Bharat Our Land Questions & Answers

Hi Everyone!! This article will share Bharat Our Land Questions & Answers.

This poem is written by Subramania Bharati. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions & answers of Siachen The Place of Wild Roses, Daffodils and Kali and The Rat Snake so, you can go through these posts as well.

Bharat Our Land Questions & Answers

Word Galaxy

• Generous – kind
• Scriptures – the holy books of a particular religion
• Peerless – better than all other of its kind
• Gallant – brave
• Sanctify – to make something holy
• Divinest – wonderful, beautiful
• Auspicious – promising, good fortune
• Hoary – very old and well-known
• Antiquity – the ancient past
• Sear – burn
• Perennial – continuing for a very long time

Question 1: Match the columns:

Question 2: Gallant warriors have lived here,
Many a sage has sanctified this land.
What do these lines suggest?

Answer: The above lines suggest that India is a land of brave people and great saints. Brave warriors have purified the motherland while the great saints have purified this land with the holy verses and preaching of humanity.

Question 3: The sunny Golden land of India makes it unique. Name two such things that make India unique.

Answer: The mighty Himavant, the generous Ganga and the sacred Upanishads make India unique.

Question 4: What is the contribution of the brave and the sages to this country?

Answer: The brave people have proved as gallant warriors and fought for our country while the sages have sanctified this land.

Question 5: “She is peerless, let’s praise her.” Who is peerless in the poem?

Answer: Bharat, our motherland is peerless in the poem.

Question 6: What does the term ‘antiquity’ stand for in the poem?

Answer:

i. Bad days
ii. Great ancient days
iii. Reformative days

Question 7: The poet describes the Ganga as ‘generous’. Suggest two more adjectives that can be used with the Ganga.

Answer: Two more adjectives that can be used with the Ganga are – pure and sacred.

Question 8: Name at least two other holy scriptures of India.

Answer: The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are the two other holy scriptures of India.

Question 9: What is the root of Indian philosophy and culture?

Answer: The knowledge or experience of Brahma is the root of Indian philosophy and culture.

Question 10: Find out the lines that express the idea of abundance of milk, honey, fruits and grain.

Answer: Following lines express the idea of abundance of milk, honey, fruits and grain –

Here our land overflows with milk and honey,
and perennial is the supply of fruits and corn.

Question 11: What negative qualities have we removed from us?

Answer: We have removed the negative qualities of danger, poverty, self-interest and cowardly indifference from us.

Question 12: Find out from the poem the words which mean:

1. Equal to or better than another in strength – peerless
2. Having bright sunlight – sunny
3. To speak of with admiration and approval – praise
4. Showing lack of courage – cowardly
5. The state of being poor – poverty

So, these were Bharat Our Land Questions & Answers.