The Wonder Called Sleep Chapter 7 NCERT Solution

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 QUESTIONS

1. What is the most obvious advantage of sleep?
Answer:
The most obvious advantage of sleep is that it gives our mind and body recover from fatigue.

2. What happens to our body when we sleep?
Answer:
When we sleep following things happens to our body:-
  • Our body temperature and blood pressure go down.
  • Our dream that is an activity of mind.
  • Our heart beat become slow.
  • Our ton muscles get relax by sleeping.
3. Define a dream in your own words.
Answer:
Activity of the mind during sleep is known as dream.

4. why are dreams impoetant? Mention two reasons.
Answer:
Dreams are important due to following reasons-
  • Dream help us sleep through noice and disturbances.
  • Dream may reveal something about our problems.
5. Why has sleep been called a wonder?
Answer:
Sleep has been called a wonder because sleep make our body active and fresh. Nobody knows secret of sleep. We get unconscious during sleep.

6. Describe briefly to the class an improbable dream you have ever had.
Answer:
One night I had an improbable dream. I was sleeping on a cosy bed in my multistoreyed house. All of our watchmen had fallen asleep. Some thieves got into our house. They searched all the safes and cash boxes. They filled their bags with cash and jewellery. They got out of our house. Their Maruti car was standing at a small distance. Some policemen on Patrol duty grew suspicious. They overpowered the thieves. They took hold of the entire cash and jewellery. They came to our house and handed them to my mother. It was early morning. I woke up and found everything in my hut at its place.

7. Grandmothers and mothers sing nice little songs while rocking little ones to sleep. Such a song is called a 'lullaby'. Do you remember a lullaby in your own language? Tell the class in English what the lullaby says.
Answer:
A 'lullaby' is a sweet song by ladies to make their babies sleep while they rock the cradle. The English translation of one such 'lullaby' is given below.
Oh moon! we are waiting for you. Bring the stars also with you. We have great love for them too. Fairies also live with you. Bring them also along with you. They will recite their stories and sing sweet songs to my child. Let them lull him to sleep. He is creating a nuisance for me. I am unable to work as long as he awake.

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