Very Short Questions
Question 1 : What do you mean by sleep?
Answer : Sleep is a state of rest where we remain in an unconscious state.
Question 2 : Why is it necessary to sleep?
Answer : It is necessary to sleep because it makes us alert and active. It gives us energy to perform usual activities of the day.
Question 3 : What happens to our temperature and blood pressure when we sleep?
Answer : During our sleep, our heartbeat becomes slower and our temperature and blood pressure go down.
Question 4 : What is a dream?
Answer : Dream is an activity of the mind that happens when we are asleep and remain in an insensible state.
Question 5 : Are all dreams probable?
Answer : Only some dreams are probably which means that many of the things that happen in dreams could happen when we are awake.
Short Questions
Question 1 : What kind of changes occur in our body when we wake up?
Answer : When we wake up after sleep, our temperature and blood pressure rise to normal or average. Our heartbeat and breathing also become normal. We become fully aware of the situation after we wake up.
Question 2 : What do our dreams reveal about us?
Answer : Dreams reveal a great deal about ones’s problems and can provide a key solution of those problems. Dreams cannot be used as a way to tell the future. They simply can never tell the future.
Question 3 : What is the theme of the poem ‘Lights Out’?
Answer : The theme of the poem ‘Lights Out’ is that the sleep is indispensable. No other attraction can cause us not to sleep. But nobody knows what causes sleep.
Long Questions
Question 1 : What is the importance of dreams in our life?
Answer : The dream is an activity of the mind when we are asleep. Some dreams appear to be true while others are not. Many things that happen in dreams won’t happen when we are awake.
Dreams are important as they can help us to sleep in spite of noise or other disturbances. Some doctors say that dreams can reveal a great deal about one’s problems and can provide a key to the solution of those problems. But, dreams can never tell about the future.
Question 2 : What changes occur in our body when we sink deeper into sleep?
Answer : When we enjoy more and more sound sleep, our muscles relax and heartbeat becomes slower. Our temperature and blood pressure both go down.
The ever-active brain also slows down so that we could think and put pressure on our mind .We are not in the position to think or act consciously.
When we wake up, our temperature and blood pressure rise to normal. Our heartbeat and breathing also become normal and we are fully awake and have forgotten most of the dreams.
Value Based Questions
Question 1 : Is dream a soothsayer? If not why?
Answer : Dreams are the activity of the mind. It takes place when we are asleep. It can never be a soothsayer because we never come to know about the future through dream.
It may to some extent reveal something about one’s problems or may provide a key to some problems or may provide a key to some problems. Thus, we can not call a dream a soothsayer.