Madhya Pradesh Board Class 7 English Reader special Solutions Chapter 19 Song of Radha, the Milkmaid

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Song of Radha, the Milkmaid Class 7th Question Answer

Comprehension

Question 1.
Where did Radha carry her curds to?
Answer:
Radha carried her curds to the Mathura fair.

Question 2.
What did she compare her curds to?
Answer:
She compared her curds to white clouds.

Question 3.
What did she cry out and why?
Answer:
She cried out ‘Govinda’, ‘Govinda’. She did so because her heart was full of the beauty of her beloved Krishna.

Question 4.
What did her comrades ask her to do?
Answer:
Her comrades asked her to dance, sing, wear saffron garments and pluck new buds.

Question 5.
Why did her comrades mock at her?
Answer:
Her (Radha’s) comrades mocked at her because she did not care for their requests. Instead of joining them in dance, in singing and plucking new buds, she cried ‘Govinda’, ‘Govinda’.

Question 6.
What did she do at the altar?
Answer:
She folded her hands at the altar and prayed for divine guidance at all times.

Question 7.
Why were her comrades angry?
Answer:
Her comrades were angry because she did not pay attention to their requests. She busied herself in the worship of her beloved Krishna.

Word Power

Select words from these and write them in the columns with the word they rhyme with:
(fry, bring,way, lay, rowing, buy, blowing, sky, flowing, spring, play, growing, hay, wing, shy, king, gay, ring why, glowing)
Answer:

Let’s Talk

Talk to your partner and find answers to the questions given below:
Question 1.
Who is Radha?
Answer:
Radha is a milkmaid.

Question 2.
Who is Govinda?
Answer:
Govinda is Lord Krishna.

Question 3.
What is the poetess trying to explain about-Radha?
Answer:
The poetess is trying to explain that Radha is deeply devoted to Krishna. Her heart is full of Krishna’s beauty and music. She is so much engrossed in his worship that she does not care for anything else or any other person.

Question 4.
What does the poetess compare the curds with?
Answer:
The poetess compares the curds with white clouds in the sky.

Question 5.
Write about the three things that made Eadha say Govinda Govinda?
Answer:
The following three things made Radha say Govinda Govinda.

1. Her heart was full of her beloved’s (Govinda’s) beauty.
2. Her heart was deeply full of her beloved’s (Govinda’s) music.
3. Her heart was fully lost in her beloved’s (Govinda’s) worship.

Let’s Write

Write three paragraphs one on each stanza of the poem explaining/saying what the poetess Sarojini Naidu is trying to say in the poem.
Answer:
Do Yourself.

Let’s Do it

(a) Find some more poems written by Sarojini Naidu and read them in the class.
(b) In your library find poems on Radha and krishna and write them in your note  book.
Answer:
Class-room Activity