CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle of Dew

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CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Multiple Choice Questions

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow, choosing the best option from among the given ones.

Question 1. This was because he had a funny idea that he believed there was a magic potion that could turn any object into gold. He spent all his time to learn more about this potion. People cheated him often, promising to tell him about it, but he did not give up. His wife, Madhumati, was tired of this and also worried because she saw how much money Rama Natha was spending. She was certain that they would soon be without money.

1. On what did Rama Natha spend time?

  1. On the magic potion
  2. Planting banana plants in the field
  3. In talking to people about the magic potion
  4. He spent time to know more about the magic potion.

Answer: 4. He spent time to learn more about the magic potion.

2. Madhumati was worried about

  1. Rama Natha’s funny idea
  2. Rama Natha is not giving up on his idea
  3. Rama Natha meeting the people
  4. Rama Natha being cheated

Answer: 2. Rama Natha not giving up on his idea

3. Rama Natha’s not giving up caused

  1. Madhumati’s worries
  2. Wastage of time
  3. Financial loss
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

4. As per Rama Natha, what could a magic potion do?

  1. It could make people healthy
  2. Could change water into gold
  3. Could convert any object into gold
  4. Can change soil into silver

Answer: 3. Could convert any object into gold

Question 2.  He tended them carefully and, during the winter months, collected the dew that formed on them with great care. His wife helped him too. Madhumati gathered the banana crop, took it to the market,t and got a good price for it. Over the years, Rama Natha planted more and more plants, and they had a huge banana plantation. At the end of six years, he finally had his five litres of dew.

1. He tended them….. what is ‘them’ here?

  1. Apples
  2. Bananas
  3. Coconuts
  4. Pulses

Answer: 2. Bananas

2. When did Rama Natha collect dew?

  1. In September
  2. In January
  3. In winter
  4. In summer

Answer: 3. In winter

3. Where did Madhumati take the crop and for what?

  1. To market for selling
  2. To the shops to deliver bananas
  3. To fields
  4. To friends and relatives

Answer: 1. To market for selling

4. How much dew did Rama Natha collect?

  1. Two litres
  2. Ten litres
  3. Five litres
  4. Seven litres

Answer: 3. Five litres

5. Where did Rama Natha take the dew bottle?

  1. To the fields
  2. To the market
  3. To his home
  4. To his home

Answer: 3. To his home

Question 3. Carefully, he took the bottle to the sage. The sage smiled and muttered something over the water. Then he returned the bottle and said, “Try it out.” Rama Natha sprinkled a few drops on a copper vessel and waited for it to turn to gold. To his surprise, nothing happened! “This is cheating, “he told the sage. “I have wasted six precious years of my life.” 

1. Why did Rama Natha take the bottle to the sage?

  1. To obtain gold
  2. As a mark of respect
  3. To convert it into magic potion
  4. For converting it into gold

Answer: 3. To convert it into magic potion

2. What did the sage do to the water in the bottle?

  1. Threw water on the vessel
  2. Drank the water
  3. Transformed the water into gold
  4. Muttered few words over the water

Answer: 4. Muttered few words over the water

3. Here, “Try it out” means

  1. Testing the bottle
  2. Sprinkling the water on the vessel
  3. Obtaining gold
  4. Chanting magic words

Answer: 2. Sprinkling the water on the vessel

4. What surprise did Rama Natha get?

  1. Not finding gold as he expected
  2. That the water had turned into gold
  3. Magic would surely act
  4. All of the above

Answer: 1. Not finding gold as he expected

5. How did Rama Natha react on seeing no gold?

  1. He felt shocked.
  2. He felt cheated.
  3. He became sad and shocked.
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

Question 4. Now the sage turned to the very surprised Rama Natha and said, “There is no magic potion that can turn things into gold. You worked hard on your land and created this plantation. While you looked after the trees, your wife sold the fruits in the market. That’s how you got this money. It was your hard work that created this wealth, not magic. If I had told you about this earlier, you would not have listened to me, so I have played a trick on you.”

1. What surprised Rama Natha?

  1. Not getting gold
  2. Nothing happening
  3. Not seeing the effect of magic on the vessel
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

2. What did Rama Natha do in the fields?

  1. He tended them.
  2. Sowed banana plants
  3. Watered the plantation
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

3. How did the hard work benefit Rama Natha?

  1. He grew lots of bananas
  2. Rama Natha and his wife earned plenty of money.
  3. Rama Natha’s fields had gold.
  4. Rama Natha and his wife were sad.

Answer: 2. Rama Natha and his wife earned plenty of money.

4. What helped to create this wealth for Rama Natha?

  1. Rama Natha’s hard work
  2. Madhumati’s hard work
  3. 1 and 2
  4. None of the above

Answer: 1 and 2

5. How did the sage awaken wisdom in Rama Natha?

  1. By hard work
  2. Through a trick
  3. In telling the truth
  4. None of the above

Answer: 2. Through a trick

Question 5. What made Mahipati smile?

  1. His simplicity
  2. His thoughts about Rama Natha
  3. His victory over Rama Natha
  4. His general estimate about Rama Natha’s outlook.

Answer: 2. His thoughts about Rama Natha

Question 6. What did Madhumati have in the box?

  1. Lots of gold coins
  2. Fruits
  3. Gifts for the sage
  4. Sweets

Answer: 1. Fruits

Question 7. Who taught Rama Natha the truth of life?

  1. The sage
  2. Madhumati
  3. Rama Natha’s father
  4. His friends

Answer: 1. The sage

Question 8. What did the sage teach Rama Natha?

  1. A new understanding
  2. The truth of existence
  3. That daydreaming is useless
  4. That magic potion is the truth of life

Answer: 3. That day-dreaming is useless

Question 9. The moral of the story is

  1. Work hard to earn good money.
  2. Hard work makes you more responsible and mature.
  3. Hard work helps you earn resources to fulfil your dreams.
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

Question 10. The ‘wisdom’ in this context means

  1. The truth of life
  2. Connected with Rama Natha’s
  3. Thinking
  4. About the importance of hard work
  5. None of the above

Answer: 3. About the importance of hard work

Question 11. What was the awakening that Rama Natha realised?

  1. One must work hard
  2. That only hard work was the source of happiness
  3. Nothing mattered except the hard work
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

Question 12. Why was Madhumati sad and worried?

  1. Rama Natha’s funny idea made her sad.
  2. Her husband was neglecting her.
  3. Rama Natha didn’t work hard.
  4. None of the above.

Answer: 3. Rama Natha didn’t work hard.

Question 13. How did the meeting with the sage prove to be a turning point in Rama Natha’s life?

  1. He was far-sighted and wise.
  2. He was able to influence Rama Natha
  3. His being a man of wisdom
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

Question 14. How does the sage bring about a change in Rama Natha?

  1. He does so through his lectures
  2. He plays a trick to teach Rama Natha an important lesson in life
  3. He teaches a lesson to Rama Natha through a story
  4. All of the above

Answer: 2. He plays a trick to teach Rama Natha an important lesson of life

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 Question And Answers

Question 1. Circle the picture that matches each word. Check your answers by sharing them with your classmates and teacher.

  1. Worried
  2. Sage
  3. Plantation
  4. Surprise

Answer:

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Circle the picture matches with word

Question 2. Please answer these questions and discuss them with your classmates and teacher.

  1. Think of a time when you worked hard. What did you do then?
  2. How did it help you?
  3. How did it make you feel?

Answer:

To be discussed at the class level with other classmates and the teacher. The following shall ease the discussion.

  1. Worked hard at the age of eight in cleaning and tidying up the room -things were placed in their proper places, the room looked tidy.
  2. It helped in understanding the importance of cleanliness. My parents appreciated my work and efforts.
  3. I felt great pleasure in the appreciation of my work by my parents learnt the importance of cleanliness at physical and emotional levels.

Question 3. What did Rama Natha believe?
Answer:

Rama Natha believed that there was a magic potion. It could turn any object into gold.

Question 4. How did the sage help Rama Natha?
Answer:

The sage helped Rama Natha by informing him that there existed such a magic potion. He said that he could make such a potion.

Question 5. Do you think Rama Natha will be able to collect the dew? Give a reason.
Answer:

Rama Natha was able to collect the dew because he worked hard.

Question 6. Why was Rama Natha angry?
Answer:

Rama Natha was angry because nothing happened to the copper vessel, as he thought that the copper vessel would turn into gold after sprinkling the magic potion on it.

Question 7. How did Rama Natha and Madhumati create wealth?
Answer:

Both Rama Natha and Madhumati created wealth by sheer hard work. The crop of bananas turned into a huge plantation. Madhumati sold the fruit in the market.

Question 8. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

1. He spent all his time to learn about the magic potion. People cheated him often, promising to tell him about it, but he did not give up. His wife, Madhumati, was tired of this and also worried because she saw how much money Rama Natha was spending. She was sure that soon they would be without money.

1. Complete the sentence with a suitable reason. Rama Natha did not ‘give up’ because ________________
Answer: … he believed that there existed such a potion. He was hopeful that he would succeed in his plan.

2. Read the column that shows what happened, and write the correct outcome in the next column.

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew What happned and out come

Answer:

Outcome:

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew What happned and out come answer

3. Write whether the following statements are True or False.

  1. Madhumati was troubled about what her husband did.
  2. Rama Natha was very happy digging his fields.
  3. The sage wanted to show the right path to Rama Natha.

Answer:

  1. True
  2. False
  3. True

2. Carefully, he took the bottle to the sage. The sages smiled and muttered something over the water. Then he returned the bottle and said, “Try it out.” Rama Natha sprinkled a few drops on a copper vessel and waited for it to turn to gold. To his surprise,e nothing happened!

1. Choose the option that lists the events given below in the correct order.

  1. The sage smiled.
  2. Rama Natha gave the bottle to the sage.
  3. Rama Natha dropped a few drops of water on a copper vessel.
  4. He said something in a low voice over the water.
  5. Rama Natha waited to see if the magic worked.

1, 5, 4, 2, 3

2, 1, 4, 3, 5

3, 4, 1,2, 5

1, 4, 2, 5, 3

Answer:  1, 4, 2, 5, 3

2. Fill in the blank with the correct word from the lines given above. Seeing that the plant had dried up, the gardener _______ some watered it
 Answer:  Sprinkled

3. How might Rama Natha have felt when nothing happened to the copper vessel?
Answer:  Rama Natha might have felt surprised, angry, and cheated when nothing happened to the copper vessel

Question 9. Answer the following questions.

1. What did the sage ask Rama Natha to do to make the magic potion?
Answer:

The sage gave him the formula of turning things into gold. He told him to plant bananas and collect five litres of dew. He would then make the magic potion from the dew.

2. Why did the sage ask Rama Natha to do everything himself?
Answer:

The sage did so to slowly give Rama Natha an important lesson of life. This he did to lead him to an awakening to teach him about working hard.

3. How could Rama Natha have a big banana plantation after six years?
Answer:

Rama Natha continued planting bananas regularly for six years. Naturally, it grew as a big plantation.

4. How did the sage make Rama Natha believe that there is no magic potion?
Answer:

The sage made Rama Natha believe that there was no magic potion. He helped Rama Natha realise that his earnings were the result of his own efforts. Without sage’s guidance, Rama Natha might not have learned this important lesson

5. Fill in the ‘before’ and ‘after’ table about Rama Natha.
Answer:

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Before and After meeting
Answer:

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Before and After meeting answer

Question 10. Read the following words from the story.

  • Promised
  • Spending
  • Cheated
  • Luck
  • Remember
  • Huge
  • Difficult
  • Market

Use the words correctly to complete the paragraph given below. There are two extra words in the box that you do not need.

Answer:

There was a farmer who had a huge coconut plantation. He worked hard and did not depend on luck. Every day was difficult but he did not give up. One day, a man bought a bag of coconuts from him, and promised to pay him the money the next day. Days passed and the man did not pay him anything. The farmer felt cheated.

About two months later, he met the same man and asked him about his money. The man said, “Oh! I had forgotten. Now, I remember buying coconuts from you.” And he paid the money.

Question 11. Read the words from the story in Column A. Read the new words in Column B. Complete the meanings of the words given in Column B. Meanings of some words are given.
Answer:

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Writemeaning words

The words given in each row of the table above have the same sounds but different spellings and meanings. Such words are called homophones.

Question 12. Choose four pairs of homophones from the table above, and for each pair, write a sentence that uses both homophones in the same sentence. Check your answers by sharing them with your teacher and classmates. An example has been given below:

I ate eight bananas for breakfast today.

Answer:

1. The son enjoyed playing in the sun.

2. She is the one who won the competition.

3. He ate dinner at eight o’clock.

4. We can see the vast sea from our hotel balcony.

Question 13. Match the phrases in Column A with the phrases in Column B. Use the connecting words given in the middle column to make meaningful sentences

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Match the phrases

Now, write the new sentences in your notebook.

Answer:

  • The children submitted their work before the deadline.
  • He did not want to try rock climbing because of his fear of the heights.
  • The children ran towards the gate as soon as the bell rang.
  • Nitin was late to school today as there was a traffic jam

Question 14. Here are two sentences with letter‘b’. Read them slowly the first time. As you read them a few more times, read them faster each time.

  • Bunty bhaiya bought a big bunch of bananas.
  • A big bunch ofbananas was bought by Bunty bhaiya.

Now, try to create a tongue twister on your own and share it with your peers.

Answer:

Here is a tongue twister Kharak Singh ke kharakne se kharakti hai khidiya, khidkiyo ke kharakne se kharakta hai Kharak Singh.

Question 15. You will listen to what Madhumati does with the bananas in her plantation. As you listen, number the events in the correct order in which they happen. Write the number in the box beside each event.

  1. Gives two bananas to a boy who is hungry
  2. Meets her friend Kalawati in the market.
  3. Visits her mother and gives her two dozen bananas CD
  4. Chooses to go home as only some bananas were left CID
  5. Visits her neighbour and gifts them a bunch of bananas
  6. Gives twelve bananas to her friend
  7. Goes to the market to sell the bananas

Answer: 

  1. Visits her mother and gives her two dozen bananas CD
  2. Goes to the market to sell the bananas
  3. Meets her friend Kalawati in the market.
  4. Gives twelve bananas to her friend
  5. Chooses to go home as only some bananas were left CID
  6. Gives two bananas to a hungry boy
  7. Visits her neighbour and gifts them a bunch of bananas

Question 16. Read aloud the following words from the story

  • sage
  • promising
  • wisdom
  • trees
  • surprise

All these words have the letter ‘s’ in them. But the sound of letter ‘s’ is not always the same.

  • In sage and promising- the letter ‘s’ has a /s/ sound
  • In wisdom- the letter ‘s’ has a /z/ sound
  • In trees – the letter ‘s’ has a /z/ sound
  • In surprise – the first letter ‘s’ has a /s/ sound and the second has a /z/ sound

Now, speak each word clearly along with your teacher and classmates.

Your teacher will now say some words. Listen carefully to the sound of ‘s’. Write the sound next to the word.

  1. beds
  2. sand
  3. clothes
  4. sea
  5. was
  6. keys
  7. bags
  8. nose

Answer:

  1. beds – bedz – /z/
  2. sand – sand – /s/
  3. clothes – klow -thz – /z/
  4. sea – see  – /s/
  5. was – wadz – /z/
  6. keys – keez – /z/
  7. bags – bagz – /z/
  8. nose – noze – /z/

Question 17. Discuss the following questions with a partner. You may use the hints given in brackets while speaking.

  1. 1. What does hard work mean to you? (It means … / It is something … / Well, you see … /What I mean is
  2. 2. Give three reasons why you think hard work is important. (Firstly, I feel … because … / Secondly, I think … since … / Lastly, I believe … as … )
  3. 3. Share three ideas you would give to someone who needs to work hard. (To begin with, it is important that … /Next, you could … / Finally, I think you should … )

Answer:

For discussion at the classroom level. Some hints are given to help students etc.

  1. Hard work makes you more determined, responsible and mature.
  2. It is important that you work hard because only hard work brings opportunities and helps in the achievement of goals.
  3. Hard work helps you earn resources to fulfil your dreams.
    • Working hard ensures that you make the best use of time, which would pass anyway, even if you were to sit idle.
    • It brings recognition, appreciation and success

Question 18. Work in pairs to complete the description of a banana. You may take the help of the words given in brackets. Share your answers with your classmates and teacher

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 A Bottle Of Dew Description of banana

Now, use the information given in the picture to write eight sentences about a banana. Share your responses with your classmates and teacher

Answer:

  1. A banana with a glass full of milk is a complete diet.
  2. It is healthy because it gives energy/strength, to the human body and is rich in vitamins.
  3. It tastes sweet and creamy.
  4. The outer covering is yellow and feels soft and fleshy.
  5. Its smell is fruity and strong.
  6. It is the best food for good health.
  7.  I like to eat banana for breakfast, during break and /or after school.
  8.  It is, thus a very good food liked by all

Question 19. Based on the story ‘A Bottle of Dew’ develop a script with dialogues and enact it with expressions. Present it in the assembly or in your classroom
Answer:

On the basis ofthe story ‘A Bottle of Dew’, here is a story with dialogues. One summer afternoon, in a small village, Rama Natha sat under a tree, fanning himself with a piece of cloth. He looked tired and worried. Just then, an old sage passed by and noticed his troubled face.

Sage: “My child, why do you look so worried?”

Rama Natha (sighing): “Oh wise one, I work hard eveiy day, but I barely earn enough. If only I had a magic potion to make me rich!” The sage smiled and took out a small, mysterious bottle from his bag.

Sage: “Here, take this bottle. It contains a magical dew. If you sprinkle a few drops on the ground and work hard, your fortune will change.”

Rama Natha’s eyes sparkled with hope. He took the bottle and hurried home. The next morning, he sprinkled a few drops on his field and began ploughing with great enthusiasm. Days passed, and his crops grew beautifully

Neighbour: “Rama Natha, your fields look so healthy! What’s your secret?”

Rama Natha (proudly): “It’s all because of the magic potion the sage gave me!”

The neighbor was curious and asked such as: to see the bottle. Rama Natha showed it to him, and the neighbour laughed.

Neighbour: “This is just ordinary water! Your crops grew because of your hard work, not magic!

Realisation dawned on Rama Natha. He rushed to the sage and bowed before him.

Rama Natha: “Oh, wise one, I understand potion—only my mynow!ownThereeffortsis canno changemagic 4$ my fate

The sage smiled.

Sage: “Exactly, my child. Hard work is the real magic in life.”

From that day on, Rama Natha never looked for shortcuts. He worked diligently and prospered, knowing that success came from effort, not illusions.

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. What did the sage do to the dew vessel when it was presented to him by Rama Natha?
Answer:

The sage took the vessel of dew and smiled. He chanted some magic words and gave it back to Rama Natha.

Question  2. What did Rama Natha do after his father’s death?
Answer:

After his father’s death, Rama Natha ignored farming on the land and spent all his time searching for the magic potion

Question  3. What was Rama Natha’s reaction when the magic potion didn’t work?
Answer: He was angry and felt cheated by the sage

Question  4. What was the true source of Rama Natha’s wealth?
Answer:

His hard work in planting, tending the banana plants, and his wife selling the bananas.

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. What was the funny idea that Rama Natha had?
Answer:

The funny idea that Rama Natha had was that there existed a magic potion which had the power to convert anything into gold

Question 2. What did the sage tell Rama Natha about the magic potion?
Answer:

The sage told Rama Natha that he had heard in his Himalayan tours about the magic potion. It was that with a magic potion one could make a lot of gold.

Question 3. How did Rama Natha collect five litres of dew?
Answer:

Rama Natha started planting banana trees in his land. During winter the banana leaves had dew on them. Then Rama Natha collected the dew. He grew bananas every year to collect the dew.

Question 4. What happened when Rama Natha was given the potion by the sage? Why did the sage call for his wife?
Answer:

When Rama Natha did what the sage told him to do, nothing happened. The sage asked Madhumati to open the box she was carrying. It had stacks of gold coins inside.

Question 5. What is the moral of the story?
Answer:

The moral of the story is crystal clear. There is no such potion that can convert things into gold. If one works hard, one can earn lots of money.

CBSE Class 6 English Chapter 1 Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. What troubled Rama Natha’s wife about her husband’s idea?
Answer:

Madhumati, Rama Natha’s wife, suffered much because of her husband’s funny idea. Her husband spent a lot of money on this idea. She felt that if her husband went on spending money, they would become poor.

Question 2. What did the sage say about the magic potion?
Answer:

The sage told Rama Natha that he should plant bananas and collect dew from the leaves and store it into a bottle. When he had five litres of dew he should come to him. The sage would chant some magic words. Then the magic potion would convert any thing into gold.

Question 3. What did the sage tell Rama Natha and his wife?
Answer:

The sage told Rama Natha that there was no potion that could turn things into gold. Rama Natha and his wife had worked very hard in their fields. Madhumati had also worked hard to sell bananas in the market. It was because of their hard work that they earned a lot of money

Question 4. How did Madhumati help the family while Rama Natha focused on planting banana trees and collecting dew?
Answer:

Madhumati sold the bananas in the market and earned money for the family while Rama Natha planted banana trees and collected dew

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