NOTES PREPARED BY ASHAQ HUSSAIN BHAT TEACHER SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Class 8th
RUSTAM AND SOHRAB
SUMMARY
Rustam, A Great Soldier Of Persia,
Was Known As The Shield Of Persia And Was Praised By King Kaikoos For His
Bravery. He Met Tartar Princess Tanimeh During A Trip And Married Her, But Was
Soon Called Back By The King. Before Leaving, Rustam Gave Tanimeh A Precious
Stone To Tie To Their Child's Arm When He Was Born. Tanimeh Gave Birth To A
Son, Sohrab, Who Learned The Use Of The Sword And Became A Skilled Warrior.
One Day, A Challenger Came To His Country And Challenged Sohrab To Single
Combat With A Condition To Tell Him About His Father. Sohrab Learned About His
Father, Rustam, And Returned Home, Persuading His Mother To Search For Him. She
Gave Him The Precious Stone With Which His Father Would Recognise Him. Sohrab Marched
To Persia With His Army, Wanting To Find His Father And Make Him The King Of Persia.
Kaikoos Sent His Army To Fight Sohrab, But They Were No Match For Him. He Promised
To Spare The Persian Army If Their Champion Fought With Him In A Single Battle.
The King Sent For Rustam, Who Initially Hesitated But Eventually Came
Disguised. When Sohrab Asked If He Was Rustam, He Didn't Reveal His Identity.
The Two Warriors Fought For Three Days, And Rustam Gave Out His War Cry, "Rustam,"
And Rushed At Sohrab. Sohrab Dropped His Shield, And Rustam's Sword Pierced His
Body. Sohrab Revealed His Identity By Showing His Father The Precious Stone He
Had Given Him. Rustam Felt Sad And Bitterly Wept, But Sohrab Comforted Him And
Asked Him To Carry His Body To His Home And Bury Him There.
1. Why Was Rustam Not Able To
Live With His Wife For A Long Time?
Ans. Rustam Was A Superb Persian
Commander. He Wed The Tartar Princess Tanimeh, But He Was Unable To Stay With
Her Long Because The Persian Monarch, Believing His Country Would Be Unsafe
Without Him, Sent For Him.
2. Why Did Tanimeh Send Word To Rustam
That Their Child Was A Daughter?
Ans. Tanimeh Imagined Rustam
Would Be Thrilled To See Their Child Follow In His Footsteps When He Grew Up. She
Informed Him Of Her Daughter's Birth By Text Message.
3. What Secret Did Sohrab Learn
From His Mother?
Ans. Sohrab Learned The
Truth—That Rustam Was His Father.
4. What Did Tanimeh Want Sohrab To
Do When He Met His Father?
Ans. Tanimeh Desired That Sohrab
Identify Himself With Rustam By Revealing The Valuable Stone He Carried On His
Arm.
5. Why Was Rustam At First Not
Ready To Fight Sohrab?
Ans. Rustam Had Grown Old
And Had To Take Care Of His Elderly Father, So He Wasn't Initially Prepared To
Battle Sohrab.
6. Why Did Rustam Not Tell Sohrab
Who He Was?
Ans. Because Rustam Believed
That If Sohrab Knew Who He Was, He Might Want To Make Peace With Him And Give
Up The Struggle, He Chose Not To Reveal His Identity To Him.
7. How Was Sohrab Wounded?
Ans. Sohrab Fought Rustam For
Three Days. Rustam Started To Feel That It Would Be Embarrassing For Him If He
Lost. With That, He Lifted His Sword And Yelled "Rustam," His War
Cry. Sohrab Was Momentarily Unsettled At Hearing That Cry And Let Down His
Shield. Rustam Was Injured When His Body Was Penetrated By The Sword.
8. What Were Sohrab’s Last
Words?
Ans. Rustam Was Told By Sohrab To
Be Buried At His House So That Passers By Would Know That The "Son Of
Mighty Rustam" Was Resting There.
(B) Find Words/Phrases From The
Box For The Following Expressions:
A) A Fight, Especially In A War.
Ans. Combat. B)
B)To Keep Somebody/Something
Safe From Harm, Injury Etc. Ans. Protect. C) Going Away Or Separating From
Somebody.
Ans. Parting. D)
C)To Send Someone A Message.
Ans. Send Word. E)
D)Wanting To Do Something Very
Much Regardless Of Difficulties.
Ans. Determined. F)
E)Determined To Do Something Or
Get Something.
Ans. Determined. G)
F)Someone Who Enters A
Country By Force In Order To Take Control Of It.
Ans. Invader. H)
G)A Long Distance Away Or A Long
Time In The Past Or Future.
Ans. Distant. I)
H)To Become Very Upset And Start
Crying.
Ans. Break Down. J)
I)Of Great And Special Value.
Ans. Precious.
J) An Officer Of Very High Rank
In The Army.
Ans. Chief. L)
K)Put A Dead Body In A Grave.
Ans. Bury. M)
L)Very Powerful.
Ans. Mighty. (C
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Break , Down , Precious , Mighty , Bury , Combat ,Send , Word I , Nvader , Distant , Chief ,Protect |
Choose The Correct Option:
1) “Persia Is Safe As Long As Rustam
Leads Our Soldiers,” Said _____
2) “I Do Not Fight In Single
Combat With Anyone Who Is Of Low Birth.” These Words Are Spoken By A) Rustam B)
Sohrab C) Kaikoos D) The Challenger
3) “If You Must Go, I Want
To Tell You Something,” Said ______________ A) Rustam B) Kaikoos C) Tanimeh D) Sohrab
4) “Who Is So Rash And
Thoughtless That He Thinks He Can Attack Persia?” Asked __________ A) Sohrab B)
Kaikoos C) Rustam D) The General
5) “Carry Me To Your Home And
Bury Me There.” These Words Are Spoken By A) Sohrab B) Rustam C) A Soldier D) Kaikoos
Ans. (1) – (A); (2) – (D); (3) –
(C); (4) – (C); (5) – (A).
8 Match The Words In Column A With
The Explanations Given In Column B:
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Column A |
Column B |
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A) War Cry B) Challenger C) Arts Of War D) Champion E) Swordsmanship F) Spirit
G) Terror H) Clasp I) Amazed J) Ambition
K) Clasp L) Amazed M)
Ambition |
I) Skill In The Use Of Sword II) Great Fear I III) Quality Of Courage And Vigour Iv) Extremely Surprised V) Hold Tightly Vi) A Strong Desire For Success, Power Or Wealth Vii) One Who Fights For Or Defends Some Other Person Viii) A Word Or Cry Shouted In Battle Ix) One Who Calls Someone To Fight X) Skills In Use Of Weapons And In Fighting |
Ans.
(A) – (Viii); (B) – (Vii); (C) – (X); (D) – (Ix); (E) – (I); (F) – (Iii);
(G) – (Ii); (H) – (V); (I) – (Iv);
(J)
(Vi). Language Work Combine The Following Pairs Of Sentences
With Unless, As Shown In The Examples:)
A) You Must Run Fast. B) Only Then
Can You Catch The Train.
Ans. Unless You Run Fast, You
Cannot Catch The Train.
2) A) You Must Work Hard. B) Only
Then Can You Get A First Class.
Ans. When You Work Hard, You
Cannot Get A First Class.
3) A) You Must Hurry. B) Otherwise,
You Will Not Catch The Bus.
Ans. When You Hurry, You Will
Not Catch The Bus.
4) A) You Must Do As I Tell You.
B) Otherwise, You Will Regret
It.
Ans. Unless You Do As I Tell
You, You Will Regret It.
5) A) You Must Tell Me About
Your Problem. B) Only Then Can I Give You Some Solution.
Ans. Unless You Tell Me About
Your Problem, I Can’t Give You Any Solution.
(B) Look At The Following
Sentences From The Story.
A) If You Had Not Raised Your
War Cry, I Would Not Have Been Unnerved. B) If I Had Been Able
To Find A Younger Champion, I Would Not Have Called You Away
From Your Aged Father
Now Match Each Clause From Column
A With A Clause From Column B And Make Meaningful Sentences Like Those Above.
Column A
Column
B
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Column
A |
Column B |
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1.If I Had Worked Harder, 2. If The Driver In Front Had Not Stopped So
Suddenly, 3. If The Weather Had Not Been So Bad, 4. If You Had Arrived Earlier 5. If You Had Moved The Injured To Hospital
Immediately, 6. If You Had Not Lent Me The Money, |
A) We Could Have Gone Out. B) You Could Have Seen Her. C) You Might Have Saved His Life. D) I Would Have Got More Marks. E) I Would Not Have Been Able To Buy The
Car.
F) The Accident Would Not Have Happened. |
Ans. (1) – (D); (2) – (F); (3) –
(A); (4) – (B); (5) – (C); (6) – (E).
Grammar Work
Report The Following Statements
In The Indirect:
1) She Said, “My
Father Will Return From Jammu Tomorrow.”
Ans. She Said That Her Father Would Return From Jammu The Next Day.
2) They Said,
“We Will Die For The Sake Of Our Country.”
Ans. They Said That They Would Die For The Sake Of Their Country.
3) The Teacher
Said, “Babar Won The First Battle Of Panipat.”
Ans. The Teacher Said That Babar Had Won The First Battle Of Panipat.
4) I Said To
Him, “You Have Made A False Statement.”
Ans. I Told Him That He Had Made
A False Statement.
5) They Said
To Us, “We Will Play A Match Tomorrow.”
Ans. They Told Us That They Would Play A Match The Next Day.
6) I Said To
Him, “I Am An Early Riser.”
Ans. I Told Him That I Am An Early Riser.
7) He Said, “My
Father Died Last Year.”
Ans. He Said That His Father Had
Died Last Year.
8) She Said To Me, “The Climate
Of This Place Does Not Suit Me.” Ans. She Told Me That The Climate Of That
Place Did Not Suit Her.
9) I Said To The Peon, “All Your
Faults Will Be Pardoned If You Confess Them.” Ans. I Told The Peon That All His
Faults Would Be Pardoned If He Confessed Them.
10) I Said, “I Shall Finish My
Work As Early As I Can.” Ans. I Said That I Should Finish My Work As Early As I
Could.
Change The Following Sentences
Into Direct Speech.
1) 1)The
Employer Warned Him That He Would Be Dismissed If He Did Not Attend The Office.
Ans. The Employer Said To Him,
“You Will Be Dismissed If You Do Not Attend The Office.”
2) 2) Sanjay Said
That His Brother Had Met With An Accident The Previous Day.
Ans. Sanjay Said, “My Brother Has Met With An Accident Yesterday.”
3) I Informed Him That I Might
Not Come The Next Day.
Ans. I Said To Him, “I May Not
Come Tomorrow.”
4) The Principal Announced That
The Next Day Would Be A Holiday.
Ans. The Principal Said, “Tomorrow
Will Be A Holiday.”
5) The Teacher Told Us That We
Were Intelligent And Hard Working.
Ans. The Teacher Said To
Us, “You Are Intelligent And Hard Working.”
Let’s Write:
You Must Have Noticed That The
Ending Of The Story Is Dramatic. Can You Think Of Any Other Ending To The
Story? Write In A Paragraph.
Rustam Chopped A Sleeve Of His
Robe With His Sword As Soon As He Started Fighting Sohrab. On His Arm, He
Spotted The Stone. Immediately, He Identified The Priceless Stone He Had Gifted
To His Spouse, Tanimeh. When The Battle Broke Out, Rustam Questioned Sohrab,
Who Had Given Him The Stone, And Quickly Discovered That Sohrab Was Actually
His Own Son. He Gave Him A Hug. Upon Witnessing His Kid Grow Into A Formidable
Warrior, Much Like Him, He Was Filled With Joy. Rustam Invited Him To Visit His
House. However, Sohrab Informed Him That Rustam Should Become The King Of Persia.
He Quickly Convinced Rustam To Enlist In His Army And Urged Kaikoos To Cede The
Crown To Rustam.
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