Textbook Solutions: The Will to Win | English Kumarbharati Class 10 (Maharashtra SSC Board) PDF Download

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Chapter 3.4: The Will to Win 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 122 - 123] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1. (a) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
You may have lost the match; but ____________. 
1. It is important that you start fighting with your opponent. 
2. It is important to have the will to win. 
3. It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground. 
 
SOLUTION 
You may have lost the match, but It is important to have the will to win. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (b) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
Success is always measured by : 
1. Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force. 
2. Match-fixing before the match begins 
3. Ability to bounce back after a fall. 
 
SOLUTION 
Success is always measured by the ability to bounce back after a fall. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (c) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
For attaining success; we need to : 
1. Sleep day in and day out and dream about success. 
2. Scheme out things to make the opponent fall. 
3. Work hard day and night for it. 
 
SOLUTION 
For attaining success; we need to: Work hard day and night for it. 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 122 
How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential 
qualities required for achieving success. 
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Chapter 3.4: The Will to Win 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 122 - 123] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1. (a) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
You may have lost the match; but ____________. 
1. It is important that you start fighting with your opponent. 
2. It is important to have the will to win. 
3. It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground. 
 
SOLUTION 
You may have lost the match, but It is important to have the will to win. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (b) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
Success is always measured by : 
1. Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force. 
2. Match-fixing before the match begins 
3. Ability to bounce back after a fall. 
 
SOLUTION 
Success is always measured by the ability to bounce back after a fall. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (c) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
For attaining success; we need to : 
1. Sleep day in and day out and dream about success. 
2. Scheme out things to make the opponent fall. 
3. Work hard day and night for it. 
 
SOLUTION 
For attaining success; we need to: Work hard day and night for it. 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 122 
How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential 
qualities required for achieving success. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 123 
Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a 
strong will-power. 
(a) ___________________________________________ 
(b) ___________________________________________ 
(c) ___________________________________________ 
(d) ___________________________________________ 
(e) ___________________________________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) Where there's a will, there's a way. 
(b) If at first, you don't succeed, try try again. 
(c) The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(d) Nothing is impossible. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(e) Determination is the key to success. 
 
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Chapter 3.4: The Will to Win 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 122 - 123] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1. (a) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
You may have lost the match; but ____________. 
1. It is important that you start fighting with your opponent. 
2. It is important to have the will to win. 
3. It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground. 
 
SOLUTION 
You may have lost the match, but It is important to have the will to win. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (b) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
Success is always measured by : 
1. Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force. 
2. Match-fixing before the match begins 
3. Ability to bounce back after a fall. 
 
SOLUTION 
Success is always measured by the ability to bounce back after a fall. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (c) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
For attaining success; we need to : 
1. Sleep day in and day out and dream about success. 
2. Scheme out things to make the opponent fall. 
3. Work hard day and night for it. 
 
SOLUTION 
For attaining success; we need to: Work hard day and night for it. 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 122 
How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential 
qualities required for achieving success. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 123 
Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a 
strong will-power. 
(a) ___________________________________________ 
(b) ___________________________________________ 
(c) ___________________________________________ 
(d) ___________________________________________ 
(e) ___________________________________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) Where there's a will, there's a way. 
(b) If at first, you don't succeed, try try again. 
(c) The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(d) Nothing is impossible. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(e) Determination is the key to success. 
 
Warming Up | Q 4 | Page 123 
Complete the following table. 
Make a list of great personalities of present and past who have achieved success in 
different walks of life. You can take help from your school library or search on the 
internet. 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
        
        
        
        
        
SOLUTION 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Baba Amte Don Bradman Ustad Zakir 
Hussain 
Mahatma Gandhi Mother Teresa Saina Nehwal Pandit Hari 
Prasad 
Chaurasia  
Abraham Lincoln Medha Patkar Dara Singh Pandit Bhimsen 
Joshi 
Dr. Babasaheb 
Ambedkar 
Kailash Satyarthi Yuvraj Singh A.R. Rehman 
Subhash Chandra 
Bose 
Raja Ram Mohan 
Roy 
Sachin 
Tendulkar 
Pandit 
Shivkumar 
Sharma 
Lal Bahadur Shastri Sindhutai Sakpal Vishwanath 
Anand 
Lata Mangeshkar 
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Anna Hazare Mary Kom R.D. Burman 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 125 - 127] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 125 
In order to achieve success the poet wants us to ________ 
(a) _____________________ 
(b) ______________________ 
(c) _____________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
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Chapter 3.4: The Will to Win 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 122 - 123] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1. (a) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
You may have lost the match; but ____________. 
1. It is important that you start fighting with your opponent. 
2. It is important to have the will to win. 
3. It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground. 
 
SOLUTION 
You may have lost the match, but It is important to have the will to win. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (b) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
Success is always measured by : 
1. Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force. 
2. Match-fixing before the match begins 
3. Ability to bounce back after a fall. 
 
SOLUTION 
Success is always measured by the ability to bounce back after a fall. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (c) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
For attaining success; we need to : 
1. Sleep day in and day out and dream about success. 
2. Scheme out things to make the opponent fall. 
3. Work hard day and night for it. 
 
SOLUTION 
For attaining success; we need to: Work hard day and night for it. 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 122 
How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential 
qualities required for achieving success. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 123 
Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a 
strong will-power. 
(a) ___________________________________________ 
(b) ___________________________________________ 
(c) ___________________________________________ 
(d) ___________________________________________ 
(e) ___________________________________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) Where there's a will, there's a way. 
(b) If at first, you don't succeed, try try again. 
(c) The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(d) Nothing is impossible. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(e) Determination is the key to success. 
 
Warming Up | Q 4 | Page 123 
Complete the following table. 
Make a list of great personalities of present and past who have achieved success in 
different walks of life. You can take help from your school library or search on the 
internet. 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
        
        
        
        
        
SOLUTION 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Baba Amte Don Bradman Ustad Zakir 
Hussain 
Mahatma Gandhi Mother Teresa Saina Nehwal Pandit Hari 
Prasad 
Chaurasia  
Abraham Lincoln Medha Patkar Dara Singh Pandit Bhimsen 
Joshi 
Dr. Babasaheb 
Ambedkar 
Kailash Satyarthi Yuvraj Singh A.R. Rehman 
Subhash Chandra 
Bose 
Raja Ram Mohan 
Roy 
Sachin 
Tendulkar 
Pandit 
Shivkumar 
Sharma 
Lal Bahadur Shastri Sindhutai Sakpal Vishwanath 
Anand 
Lata Mangeshkar 
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Anna Hazare Mary Kom R.D. Burman 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 125 - 127] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 125 
In order to achieve success the poet wants us to ________ 
(a) _____________________ 
(b) ______________________ 
(c) _____________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) go out and fight for it 
(b) workday and night for it 
(c) give up time, peace, and sleep for it. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 125 
Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in your 
sentences. 
Example: good enough 
 
SOLUTION 
(1) hard enough: If you work hard enough, you will be rewarded. 
(2) Bold enough: He was not bold enough to realise his ambitions. 
(3) Fast enough: He was not fast enough to understand the joke at his expense. 
(4) Strong enough: The little bird was still not strong enough to fly away on its own. 
(5) Reasonable enough: The price seemed reasonable enough, yet I hesitated to buy 
it. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 125 
What does the word ‘Scheme’ mean here? Choose the correct alternative from the 
following. 
1. Housing colony 
2. Goal in life 
3. Rhyme pattern 
4. Plan of action 
 
SOLUTION 
Plan of action 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 125 
Do you think the line ‘Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it’ means 
that one should be ‘desperate’ or restless’ to achieve one’s goal? Explain your opinion, 
in your notebook. 
 
SOLUTION 
No. If you are desperate, you might take unnecessary risks to achieve your goal. If you 
are 'restless', you will have no peace of mind. What the poet means by losing 'time', 
peace', and 'sleep' means spending many hours working hard to gain one's objectives 
and to continually keep on thinking about it until it is achieved. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 125 
The following lines are given to you. Find their appropriate meanings after 
discussing them with your partner. 
(a) To go out and fight for it. 
(b) If you gladly sweat for, fret for, and plan for it. 
(c) Lose all your terror of the opposition for it. 
(d) With all your capacity, strength, and sagacity. 
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Chapter 3.4: The Will to Win 
 
WARMING UP [PAGES 122 - 123] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1. (a) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
You may have lost the match; but ____________. 
1. It is important that you start fighting with your opponent. 
2. It is important to have the will to win. 
3. It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground. 
 
SOLUTION 
You may have lost the match, but It is important to have the will to win. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (b) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
Success is always measured by : 
1. Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force. 
2. Match-fixing before the match begins 
3. Ability to bounce back after a fall. 
 
SOLUTION 
Success is always measured by the ability to bounce back after a fall. 
Warming Up | Q 1. (c) | Page 122 
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer : 
For attaining success; we need to : 
1. Sleep day in and day out and dream about success. 
2. Scheme out things to make the opponent fall. 
3. Work hard day and night for it. 
 
SOLUTION 
For attaining success; we need to: Work hard day and night for it. 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 122 
How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential 
qualities required for achieving success. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 123 
Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a 
strong will-power. 
(a) ___________________________________________ 
(b) ___________________________________________ 
(c) ___________________________________________ 
(d) ___________________________________________ 
(e) ___________________________________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) Where there's a will, there's a way. 
(b) If at first, you don't succeed, try try again. 
(c) The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(d) Nothing is impossible. - Napoleon Bonaparte 
(e) Determination is the key to success. 
 
Warming Up | Q 4 | Page 123 
Complete the following table. 
Make a list of great personalities of present and past who have achieved success in 
different walks of life. You can take help from your school library or search on the 
internet. 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
        
        
        
        
        
SOLUTION 
 
Politics Social work Sports Music 
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Baba Amte Don Bradman Ustad Zakir 
Hussain 
Mahatma Gandhi Mother Teresa Saina Nehwal Pandit Hari 
Prasad 
Chaurasia  
Abraham Lincoln Medha Patkar Dara Singh Pandit Bhimsen 
Joshi 
Dr. Babasaheb 
Ambedkar 
Kailash Satyarthi Yuvraj Singh A.R. Rehman 
Subhash Chandra 
Bose 
Raja Ram Mohan 
Roy 
Sachin 
Tendulkar 
Pandit 
Shivkumar 
Sharma 
Lal Bahadur Shastri Sindhutai Sakpal Vishwanath 
Anand 
Lata Mangeshkar 
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Anna Hazare Mary Kom R.D. Burman 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 125 - 127] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 125 
In order to achieve success the poet wants us to ________ 
(a) _____________________ 
(b) ______________________ 
(c) _____________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
(a) go out and fight for it 
(b) workday and night for it 
(c) give up time, peace, and sleep for it. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 125 
Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in your 
sentences. 
Example: good enough 
 
SOLUTION 
(1) hard enough: If you work hard enough, you will be rewarded. 
(2) Bold enough: He was not bold enough to realise his ambitions. 
(3) Fast enough: He was not fast enough to understand the joke at his expense. 
(4) Strong enough: The little bird was still not strong enough to fly away on its own. 
(5) Reasonable enough: The price seemed reasonable enough, yet I hesitated to buy 
it. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 125 
What does the word ‘Scheme’ mean here? Choose the correct alternative from the 
following. 
1. Housing colony 
2. Goal in life 
3. Rhyme pattern 
4. Plan of action 
 
SOLUTION 
Plan of action 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 125 
Do you think the line ‘Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it’ means 
that one should be ‘desperate’ or restless’ to achieve one’s goal? Explain your opinion, 
in your notebook. 
 
SOLUTION 
No. If you are desperate, you might take unnecessary risks to achieve your goal. If you 
are 'restless', you will have no peace of mind. What the poet means by losing 'time', 
peace', and 'sleep' means spending many hours working hard to gain one's objectives 
and to continually keep on thinking about it until it is achieved. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 125 
The following lines are given to you. Find their appropriate meanings after 
discussing them with your partner. 
(a) To go out and fight for it. 
(b) If you gladly sweat for, fret for, and plan for it. 
(c) Lose all your terror of the opposition for it. 
(d) With all your capacity, strength, and sagacity. 
 
SOLUTION 
Do it yourself. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (f) | Page 125 
Read the poem again and complete the web showing all those things that can 
turn one away from one's efforts towards a goal. 
 
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 125 
Find the line from the poem which mean- 
become crazy for the goal 
 
SOLUTION 
If you are mad enough for it 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 125 
Find the line from the poem which mean- 
toil hard happily 
 
SOLUTION 
gladly sweat 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 125