Textbook Exercise with Solutions: Ravi and the 'Weeping Princess' - II | Oxford English for Class 4 PDF Download

Comprehensive

Q1. Answer the following questions.

a. 

Ans: Ravi went to his room and started sorting the stamps Uncle Mike had given him. He made piles of stamps on the floor based on the countries they were from.

b. 

Ans: Yes, Ravi found some stamps from China in his collection.

c. 

Ans: Ravi wrote the name of each country on separate envelopes and put the stamps from that country inside.

d.

Ans: Ravi’s father told him to soak the stamps in water before taking them off the envelopes. This would help to keep the stamps safe from damage.

e.

Ans: There were about nine or ten stamps on each page, though some pages had fewer. The stamps were grouped in sets.

f.

Ans: At the bottom of each page, there was a description of the stamps, written in neat handwriting.

g.

Ans: Michael Davidson was probably Uncle Mike when he was a child, as the envelopes in the album were addressed to "Master Michael Davidson."

h.

Ans: Toronto is a city in Canada. Ravi learned this by looking at the postmarks on the envelopes with a magnifying glass.

i.

Ans: Ravi got very excited when he found the “Weeping Princess” stamp. He ran to show his mother and then ran outside to show Uncle Mike.

j.

Ans: Uncle Mike had an old Austin car.

More Difficult Questions(HOTS)

k. 

Ans: Ravi kept working with the stamps because he was very interested and was searching for the “Weeping Princess” stamp. He probably found it fun to look at the old stamps and letters.

l. 

Ans: Ravi didn’t read the letters because he remembered his parents' advice about not reading other people’s letters. Whether it would have mattered or not depends on what was in the letters.

Q2. Answer questions about these lines from the story: 

“Don’t pull them off, but leave them to soak in some water. Then they will come off easily and won’t be damaged.”

a.

Ans: Ravi’s father gave this advice to Ravi.

b.

Ans: Ravi’s father wanted to help Ravi keep the stamps safe and avoid damaging them.

c.

Ans: After hearing this advice, Ravi went back to his room after lunch, looked at the stamp album, and then examined the old envelopes with a magnifying glass.

Working With Words

Q1. Find words from the passage that mean the same as these words: 

a.

Ans: envelope

b.

Ans: magnifying glass

c.

Ans: weeping

d.

Ans: carefully

e. 

Ans: stamp

f.

Ans: examined

g.

Ans: half

h.

Ans: rare

i.

Ans: suddenly

j.

Ans: pile