Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | West Bengal Madhyamik Class 10th English Question and Answer  

MCQ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. With a shudder Swami realized that it was [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ , āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ – 

(A) Friday [ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] 

(B) Wednesday [ āĻŦ⧁āϧāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] 

(C) Thursday [ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] 

(D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] 

Ans: (D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

  1. ” When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall , he was lying on the [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ) 

(A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ]

(B) bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] 

(C) desk [ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ ]

(D) table [ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel is especially angry with boys who are [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āχāϏāĻŦ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž ] 

(A) absent [ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ] 

(B) late [ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] 

(C) inattentive [ āĻ…āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ ] 

(D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ] 

Ans: (D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ]

  1. At nine o’clock Swaminathan complained about [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ⧝ āϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ] — 

(A) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ] 

(B) dizziness [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāϛ⧇ ] 

(C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ] 

(D) drowsiness [ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇ ] 

Ans: (C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ] 

  1. Swami knew his father was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — 

(A) soft [ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ ] 

(B) kind [ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ ]

(C) rude [ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ ]

(D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

Ans: (D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

  1. Swaminathan’s mother was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — 

(A) lenient [ āϏāĻĻāϝāĻŧ ] 

(B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ] 

(C) strict [ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ ] 

(D) angry [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ ] 

Ans: (B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ]

  1. Swaminathan’s father ordered him to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —

(A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ] 

(B) lie down on the bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§‡Â 

(C) go to the playground [ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ] 

(D) tell the truth [ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ ] 

Ans: (A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ]

  1. Changing his tactics , Swaminathan complained about [ āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ) – 

(A) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ ] 

(B) not preparing his lesson [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] 

(C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] 

(D) his fear about the headmaster [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ ] 

Ans: (C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. According to Swaminathan , Samuel was a / an [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ ] — 

(A) gentle man [ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϞ⧋āĻ• ] 

(B) old man [ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāϞ⧋āĻ• ] 

(C) young man [ āϝ⧁āĻŦāĻ• ] 

(D) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ] 

Ans: (C) young man [ āϝ⧁āĻŦāĻ• ] 

  1. According to Swami , the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ] — 

(A) disliked Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ] 

(B) admired Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ] 

(C) was indifferent to Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ]

(D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ] 

Ans: (D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ]

 

  1. Father decided to send the headmaster a [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ— 

(A) telegram [ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ ] 

(B) letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ ] 

(C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ] 

(D) report [ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ ] 

Ans: (C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ]

  1. While going to school Swami was bothered by [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ ] — 

(A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ] 

(B) toothache [ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ] 

(C) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ ]

(D) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ] 

Ans: (A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ]

  1. The colour of Samuel’s coat was [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — 

(A) black [ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ ]

(B) blue [ āύ⧀āϞ ]

(C) white [ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž ]

(D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ] 

Ans: (D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ]

  1. Swami stopped on the roadside to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — 

(A) cross the road [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] 

(B) see nature [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(C) to see the letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] 

Ans: (D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel was personally much more [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ ] —

(A) bad man [ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ]

(B) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ]

(C) indifferent [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ ]

(D) friendly [ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ]

Ans: (D) friendly [ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ  ]

  1. While going to school , Swaminathan was [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — 

(A) determined [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž ] 

(B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ] 

(C) revengeful [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧃āĻšāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ ] 

(D) pleased [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ ] 

Ans: (B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ]

  1. When Swami entered the class , Samuel was teaching [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ) — 

(A) History [ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ ] 

(B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ]

(C) Geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

(D) Science [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ] 

Ans: (B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ]

  1. Swami was late to school by [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] –

(A) half an hour [ āφāϧāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

(B) an hour [ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž

(C) two hours [ āĻĻ⧁ – āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

(D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ] 

Ans: (D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

  1. The headmaster was on a leave for one [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• ] —

(A) day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(C) month [ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(D) week [ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] 

Ans: (B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. Swami decided to give the letter to the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ] –

(A) at the recess [ āϟāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) at the end of the day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇

(C) in the last period [ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ]

(D) in the first period [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ]

  1. Before entering his school Swami halted [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) at a stall [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ]

(B) at the book stall [ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ]

(C) at the gate of the sch ool [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ ]

(D) at the headmaster’s room [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ ]

  1. That Swami should not miss the classes was told by his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ ] — 

(A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ]

(B) father [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ]

(C) mother

(D) neighbour [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ ]

Ans: (A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ]

  1. “ We want more parents like him ” – Here ‘ him ‘ refers to [ “ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž – āĻŽāĻž āϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ ” —āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘ āϤāĻžāϰ ‘ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ]

(A) Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ ]

(B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

(C) Swami [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ ]

(D) Swami’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Ans: (B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

  1. The teacher Samuel was inspecting [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — 

(A) the attendance [ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ ]

(B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ]

(C) their homework [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ ]

(D) their tidiness [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ – āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻž ]

Ans: (B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ]

  1. The last period of the school ended at [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) 4.00pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ āϤ⧇ ]

(B) 4.15 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§§ā§Ģ āϤ⧇ ]

(C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

(D) 4.45 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

Ans: (C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

  1. Snatching away letter from Swami his father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ] 

(A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

(B) preserved it [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ]

(C) read it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ⧇āύ ]

(D) threw it into the dustbin [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ] 

Ans: (A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Questions

1| With a shudder Swami realized that it was-
a) Friday b) Thursday c) Monday d) Wednesday

2| In Swami’s school students have to assemble for prayer
a) at 8.30 b) at 9.30 c) at 9.45 c) at 10.30

3| “I can’t go so late to the class.” The speaker can not go so late because –
a) the school gate will be closed b) the headmaster would not allow him to enter his class c) the headmaster will punish him d) the teacher will scold him

4| Swami’s father wrote the letter to Swami’s –
a) friends b) headmaster c) teacher d) mother [Madhyamik’19]

5| The letter made Swami feel –
a) happy b) sad c) excited d) worried [Madhyamik’19]

6| While going to school Swami was bothered by –
a) conscience b) headache c) toothache d) fever

7| Swami stopped on his way to school to decide whether Samuel was a/an –
a) bad person b) good and friendly person c) honest person d) dishonest person [Madhyamik’19]

8| Swami felt dizzy because he was –
a) excited b) indifferent c) afraid d) puzzled [Madhyamik’19]

9| Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about –
a) Samuel b) his father c) his mother d) other teachers

10| Swami was late to the school by –
a) an hour b) half an hour c) two hours d) fifteen minutes

11| When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching –
a) history b) arithmetic c) science d) geography

12| The more Swami thought of Samuel the more –
a) aggrieved he felt b) cheerful he felt c) disappointed he felt d) angry he felt [Madhyamik’19]

13| Swami’s description of Samuel was
a) accurate b) real c) imaginary d) a mixture of the real and the imaginary

14| The headmaster was on leave –
a) for two days b) for five day c) for a week d) for a fortnight

15| Father snatched the letter away from Swami and –
a) put it in his pocket b) tore it up c) beat him d) asked him to got to school regularly

 

Answers

1| Swami realized with a shudder that it was c) Monday morning.

2| At (b)9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall.

3| (d) he will scold me if I say so.

4| He proposed to send a letter with Swami to the (b) headmaster .

5| The letter made Swami feel (d) worried .

6| His (a) conscience bothered him.

7| Samuel was not such a (a) bad man after all.

8| Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion, hence the answer is (d) puzzled.

9| Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about (a) Samuel .

10| Swami was (b) half an hour late.

11| Samuel was teaching (b) arithmetic .

12| The more Swami thought of Samuel the more (c) disappointed he felt .

13| Swami’s description of Samuel was (d) a mixture of the real and the imaginary .

14| The headmaster was on leave for (b) for a week .

15| Father snatched the letter away from Swami and (b) tore it up .

 

Answer the following questions : True or False : 

 

  1. Swami said that he had a headache . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ || 

Supporting Statement : 

Ans . True : Supporting Statement : At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed , ” I have a headache . 

” 2 . Swami was lying in his father’s room . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ || 

Supporting Statement : 

Ans . False ; Supporting Statement : Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room . 

  1. According to Swami , the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ] 

Supporting Statement : 

Ans . False ; Supporting Statement : They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him . 

  1. Swami’s mother was quite generous . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

Supporting Statement : 

Ans . True ; Supporting Statement : Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home . 

Short and Answers questions | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan –

 Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ : 

  1. How did Swaminathan want to avoid going to school ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . To avoid going to school Swaminathan started to wail complaining of a headache . [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

2 . Why was Swami unwilling to go to school late ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . If Swami went to school late , the teacher would scold him . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ , āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What was the name of Swami’s class teacher ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . The name of Swami’s class teacher was Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ | 

  1. How was the relationship between Samuel and the headmaster , according to Swami ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . According to Swami , even the headmaster was afraid of Samuel . ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ | 

  1. Why did Swami shudder ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Swami shuddered because it was Monday morning . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ | | 

  1. What suggestion came from Swami’s mother ? ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŽāϤ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . Swami’s mother suggested that Swami might stay at home . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Where did father put the letter ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami failed to decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations , [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āύāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. ” How did Samuel look ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel had dark face , thin moustache , unshaven cheek and wore a yellow coat . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āĻ– , āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ , āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ āϕ⧋āϟ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What was father’s proposal ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What type of letter was composed by father ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father composed a long letter with allegations against Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ | ] 

  1. Why did Swami stop by the roadside on his way to school ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Swami stopped to make up his mind about Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What was Swami not sure of ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž ? ] 

Ans . Swami was not sure about his description of Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤

Answer the following questions | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan –

 Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ : 

  1. What was the realisation of Swami lying in bed ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swaminathan realized that the weekend was over . It was Monday and not Friday . Yet he had not done his homework . So he did not feel like going to school . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ , āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡Â  āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. Did his mother believe Swami ? How do you know ? [ āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ? āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϞ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . Yes , his mother believed Swami . 

 On Monday morning , when Swami complained about headache , his mother believed and suggested him to stay at home . [ āĻšāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧋ , āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ! ] 

  1. What was his father’s remark hearing that Swami was not going to school because of his headache ? [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž — āĻ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father became really angry hearing that Swami was not going to school because of his headache . He ordered him to dress up and go to school . [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāχ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. When and how did Swami change his tactics ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Finding his father strict about his going to school Swami changed his tactics and told that he could not go to school so late . [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ] 

  1. How did Swami describe Samuel , the class teacher ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . According to Swami’s description , Samuel was a very angry man . He was especially angry with boys who came in late . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ PROSE | Father’s Help āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ | āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāϏāϤ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What did Swami’s father advise him to get rid of a headache ? [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . To get rid of a headache , Swami’s father advised him to loaf about less on Sundays . [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What idea occurred to Swami as he entered the school gate ? [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ , āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . The idea was not to deliver the letter then . [ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύāχ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž ] 

  1. What was Samuel teaching in the class ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel was teaching arithmetic in the class . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Standing at the entrance to his class what did Swami expect from his teacher ? [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ]

Ans . Swami expected Samuel to scold him severely for his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Pick out a sentence to show that Swami’s assumption on Samuel was wrong . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĨ¤ ] [ Jadavpur Vidyapith ] 

Ans . The sentence is : “ This was an unexpected question from Samuel . ” [ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ : “ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ” ] 

  1. Unable to deliver the letter to the headmaster , how did Swami feel , according to your opinion ? [ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . I think , being unable to deliver the letter , Swami felt relieved . [ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāχ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What did Swami’s father do , snatching away the letter from him ? [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Snatching away the letter Swami’s father tore it up . [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

Complete the following Sentences | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – 

Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ : 

  1. Swami went to school feeling ____ .

Ans . Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāχāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻšāϞ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻŽ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇ | ] 

  1. Swami stopped on the roadside to ______ .

Ans . Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ |

  1. He was bothered _______ .

Ans . He was bothered by his conscience . [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ | ] 

  1. Personally Samuel was ______ .

Ans . Personally Samuel was much more friendly than the other teachers . [ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āϧ⧁āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ | ] 

  1. The more Swami thought of Samuel ______ .

Ans . The more Swami thought of Samuel the more he grieved for him . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϝāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāϤāχ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Samuel’s moustache was _______ .

Ans . Samuel’s moustache was thin . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Samuel was more friendly to Swami than other teachers and Swami also felt _____ .

Ans . Samuel was more friendly to Swami than other teachers and Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him . [ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤Â 

  1. Father’s behaviour took an _____ .
  2. As Swami entered the school gate , ______ .

Ans . As Swami entered the school gate an idea occurred to him . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Swami stood at ______ .

Ans . Swami stood at the entrance of his class . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ || 

  1. Father snatched the letter away from Swami and ______ .

Ans . Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ || 

  1. Swami appeared at the entrance of his class when ______ 

Ans . Swami appeared at the entrance of his class when Samuel was teaching arithmetic . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. When Samuel looked at Swami he hoped _____ 

Ans . When Samuel looked at Swami he hoped Samuel would scold him severely . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύ āϏ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. The question asked by Samuel was an [ Burdwan Town School ] 

Ans . The question asked by Samuel was an unexpected question to Swami . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ]

16.That day Samuel appeared to Swami ____ 

Ans . That day Samuel appeared to Swami very gentle . [ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. The peon told Swami that the headmaster _____ 

Ans . The peon told Swami that the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave . [ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ“āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

Answer the following questions | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – 

Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. How did Father’s attitude get an unexpected turn ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father’s attitude got an unexpected turn as he became very rigid about Swami’s going to the school . He proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϘāϟāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Why was Swami so eager to know about the content of the letter ? [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āϤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? 

Ans . Swami was so eager to know about the content of the letter because he started to suffer from the prick of conscience . He complained about Samuel . It was false as was best known by him . [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ‚āĻļāύ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. Stopping on the roadside what was Swami’s thinking about Samuel ? [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Stopping on the roadside Swami started to think about Samuel . According to him , Samuel was not such a bad man . Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers . [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āφāĻĻ⧌ āĻ…āϤāϟāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ | ] 

  1. What picture of Samuel appeared in Swami’s mind ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami could recall Samuel’s dark face , his thin moustache , unshaven cheek and yellow coat . All these filled Swami’s mind with sorrow and sympathy for Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āĻ– , āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ , āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϭ⧇āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āĻ“ āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ āĻ­āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. Why did Swaminathan’s conscience bother him ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Swaminathan’s conscience bothered him because he wasn’t at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why did Swami take the decision to deliver the letter at the end of the day ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧇āύ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami took the decision to deliver the letter at the end of the day because there was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What happened at the time of Samuel’s inspecting the home lessons ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϕ⧀ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . While inspecting the home lessons , Samuel asked about Swami’s homework . But Swami had done nothing . Unexpectedly Samuel did not scold him and told him to sit down . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

  1. ” Samuel looked impressed . ” – What made Samuel so impressed ? [ “ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĨ¤ ” — āϕ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . When Swami told that his father forbade him to miss school , Samuel was very impressed . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ , āĻāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What happened at the end of the classes ? [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϘāϟāϞ ? ] 

Ans . At the end of the classes Swami picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s office . But the room was locked as he had gone on a week’s leave . Swaminathan ran away from the place . [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϗ⧁āĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ ] 

 

MCQ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Question and Answer |

 āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. The colour of Samuel’s coat was [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) black [ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ ]

(B) blue [ āύ⧀āϞ ]

(C) white [ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž ]

(D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ]

Ans: (D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ]

  1. Swami stopped on the roadside to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) cross the road [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(B) see nature [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(C) to see the letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

Ans: (D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel was personally much more [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ ] —

(A) bad man [ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ]

(B) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ]

(C) indifferent [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ ]

(D) friendly [ āĻ•āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ]

Ans: (D) friendly [  ]

  1. While going to school , Swaminathan was [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) determined [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž ]

(B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ]

(C) revengeful [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧃āĻšāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ ]

(D) pleased [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ ]

Ans: (B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ]

  1. When Swami entered the class , Samuel was teaching [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ) —

(A) History [ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ ]

(B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ]

(C) Geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

(D) Science [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ]

Ans: (B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ]

  1. Swami was late to school by [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] –

(A) half an hour [ āφāϧāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

(B) an hour [ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž

(C) two hours [ āĻĻ⧁ – āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

(D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

Ans: (D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

  1. The headmaster was on a leave for one [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• ] —

(A) day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(C) month [ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

(D) week [ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

Ans: (B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. Swami decided to give the letter to the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ] –

(A) at the recess [ āϟāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) at the end of the day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇

(C) in the last period [ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ]

(D) in the first period [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ]

  1. Before entering his school Swami halted [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) at a stall [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ]

(B) at the book stall [ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ]

(C) at the gate of the sch ool [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ ]

(D) at the headmaster’s room [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ ]

  1. That Swami should not miss the classes was told by his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ ] —

(A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ]

(B) father [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ]

(C) mother

(D) neighbour [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ ]

Ans: (A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ]

  1. “ We want more parents like him ” – Here ‘ him ‘ refers to [ “ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž – āĻŽāĻž āϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ ” —āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘ āϤāĻžāϰ ‘ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ]

(A) Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ ]

(B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

(C) Swami [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ ]

(D) Swami’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Ans: (B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

  1. The teacher Samuel was inspecting [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —

(A) the attendance [ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ ]

(B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ]

(C) their homework [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ ]

(D) their tidiness [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ – āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻž ]

Ans: (B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ]

  1. The last period of the school ended at [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —

(A) 4.00pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ āϤ⧇ ]

(B) 4.15 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§§ā§Ģ āϤ⧇ ]

(C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

(D) 4.45 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

Ans: (C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

  1. Snatching away letter from Swami his father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ]

(A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

(B) preserved it [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ]

(C) read it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ⧇āύ ]

(D) threw it into the dustbin [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

Ans: (A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

  1. With a shudder Swami realized that it was [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ , āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ –

(A) Friday [ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

(B) Wednesday [ āĻŦ⧁āϧāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

(C) Thursday [ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

(D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

Ans: (D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

  1. ” When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall , he was lying on the [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ )

(A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ]

(B) bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(C) desk [ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ ]

(D) table [ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel is especially angry with boys who are [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āχāϏāĻŦ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž ]

(A) absent [ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

(B) late [ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

(C) inattentive [ āĻ…āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ ]

(D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ]

Ans: (D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ]

  1. At nine o’clock Swaminathan complained about [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ⧝ āϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ] —

(A) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ]

(B) dizziness [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāϛ⧇ ]

(C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ]

(D) drowsiness [ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇ ]

Ans: (C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ]

  1. Swami knew his father was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —

(A) soft [ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ ]

(B) kind [ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ ]

(C) rude [ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ ]

(D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

Ans: (D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

  1. Swaminathan’s mother was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —

(A) lenient [ āϏāĻĻāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ]

(C) strict [ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ ]

(D) angry [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ ]

Ans: (B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ]

  1. Swaminathan’s father ordered him to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —

(A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ]

(B) lie down on the bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇

(C) go to the playground [ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ]

(D) tell the truth [ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ]

  1. Changing his tactics , Swaminathan complained about [ āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ) –

(A) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ ]

(B) not preparing his lesson [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(D) his fear about the headmaster [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ ]

Ans: (C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. According to Swaminathan , Samuel was a / an [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ ] —

(A) gentle man [ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϞ⧋āĻ• ]

(B) old man [ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāϞ⧋āĻ• ]

(C) young man [ āϝ⧁āĻŦāĻ• ]

(D) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ]

Ans:

  1. According to Swami , the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ] —

(A) disliked Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ]

(B) admired Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ]

(C) was indifferent to Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ]

(D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ]

Ans: (D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ]

  1. Father decided to send the headmaster a [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ—

(A) telegram [ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ ]

(B) letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ ]

(C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ]

(D) report [ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ ]

Ans: (C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ]

  1. While going to school Swami was bothered by [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ ] —

(A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ]

(B) toothache [ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ]

(C) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ ]

(D) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ]

Ans: (A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ]

SAQ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Short Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. What idea occurred to Swami as he entered the school gate ? [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ , āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . The idea was not to deliver the letter then . [ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύāχ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž ]

  1. What was Samuel teaching in the class ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel was teaching arithmetic in the class . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Standing at the entrance to his class what did Swami expect from his teacher ? [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ]

Ans . Swami expected Samuel to scold him severely for his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Unable to deliver the letter to the headmaster , how did Swami feel , according to your opinion ? [ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . I think , being unable to deliver the letter , Swami felt relieved . [ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāχ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤

  1. What did Swami’s father do , snatching away the letter from him ? [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Snatching away the letter Swami’s father tore it up . [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Pick out a sentence to show that Swami’s assumption on Samuel was wrong . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĨ¤ ] [ Jadavpur Vidyapith ] 

Ans . The sentence is : “ This was an unexpected question from Samuel . ” [ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ : “ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ” ]

  1. How was the relationship between Samuel and the headmaster , according to Swami ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . According to Swami , even the headmaster was afraid of Samuel . ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ |

  1. Why did Swami shudder ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Swami shuddered because it was Monday morning . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ]

9 . Why was Swami unwilling to go to school late ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . If Swami went to school late , the teacher would scold him . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ , āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What was the name of Swami’s class teacher ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . The name of Swami’s class teacher was Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ |

  1. How did Swaminathan want to avoid going to school ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . To avoid going to school Swaminathan started to wail complaining of a headache . [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What suggestion came from Swami’s mother ? ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŽāϤ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . Swami’s mother suggested that Swami might stay at home . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Where did father put the letter ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤

  1. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami failed to decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations , [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āύāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤

  1. ” How did Samuel look ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel had dark face , thin moustache , unshaven cheek and wore a yellow coat . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āĻ– , āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ , āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ āϕ⧋āϟ āĨ¤

  1. What was father’s proposal ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What type of letter was composed by father ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father composed a long letter with allegations against Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ | ]

  1. Why did Swami stop by the roadside on his way to school ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Swami stopped to make up his mind about Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What was Swami not sure of ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž ? ] 

Ans . Swami was not sure about his description of Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤

  1. What did Swami’s father advise him to get rid of a headache ? [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . To get rid of a headache , Swami’s father advised him to loaf about less on Sundays . [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤]

 

Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ | West Bengal Madhyamik Class 10th English Question and Answer 

Comprehension Exercises Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

  1. When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall , he was lying on the –

(A) Bench

(B) Table

(C) Bed

(D) Desk

Ans: (A) Bench

  1. With a shudder Swami realized that it was –

(A) Friday

(B) Thursday

(C) Wednesday

(D) Monday

Ans: (D) Monday

  1. According to Swami , Samuel is Bench especially angry with boys who are

(A) Absent

(B) Late

(C) Inattentive

(D) Uncontrolled

Ans: (B) Late

  1. Swami’s mother was

(A) Generous

(B) Careless

(C) Accurate

(D) Artful .

Ans: (A) Generous

  1. According to Swami , his headmaster is very

(A) Merciless

(B) Angry

(C) Polite

(D) Cruel

Ans: (C) Polite

  1. Swami’s father had Composed

(A) A long story

(B) A long drama

(C) A long book

(D) A long letter .

Ans: (D) A long letter .

  1. Father snatched the letter and

(A) Tore it up

(B) Threw it away

(C) Gave it to the headmaster

(D) Burnt it

Ans: (A) Tore it up

  1. Swami stopped on the roadside

(A) For the school bus

(B) For his friend

(C) For his father

(D) To make up his mind about samuel

Ans: (D) To make up his mind about samuel

  1. Here ‘ poor ‘ is used in the sense of being

(A) Rudeness

(B) Lack of manners

(C) Wretched

(D) Rustic

Ans: (C) Wretched

  1. Swami’s father insisted Swami on going to

(A) School

(B) University

(C) The market

(D) The garden

Ans: (A) School

  1. The headmaster was on leave was told by

(A) Swami’s father

(B) Swami

(C) The peon

(D) Samuel

Ans: (C) The peon

  1. While inspecting the homework , samuel appeared to be

(A) Wild

(B) Angry

(C) Rude

(D) Gentle

Ans: (D) Gentle

  1. Swami knew his father to be – –

(A) Strict

(B) Angry

(C) Happy

(D) Circus

Ans: (A) Strict

  1. Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to –

(A) Office

(B) School

(C) College

(D) Generous

Ans: (B) School

  1. Swami loafed about much on –

(A) Saturdays

(B) Sundays

(C) Mondays

(D) Thursdays

Ans: (B) Sundays

  1. At 9:30 Swami was in

(A) Father’s room .

(B) Mother’s room

(C) study room

(D) School prayer hall

Ans: (B) Mother’s room

  1. Swami’s father was a / an

(A) Absent minded

(B) Flexible

(C) Inflexible

(D) Sincered

Ans: (C) Inflexible

Complete the following sentences with information from the text | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

( i ) Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home .

( ii ) Samuel is especially angry with boys who came in late .

( iii ) Swami was questioned by his father whether he had no school .

( iv ) Swami lays on the bench in his mother’s room .

( v ) At nine o’clock Swaminathan complained of headache .

Answer the following questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

  1. Why did Swaminathan change his tactics? 

Ans: Swaminathan changed his tactics because he knew well that his father was a very strict guardian .

  1. Who suggested that Swami might stay at home ? 

Ans: Swami’s mother suggested that he might stay at home .

  1. What is the name of Swami’s teacher ?

Ans: The name of Swami’s teacher is Samuel .

  1. Who is even afraid of Samuel ? 

Ans: The headmaster is even afraid of Samuel.

Complete the following sentences with information from the text | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

(A) Personally Samuel was much more friendly than the other teachers .

(B) Father’s behaviour took an unexpected turn .

(C) Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth .

(D) Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel .

Answer the following questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

  1. Where did Father put the letter ? 

Ans: Father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it .

  1. 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 .

  1. How did Samuel look ? 

Ans: Samuel had a dark face , thin moustache and unshaven cheek . He put on a coat of yellow colour .

Answer the following questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ – Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan | Madhyamik English Question and Answer :

  1. What did Swami’s father propose ? 

Ans: Swami’s father proposed to send a letter with him to the headmaster .

  1. What did the letter contain ? 

Ans: The letter contained plenty of things about Samuel .

  1. Why did Swami stop on the roadside ?

Ans: Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel’s nature .

  1. What bothered Swaminathan on his way to school ? 

Ans: Swaminathan’s conscience bothered him on his way to school .

  1. What did Swami recall about Samuel ?

Ans: Swami recalled Samuel’s dark face , thin moustache , unshaven cheek and yellow coat .

  1. What made Samuel look impressed ? Ans: Samuel looked impressed when Swami informed that his father said he ( Swami ) wouldn’t miss school .
  2. What was Swami’s expectation to Samuel ? 

Ans: Swami expected to Samuel that he ( Samuel ) would not allow to admit him in the class .

  1. How long was the headmaster on leave ? 

Ans: The headmaster was on leave for a week.

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (1 Mark) Madhyamik English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ – āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāĻ¨Â 

  1. When Swami was in bed, he shuddered because
  2. it was Monday morning b. he hadn’t done the homework c. Samuel would scold him d. he had a high fever

Ans. a. it was Monday

  1. Swami complained of headache
  2. at nine o’clock b. at eight o’clock c. at seven o’clock d. none of these

Ans. a. at nine o’clock

  1. At 9.30 Swami should have been
  2. in Samuel’s class b. in the headmaster’s room c. in the prayer hall d. doing nothing

Ans. c. in the prayer hall

  1. In his mother’s room, Swami chose to lie
  2. on a divan b. on bed c. on a bench d. in an easy chair

Ans. c. on a bench

  1. Swami told his parents that he had
  2. a fever b. a headache c. stomach problem d. caught cold

Ans. b. a headache

  1. When Swami told about his headache, his father was
  2. tensed b. happy c. indifferent d. angry

Ans. d. angry

  1. On Sundays, Swami would
  2. do arithmetic b . sleep c. laze around d. go fishing

Ans. c. laze around

  1. Swami changed his tactics, because
  2. his father was strict b. his mother was strict c. Samuel was strict d. his parents were strict

Ans. a. his father was strict

  1. If Swami told that he had a headache, Samuel would
  2. beat him b. scold him c. shout at him d. ignore him

Ans. b. scold him

  1. Samuel was a man who was always
  2. happy b. worried c. relaxed d. angry

Ans. d. angry

  1. Samuel especially does not like those students who
  2. are unpunctual b. are not hard working c. skip classes d. are inattentive

Ans. c. skip classes

  1. The Headmaster was
  2. pleased with Samuel b. angry with Samuel c. afraid of Samuel d. indifferent to Samuel

Ans. c. afraid of Samuel

  1. Swami changed his tactics, because his father was
  2. angry b. liberal c. strict d. cordial

Ans. c. strict morning

  1. Swami’s father had written a letter by the time Swami was ready to
  2. go loafing about b. sleep on the bench c. leave for school d. leave for tuition

Ans. c. leave for school

  1. Father decided to send the headmaster
  2. a letter b. an application c. a notice d. a telegram

Ans. a. a letter

  1. Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and
  2. strapped it b. covered it c. glued it d. sealed it

Ans. d. sealed it

  1. The word ‘apprehensively’ means
  2. joyfully b. fearfully c. pleasantly d. angrily

Ans. b. fearfully

  1. In the letter, Swami’s father wrote
  2. plenty of things b. a lot of things c. very little d. none of these

Ans. a. plenty of things

  1. Swami’s father wanted the letter to be given to
  2. the headmaster b. the principal c. the rectar d. Samuel

Ans. a. go to class

  1. Swami’s father wrote the letter to Swami’s
  2. friends b. headmaster c. teacher d. mother

Ans. c. teacher

  1. The colour of Samuel’s coat was
  2. white b. yellow c. blue d. black

Ans. b. yellow

  1. What bothered Swami was his
  2. guilt b. offence c. conscience d. late attendance

Ans. c. conscience

  1. Swami hoped Samuel would
  2. welcome him b. scold him c. punish him d. laugh at him

Ans. b. scold him

  1. Swami was not sure if his description of Samuel was
  2. precise b. perfect c. accurate d. exact

Ans. c. accurate

  1. At school, Swami felt very
  2. angry b. confused. c. happy d. tense

Ans. b. confused

  1. Swami felt that Samuel had a special regard
  2. for the headmaster b. for his father c. for himself d. for him

Ans. d. for him

  1. The more Swami thought of Samuel, the more
  2. aggrieved he felt b. cheerful he felt c. disappointed he felt d. angry he felt

Ans. d. aggrieved he felt

  1. Swami could recall Samuel’s
  2. face, moustache and cheek b. hair, beard and cheek c. face, beard and nose d. moustache, eyebrow and wart

Ans. a. face, moustache and cheek

  1. Swaminathan felt sad as he recalled Samuel’s
  2. yellow turban b. yellow coat c. yellow jacket d. yellow shirt

Ans. b. yellow coat

  1. An idea occurred to Swami, as he entered
  2. the classroom b . Samuel’s house c. the school gate d . his own house

Ans. c. the school gate

  1. Swami decided to deliver the letter
  2. at the end of the day b. in the beginning of the day c. during the tiffin break d. the next day

Ans. a. at the end of the day

  1. Samuel was teaching
  2. English b. Arithmetic c. History d. Tamil

Ans. b. arithmetic

  1. Swami was late by
  2. 20 minutes b. 30 minutes c. 40 minutes d. 60 minutes

Ans. b. 30 minutes

  1. Samuel got most angry when he
  2. was talking to guardians b. was teaching arithmetic c. inspecting homework d. found inattentive students

Ans. c. inspecting homework

  1. Swami had never met anyone who was as________ as Samuel.
  2. good b. bad c. ugly d. dangerous

Ans. a. good

  1. On that day, Samuel appeared to be very
  2. polite b. kind c generous d. gentle

Ans. d. gentle

  1. When Swami told about his headache, Samuel asked him to
  2. sit down b. stand up c. go out d. kneel down

Ans. a. sit down

  1. The bell for the last period rang at
  2. 5.30 p.m. b. 3.30 p.m. c. 4.30 p.m. d. 6.30 p.m.

Ans. c. 4.30 p.m.

  1. That the headmaster had gone on a leave was reported by
  2. the clerk b. the supervisor c. the sweeper d. the peon

Ans. d. the peon

  1. The headmaster had gone on
  2. a fortnight’s leave b. a week’s leave c. three-day leave d a month’s leave

Ans. b. a week’s leave

  1. Swami’s father thought that Swami would
  2. tear up the letter b. not deliver the letter c. deliver the letter d. keep it in school desk

Ans. b. not deliver the letter

  1. When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching
  2. Hindi b. Science c. History d. Arithmetic

Ans. d. Arithmetic

  1. If Samuel scolded him again Swami should
  2. report immediately b. not go to school c. not come to his father d. not do homework

Ans. c. not come to his father

  1. Swami’s head was ________ with confusion
  2. dizzy b. indistinct c. glazy d. dull

Ans. a. dizzy

  1. _________ is there in the letter. Give it to your headmaster.
  2. nothing b. everything c. something d. anything

Ans. b. everything

Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQ)(1 Mark) Madhyamik English Suggestion 2021 – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ – āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ 2021

  1. What did Swami realize with a shudder?

Ans. Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.

  1. What did Swami hope on Monday morning?

Ans. On Monday morning, Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to school.

  1. What excuse did Swami give for not going to school?

Ans. Swami told his parents that he had a headache.

  1. Where should have been Swami at 9.30?

Ans. Swami should have been in the school prayer hall at 9.30.

  1. What was the reaction of Swami’s father?

Ans. Swami’s father thought that the headache was nonsense and wanted Swami to go to school.

  1. What, according to Swami’s father, was the cause of Swami’s headache?

Ans. Swami loafed about in the Sun on Sundays, and that according to Swami’s father was the cause of headache.

  1. Why did Swami’s father say that Swami would have to go to school?

Ans. Swami’s father said that Swami would have to go to school because he had the headache for his own fault.

  1. Where did Swami stop to make up his mind about Samuel?

Ans. Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.

  1. Why did Swami change his tactics?

Ans. Swami changed his tactics because his father was strict.

  1. With whom was Samuel especially angry?

Ans. Samuel was especially angry with the boys who are late to school.

  1. Why didn’t anyone tell the headmaster about Samuel?

Ans. None said so because the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.

  1. What unexpected turn did the behaviour of Swami’s father take?

Ans. Swami’s father proposed to send a better of complaint against Samuel.

  1. What did Swami’s father do with the letter?

Ans. Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

  1. What did Swami ask his father apprehensively?

Ans. Swami asked his father apprehensively what his father had written in the letter.

  1. What did Swami’s father write about in the letter?

Ans. Swami’s father complained against Samuel, a teacher in his son’s school.

  1. With what feeling did Swami go to school?

Ans. As Swami was going to school, he felt that he was the worst boy in the world.

  1. What was Swami not sure of?

Ans. Swami was not sure if his description of Samuel was accurate.

  1. What kind of relation did Swami have with Samuel?

Ans. Samuel was friendlier than the other teachers, and he seemed to have a special liking for Swami.

  1. What could Swami recall?

Ans. Swami could recall Samuel’s dark face, thin moustache, cheeks that were not shaven and a coat which was yellow.

  1. What idea occurred to Swami?

Ans. Swami thought that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster after the school break.

  1. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?

Ans. Swami failed to decide whether Samuel deserved the allegation made against him.

  1. What was Samuel doing when Swami entered the class?

Ans. When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching arithmetic.

  1. What did Swami hope?

Ans. Swami hoped that his teacher would scold him bitterly.

  1. What excuse did Swami give for coming late to school?

Ans. Swami told his teacher that he had a headache, and so he was late for school.

  1. Why did Swami feel sad?

Ans. Swami felt sad because Samuel was good to him but he had to give the letter to the headmaster.

  1. What did Swami do when the final bell rang?

Ans. When the final bell rang, Swami picked up the books and ran to the room of the headmaster.

  1. What was Swami told?

Ans. The peon standing at the gate of the headmaster’s room Swami told that the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.

  1. What was the reaction of Swami’s father?

Ans. Swami’s father got his fingers on the letter, tore it up and was very angry with him.

  1. Where did Father put the letter?

Ans. Father put the letter in an envelope.

  1. Why could not Swami deliver the letter to the headmaster?

Ans. Swami could not deliver the letter to the headmaster because he was on week’s leave.

Complete the following sentences with information from the text.(1 Mark) Madhyamik English Suggestion 2021 – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ – āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ 2021

  1. It seemed to Swami as though a short while ago__________________.

Ans. it was Friday

  1. Swami’s mother was generous and suggested__________________.

Ans. that Swami might not go to school/was allowed to stay at home.

  1. Swami chose to lie______________.

Ans. on a bench in her mother’s room.

  1. Swami’s father thought that Swami must go to school because _________________.

Ans. it was Swami’s fault.

  1. Swami introduced Samuel as_______________ to his father.

Ans. an angry man.

  1. Swami couldn’t tell the headmaster about Samuel because_________________.

Ans. the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.

  1. Swami might protest but_______________.

Ans. his father’s mind won’t change.

  1. While going to school Swami felt___________________.

Ans. that he was the worst boy on earth.

  1. Swami was very anxious and wanted to know____________________.

Ans. what his father had written in the letter.

  1. Swami had a feeling that he might have__________________.

Ans. given an inaccurate description of Samuel.

  1. On his way to school Swami felt unsure, so he___________________.

Ans. stopped on the roadside.

  1. Besides being friendly, Samuel had__________________.

Ans. a special regard for Swami.

  1. Other teachers were not as_______________,

Ans. friendly as Samuel was.

  1. A new idea came to Swami as he_______________.

Ans. entered the school gate.

  1. Instead of scolding Swami, Samuel told him________________.

Ans. that he was half an hour late.

  1. The unexpected question from Samuel was_______________.

Ans. why Swami had at all come to school.

  1. Samuel mostly got angry when________________.

Ans. he was checking homework.

  1. Swami ran to the headmaster’s room because_______________.

Ans. he had to deliver the letter.

  1. Swami’s father knew that Swami_______________.

Ans. won’t give the letter to the headmaster.

  1. Swami wanted to defend himself by saying that________________.

Ans. the headmaster had gone on a leave.

WBBSE Class 10th English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (1 Mark)

 

1. When Swami was in bed, he shuddered because
a. it was Monday morning b. he hadn’t done the homework c. Samuel would scold him d. he had a high fever
Ans. a. it was Monday
2. Swami complained of headache
a. at nine o’clock b. at eight o’clock c. at seven o’clock d. none of these
Ans. a. at nine o’clock
3. At 9.30 Swami should have been
a. in Samuel’s class b. in the headmaster’s room c. in the prayer hall d. doing nothing
Ans. c. in the prayer hall
4. In his mother’s room, Swami chose to lie
a. on a divan b. on bed c. on a bench d. in an easy chair
Ans. c. on a bench
5. Swami told his parents that he had
a. a fever b. a headache c. stomach problem d. caught cold
Ans. b. a headache
6. When Swami told about his headache, his father was
a. tensed b. happy c. indifferent d. angry
Ans. d. angry
7. On Sundays, Swami would
a. do arithmetic b . sleep c. laze around d. go fishing
Ans. c. laze around
8. Swami changed his tactics, because
a. his father was strict b. his mother was strict c. Samuel was strict d. his parents were strict
Ans. a. his father was strict
9. If Swami told that he had a headache, Samuel would
a. beat him b. scold him c. shout at him d. ignore him
Ans. b. scold him
10. Samuel was a man who was always
a. happy b. worried c. relaxed d. angry
Ans. d. angry
11. Samuel especially does not like those students who
a. are unpunctual b. are not hard working c. skip classes d. are inattentive
Ans. c. skip classes
12. The Headmaster was
a. pleased with Samuel b. angry with Samuel c. afraid of Samuel d. indifferent to Samuel
Ans. c. afraid of Samuel
13. Swami changed his tactics, because his father was
a. angry b. liberal c. strict d. cordial
Ans. c. strict morning
14. Swami’s father had written a letter by the time Swami was ready to
a. go loafing about b. sleep on the bench c. leave for school d. leave for tuition
Ans. c. leave for school
15. Father decided to send the headmaster
a. a letter b. an application c. a notice d. a telegram
Ans. a. a letter
16. Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and
a. strapped it b. covered it c. glued it d. sealed it
Ans. d. sealed it
17. The word ‘apprehensively’ means
a. joyfully b. fearfully c. pleasantly d. angrily
Ans. b. fearfully
18. In the letter, Swami’s father wrote
a. plenty of things b. a lot of things c. very little d. none of these
Ans. a. plenty of things
19. Swami’s father wanted the letter to be given to
a. the headmaster b. the principal c. the rectar d. Samuel
Ans. a. go to class
20. Swami’s father wrote the letter to Swami’s
a. friends b. headmaster c. teacher d. mother
Ans. c. teacher
21. The colour of Samuel’s coat was
a. white b. yellow c. blue d. black
Ans. b. yellow
22. What bothered Swami was his
a. guilt b. offence c. conscience d. late attendance
Ans. c. conscience
23. Swami hoped Samuel would
a. welcome him b. scold him c. punish him d. laugh at him
Ans. b. scold him
24. Swami was not sure if his description of Samuel was
a. precise b. perfect c. accurate d. exact
Ans. c. accurate
25. At school, Swami felt very
a. angry b. confused. c. happy d. tense
Ans. b. confused
26. Swami felt that Samuel had a special regard
a. for the headmaster b. for his father c. for himself d. for him
Ans. d. for him
27. The more Swami thought of Samuel, the more
a. aggrieved he felt b. cheerful he felt c. disappointed he felt d. angry he felt
Ans. d. aggrieved he felt
28. Swami could recall Samuel’s
a. face, moustache and cheek b. hair, beard and cheek c. face, beard and nose d. moustache, eyebrow and wart
Ans. a. face, moustache and cheek
29. Swaminathan felt sad as he recalled Samuel’s
a. yellow turban b. yellow coat c. yellow jacket d. yellow shirt
Ans. b. yellow coat
30. An idea occurred to Swami, as he entered
a. the classroom b . Samuel’s house c. the school gate d . his own house
Ans. c. the school gate
31. Swami decided to deliver the letter
a. at the end of the day b. in the beginning of the day c. during the tiffin break d. the next day
Ans. a. at the end of the day
32. Samuel was teaching
a. English b. Arithmetic c. History d. Tamil
Ans. b. arithmetic
33. Swami was late by
a. 20 minutes b. 30 minutes c. 40 minutes d. 60 minutes
Ans. b. 30 minutes
34. Samuel got most angry when he
a. was talking to guardians b. was teaching arithmetic c. inspecting homework d. found inattentive students
Ans. c. inspecting homework
35. Swami had never met anyone who was as________ as Samuel.
a. good b. bad c. ugly d. dangerous
Ans. a. good
36. On that day, Samuel appeared to be very
a. polite b. kind c generous d. gentle
Ans. d. gentle
37. When Swami told about his headache, Samuel asked him to
a. sit down b. stand up c. go out d. kneel down
Ans. a. sit down
38. The bell for the last period rang at
a. 5.30 p.m. b. 3.30 p.m. c. 4.30 p.m. d. 6.30 p.m.
Ans. c. 4.30 p.m.
39. That the headmaster had gone on a leave was reported by
a. the clerk b. the supervisor c. the sweeper d. the peon
Ans. d. the peon
40. The headmaster had gone on
a. a fortnight’s leave b. a week’s leave c. three-day leave d a month’s leave
Ans. b. a week’s leave
41. Swami’s father thought that Swami would
a. tear up the letter b. not deliver the letter c. deliver the letter d. keep it in school desk
Ans. b. not deliver the letter
42. When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching
a. Hindi b. Science c. History d. Arithmetic
Ans. d. Arithmetic
43. If Samuel scolded him again Swami should
a. report immediately b. not go to school c. not come to his father d. not do homework
Ans. c. not come to his father
44. Swami’s head was ________ with confusion
a. dizzy b. indistinct c. glazy d. dull
Ans. a. dizzy
45. _________ is there in the letter. Give it to your headmaster.
a. nothing b. everything c. something d. anything
Ans. b. everything

 

WBBSE Class 10th English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) : Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQ)           (1 Mark)

 

1. What did Swami realize with a shudder?
Ans. Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.
2. What did Swami hope on Monday morning?
Ans. On Monday morning, Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to school.
3. What excuse did Swami give for not going to school?
Ans. Swami told his parents that he had a headache.
4. Where should have been Swami at 9.30?
Ans. Swami should have been in the school prayer hall at 9.30.
5. What was the reaction of Swami’s father?
Ans. Swami’s father thought that the headache was nonsense and wanted Swami to go to school.
6. What, according to Swami’s father, was the cause of Swami’s headache?
Ans. Swami loafed about in the Sun on Sundays, and that according to Swami’s father was the cause of headache.
7. Why did Swami’s father say that Swami would have to go to school?
Ans. Swami’s father said that Swami would have to go to school because he had the headache for his own fault.
8. Where did Swami stop to make up his mind about Samuel?
Ans. Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.
9. Why did Swami change his tactics?
Ans. Swami changed his tactics because his father was strict.
10. With whom was Samuel especially angry?
Ans. Samuel was especially angry with the boys who are late to school.
11. Why didn’t anyone tell the headmaster about Samuel?
Ans. None said so because the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.
12. What unexpected turn did the behaviour of Swami’s father take?
Ans. Swami’s father proposed to send a better of complaint against Samuel.
13. What did Swami’s father do with the letter?
Ans. Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.
14. What did Swami ask his father apprehensively?
Ans. Swami asked his father apprehensively what his father had written in the letter.
15. What did Swami’s father write about in the letter?
Ans. Swami’s father complained against Samuel, a teacher in his son’s school.
16. With what feeling did Swami go to school?
Ans. As Swami was going to school, he felt that he was the worst boy in the world.
17. What was Swami not sure of?
Ans. Swami was not sure if his description of Samuel was accurate.
18. What kind of relation did Swami have with Samuel?
Ans. Samuel was friendlier than the other teachers, and he seemed to have a special liking for Swami.
19. What could Swami recall?
Ans. Swami could recall Samuel’s dark face, thin moustache, cheeks that were not shaven and a coat which was yellow.
20. What idea occurred to Swami?
Ans. Swami thought that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster after the school break.
21. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?
Ans. Swami failed to decide whether Samuel deserved the allegation made against him.
22. What was Samuel doing when Swami entered the class?
Ans. When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching arithmetic.
23. What did Swami hope?
Ans. Swami hoped that his teacher would scold him bitterly.
24. What excuse did Swami give for coming late to school?
Ans. Swami told his teacher that he had a headache, and so he was late for school.
25. Why did Swami feel sad?
Ans. Swami felt sad because Samuel was good to him but he had to give the letter to the headmaster.
26. What did Swami do when the final bell rang?
Ans. When the final bell rang, Swami picked up the books and ran to the room of the headmaster.
27. What was Swami told?
Ans. The peon standing at the gate of the headmaster’s room Swami told that the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.
28. What was the reaction of Swami’s father?
Ans. Swami’s father got his fingers on the letter, tore it up and was very angry with him.
29. Where did Father put the letter?
Ans. Father put the letter in an envelope.
30. Why could not Swami deliver the letter to the headmaster?
Ans. Swami could not deliver the letter to the headmaster because he was on week’s leave.

 

WBBSE Class 10th English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) : Complete the following sentences with information from the text.(1 Mark)

 

1. It seemed to Swami as though a short while ago__________________.
Ans. it was Friday
2. Swami’s mother was generous and suggested__________________.
Ans. that Swami might not go to school/was allowed to stay at home.
3. Swami chose to lie______________.
Ans. on a bench in her mother’s room.
4. Swami’s father thought that Swami must go to school because _________________.
Ans. it was Swami’s fault.
5. Swami introduced Samuel as_______________ to his father.
Ans. an angry man.
6. Swami couldn’t tell the headmaster about Samuel because_________________.
Ans. the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.
7. Swami might protest but_______________.
Ans. his father’s mind won’t change.
8. While going to school Swami felt___________________.
Ans. that he was the worst boy on earth.
9. Swami was very anxious and wanted to know____________________.
Ans. what his father had written in the letter.
10. Swami had a feeling that he might have__________________.
Ans. given an inaccurate description of Samuel.
11. On his way to school Swami felt unsure, so he___________________.
Ans. stopped on the roadside.
12. Besides being friendly, Samuel had__________________.
Ans. a special regard for Swami.
13. Other teachers were not as_______________,
Ans. friendly as Samuel was.
14. A new idea came to Swami as he_______________.
Ans. entered the school gate.
15. Instead of scolding Swami, Samuel told him________________.
Ans. that he was half an hour late.
16. The unexpected question from Samuel was_______________.
Ans. why Swami had at all come to school.
17. Samuel mostly got angry when________________.
Ans. he was checking homework.
18. Swami ran to the headmaster’s room because_______________.
Ans. he had to deliver the letter.
19. Swami’s father knew that Swami_______________.
Ans. won’t give the letter to the headmaster.
20. Swami wanted to defend himself by saying that________________.
Ans. the headmaster had gone on a leave.

 

WBBSE Class 10th English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) : Short Answer Questions (SAQ)(2 Marks)

 

1. What feelings did Swami have in the morning?
2. What was Swami doing at 9.30?
3. According to Swami, what kind of man was Samuel?
4. What was Swami’s expectation of his father? What happened in reality?
5. Why did Swami’s conscience bother him?
6. What did Swami think of Samuel’s character?
7. What idea occurred to swami on reaching school?
8. Why did Swami decide to give the letter to the headmaster after the school break?
9. How did Samuel react to Swami’s coming late to school?
10. How did Samuel react when he came to know that Swami had not done his homework?
11. Why couldn’t Swami deliver the letter to the headmaster? What was his father’s reaction to that?
12. What is your understanding of Samuel’s character?
13. Give short description of Mr. Samuel.
14. ‘Samuel looked impressed’-Who impressed Samuel and how?
15. Why did Swami feel sad?

 

WBBSE Class 10th English Suggestion – FATHER’S HELP (R.K.Narayan) : State whether the following statements are True or False. Write ‘T” for True and ‘F’ for False. Write words phrases/sentences from the text to support answer.(2 Marks)

 

1. To Swami, time passed by very slowly.
2. Swami reported a headache at 9.30 in the morning,
3. Swami’s school started around 9.30 in morning
4. Usually, Swami stayed at home on Sundays.
5. Only students were afraid of Samuel.
6. Swami was shocked by his father’s behaviour.
7. Swami’s father was very rigid in his character.
8. Swami’s father wrote an open letter to the headmaster.
9. Swami’s father disclosed the contents of the letter to Swami.
10. Swami was puzzled by the incidents.
11. A new idea occurred to Swami at the entrance to his class.
12. Swami told that he had come to school on his father’s advice.
13. Swami was late by an hour.
14. Samuel was unaware of what Swami’s father had done.
15. Swami’s father was sure that his son would do what he was told to do.

 

Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan 

Short and Answers questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Suggestion : 

  1. Where did father put the letter ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami failed to decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations , [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āύāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. ” How did Samuel look ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel had dark face , thin moustache , unshaven cheek and wore a yellow coat . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āĻ– , āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ , āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ āϕ⧋āϟ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What was father’s proposal ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What type of letter was composed by father ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Father composed a long letter with allegations against Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ | ] 

  1. Why did Swami stop by the roadside on his way to school ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Swami stopped to make up his mind about Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What was Swami not sure of ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž ? ] 

Ans . Swami was not sure about his description of Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤

  1. How did Swaminathan want to avoid going to school ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . To avoid going to school Swaminathan started to wail complaining of a headache . [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

9 . Why was Swami unwilling to go to school late ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . If Swami went to school late , the teacher would scold him . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ , āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What was the name of Swami’s class teacher ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . The name of Swami’s class teacher was Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ | 

  1. How was the relationship between Samuel and the headmaster , according to Swami ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . According to Swami , even the headmaster was afraid of Samuel . ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ | 

  1. Why did Swami shudder ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Swami shuddered because it was Monday morning . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ | | 

  1. What suggestion came from Swami’s mother ? ( āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŽāϤ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . Swami’s mother suggested that Swami might stay at home . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ] 

MCQ | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Suggestion :

  1. Swami stopped on the roadside to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — (A) cross the road [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] (B) see nature [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ](C) to see the letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ](D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] 

Ans: (D) make up his mind [ āĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel was personally much more [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ ] —(A) bad man [ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ](B) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ](C) indifferent [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ ](D) friendly [ āĻ•āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ]

Ans: (D) friendly [ āĻ•āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ]

  1. While going to school , Swaminathan was [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — (A) determined [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž ] (B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ] (C) revengeful [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧃āĻšāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ ] (D) pleased [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ ] 

Ans: (B) confused [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ ]

  1. When Swami entered the class , Samuel was teaching [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ) — (A) History [ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ ] (B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ](C) Geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ](D) Science [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ] 

Ans: (B) Arithmetic [ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ ]

  1. Swami was late to school by [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] -(A) half an hour [ āφāϧāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ](B) an hour [ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž(C) two hours [ āĻĻ⧁ – āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ](D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ] 

Ans: (D) three hours [ āϤāĻŋāύ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž ]

  1. The headmaster was on a leave for one [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• ] —(A) day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ](B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ](C) month [ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ](D) week [ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ] 

Ans: (B) year [ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ]

  1. Swami decided to give the letter to the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ] –(A) at the recess [ āϟāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ ](B) at the end of the day [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇(C) in the last period [ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ](D) in the first period [ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄā§‡ ]
  2. Before entering his school Swami halted [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —(A) at a stall [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ](B) at the book stall [ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ ](C) at the gate of the sch ool [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ ](D) at the headmaster’s room [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ ]
  3. That Swami should not miss the classes was told by his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ ] — (A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ](B) father [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ](C) mother(D) neighbour [ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ ]

Ans: (A) teacher [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ]

  1. “ We want more parents like him ” – Here ‘ him ‘ refers to [ “ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž – āĻŽāĻž āϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ ” —āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘ āϤāĻžāϰ ‘ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ](A) Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ ](B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ](C) Swami [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ ](D) Swami’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Ans: (B) Samuel’s father [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

  1. The teacher Samuel was inspecting [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — (A) the attendance [ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ ](B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ](C) their homework [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ ](D) their tidiness [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ – āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻž ]

Ans: (B) their dresses [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• ]

  1. The last period of the school ended at [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻĄ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] —(A) 4.00pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ āϤ⧇ ](B) 4.15 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§§ā§Ģ āϤ⧇ ](C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ](D) 4.45 pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

Ans: (C) 4.30pm [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ ā§Ē āĻŸā§‡ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ ]

  1. Snatching away letter from Swami his father [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ] (A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ](B) preserved it [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ](C) read it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ⧇āύ ](D) threw it into the dustbin [ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ] 

Ans: (A) tore it [ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ ]

  1. With a shudder Swami realized that it was [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĒ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ , āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ – (A) Friday [ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] (B) Wednesday [ āĻŦ⧁āϧāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] (C) Thursday [ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] (D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ] 

Ans: (D) Monday [ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ ]

  1. ” When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall , he was lying on the [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ) (A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ](B) bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] (C) desk [ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ ](D) table [ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) bench [ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ ]

  1. According to Swami , Samuel is especially angry with boys who are [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āχāϏāĻŦ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž ] (A) absent [ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ] (B) late [ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] (C) inattentive [ āĻ…āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ ] (D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ] 

Ans: (D) undisciplined [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ ]

  1. At nine o’clock Swaminathan complained about [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ⧝ āϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ] — (A) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ] (B) dizziness [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāϛ⧇ ] (C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ] (D) drowsiness [ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇ ] 

Ans: (C) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ] 

  1. Swami knew his father was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — (A) soft [ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ ] (B) kind [ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ ](C) rude [ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ ](D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

Ans: (D) firm [ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ ]

  1. Swaminathan’s mother was [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] — (A) lenient [ āϏāĻĻāϝāĻŧ ] (B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ] (C) strict [ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ ] (D) angry [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ ] 

Ans: (B) foolish [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž ]

  1. Swaminathan’s father ordered him to [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ] —(A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ] (B) lie down on the bed [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ (C) go to the playground [ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ] (D) tell the truth [ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ ] 

Ans: (A) go to school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ ]

  1. Changing his tactics , Swaminathan complained about [ āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ ) – (A) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ ] (B) not preparing his lesson [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (D) his fear about the headmaster [ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ ] 

Ans: (C) becoming late for school [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. According to Swaminathan , Samuel was a / an [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ ] — (A) gentle man [ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϞ⧋āĻ• ] (B) old man [ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāϞ⧋āĻ• ] (C) young man [ āϝ⧁āĻŦāĻ• ] (D) angry man [ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ ] 

Ans: 

  1. According to Swami , the headmaster [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• ] — (A) disliked Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ] (B) admired Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ] (C) was indifferent to Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ](D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ] 

Ans: (D) was afraid of Samuel [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύ ]

  1. Father decided to send the headmaster a [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻļāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ— (A) telegram [ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ ] (B) letter [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ ] (C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ] (D) report [ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ ] 

Ans: (C) notice [ āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻļ ]

  1. While going to school Swami was bothered by [ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ ] — (A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ] (B) toothache [ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ] (C) fever [ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ ](D) headache [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž ] 

Ans: (A) conscience [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• ]

  1. The colour of Samuel’s coat was [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ] — (A) black [ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ ](B) blue [ āύ⧀āϞ ](C) white [ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž ](D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ] 

Ans: (D) yellow [ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ ]

Answer the following questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Suggestion : 

  1. What was the realisation of Swami lying in bed ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swaminathan realized that the weekend was over . It was Monday and not Friday . Yet he had not done his homework . So he did not feel like going to school . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ , āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡Â  āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. Did his mother believe Swami ? How do you know ? [ āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ ? āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϞ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . Yes , his mother believed Swami . 

 On Monday morning , when Swami complained about headache , his mother believed and suggested him to stay at home . [ āĻšāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧋ , āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ! ] 

  1. What was his father’s remark hearing that Swami was not going to school because of his headache ? [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž — āĻ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father became really angry hearing that Swami was not going to school because of his headache . He ordered him to dress up and go to school . [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāχ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. When and how did Swami change his tactics ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Finding his father strict about his going to school Swami changed his tactics and told that he could not go to school so late . [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ] 

  1. How did Swami describe Samuel , the class teacher ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . According to Swami’s description , Samuel was a very angry man . He was especially angry with boys who came in late . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ PROSE | Father’s Help āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ | āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāϏāϤ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What did Swami’s father advise him to get rid of a headache ? [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . To get rid of a headache , Swami’s father advised him to loaf about less on Sundays . [ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What idea occurred to Swami as he entered the school gate ? [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ , āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? 

Ans . The idea was not to deliver the letter then . [ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύāχ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž ] 

  1. What was Samuel teaching in the class ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Samuel was teaching arithmetic in the class . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Standing at the entrance to his class what did Swami expect from his teacher ? [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ]

Ans . Swami expected Samuel to scold him severely for his [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Pick out a sentence to show that Swami’s assumption on Samuel was wrong . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĨ¤ ] [ Jadavpur Vidyapith ] 

Ans . The sentence is : “ This was an unexpected question from Samuel . ” [ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ : “ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ” ] 

  1. Unable to deliver the letter to the headmaster , how did Swami feel , according to your opinion ? [ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . I think , being unable to deliver the letter , Swami felt relieved . [ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāχ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What did Swami’s father do , snatching away the letter from him ? [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ ? ]

Ans . Snatching away the letter Swami’s father tore it up . [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

Answer the following questions | Father’s Help (Prose) R.K. Narayan – Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. Why did Swaminathan’s conscience bother him ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . Swaminathan’s conscience bothered him because he wasn’t at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why did Swami take the decision to deliver the letter at the end of the day ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧇āύ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami took the decision to deliver the letter at the end of the day because there was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter . [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤Â 

  1. What happened at the time of Samuel’s inspecting the home lessons ? [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϕ⧀ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . While inspecting the home lessons , Samuel asked about Swami’s homework . But Swami had done nothing . Unexpectedly Samuel did not scold him and told him to sit down . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤Â 

  1. ” Samuel looked impressed . ” – What made Samuel so impressed ? [ “ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĨ¤ ” — āϕ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . When Swami told that his father forbade him to miss school , Samuel was very impressed . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāϞāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ , āĻāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. What happened at the end of the classes ? [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϘāϟāϞ ? ] 

Ans . At the end of the classes Swami picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s office . But the room was locked as he had gone on a week’s leave . Swaminathan ran away from the place . [ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϗ⧁āĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How did Father’s attitude get an unexpected turn ? [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Father’s attitude got an unexpected turn as he became very rigid about Swami’s going to the school . He proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster . [ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϘāϟāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ] 

  1. Why was Swami so eager to know about the content of the letter ? [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āϤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύ ? 

Ans . Swami was so eager to know about the content of the letter because he started to suffer from the prick of conscience . He complained about Samuel . It was false as was best known by him . [ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ‚āĻļāύ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĨ¤Â 

  1. Stopping on the roadside what was Swami’s thinking about Samuel ? [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧀ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Stopping on the roadside Swami started to think about Samuel . According to him , Samuel was not such a bad man . Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers . [ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ , āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āφāĻĻ⧌ āĻ…āϤāϟāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ | ] 

  1. What picture of Samuel appeared in Swami’s mind ? [ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻ¨ā§ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? ] 

Ans . Swami could recall Samuel’s dark face , his thin moustache , unshaven cheek and yellow coat . All these filled Swami’s mind with sorrow and sympathy for Samuel . [ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āĻ– , āϏāϰ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĢ , āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϭ⧇āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āĻ“ āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ āĻ­āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ ]

Madhyamik English

Father’s Help

R K Narayan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Ans : (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

Ans : (i) bench

(c) According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are 

(i) absent

(ii) late

(iii) inattentive

(iv) undisciplned

Ans : (ii) late

2. Fill in the chart with information from the text :

(a) time when swami complained of a headache – 9 AM

 

 

(b) person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school – 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. True

S S : At nine 0’clock Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”

(b) Swami was lying in his father’s room. False

S S : Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.

(c) According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel. False

S S : They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.

Comprehension exercises

4. Choose the correct altrenative to complete the following sentences :

(a) Father decided to send the headmaster a 

(i) telegram

(ii) notice

(iii) letter

(iv) report

Ans : (iii) letter

(b) While going to school Swami was bothered by 

(i) conscience

(ii) headache

(iii) toothache

(iv) fever

Ans : (i) conscience

(c) The colour of Samuel’s coat was

(i) black

(ii) blue

(iii) white

(iv) yellow

Ans : (iv) yellow

5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :

(a) Father’s behaviour 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.

(c) How did Samuel look?

Ans : Samuel had dark face, thin moustache, unshaven cheek and wore a yellow coat.

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) sicence

(iv) geography

Ans : (ii) arithmetic

(b) Swami was lete to school by

(i) half an hour

(ii) an hour

(iii) two hours

(iv) three hours

Ans : (i) half an hour

(c) The headmaster was on a leave for one

(i) day

(ii) month

(iii) year

(iv) week

Ans : (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 the entrance of his class.

(c) Father snatched letter away from Swami and tore it.

9. Fill in the chart with information from the text :

(a) On Sunday, Swaminathan loafed about. – (a) Swami did not do his homework.

(b) Swami never met anyone as good as Samuel. – (b) Swami sat down, feeling sorry.

(c) The headmaster had gone on a week’s leave. – (c) Swami could not deliver the letter.

 

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