Tamilnadu State Board Class 10 English Picture Comprehension
Exercises
Look at the picture given below carefully and answer the questions.
1.
(a) What is the name of the folk dance?
(b) Where can you see this dance performance?
(c) What do the dancers have on their head?
(d) What is the significance of this dance?
(e) Mention any one of the folk dances other than this dance.
Answer:
(a) Karakattam is the name of this folk dance.
(b) We can see this dance performance in village fetivals.
(c) The dancers have karagam on their head.
(d) It is a traditional dance, praising the Tamil Goddess.
(e) Silambattam/Thappattam/Oyilattam/Mayilattam/Poikkal Kuthirai attam.
2.
Questions :
(a) What do you see in the picture?
(b) Does the scene portray an authorized parking lot?
(c) Is it advisable to use the roadside for parking vehicles? Give reason for your answer.
(d) Would you resort to such a measure when you park a vehicle?
(e) What would be your advice to your friends in this regard?
Answer:
(a) Vehicles are parked in a ‘No parking’ space.
(b) It is an unauthorized parking lot which is the space under an overhead bridge,
(c) The roadside is not advisable to park vehicles as they construct the space for transport.
(d) No, I will never disobey road rules.
(e) I would advise my friends to park their vehicles only in authorized parking lots.
3.
Questions:
(a) What do you see in this picture?
(b) How many persons do you see on the road?
(c) What danger do the pedestrians face in this locality?
(d) Who do you think is responsible for this negligence?
(e) What would you do if you had to walk down this road?
Answer:
(a) A pedestrian is seen walking towards an uncovered manhole.
(b) Only one pedestrian is seen on the road.
(c) Pedestrians face the danger of falling into open man-holes.
(d) The Municipality or the Corporation is responsible for this negligence.
(e) I would walk carefully on the road avoiding man-holes.
4.
Questions:
(a) How many birds are flying in the sky?
(b) Mention the animal you see in the picture?
(c) Who is watching them?
(d) What does the man hold in his hand?
(e) Name the bird which is seen in the river.
Answer:
(a) Two birds are flying in the sky.
(b) I see deer in the picture.
(c) A man is watching them.
(d) He holds a small branch of a plant in his hand.
(e) Crane is the bird seen in the river.
5.
Questions:
(a) What is this picture about?
(b) What tells you that the bus is in motion?
(c) What dangers would the boy encounter in his wild chase after kite?
(d) Where should a kite normally be flown? Why?
(e) What would you advise your little brother or sister in this regard?
Answer:
(a) This picture is about safety while playing.
(b) The smoke is coming from the bus tells me that the bus is.in motion.
(c) He would meet an accident.
(d) A kite normally should be flown in a open ground. Otherwise, it leads to problems.
(e) I would advise them not to play on the road side.