Chapter 3.5 Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom Solutions

Maharashtra State Board Class 10 English Kumarbharati Textbook Solutions Unit 3.5 Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom

Maharashtra Board Class 10 English Solutions Unit 3.5 Warming Up Questions and Answers

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom English Workshop Question 1.
Discuss and find out the jobs which were done only by men in the past but nowadays women too have started doing them.
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Answer:
HR Manager, Finance Manager, Accountant, Auditor. Budget Analyst, Underwriter, Tax Examiner, Real Estate Agent, Media person, Psychotherapists, Advertising Manager, Event Manager, Social and Community Service Manager, Officer in the Civil Services, Officer in the Armed Forces, Commercial Airline, Pilot, Veterinarian, an Autorickshaw driver.

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom Question 2.
Complete the following web of India’s winning medals in Olympics.

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Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom Question Answer Question 3.
The text is about a famous female boxer, Mary Kom, who has brought laurels to our country by winning many national and international boxing championships. Make a list of famous men and women boxers across the world. You can take help of internet or your school library to get this information to complete the table.

Answer:

Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom Class 10 English Workshop Questions and Answers Maharashtra Board

4.4 Unbeatable Super Mom – Mary Kom Question 1.
Choose the correct alternative and underline it.
(a) What is included in the text?
(i) story
(ii) speech
(iii) interview
(iv) poem
Answer:
(iii) interview

(b) Which State does Mary Kom belong to?
(i) Maharashtra
(ii) Tamil Nadu
(iii) Kerala
(iv) Manipur
Answer:
(iv) Manipur

(c) Who inspired Mary Kom and other youngsters in Manipur to choose boxing as a career?
(i) Dingko Singh
(ii) Charles Atkinson
(iii) Mangte Tonpa Kom
(iv) Adams
Answer:
(i) Dingko Singh

(d) What does Mary Kom prefer being called?
(i) Super mom
(ii) Super boxer
(iii) Super woman
(iv) Super being
Answer:
(i) Super Mom

10th English Workshop 4.4 Question 3.
Go through the text again and complete the following sentences.
1. Mary Kom helped her parents with …………………………..
2. The success of Dingko Singh inspired …………………………..
3. Mary Kom made her debut at …………………………..
4. We can get more gold medals if …………………………..
5. Mary Kom was able to increase her weight by …………………………..
6. Mary Kom is good at …………………………..
7. Mary Kom loves to be …………………………..
8. Mary Kom apologised the nation for …………………………..
9. Kom’s parents were Her father was …………………………..
10. Kom was the first woman boxer to …………………………..
Answer:
(1) farm-related chores.
(2) many, youngsters in Manipur to try boxing.
(3) the first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in the United States.
(4) more and more people take up sports as a full-time career.
(5) eating the right kind of healthy food rather than bad saturated fats.
(7) Mary Kom loves to be a mom, acknowledging that it is the best thing that has ever happened to her. cooking and other household work too.
(10) qualify and win a bronze medal in the 51 kg flyweight category of Boxing.

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom 10th Std Question 4.
You will find some Acronyms (short forms) in the text. Go to the library or search the internet to find their full forms. Discuss with your partner. One is given for you.
(a) OGQ – Olympic Gold Quest
(b) IBN –
(c) MTV –
(d) YPA –
(e) AIBA –
(f) CNN
Answer:
(a) OGQ – Olympic Gold Quest
(b) IBN – Indian Broadcasting Network
(c) MTV – Music Television
(d) YPA – Yellow Pages Advertising
(e) AIBA – Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (International Boxing Association)
(f) CNN – Cable News Network

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom English Workshop Pdf Question 5.
Fill in the fact file of Mary Kom.
(a) Full name :
(b) Native of :
(c) Early life and interests :
(d) Special sports taken up :
(e) Inspired by :
(f) Coach :
(g) Early achievements :
(h) International achievements :
(i) Her passion :
(j) Future plans :
Answer:
(1) Gerund: cooking Sentence: Though I do not like cooking, I have to do it.
(2) I ate the right kind of food and gained weight.
(3) (a) fly + weight (b) sports + men
(4) “What do you prefer being called – Super Mom or Super Boxer?”
(5) (a) focussing (b) sparring
(б) I receive letters and picture souvenirs from my penpals all the year round.
(7) Imperative Sentence
(8) whenever, where, which, who
(g) Early achievements:

(h) International achievements:

(i) Her passion: cooking
(j) Future plans: coaching Indian women

10th Class English Workshop 4.4 Question 6.
Glance through the text and find the special qualities of Mary Kom. Complete the web by putting different qualities of Mary Kom in the boxes.
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Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom Question Answer Question 7.
‘Super Mom’ refers to an excellent mother. Give three reasons why ‘super’ has been added to the word ‘mom’ as in the title.
1. ……………………………….
2. ……………………………….
3. ……………………………….
Answer:
(1) The word ‘Super’ is used to describe a person who aims for the highest standards of excellence. As a boxer Mary Kom aimed for the highest standards. As a result, she achieved success at the Olympics.

(2) When asked if she preferred the title ‘Super Mom’ to ‘Super Boxer’, she opted for the former. It was heroy to be a mother. In her words, it was the best thing that ever happened to her.

(3) This title gives us an idea of the priorities in Mary Korn’s life. Motherhood is her first preference. Hence the writer uses this word in the title.

Unbeatable Super Mum Mary Kom Question 8.
Answer the following questions in your own words.
(a) What makes the writer call Mary Kom ‘a legend’?
Answer:
The writer calls Mary Kom a legend not only because of her exceptional achievements as a woman boxer but also because of her truthful admission and apology to the nation about not being able to win the Gold at the Olympics.

(b) What prime quality did Mary Kom display during her first attempt in Olympic games? What was her bad luck?
Answer:
During her first attempt in the Olympic games, Mary Kom displayed the prime quality of underplaying the faults of others and taking on the blame for her losses upon herself. It was her bad luck that theudges did not press the buttons in her favour during her semi-final against Adams.

(c) What does Mary Kom suggest, for India to win more Olympic Gold Medals?
Answer:
Mary Kom suggests that more and more people should take up sports as a full-time career, so that India might win more Olympic Gold Medals

4.4 Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom Question 9.
Rearrange the facts below in their proper order, as per the text.
(a) Mary Kom made her first appearance at international level.
(b) She sparred with male boxers in Pune.
(c) Mary Kom won the Manipur State’s Women’s Boxing Championship.
(d) She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.
(e) Mary Kom decided to take up boxing.
Answer:
(e) Mary Kom decided to take up boxing.
(c) Mary Kom won the Manipur State Women’s Boxing Championship.
(b) She sparred with male boxers in Pune.
(a) Mary Kom made her first appearance at the international level.
(d) She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom English Question 10.
Mary Kom prepared rigorously to win many championships. Read the text again and make a list of various things done by Kom regarding her preparations.

Answer:

Unbeatable Super Mom Mary Kom Question Answer Question 11.
Make sentences of your own using the following words.
(a) debut : ……………………………….
(b) elation : ……………………………….
(c) sponsor : ……………………………….
(d) reinforced : ……………………………….
(e) humble surroundings : ……………………………….
Answer:
(a) debut – He wanted his daughter to make a debut as a dancer at the prestigious Manipuri Folk Festival.
(b) We received the news of our victory with great elation.
(c) sponsor: The college students wanted a sponsor for their fashion show.
(d) reinforced – His reputation as a brave soldier was reinforced by the many stories told about him by his comrades who fought alongside him.
(e) humble surroundings: Abraham Lincoln grew up in humble surroundings.

4.4 Unbeatable Super Mom – Mary Kom Question 12.
Find antonyms of the following words from the text.
(a) Arrogant x …………………
(b) Finally x …………………
(c) Depressed x …………………
(d) Disqualify x …………………
(e) Diffident x …………………
(f) Float x …………………
Answer:
(a) arrogant X humble
(b) finally X initially
(c) depressed x exhilarated
(d) disqualify X qualify
(e) diffident X confident
(f) float x sink

(B) Pick out the Noun forms of :
(a) represent …………………
(b) change …………………
(c) prepare …………………
(d) achieve …………………
(e) aware …………………
(f) succeed …………………
Answer:
(a) representative
(b) change
(c) preparation
(d) achievement
(e) awareness
(f) success

(C) Pick out the Adjective forms of :
(a) favour …………………
(b) proportion …………………
(c) finance …………………
(d) nutrition …………………
(e) female …………………
(f) addition …………………
Answer:
(a) favourite
(b) proportionate
(c) financial
(d) nutritional
(e)  female, feminine
(f) additional

Mary Kom has a list of National and International achievements. She won the Manipur State Women’s Boxing Championship. Then she won the Regional championship for boxing in West Bengal. She made her International debut in 2001 at the first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in the United States. There she won the silver medal in the 48 kg category.

In 2012, she won the bronze medal at the Olympics in the flyweight (51kg category). She has been five times World Amateur Boxing Champion. She plans to take up coaching for women boxers with potential.

Women have more patience and endurance than men. Hence when entrusted with any task, they stick it out and see it through. They are painstaking and focus on every detail. They are able to see the overall picture, unlike men who work for short-term benefits and instant solutions.

Women tend to communicate more effectively them men, focussing on how to create a solution that works for the group, talking through issues, and utilize non-verbal cues such as tone, emotion, and empathy whereas men tend to be more task-oriented, less communicative, and more isolated. Men have a more difficult time understanding emotions that are not explicitly verbalized, while women tend to intuit emotions and emotional cues.

Men tend to have a ‘fight or flight’ response to stress situations while women seem to approach these situations with a ‘tend or befriend’ strategy.

Hence women do very well as PR Managers, HR Managers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Counsellors, etc., – which were previously considered exclusive male-dominated fields of work.

Counterview: Men are the superior species With no disrespect or offence intended, when it comes to theob-front, men are superior to women. They have the discipline, the psychological assurance and presence and most important, the time to sit overtime and meet targets.

Women tend to be straightforward, outspoken and curt in their dealings with clients. Men are more polite, patient and considerate, especially with irate customers. This is because they are more hormonally stable and balanced than women. They tend to view things from a long-term viewpoint and are focused on the goals of the establishment they work for.

Men tend to process better in the left hemisphere of the brain while women tend to process equally well between the two hemispheres. This difference explains why men are generally stronger with left- brain activities and approach problem-solving from a task-oriented perspective.

Mary Korn’s life and personality exemplify the proverb ‘Actions speak louder than words’.

Right from an early age she was interested in athletics and boxing. Her father, a former wrestler, was against her entering the field of boxing for fear of disfigurement, but Mary Kom went ahead, trained rigorously, left her home-state and pursued her goal.

There are many who express desires and ambitions, but limit themselves to highfalutin talks. Mary Kom made her dreams a reality and went on to win a medal at the Olympics for India. Her wo^ds always echoed humility. She avoided blaming others for her losses, but took the responsibility upon herself.

Mary Korn’s life has been aourney of high-voltage action, despite the fact that she is by nature a shy, soft-spoken girl.

(2) Fortune Favours The Brave
It is not easy for a girl to enter and participate in a male-dominated field such as boxing. Mary Kom hailed from Manipur, which is a conservative state to say the least.

Mary Kom, however, was brave enough to challenge gender-bias, opposition from her father and the tough rigours of sparring with professional male boxers at Pune.

Her daring and courage were rewarded with awards and national recognition. But the icing on the cake was when she went on to win international events, finally culminating in winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic event.

Lady luck had smiled on her for her persistence, her continual efforts and her unswerving focus on her goals. Indeed, Mary Kom has proyed by her life and her achievements that if one has the spirit of challenging odds, one will surely reap rich dividends.

(b) Where did Mary Kom train?
(1) Manipur
(ii) the US
(iii) at home
(iv) Pune
Answer:
(iv) Pune