STD 7 English Unit 03 Man and Media - The Story of Messages, The Radio, The Television - Questions and Answers | Teaching Manual 


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Unit 03 Man and Media 
Man and Media  - Textual Questions and Answers & Model Questions
Answer the Following Questions

* Look at the pictures shown below.
1. What do these pictures tell us about?
Answer: These pictures tell us about the development in the field of communication.
2. Do you remember stories in which birds and animals carried messages?
Answer: Yes
3. How are messages conveyed nowadays?
Answer: The messages are conveyed through e-mail, SMS etc.

The Story of Messages

1. Everything happens by the click of a mouse or the pressing of a few
buttons. What does the writer mean by this?
Answer: That shows how communication developed in the recent past.

2. Under what circumstance was the Pony Express formed?
Answer: In the past, it took several weeks to reach messages from one place to the other.

3. List the modern ways of communication.
Answer:
a. e-mail
b. SMS
c. Mobilephone
d. Television

4. In what sense was speed a bonus? 
Answer: It cuts the average delivery time from several weeks to about 10 days.

5. What were the difficulties experienced by the riders?
Answer: The poor riders had to ride through unknown terrains. Some routes exposed them to attacks from Red Indians and led them through dangerous territories.

6. Why was the Pony Express a short-lived experiment?
Answer: By then,  there was a telegraph line from coast to coast. This was
definitely a faster way of sending messages. But the invention of the radio brought in a great revolutionary change in the field of communication.

Activity 1
1. Do you want to know how messages were conveyed in the past in your
locality? You can ask your elders about it. What questions would you ask? Frame at least five such questions.
Answer:
1. Were birds and animals carriers of messages?
2. How did the messages pass through the telegraph?
3. How messages were conveyed in the past?
4. Which was the fastest method of sending messages?
5. When did post and Telegraph come into being?

The Radio

1. What are the advantages of the radio over the television? Discuss. Write
down your points.
Answer: 
Radio is a much more portable medium than television and allows the listener to carry on listening while on the move.
Radio is one of the media which covers a huge population.
Radio can be enjoyed at home, in the office, while driving car and can be enjoyed anywhere.
Radio channels vary from region to region, hence you can listen to the radio in your regional language.
Important information or news can be easily spread on the radio.

2. We surely live in a better world, don’t we? Imagine waiting for a fortnight or more, for a message to reach us.
Look at the cartoon below. What idea do you get?
Let’s discuss:
1. What does the grandmother like to watch?
Answer: The grandmother like to watch the Ramayana.
2. What is the boy’s preference?
Answer:  The boy’s preference is the cricket match.
3. Do all the people have the same taste in watching TV programmes?
Answer: No.
4. Whom do you support? Why?
Answer: I Support the Grandmother. Because she is very old and her wishes should be considered.

The Television

1. Why do we say that the TV is a magic carpet?
Answer: Television is one of the miracles of Science. It is a magic carpet. It presents moving and living pictures of men and events on the screen. 

2. How is the TV helpful to the people in rural areas?
Answer: Programmes on subjects like health and hygiene, nutrition, family planning and agriculture are of immense help to men and women, especially in rural areas.

3. How is the TV helpful to the farmers?
Answer: The television plays a very significant role in educating the farmers on the use of different kinds of fertilizers and pesticides, and new methods of cultivation.

4. In what way is the TV helpful to propagate culture?
Answer: Television can present a whole variety, of cultural programmes. The invention of the television has enabled man to enjoy and see with his own eyes the cultures of different people living in different communities.

5. In the field of education, the TV plays a dominant role. How?
Answer: Lessons on science, mathematics, geography and other disciplines are often telecast.  In order to educate the public, more programmes on traffic rules, health and hygiene, law and order problems, etc. are also to be included. The TV programmes usually deal with many other subjects and topics of current importance.

6. How does the TV entertain people?
Answer: People may switch on their television set for watching programs that give them immense pleasure and may feel relieved after a days fatigue.

Activity 1
1. Now, list a few television programmes, and write them in appropriate columns.
Activity 2
2. A few advantages and disadvantages of the TV are given in the columns below. Analyse them, and add more ideas of your own.
Activity 3
3. A short description of J.L. Baird's life, work, career, etc., is given below.
Born: August 13, 1888
Place: Helensburgh, Scotland
Education: Lomond School, University of Strathclyde, First World War interrupted his studies
Occupation: Superintendent Engineer - Cyde Valley Electrical Power Company
Invention: In February 1924, First Transmission of a semi mechanical analogue television system. In 1927 set up the wired  Television Development Company Ltd. From 1929 to 1935, the BBC telecast programmes using the thirty line Baird system.
Death:  1946
Write a profile of J.L. Baird, the inventor of the television, using the hints given above.
Answer:  J. L.Baird was born on August 13, 1888, in Helensburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Lomond school and the University of Strathclyde. But the first world war interrupted his studies. He was superintendent engineer in Cyde Valley Electrical Power Company. In February 1924, he introduced the First Transmission of a semi-mechanical analogue television system. In 1927 he set up the wired Television Development Company Ltd. From 1929 to 1935 the BBC telecast programmes using the thirty line Baird system. J. L. Baird died in 1946.












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