Class-8th Unit -5 ( Art and Literature )

Class-8th

 Unit -5 ( Art and Literature )

Topic :-     Everyday Shakespeare 

Q.1    Match the texts and their expressions or words.

S.N.                        Texts                    Word 

1.        Vanish into thin air         i)   Disappear without a trace 

2.      A heart of gold                    ii) Being kind and helpful 

3.    Heart of hearts                     iii) Innermost thoughts 

4.    Swagger                                   iv) Boast or brag                

Q.2    Who was William Shakespeare ? 

Ans:-    William Shakespeare , an English poet , dramatist and actor was often called the English national poet 

Topic:-    Knowing the Nobel 

Q.1    Who was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize ? 

Ans:-    Marie Curie 

Q.2.    Which family has the highest number of Nobel Prize winner ? 

Ans:-     The Curies 

Q.3    Who is the first Nobel Prize winner from Pakistan ? 

Ans:-    Abdus Salam

Q.4    In 2007, The Nobel Prize was received on behalf of which organisation ? 

Ans:-    The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPC)

Q.5     Who was the first Indian won Nobel Prize ?

Ans:-     Rabindranath Tagore in 1913  for 'Gitanjali'

Topic:-    Books that won 

A.    Match these award winning books with their authors. 

S.N                Book                                    Author

1.    The inheritance of loss             i) Kiran Desai

2.    Life of Pie                                      ii) Yann Martel   

3.    The God of Small things         iii) Arundhati Roy

 4.    In a Free State                           iv) V.S. Naipaul

Topic :-    The Oscar Trivia 

Q.1   Name any one movie that won 11 awards at the Oscars.

Ans:-    Titanic 

Q.2    Who was the first Indian to receive an Oscar? 

Ans:-    Bhanu Athaiya

Q.3    Which Oscar-wining director directed the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony ? 

Ans:-    Danny Boyle

Q.4    Which was the first Indian film nominated for an Oscar ? 

Ans:-     Mother India (1957) was the first Indian film nominated for an Oscar

Topic :-     Books on Screen 

Match books of these authors with the directors who made them into movie .

S.N.            Books                     Movie Director 

1.        The Guide                       i)  Vijay Anand 

2.            Q & A                            ii)   Danny Boyle

3.        The Namesake           iii) Mira Nair

4.        Othello                           iv)  Vishal Bhardwaj

5.        A passage to India     v)  David Lean

6.        Devdas                            vi) Sanjay Leela Bhansali                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Topic:- Greek Goddesses 

A.   Answer the following in one word 

Q.1    Grandmother of Zeus ,and Goddess of the Earth -

Ans:-    Gaia 

Q.2    Goddess of marriage ,childbirth and women  -      

Ans:-    Hera

Q.3    Goddess of Love-

Ans:-    Aphrodite

Q.4    Queen of the Underworld-

Ans:-    Presephone

Q.5    Goddess of rainbow -

Ans:-    Iris

Q.6    Goddess of magic ,witchcraft and dark phase of the moon -      

Ans:-   Hecate