NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Tansen

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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter wise Solutions

Honeysuckle

• Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework
• Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself
• Chapter 3 Taros Reward
• Chapter 4 An Indian American Woman in Space
• Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School
• Chapter 6 Who I Am
• Chapter 7 Fair Play
• Chapter 8 A Game of Chance
• Chapter 9 Desert Animals
• Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree

Poem

• A House, A Home
• The Kite
• The Quarrel
• Beauty
• Where Do All the Teachers Go?
• The Wonderful Words
• Vocation
• Whatif

A Pact With The Sun

• Chapter 1 A Tale of Two Birds
• Chapter 2 The Friendly Mongoose
• Chapter 3 The Shepherd’s Treasure
• Chapter 4 The Old-Clock Shop
• Chapter 5 Tansen
• Chapter 6 The Monkey and the Crocodile
• Chapter 7 The Wonder Called Sleep
• Chapter 8 A Pact with the Sun
• Chapter 9 What Happened to the Reptiles
• Chapter 10 A Strange Wrestling march

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Tansen

Chapter-05

Tansen

 

1. Why did Swami Haridas say Tansen was ‘talented’?

Ans: Swami Haridas said that Tansen was talented because on seeing Swami and his disciples resting in the forest he hid behind a tree and roared like a tiger and managed to frighten his disciples.

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2. Why did Akbar ask Tansen to join his court?

Ans: Akbar asked Tansen to join his court because he was impressed with his singing.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Tansen

3. How do we know that Akbar was fond of Tansen? Give two reasons.

Ans: Akbar would call upon Tansen to sing at any time during the day or night. At times he would just walk into Tansen’s house to hear him practice and gave him many presents. These reasons tell us that Akbar was fond of Tansen.

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4. What did the other courtiers feel about Tansen?

Ans: Some of the other courtiers were jealous of Tansen because Akbar was fond of him and often gave him gifts. They felt that they would never be able to rest till Tansen was ruined.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Tansen

5. (i) What happens if Raga Deepak is sung properly?

(ii) Why did Tansen’s enemies want him to sing the Raga?

Ans: (i) If Raga Deepak is sung properly, it makes the air so hot that the singer is burnt to ashes.

(ii) Tansen’s enemies wanted him to sing the Raga because they knew he was a good singer. If he sang it well, he would die as he would be burnt to ashes and in this way they would be able to get rid of him.

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6. Why did Tansen agree to sing Raga Deepak?

Ans: Tansen agreed to sing Raga Deepak because he could not disobey the king who was convinced that he was a great singer and could sing anything.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Tansen

7. (i) What steps did he take to save himself?

(ii) Did his plan work? How?

Ans: (i) Tansen was unhappy because he knew that the heat given off by singing the Raga Deepak would burn him to ashes. He then had an idea to save himself. If someone sang the Raga Megh at the same time, properly, it would bring rain. He would teach his daughter, Saraswati, and her friend, Rupvati to do it. They practiced night and day for two weeks. Tansen told them that they must wait till the lamps started burning, and only then start singing.

(ii) Yes, his plan worked. On the appointed day as Tansen began to sing Raga Deepak the air became warm and the people in the audience were bathed in perspiration. The leaves on the trees dried up and fell to the ground, birds fell dead, and the water in the rivers began to boil. At once Saraswati and Rupvati began to sing Raga Megh. The sky clouded over and the rain came down and saved Tansen.