Class 7 English: The Welcome - One Act Play (Summary & Answers MH Board)

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3.2 The Welcome 

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3.2 The Welcome Vocabulary My English Book 7 MH Board an image from the textbook people giving importance to cat

Are you studying the hilarious one-act play "The Welcome" by Rabindranath Tagore from your English Balbharati textbook? You are in the right place!This play is a brilliant comedy about a young man named Chaturbhuj who returns to his village after passing his exams, only to find that everyone is more interested in his cat than his success!In this guide, I have provided a simple summary, character details, and the most important questions and answers to help you prepare for your Maharashtra Board exams.

Summary of the lesson -

"The Welcome" is a funny one-act play written by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The play revolves around Chaturbhuj Babu, who returns to his village after passing his MA exams, expecting to be celebrated and admired by everyone. However, instead of focusing on his academic achievement, the villagers are more interested in trivial matters, such as the plump Afghan cat that Chaturbhuj has brought with him.

In Scene I, Chaturbhuj meets Nilratan, who shows more interest in the cat than in Chaturbhuj's success. Chaturbhuj tries to talk about his exams and the subjects he studied, but Nilratan keeps interrupting him to ask about the cat—where he got it and how much he paid for it. Chaturbhuj becomes increasingly frustrated as he realizes that his academic achievement is being overshadowed by the cat, highlighting the irony and humour of the situation. 

Hindi Translation:

"The Welcome" एक हास्यप्रद नाटक है जो चतुर्भुज बाबू के इर्द-गिर्द घूमता है, जो अपनी एमए परीक्षा पास करने के बाद अपने गाँव लौटते हैं, यह उम्मीद करते हुए कि सभी लोग उनकी प्रशंसा करेंगे और उनका स्वागत करेंगे। हालांकि, उनके अकादमिक उपलब्धि पर ध्यान देने के बजाय, गाँव के लोग मामूली बातों में अधिक रुचि रखते हैं, जैसे कि चतुर्भुज बाबू के साथ लाया गया एक मोटा अफगान बिल्ली।

दृश्य I में, चतुर्भुज नीलरत्न से मिलते हैं, जो चतुर्भुज की सफलता के बजाय बिल्ली में अधिक रुचि दिखाते हैं। चतुर्भुज अपने परीक्षाओं और जिन विषयों का उन्होंने अध्ययन किया, उनके बारे में बात करने की कोशिश करते हैं, लेकिन नीलरत्न बार-बार उन्हें बीच में रोकते हैं और बिल्ली के बारे में पूछते हैं—उन्होंने उसे कहाँ से पाया और उसके लिए कितना भुगतान किया। चतुर्भुज यह महसूस कर निराश हो जाते हैं कि उनकी अकादमिक उपलब्धि बिल्ली के सामने गौण हो रही है, जिससे स्थिति की विडंबना और हास्य को उजागर किया गया है।


Marathi Translation:

"The Welcome" हे एक विनोदी नाटक आहे, जे चतुर्भुज बाबूंच्या भोवती फिरते, जे एमए परीक्षा पास करून आपल्या गावी परत येतात, अशी अपेक्षा करत की सगळेजण त्यांच्यावर स्तुती करतील आणि त्यांचं स्वागत करतील. मात्र, त्यांच्या शैक्षणिक यशावर लक्ष केंद्रित करण्याऐवजी, गावकऱ्यांना चतुर्भुज बाबू सोबत आणलेल्या एका जाड अफगाण मांजरी सारख्या किरकोळ गोष्टींमध्ये अधिक रस असतो.

दृश्य I मध्ये, चतुर्भुज नीलरत्न यांना भेटतात, जे चतुर्भुजांच्या यशाऐवजी मांजरीत अधिक रस दाखवतात. चतुर्भुज आपल्या परीक्षांबद्दल आणि त्यांनी अभ्यास केलेल्या विषयांबद्दल बोलण्याचा प्रयत्न करतात, पण नीलरत्न त्यांना वारंवार मध्येच अडवतात आणि मांजरीबद्दल विचारतात—ती त्यांनी कुठे मिळवली आणि त्यासाठी किती पैसे दिले. चतुर्भुज निराश होतात कारण त्यांना कळते की त्यांचे शैक्षणिक यश मांजरीच्या तुलनेत गौण ठरत आहे, ज्यामुळे परिस्थितीची विडंबना आणि विनोद स्पष्ट होतो.

Some grammar- and vocabulary-based questions

Q.1 Write the following.

  1. Some common nouns from the text -  exams, cat, subjects, village, parts, place, boys, education, people, temper, brats,  bath, harm, tail
  2. Some material nouns – milk and bread 
  3. Some proper nouns – Chaturbhuj, Nilratan, Zamindar, Satu, Dada Babu Hari, Beni, Afgan, Calcutta, Pussy.
  4. Some adjectives – great, stunner, delighted, civil,  blazing, crazy, furious
  5. Some adverbs – directly, over, just, quite, furiously, plaintively, irritably,

Q.2 Find the synonyms for the following from the text.

  • Come - arrive
  • Over - finished
  • Very beautiful – a stunner
  • Very happy – delighted
  • Angrily - furiously
  • Hot – blazing
  • Naughty/spoilt kids - brats
  • Mad - crazy
  • Sympathy - pity
  • Mischievous children in the street - urchins 

Q.3 Use the following words in your own sentences.

  1. Furiously – even after explaining the answer many times, the son could not answer properly, so the father slapped him furiously.
  2. Delighted – The children were very delighted to see the delicious snacks.

  4. 3.2 The Welcome Vocabulary My English Book 7 MH Board a burger
  5. Brat - Excessive care and love have turned Meunali into a brat.
  6. Crazy – Nowadays, children are all just crazy about mobile games.

Q. 4 Use the following phrases in sentences of your own.

  1. 1. Make a great fuss over – If you fall ill, people make a great fuss over you.
  2. Drop by (my) place – When she needs my help, she drops by.
  3. A civil question – everyone likes you if you ask civil questions.
  4. Stuffed full of conceit – When she scored the highest score in the class, she was stuffed full of conceit.
  5. In a blazing temper – She was in a blazing temper when the teacher insulted her.

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- Arati Agrawal

- English Teacher 

(CBSE & Maharashtra Board)

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