NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 1 –27Try Again (Eliza Cook) — Let us explore
Book page 26 Updated on2026-09-05
Q1.
Collect folk songs in your own language that connect us with nature and compile them as a class project.
Answer
Method: Ask grandparents, neighbours and farm workers rather than searching only on the internet — folk songs live with people, not in books. Record on a phone with permission, then write the song down, and add a short note saying who sang it, when it is sung and what it is about.
What the compilation must contain for each song:
the words in the original language and script;
a two-line meaning in English or Hindi;
the occasion — sowing, harvest, monsoon, a wedding, a river festival;
the natural thing it speaks of — a river, a tree, rain, cattle, the moon;
the name of the person who sang it for you, with thanks.
Sample entry: “Kajri — sung by my grandmother in Bhojpuri during Sawan. It describes black clouds gathering over the mango grove and a woman waiting for the rain. Nature in the song is not a background — the rain is treated as a person who is late.”
Q2.
Did you know that spiders are not insects? They belong to a group called the arachnids. Observe a spider and an ant from a distance and note down the differences between them. Share your observations with your classmates. Ask your Science teacher for more information to know about spiders better.
Answer
Watch from a safe distance and do not disturb either creature. Record what you can actually see, then check it against the table below.
Feature
Spider (arachnid)
Ant (insect)
Legs
8
6
Body parts
2 — cephalothorax and abdomen
3 — head, thorax and abdomen
Antennae
none
one pair, always moving
Eyes
usually 8 simple eyes
a pair of compound eyes
Wings
never
winged in queens and males at swarming time
Silk
spins silk from spinnerets; makes a web
does not spin silk (weaver ants use their larvae's silk)
How it lives
mostly alone
in a colony, in large numbers
How it feeds
traps prey in the web
carries food back to the nest, often in a line
Did you know? Eliza Cook calls the spider “the insect” in her poem. Poets in the 1800s used the word loosely for any small crawling creature — but by the Science you learn today, that word is not correct.
Q3.
Let us learn how to weave a spider web. 1. Take three sticks (each about eight inches long) and a roll of old wool. 2. Tie the sticks together in the centre with the wool (Fig. 1). 3. Start weaving the web by putting a loop around every stick (Figs. 2 and 3). 4. Complete the web and tie the thread in a knot on the stick where the web is complete (Fig. 4). Now, decorate it with words and phrases you learnt about the spider in the poem or anything else that you like.
Answer
Follow the four figures on page 27 in order. What matters is the loop — the wool must pass around each stick, not merely across it, or the web will slide loose.
Fig. 1 — Cross the three sticks at their centres so that six arms stand out like the spokes of a wheel, and bind the crossing tightly with wool.
Figs. 2 and 3 — Starting near the centre, take the wool to the next spoke, wind it once completely around that spoke, and move on. Keep going round and round, spiralling outward, keeping the wool taut.
Fig. 4 — Stop when you are near the ends of the spokes and knot the wool onto whichever stick you finish at. Trim the tail.
Three sticks crossed at the centre give six spokes; the wool spirals outward, looping once around every spoke.
Tip: For the decoration, write phrases from the poem along the spokes — “strong endeavour”, “nine brave attempts”, “defied despair”, “steadily, steadily”, “All honour to those who try”.