CG SCERT (Chhattisgarh Board) Class 8 English Reader Solutions | 2026-27 Official Edition
Complete 100% textbook-grounded CG Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 3 Solutions: Measure for Measure (जैसे को तैसा) in Bilingual Format (English & Hindi Medium).
Reading Comprehension A Tick the correct answer
राजा का चित्र बनाने के लिए किसे आमंत्रित…
(i) Who was invited to draw the King’s Portrait?**
(c) Raja Varma
(ii) What did the artist get as a reward?
(c) Chiefministership
(iii) The artist’s administration made the people of the kingdom:
(b) Unhappy
(i) Why were the people unhappy with Raja Varma’s administration?
- Answer: The people were unhappy with Raja Varma’s administration because he had no experience of administration, and everything was thrown into disorder due to his hasty decisions and bad management of state affairs.
(ii) What was Tenali Raman’s plan to remove the artist from his new job?
- Answer: Tenali Raman’s plan was to invite the king, queens, and courtiers to his house for lunch and employ a very good carpenter to prepare the grand feast. The terrible, badly cooked food would naturally make the king realize his mistake.
(iii) Why did Tenali Raman ask a carpenter to cook food for his feast?
- Answer: Tenali Raman asked a carpenter to cook food to make the king realize that just as a carpenter cannot do the job of a cook, an artist cannot handle the administration of a Chief Minister.
(iv) What does the title ‘Measure for Measure’ mean?
- Answer: The title ‘Measure for Measure’ means tit for tat or responding to an inappropriate action with a similar indirect action to make someone realize their mistake.
Vocabulary A Choose the most suitable phrase that…
शब्दावली
all senses, come across, close and dear, suffer and die, unbearably hot)(i) Raja Varma became close and dear to the king.**
(ii) The food was unbearably hot.
(iii) Do you want us to suffer and die by eating this horrible food?
(iv) I have never come across such an excellent carpenter.
(v) The king asked Raman whether he had lost all senses.
| Column A | Column B | Correct Match |
|---|---|---|
| 1. A king’s support to someone | (a) chief minister | (c) patronage |
| 3. When a person is not doing his job well | (c) patronage | (d) incompetent |
| 4. Something that you would want when you are hungry | (d) incompetent | (e) morsel |
| 5. A word you would want to use for someone who is very good at studies | (e) morsel | (b) brilliant |
| 6. A person who looks after the administration of a state | (f) disorder | (a) chief minister |
- Sentence: Raja Varma was a brilliant artist in the kingdom.
- Sentence: He became a prominent character in the royal court.
- Sentence: The food cooked by the carpenter tasted horrible.
- portrait
- Sentence: The artist drew a beautiful portrait of the king.
- Sentence: The king offered a huge reward to the skilled artist.
- Sentence: Tenali Raman organized a grand feast at his house.
Listening Activity Appendix1 Lesson3
Listening Activity Appendix1 Lesson3
(Based on the passage of Shaikh Mohammad Hanif, a peon at Mumbai Churchgate Station who found a bag containing \25,000 cheques, \40,000 cash, cellphones, and a Saudi passport, and returned it honestly without accepting a reward).
#### a. Put (√) or (X) in the boxes:
- (i) Sheikh Mohammad was a clerk at the Mumbai Churchgate railway station. -> (X) (He was a peon)
- Hindi: (X)
- (ii) Hanif saw a purse lying at the gate. -> (X) (He saw a bag)
- Hindi: (X)
- (iii) He opened the bag in his house. -> (X) (He opened it in his office)
- Hindi: (X)
- (iv) The bag contained the following things:
- (a) Cheques worth \$ 25000 -> (√)
- (b) Cash of 50,000 -> (X) (Cash was 40,000)
- (c) Dubai passport -> (X) (It was a Saudi passport)
- (d) camcorder -> (√)
- (e) cellphone -> (√)
- (f) two watches -> (X) (It had three watches)
- (v) Ashraf wanted to give a reward of 40,000. -> (X) (He offered 4000)
- Hindi: (X)
#### b. Write the names of the places that you listened to:
- Mumbai / Churchgate Station
- Saudi
Speaking Activity B Complete the dialogue using hints…
सोमू तुम सचमुच एक बहुत अच्छे बढ़ई हो।…
Me?, Pardon me, sir..., Why not, Sure!): Tenali Raman: Somu, you are indeed a very good carpenter. I am sure you will cook equally well. I want you to prepare a great feast for the king. Somu: Me? Pardon me, sir… I am sorry! I am only a carpenter, not a cook. How can I cook a feast? Tenali Raman: Why not? Just do your best and prepare the lunch today. Somu: Sure! If you insist, I will try my best, sir. 5. Grammar Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech: (i) Direct: The king said, “Raja Varma is a brilliant artist.” * Indirect Answer: The king said that Raja Varma was a brilliant artist(ii) Direct: Tenali Raman said to the elders, “I shall find a way to remove the artist.”
- Indirect Answer: Tenali Raman told the elders that he would find a way to remove the artist.
(iii) Direct: The king said to Raman, “Who has cooked this food?”
- Indirect Answer: The king asked Raman who had cooked that food.
Writing
Writing
Task: Write a short paragraph on ‘Tenali Raman’s Wisdom’ (50 to 60 words):
- English Paragraph:
Tenali Raman was a exceptionally wise and clever courtier in the court of King Krishna Devaraya. When the king foolishly appointed the artist Raja Varma as Chief Minister, Tenali Raman did not criticize the king directly. Instead, he employed a carpenter to cook a royal feast. This humorous trick made the king realize his mistake gently without any embarrassment.
- Hindi Translation:
Task Write the moral of the story Measure…
कहानी का नैतिक संदेश
“A person should always stick to their own field of expertise.”** Appointing a person to a position for which they lack experience and qualification leads to disorder and inefficiency.