Chapter 8 A Pact with the Sun Important Questions Class 6 A Pact with the Sun English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. What did the specialist prescribe in addition to medicine?
Answer
The specialist prescribed in addition to medicine to shift to a bigger room with open doors and windows. He also asked her to sit one hour daily in the sunshine and to breath in fresh air.
Question 2. Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the Earth the next day?
Answer
The sunrays had promise to Saeeda that they would come the next day. They feared that if they failed to reach on time the people would call them liars.
Question 3. What did the physician ask Saeeda’s mother to do to get well? Did their advice help her? If not, why?
Answer
The physicians advised Saeeda’s mother not to take normal food, and to remain shut in a small dark room.
Question 4. What was ‘the pact of the Sun’?
Answer
The small girl Saeeda made a pact with the Sun. Her mother was not well. She needed the warmth of the Sun and fresh air. So she requested the rays of the Sun to come the next day to cure her mother.
Question 5. How did Saeeda’s mother recovered?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother felt the Sun on her face and she breathed in fresh air. She thought she was in a new world. Her eyes shone bright and she started recovering speedily.
Question 6. How did the sunrays respond to Saeeda?
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The sunrays granted Saeeda’s request. They promised to reach the Earth at the fixed hour the next morning.
Question 7. Why did the sun ask the rays to stay up in the sky?
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The pathway to the earth was blocked by thick, dark clouds. The sun warned the rays to keep clear of the dark clouds. But all the rays refused to obey their father’s command. They got through the clouds and thus ,kept their word to Saeeda.
Question 8. What happened when Saeeda’s mother was treated by variety of doctors?
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When she was treated by variety of doctors, she showed signs of improvement but soon relapsed into her old, sick self.
Question 9. What did Saeeda’s mother ask to God?
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She asked the God why has he order the sun to hide behind the clouds. How would she be ever cured?
Question 10. What did the Sun say about the journey to earth?
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The sun said, “It’s our day off again, we are staying up here. The road to earth is blocked by an army of thick and mucky clouds.”
Question 11. She was fully recovered. What did she follow?
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She was fully recovered but she still followed doctors advice-an hour of sunlight and lungful of fresh air everyday.
Question 12. What did the little rays do to clear the clouds?
Answer
The little rays unitedly focused their heat on the clouds and forced them to give them way to reach the earth.
Question 13. Who made the pact with the sun? What was it about?
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The small girl Saeeda made a pact with the sun. Her mother was not well. She needed the warmth of the sun and fresh air. So in her mysterious language, she requested the rays of the sun to come the next day with lots of warmth.
Question 14. How did Saeeda’s mother feel on that sunny day?
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Saeeda’s mother felt the sun on her face and she breathed in fresh air. She thought she was in a new world. Her eyes shone bright and she started recovering speedily.
Question 15. What did she do to pay the doctor’s fee and cost of medicine?
Answer
She sold out a few trinkets to pay the doctor’s fees and cost of medicine.
Question 16. What did Saeeda do when she saw the pale spot in the courtyard?
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When Saeeda saw the pale spot in the courtyard she ran to her mother to say the sun was there.
Question 17. What did the little ray say?
Answer
The little ray said that she could not stay back as she had given word to Saeeda. Her mother was ill and she needed their help.
Question 18. Why do you think, Saeeda’s mother was suffering from so many ailments?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother was suffering from so many ailments because she was treated by a variety of physicians who were not specialists. They denied her normal food, fresh air and even sunlight.
Question 19. What else did the doctor suggest her?
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Doctor asked her to immediately leave the dingy room and occupy some bigger room with doors and windows open. She should use sunshine and fresh air regularly.
Question 20. What assurance did the sunrays give to Saeeda?
Answer
The sunrays granted Saeeda’s request. They promised to reach the earth at the fixed hour the next morning.
Question 21. What were the ailments that Saeeda’s mother had?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother had fever, cough, body-ache and pain in joints.
Question 22. What did doctor prescribe to Saeeda’s mother?
Answer
Doctor prescribed effective but costly medicine to Saeeda’s mother.
Question 23. What did Saeeda tell to the Sun?
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Saeeda told the Sun to come with more warmth and brightness, because her mother was sick and she needed his help.
Question 24. How did Saeeda react when she saw the groups of rays approaching her?
Answer
When Saeeda saw the group of rays approaching her, she shouted “Amma, Amma, the sun is here.”
Question 25. What Saeeda’s mother had to do to consult a specialist?
Answer
To consult a specialist, Saeeda’s mother had to sell a few small ornaments to pay the doctor’s fee and buy medicines.
Question 26. How did Saeeda’s mother react?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother was determined to follow doctor’s instructions. She ordered to move her bed to the next room and said that she would sit under the sun on her charpoy daily for an hour.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. What was the theme of the story?
Answer
The story tells us Saeeda’s mother was denied healthy food, sunshine and fresh air. She remained sick. But her daughter made a pact with the sunrays to warm up the ailing old woman. And the results were wonderful.
Thus, A pact with the sun is an educative story. It tells us that fresh air, and sunshine in the open are the key to sound health. Even the sick people need these two things. They must not be kept confined in dark room. They should get normal food.
Question 2. ‘The doctor advised her sunlight and normal diet’. Why the neighbors reacted differently?
Answer
When a person fall sick, he is confined to a room with closed windows. Normal diet is restricted. But these things worsen the condition of the sick person. The doctor prescribed medicine and asked to provide Saeeda’s mother proper sunlight in the morning for faster recovery. The people were dubious. They thought that her cold and cough won’t get cured if she is not tended in a closed room. While others supported doctor’s advice.
Question 3. What was Saeeda’s concern about her mother?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother had been ailing for quite some time. No medicine proved effective. She was shut up in a small dark room. The cloudy weather continued for a few days. So, Saeeda, the little girl, made a request to the rays of the Sun to come down to the Earth and give warmth to the ailing woman.
Question 4. Who made the pact with the Sun and why? How did the pact prove fruitful?
Answer
Saeeda’s mother had been ailing for quite some time. No medicine proved effective. She was shut up in a small dark room. The cloudy weather continued for a few days. So Saeeda, the little girl, made a request to the rays of the sun to come down to the earth and give warmth to the ailing woman. The sunrays agreed and also kept their word. They came down in large numbers and gave ‘ new life to Saeeda’s mother. In this way Saeeda’s pact with the sunrays helped her mother get well.
Question 5. ‘Children can communicate with a secret language’. Elucidate.
Answer
Saeeda was listening to everything happening around her. She was worried but kept calm. She prayed to the departed rays of the Sun to come with warmth and brightness for well being of her mother. Her innocence and selfless love for her mother compelled the rays to fight with stubborn clouds. Thus her mother was recovered with her care.
Question 6. What is your own formula for keeping good health?
Answer
Health is wealth, so I get up early do some exercises and yoga. I eat breakfast including fruits and whole grain. Than I go to school. I play in the evening and after taking my dinner, I go to sleep. I firmly believe that early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Question 7. What message does the story ‘A Pact with The Sun’ convey.
Answer
This story conveys two messages. Firstly that old and sick people need sunshine and fresh air which helps to avoid many ailments like body ache, joint pain, asthma, jaundice etc. Secondly this lesson has also taught us to keep our promise even if we have to go out of the way to fulfill it. This is what the little sun rays had done.
Question 8. When would you make a pact, with the sun? When you are going on a picnic, or when you are playing a cricket match? Think of other occasions.
Answer
I am very fond of playing outdoors games. Generally most of us are forced to stay indoor to avoid exhaustion and heat stroke. So I will pact with the sun to remain hidden in clouds so that we could play more often for long hours atleast on Sundays.
Question 9. Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the story. ‘A Pact with the Sun.’
Answer
The story. A pact with the Sun, is an inspirational story where a daughter requested sun rays to provide warmth to her mother and make her well and healthy. It shows a daughter’s love and affection for her mother. She was disturbed because her mother was ill and doctors advised her to sit in the sun and breathe in fresh air. But the irony was that there was no sunshine for a few days, which made Saeeda worried about her mother. When there was no hope Saeeda made a pact with the sunrays that they would come down to the earth the next day to make her mother healthy and well. The sunrays also fulfilled their promise and reached the earth next morning. Thus, the title is quite appropriate because the pact made her mother healthy and well. Now Saeeda was happy.
Question 10. The simplicity of a child is special for the heavens. Comment.
Answer
The blessings of heaven is showered upon those who are innocent. Their prayers are heard and heavenly bodies keep their promises as the ray defied the orders of her father and shooed away the bewildered clouds their way to Saeeda’s house. So a child has a power to communicate with .heaven and their prayer are often heard.
Question 11. What is the message of the lesson ‘A Pact with the Sun?
Answer
The message of the lesson is that if we are determined to do something, we can do it. The natural forces also help us to achieve what we need and desire. Saeeda loves her mother a lot and made a pact with the sunrays that they would reach the earth the next day. Her mother needed warmth of sunrays to get well. The doctor advised her to sit in the sun and breathe in fresh air to have her health improved. The sunrays were true to their words and fulfilled the promise and reached the earth next day. The sun rays said they would be called liars if they did not fulfil their promise and nobody would believe them. This is the message of the lesson.