summary, meanings, messages or moral etc. Next section relates to Answers to chapter exercises.

Notes: Rama to The Rescue (Class 6 Book ‘Poorvi’)

Summary

Here’s a summary of the story “Rama to the Rescue”:

In a village, a Brahman and his wife are about to go to sleep one night when they hear someone trying to enter their house. They suspect it’s a thief and discuss how to handle the situation. To trick the thief, they pretend to call out for their future child named Rama. They call softly and then loudly to make it seem like someone named Rama is in the house.

The village kotwal, also named Rama, hears the name being called and rushes to investigate. He finds the thief attempting to rob the house and arrests him. Thanks to the clever plan of the Brahman and his wife, they are saved from being robbed, and the thief is caught.

Vocabulary: (Word-Meanings)

Here are some vocabulary words from the story and their meanings:

1. Kotwal – A local police officer or watchman in a village.
2. Thief – A person who steals.
3. Chatter – Continuous and often trivial talk.
4. Suspicious – Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.
5. Robbery – The act of stealing from someone, often involving force or threat.
6. Cleverness – The quality of being quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas.
7. Plan – A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
8. Rescue – To save someone from a dangerous or difficult situation.

Moral/Message of The Story

Moral of the Story: Cleverness and quick thinking can help you overcome difficult situations.

Message: The story highlights the importance of using your wits and creativity to protect yourself and solve problems. It demonstrates that even in potentially dangerous situations, smart planning and resourcefulness can make a significant difference.

Intext-Questions: Rama to The Rescue

Page: 20

Let us do these activities before we read. (Page 20)

1. Identify the following people.
How do they help us when we are in trouble?

Answers:

• The first one is a Police personnel. Police helps in maintaining law and order so that the people are safe and do not suffer from any criminal activities.
• The second one (middle) is a doctor: A doctor helps a lot in treating our ailments to keep us healthy. A doctor is considered second to ‘God’ in saving our life.
• The Third one is a firefighter (fireman): A fireman comes to rescue us from fire by extinguishing it to keep our life and property safe from fire.

2. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
The word ‘rescue’ means to __________.
(a) make fun of someone
(b) save someone
(c) ask someone for help

Ans: (b) Save someone

3. Work in pairs.

Put a tick mark at the end of the phrases describing those who need to be rescued. Share your answers with your teacher and classmates.

Answer: (a) and (c)

Page: 21

4. The policeman in the story you are about to read is called the kotwal. Some people call him thaanedar. What do you call a policeman in your language? Share it with your classmates and teacher.

Ans. Thaanedaar or Kotwal – In Our region of Awadhi Language we call the policeman as simply police or ‘sipahi’ and the incharge of the Thana is called ‘Thaanedaar or Kotwal’

5. Imagine you are alone at home and you face a problem. Answer the following questions and share your answers with your teacher and classmates.

(a) Will you solve the problem yourself or wait for someone to help you?

Ans. Yes, we, ourselves, will try our best to use our wit and intelligence to solve the problem.

(b) How will you deal with the problem? Give a reason.

(i) Be worried about the problem and give up.
(ii) Feel angry that only you have the problem.
(iii) Think quickly about ways to solve the problem.

Ans. (iii) Think quickly about ways to solve the problem.

Let us Discuss – Q & Ans.

Page: 23

Let us Discuss

Write whether True or False.

1. The man tells his plan to his wife.
2. The thief wants to know where they kept their jewels.

Ans. 1. True’; 2. True

Page: 24

Let us discuss

1. Along with your classmates, call out the name ‘Rama’– softly, loudly and very loudly.

Ans. Attempt yourself and enjoy the act of calling ‘Rama’ softly, loudly and very loudly.

2. What do you think will happen next in the story?

Ans. Very much possibility is that the kotwal would hear his name and would understand the urgency to reach out to for help the needy i.e. the husband and the wife.

Page: 25

Let us discuss

1. Work in pairs to match the words in Column A with the meanings in Column B. Check your answers by sharing them with your teacher and classmates.

Answer:

Matching the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B:

1. wonder – (f) a feeling of surprise
2. yard – (c) an area outside a building
3. chatter – (d) talk for a long time about unimportant things
4. instead – (a) in place of someone or something
5. closely – (b) carefully
6. perhaps – (e) maybe

2. Fill in the boxes with suitable words as you read the story.

Answer:

Here’s how you can fill in the boxes:

1. Main Characters: Brahman, Brahman’s Wife, Rama (the kotwal)
2. Setting: A village, at night
3. Other Characters: Thief
4. Problem: A thief has entered the house, and the couple is trying to avoid being robbed.
5. Solution: The couple cleverly discusses “calling out to their future child named Rama,” which actually alerts the kotwal, Rama, who comes and catches the thief.

Textbook Exercises and Answers

Let us think and reflect

1. Read the following lines and then answer the questions that follow.

(a) Man: What’s the matter? What are you looking at?

Wife: Ssssh! Listen!
Man: Somebody is trying to get in.
Wife: I … I think he has got in … the noise has stopped.

(i) What makes the man say the first line?

Ans. The man says the first line because he notices that his wife is looking at something with concern, and he is curious about what has caught her attention.

(ii) Choose the correct option.
The wife says ‘Ssssh! Listen!’. What does the word ‘Ssssh’ mean here?
a. sleep b. help c. rest d. be silent

Ans. (d) be silent

(iii) How can you tell that the wife was listening carefully?

Ans. We can tell that the wife was listening carefully because she notices that the noise has stopped, indicating that the thief may have already gotten into the house. Her attention to the sounds around them shows she is alert and cautious.

(b) Rama, the village kotwal, ran to the house from which he heard his name being called.

Rama: Oh, Oh! Some thief has dug his way into this house.

(i) Fill in the blank with the correct word from the given lines.
The villagers caught the thief and took him to the _________.

Ans. The villagers caught the thief and took him to the kotwal.

(ii) Choose the correct option.
What do the words “Oh, Oh!” show here?
a. surprise b. anger c. pain d. happiness

Ans. (a) surprise

(iii) How can you tell that the kotwal was good at his job?

Ans. You can tell that the kotwal was good at his job because he responded quickly when he heard his name being called, rushed to the scene, and immediately understood that a thief had broken into the house. His prompt action led to the thief being caught.

2. Give one reason why the man and his wife were not able to fall asleep.

Ans. The man and his wife were not able to fall asleep because they heard noises indicating that a thief was trying to enter their house, making them anxious and alert.

Short Ans. The man and his wife couldn’t sleep because they heard a thief trying to get into their house.

3. What did the thief wish would happen? Did it happen?

Ans. The thief wished that the man and his wife would stop talking and fall asleep so that he could steal from them without being noticed. However, this did not happen because the couple kept talking, and eventually, their conversation led to the kotwal, Rama, coming to the house and catching the thief.

Short Ans. The thief wanted the man and his wife to fall asleep so he could steal from them. But they kept talking, so it didn’t happen.

4. How did the man and his wife get help from the kotwal?

Ans. The man and his wife cleverly discussed “calling out to their future child named Rama,” which was a signal that the kotwal, Rama, recognized as his name. Hearing his name being called out loudly, the kotwal rushed to the house and caught the thief, thereby helping the couple.

Short Ans. The man and his wife pretended to call their future child, Rama. The kotwal, whose name was also Rama, heard them and came to catch the thief.

5. Do you think cleverness can help us solve our problems? Why do you say so?

Ans. Yes, cleverness can help us solve our problems because it allows us to think creatively and find solutions even in difficult situations. In the story, the man and his wife used their cleverness to outsmart the thief by pretending to discuss their future child, which in turn led to the kotwal coming to their rescue. This shows that being clever and quick-thinking can be a powerful tool in problem-solving.

Short Ans. Yes, being clever can help solve problems. In the story, the man and his wife used a smart plan to get help and stop the thief.

Let us learn

1. Now, write the full words with the missing letter.

(a) ____ feeling so sleepy…
(b) ____ a thief.
(c) ____ awake.
The missing letters

Answer: The highlighted words have missing letters, which are replaced by an apostrophe (ʼ). Here are the full words:

(a) I’m feeling so sleepy…
Full word: I am feeling so sleepy…

(b) It’s a thief.
Full word: It is a thief.

(c) They’re awake.
Full word: They are awake.

These words are contractions, where the apostrophe shows where the letter(s) have been left out.

2. Expand the following words. Two examples have been done for you. Use the contracted form of these words in sentences of your own.

Answers: Here are the expansions and example sentences for each contracted word:

3. Study the highlighted words and the words in the brackets in the following sentences from the story.

(a) I am feeling so sleepy. [am + feel + ing]
(b) What are you looking at? [are + look + ing]
(c) Somebody is trying to get in. [is + try + ing]
(d) They are saying something. [are + say + ing]
(e) Perhaps, they are talking about their money. [are + talk + ing]

Now, choose the correct option.

The sentences (a)-(e) refer to actions that _______.

Ans. The sentences (a) to (e) refer to actions that are going on at the time of speaking.

4. Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences.

(a) I __ in Grade 6. [am + study + ing]
(b) My friend __ a story book. [is + read + ing]
(c) We __ a board game. [are + play + ing]
(d) I __ a new language. [am + learn + ing]
(e) The teachers __ in the staff room. [are + sit + ing]
(f) My mother __ food in the kitchen. [is + cook + ing]

Answers:

(a) I am studying in Grade 6.
(b) My friend is reading a storybook.
(c) We are playing a board game.
(d) I am learning a new language.
(e) The teachers are sitting in the staff room.
(f) My mother is cooking food in the kitchen.

5. Study the following picture and fill in the blanks with the present progressive form of verbs.

(a) Govind and Anu _____ football.
(b) Pema _____ flowers.
(c) Anil _____ the score card.
(d) The mother ____ a book.
(e) The dog _____ to catch the ball.
(f) The birds ______ in the sky.

Answers:

(a) Govind and Anu are playing football.
(b) Pema is picking flowers.
(c) Anil is holding the scorecard.
(d) The mother is reading a book.
(e) The dog is running to catch the ball.
(f) The birds are flying in the sky.

6. Study the following sentences from the story and complete the table. One example has been done for you.

(a) I’d better listen closely.
(b) When he’s in the house, I’ll call out softly to him.
(c) Then I’ll call out very loudly…

Answers: Given below is the completed table with the correct adverbs:

7. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box given below. There are two extra words that you do not need.

(a) He solved the mathematics problem _____.
(b) The car moved _____ along the highway.
(c) The musician played the guitar _____.
(d) Shobha danced _____ .
(e) Rohit left the house _____ .

Answers: Here are the sentences filled in with suitable adverbs:

(a) He solved the mathematics problem quickly.
(b) The car moved smoothly along the highway.
(c) The musician played the guitar beautifully.
(d) Shobha danced gracefully.
(e) Rohit left the house hurriedly.

Extra Words: The extra words warmly and funnily were not needed for these sentences.

8. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box given below. There are two extra words that you do not need.

Once upon a time in a small forest, animals lived (i) _____. The wise old tortoise moved (ii) _____ but always won the race against the proud rabbit. The ants worked (iii) _____, gathering food for the winter. The kind-hearted lion ruled the jungle (iv) _____, giving everyone a chance to speak. The birds sang (v)_____, making everyone in the forest happy.

Answer: Below are the sentences filled in with suitable adverbs:

(i) Once upon a time in a small forest, animals lived peacefully.
(ii) The wise old tortoise moved slowly but always won the race against the proud rabbit.
(iii) The ants worked tirelessly, gathering food for the winter.
(iv) The kind-hearted lion ruled the jungle sweetly, giving everyone a chance to speak.
(v) The birds sang brightly, making everyone in the forest happy.

Extra Words: The extra words honestly and angrily were not needed for these sentences.

9. Study the following sentences from the story and choose the correct option.

Answer: Here are the answers based on the sentences:

• a. Sentence (i) expresses a feeling of tiredness.
• b. Sentence (ii) expresses a feeling of relief.
• c. Sentences (iii) and (iv) ask questions.

10. Punctuate the following sentences and write whether they are exclamatory or interrogative sentences.

(a) Wow, what an intelligent man he is
(b) Oh how big the hole is
(c) Do you like to read comic books
(d) What is your favourite story

Answers: The punctuated sentences along with their types are given below:

(a) Wow, what an intelligent man he is!

• Type: Exclamatory

(b) Oh, how big the hole is!

• Type: Exclamatory

(c) Do you like to read comic books?

• Type: Interrogative

(d) What is your favourite story?

Type: Interrogative

Let us listen

You will listen to a security guard making an announcement to the people in the neighbourhood. As you listen, fill in the blanks with only one word that you hear. (refer to page 38 for transcript)

The security guard announced that (i) _ has been happening in that area. He advised everyone to stay safe and the kids to tell the (ii) _ as soon as they find anything different. They should not forget that (iii) _ is the main thing. He asked them to call (iv) _ when they need immediate help.

Answer: Based on the transcript, here are the filled-in blanks:

(i) robbery has been happening in that area.
(ii) adults as soon as they find anything different.
(iii) safety is the main thing.
(iv) 100 when they need immediate help.

2. Discuss in pairs:

(a) Why do you think it’s important for people to keep their house and themselves safe? Tick the suitable reasons.

(i) To be safe from injury
(ii) To keep family members and pets safe
(iii) To stop accidents from happening
(iv) To make sure they visit the doctor regularly
(v) To stop robbery
(vi) To pay the electricity bill
(vii) To save money

Answer: The suitable reasons for keeping a house and oneself safe are:

(i) To be safe from injury
(ii) To keep family members and pets safe
(iii) To stop accidents from happening
(v) To stop robbery

The other options (iv) To make sure they visit the doctor regularly, (vi) To pay the electricity bill, and (vii) To save money are not directly related to safety.

(b) Now, use the given hints to share your reasons in complete sentences with your teacher and classmates.

Answer: (Attempt yourself) Here we are giving sample sentences:

The reason we need to look at safety is to ensure that we are safe from any potential threats and to maintain a secure environment for ourselves and our loved ones.

I think it’s important because keeping our house and ourselves safe helps prevent injuries and accidents, ensuring that everyone, including family members and pets, is protected.

I feel it’s necessary as it helps to stop robbery and other dangerous situations, which can cause harm or loss.

(c) Use the given hints to share three ideas on how people can keep their houses and themselves safe. Share with your classmates and teachers.

Ans: Attempt yourself. Here are three ideas as samples on how people can keep their houses and themselves safe:

• I think they should lock all doors and windows when they leave the house or at night to prevent unauthorized entry.
• I suppose they could install security cameras around their property to monitor any suspicious activity and alert them of potential threats.
• They must inform adults immediately if they notice any unusual behavior or if something seems out of place, ensuring quick action can be taken.

These steps help to enhance safety and prevent potential problems.

Let us write

The next day, the neighbour asked the man in the story about what had happened. As the man, tell the neighbour what had happened in your own words. Remember to include the following:

when …………………………………………………………………….
where …………………………………………………………………….
what …………………………………………………………………….
how …………………………………………………………………….
why …………………………………………………………………….

You may begin this way:
My wife and I were about to go to sleep last night when we heard someone …

Answer: Attempt yourself: Here’s a possible response:

My wife and I were about to go to sleep last night when we heard someone trying to get into our house. It was around midnight, and we were in our home, just getting ready for bed. We were worried that a thief had entered, so we started discussing how to handle the situation.

To make the thief think our future child, named Rama, was calling for help, we called out “Rama” softly and then loudly. This clever plan worked because the village kotwal, whose name was also Rama, heard us and came to investigate. He caught the thief and saved us from being robbed.

We had to act quickly and smartly to protect ourselves and our home from the danger.

Let us explore

1. Find out from your teacher or parents what you would do in the following situations.
Who will you call if …

• you see fire
• you see someone getting hurt
• you see a wounded animal
• you see someone suspicious
• you find a lost child
• you get lost

Answer: Students should talk to teachers and parents to get proper answers. We are also giving here the steps you should take in these situations:

• If you see fire: Call the fire department or emergency services immediately. In many places, you can dial 101 or a local emergency number.
• If you see someone getting hurt: Call for emergency medical help right away. You can reach emergency services by dialling 102 or the appropriate local emergency number.
• If you see a wounded animal: Contact a local animal shelter or animal control for help. They can provide assistance or guide you on what to do.
• If you see someone suspicious: Report the suspicious person to the local police or security personnel. It’s important to give them a detailed description.
• If you find a lost child: Notify local authorities or security staff. If you are in a public place like a mall or park, alert the staff or use a public address system to help find the child’s guardian.
• If you get lost: Find a safe place and call for help, such as a family member, friend, or local authorities. If you’re in a public place, ask for help from staff or security personnel.

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2. Find the right path for the kotwal to catch the thief.

Answer: The right paths is shown below:

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