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Father's Help | R. K. Narayan | Question Answer | Bliss | Class 10 | WBBSE
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Father’s Help Question Answer
Unit – 1
Comprehension
Exercises
1. Choose the correct alternative to
complete the following sentences:
(a) With a shudder Swami realized that it
was —
(i)
Friday
(ii)
Thursday
(iii)
Wednesday
(iv) Monday ✓
(b) When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the —
(i) bench ✓
(ii)
table
(iii)
bed
(iv) desk
(c) According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are —
(i)
absent
(ii) late ✓
(iii)
inattentive
(iv) undisciplined
2.
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
|
(a)
time when Swami complained of a headache |
at
nine o’clock. |
|
(b)
person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school |
Swami’s
father. |
|
(c)
name of the teacher mentioned by Swami |
Samuel. |
3.
State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences /
phrases / words in support of your answer:
(a) Swami said that he had a headache. [T]
Supporting
statement: Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”
(b)
Swami was lying in his father’s room. [F]
Supporting
statement: Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
(c)
According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel. [F]
Supporting
statement: They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.
Unit – 2
Comprehension Exercises
4.
Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) Father decided to send the headmaster a —
(i)
telegram
(ii)
notice
(iii) letter ✓
(iv) report
(b) While going to school Swami was bothered by —
(i) conscience ✓
(ii)
headache
(iii)
toothache
(iv) fever
(c) The colour of Samuel’s coat was —
(i)
black
(ii)
blue
(iii)
white
(iv) yellow ✓
5.
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Father’s behavior took an unexpected
turn.
(b)
Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth.
(c)
Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.
6.
Answer the following questions:
(a)
Where did Father put the letter?
Ans: Father put the letter in an
envelope and sealed it.
(b)
What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?
Ans: Swami failed to decide if Samuel
really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter.
(c)
How did Samuel look?
Ans: Samuel had a dark face, this
moustache, unshaven cheek and wore a yellow coat.
Unit – 3
Comprehension Exercises
7.
Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching —
(i)
history
(ii) arithmetic ✓
(iii)
science
(iv)
geography
(b) Swami was late to school by —
(i) half an hour ✓
(ii)
an hour
(iii)
two hours
(iv)
three hours
(c) The headmaster was on a leave for one —
(i)
day
(ii)
month
(iii)
year
(iv) week ✓
8.
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) As Swami entered the school gate, an
idea occurred to him.
(b)
Swami stood at at the entrance to his class.
(c)
Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.
9.
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
|
Cause |
Effect |
|
(a)
Swami had headache. |
(a)
Swami did not do his homework. |
|
(b)
Swami never met anyone as good as Samuel. |
(b)
Swami sat down, feeling sad. |
|
(c)
The headmaster had gone on a week’s leave. |
(c)
Swami could not deliver the letter. |
Grammar in use
10.
Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) Rina (take / takes / took) the bus to
school everyday.
Ans: takes
(b)
Last Monday, while we (was watching / have been watching / were watching) the television, the electricity went off.
Ans: were watching
(c)
By this time tomorrow they (will have left / will have leave / will had left).
Ans: will have left
11.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
Arifa, the younger of the two girls, has cracked IIT, while the older one is an engineer in a multinational company.
Writing activities
12. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (within 100 words) about the problems faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.
The Editor,
The Times of India,
Kolkata – 700001
Sub: Reckless
driving of public vehicles
Sir,
I shall be highly obliged if you kindly
publish this letter about reckless driving of public vehicles in the esteemed
columns of your daily.
Accidents
have become very frequent recently for reckless driving. The drivers madly try
to overtake other vehicles and collide with one another. They also don’t
maintain the speed limit in crowded area. Often the drivers drink and drive.
There is none to force the drivers to follow rules and regulations. Strict laws
must be imposed.
In
this circumstances, I am writing this letter to you. I hope you will be kind
enough to publish this letter in your daily, so that the Government and the
higher authorities take proper action to solve this acute problem immediately.
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