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NCERT Class 2 English • Classic CBSE

Chapter 6: The Wind and the Sun

Aesop's Fable, Contest of Strength & Gentleness vs Force | CBSE Session 2026–27

Core Pedagogical Competencies & Concepts
  • Story comprehension: The Wind and Sun argue about who is stronger.
  • The contest: Making a walking traveler take off his heavy coat.
  • The Wind's violent blowing makes the man wrap his coat tighter.
  • The Sun's gentle, increasing warmth makes the man unbutton and take off his coat.
  • Moral: Gentle warmth and kindness succeed where fierce anger and brute force fail.
Wind (Blows)Man in CoatSun (Shines)Sun Wins!Gentleness is stronger than brute force.

All Textbook Exercises & In-Text Tasks (15 Questions)

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Q1 Reading is Fun • The Dispute
What did the Wind and the Sun argue about in the beginning?
[1 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Wind and the Sun argued about who was stronger between the two.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Who was stronger stated 1 M
Q2 Reading is Fun • The Test
What test did the Wind propose to decide who was stronger?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Wind pointed to a man walking down the road and proposed that whoever could make him take off his coat first would be declared the winner.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Walking man in coat identified 1 M
Making him take off coat condition explained 1 M
Q3 Reading is Fun • Wind's Strategy
What did the Wind do first to get the man's coat off?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Wind puffed out his cheeks and blew as hard as he could: 'Whoooo-whoooo!' creating a fierce freezing gale.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Puffed cheeks and blew hard 1 M
Sound 'Whoooo-whoooo' mentioned 1 M
Q4 Reading is Fun • Sun's Strategy
What did the Sun do to make the man take off his coat?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Sun smiled peacefully and shone brighter and hotter, making the day so warm that the man perspired and took off his heavy coat.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Shone brighter and hotter 1 M
Man took off coat due to heat 1 M
Q5 Talk Time • Aesop's Moral
What is the moral lesson of 'The Wind and the Sun'?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• Persuasion and gentleness are far more powerful than brute force and shouting. Warm kindness wins hearts easily.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Gentleness over brute force stated 2 M
Q6 Opposites • Story Pairs
Write the opposite of:
(a) Hot × _______
(b) Strong × _______
(c) Win × _______
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answers:
(a) Hot × Cold
(b) Strong × Weak
(c) Win × Lose
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
(a) Cold 1 M
(b) Weak 1 M
(c) Lose 1 M
Q7 Action Verbs • Wind and Sun
Match the character to its action word in the story:
(a) The Wind (b) The Sun (c) The Man
Actions: (1) Shone (2) Blew (3) Walked
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Matching:
• (a) The Wind — (2) Blew
• (b) The Sun — (1) Shone
• (c) The Man — (3) Walked
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
All 3 correctly matched 3 M (1 M each)
Q8 Describing Words (Adjectives)
Identify the describing word in: 'The man wore a heavy woolen coat.'
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The describing words (adjectives) are 'heavy' and 'woolen' (describing the noun 'coat').
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
heavy identified 1 M
woolen identified 1 M
Q9 Degrees of Comparison
Fill in the blank with the comparative degree:
The Sun proved that he was _______ than the Wind (strong / stronger / strongest).
[1 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Sun proved that he was stronger than the Wind.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
stronger correct 1 M
Q10 Sentence Construction
Make a sentence using the word 'puffed'.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Sample Sentence:
• The boy puffed out his cheeks and blew out all seven candles on his birthday cake.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct grammatical sentence with 'puffed' 2 M
Q11 Dialogue Writing • Direct Speech
What did the Wind admit to the Sun at the end of the story?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• The Wind said: 'I give up! I cannot get his coat off. You have won, Sun!'
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Admitting defeat politely 2 M
Q12 Spelling Check • Weather Words
Fill in the missing letters: B R _ G H T (giving out light).
[1 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answer:
• B R I G H T = BRIGHT.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
BRIGHT correct 1 M
Q13 Real-Life Application • Resolving Arguments
If two friends are having an argument in class, should they shout angrily or talk calmly?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Answer:
• They should talk calmly and listen to each other.
• Like the Sun in the story, gentle and calm words resolve problems peacefully, while angry shouting only makes things worse.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Calm dialogue chosen 1 M
Story analogy of Sun's warmth explained 1 M
Q14 True or False
State True or False:
(a) The Wind blew so hard that the man took off his coat immediately.
(b) The Sun shone warmly and won the contest.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answers:
(a) False. The harder the Wind blew, the tighter the man held his coat.
(b) True. The Sun won through gentle warmth.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
(a) False with reason 1 M
(b) True 1 M
Q15 Chapter Reflection
Why is Aesop's fable 'The Wind and the Sun' loved across the world?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Summary:
• It uses a simple natural contest between the elements to teach a timeless truth: kindness, patience, and warmth are infinitely more effective than force, pride, and hostility.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Timeless moral of kindness vs force articulated 2 M
🌟 NEP 2020 Competency-Based Case Study

The Roadside Weather Contest

The Wind puffed out his cheeks and blew furiously: 'WHOOOO-WHOOOO!'. The walking man felt freezing cold, buttoned his woolen coat up to his chin, and wrapped his arms tightly around his chest. Then the Sun smiled and shone warmly. As the rays grew hotter, the man wiped beads of sweat from his forehead, unbuttoned his coat, and sat under a shady tree.

Analytical Task: How did the man react to the Wind's fierce blowing? What did the man do when the Sun shone brightly? Who won the contest and why?
Evaluation & Model Answer:
1. Under the fierce Wind, the man wrapped his coat tighter and buttoned it up to stay warm.
2. When the Sun shone, the man felt hot, unbuttoned and took off his coat.
3. The Sun won because patience, pleasant warmth, and gentleness achieved what anger and brute force could not.
Rubric: 1 M for man wrapping coat tighter + 1 M for man taking off coat + 1 M for Sun winning and moral
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