The Passing Away of Bapu : WBBSE Class 10 : Questions and Answers ::

 Class 10 : Lesson  3

 

Text: The Passing Away of Bapu

Author: Nayantara Sehgal

 


Comprehension exercises

 

 

1.        Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to

Ans: (iii) a prayer meeting

(b) The author came to know of Gandhiji’s death by

Ans: (ii) a telephone call

(c) When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one

Ans: (i) whimpers

 

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

(a) date on which Gandhiji was shot dead

Ans: 30th January, 1948.

(b) place where Gandhiji breathed his last

Ans: Birla House.

(c) information given by the broadcast

Ans: The death news of Bapu.

 

3.        State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:

 

(a) The author received an urgent telephone call in the morning.

Ans: False

SS: I was having tea at home at home on the evening of 30th January,

(b) People attempted to break into the Birla House.

Ans: True

SS: They jostled one another in a stamped to break into the house.

(c) The news of Gandhiji’s death did not shock the people.

Ans: False

SS: The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning.

 

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

(a) Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place

Ans: (iii) one day after his death

(b) Padmasi was Mrs. Naidu’s

Ans: (iv) daughter

(c) While walking, Bapu used to carry in his hand a/an

Ans: (ii) staff

 

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

(a) Thousands of people wept, trying to touch Bapu’s feet.

(b) The author was among people for whom walking with Bapu had a special meaning.

(c) To walk is to make slow progress.

 

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

Statement: (a) It was impossible to move.

Reason: Thousand of people gathered and they were trying to touch Bapu’s feet.

Statement: (b) Padmasi declared that they would walk with Gandhiji in the funeral procession.

Reason: It was the last time they would be walking with Bapu.

Statement: (c) To walk was often the only way open to the average Indian.

Reason: It required no vehicle except his own body and cost him nothing but his energy.

 

7.        Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a) Gandhiji's ashes were taken to

Ans: (ii) Allahabad

(b) A huge crowd had gathered by the

Ans: (i) Ganges

 (c) Gandhiji awakened people to one another's

Ans: (iii) suffering

 

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

(a) People on the special train sang bhajans.

(b) The author felt she had grown up within a magic circle

(c) Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.


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


Cause

Effect

(a) People could feel Gandhi’s presence amid flowers and the songs.

People did not weep anymore.

(b) The magic circle vanished.

Leaving the narrator unprotected.

(c) The narrator’s values were not so weak.

The author felt that she wouldn't lose courage so easily.


10.      Join the following pairs of sentences can into single sentences as directed.

(a) I saw a snake. I ran away. (use participle)

Ans: Seeing a snake I ran away.

(b) He learns music. He listens to the chords. (use preposition with gerund)

Ans: By listening to the chords, he learns music.

(c) Gold is a precious metal. It is used to make ornaments. (use noun in apposition)

Ans: Gold, a precious metal, is used to make ornaments.

(d) Ramu has some money. He can buy books. (use infinitive)

Ans: Ramu has some money to buy books.

(e) The sky was cloudy. We postponed our journey. (use nominative absolute)

Ans: The sky being cloudy, we postponed our journey.

(f) The boy wrote the answer. The answer was incorrect. (use adverbial phrase)

Ans: The boy wrote the answer incorrectly.

 

11.      Join the following pairs of sentences into single compound sentences as directed:

(a) The old man is unwell. He cannot go out. (use Illative conjunction)

Ans: As the old man is unwell, he cannot go out.

(b) He is honest. He is humble. (use cumulative conjunction)

Ans: He is honest as well as humble.

(c) Sonali cannot write poetry. She keeps on trying. (use adversative conjunction)

Ans: Sonali cannot write poetry yet she keeps on trying.

(d) Study hard. You will not pass the examination. (use alternative conjunction)

Ans: Study hard or you will not pass the examination.

 

12.      Join the following pairs of sentences into single complex sentences as directed:

(a) Rabindranath Tagore is a famous poet. He won the Nobel Prize. (use adjective clause)

Ans: Rabindranath Tagore who is a famous poet won the Nobel Prize.

(b) He returned home. Everyone in the family had fallen asleep. (use adverb clause)

Ans: Everyone in the family had fallen asleep when he returned home.

(c) The sun rises in the east. Everyone knows it. (use noun clause)

Ans: Everyone knows that the sun rises in the east.

 

13.      Join the following pairs of sentences into single sentences as directed:

(a) It rained hard. The roads were not flooded. (compound sentence)

Ans: It rained hard but the roads were not flooded.

(b) He completed his work. He took rest. (simple sentence)

Ans: After completing his work , he took rest.

(c) Rahul is a great singer. He can sing different kinds of songs. (complex sentence)

Ans: Rahul is a great singer who can sing different kinds of songs.

(d) The time of departure of the train has changed. Alia knew it. (complex sentence)

Ans: Alia knew that the time of departure of the train has changed.

(e) I do not watch television. I do not listen to the radio. (compound sentence)

Ans: I neither watch television nor listen to the radio.

(f) The child was short. The child could not pick the guava from the tree. (simple sentence)

Ans: The short child could not pick the guava from the tree.

 

14.      Split the following into two sentences:

(a) It rained and I could not leave my room.

Ans: It rained.         I could not leave my room.

(b) He thought that he could win the race.

Ans: He could win the race.       He thought it.

(c) Having been informed of the trouble, the Principal left for home.

Ans: The Principal had been informed of the trouble.     He left for home.

(d) Nasir, who was the captain of the team, scored a century.

Ans: Nasir was the captain of the team.       He scored a century.

 

Writing activities

 

15.      Write a biography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (within 100 words) based on the hints given below:

born on 11 November 1888 – composed poetry in Urdu - worked as a journalist, protested against British Raj - enthusiastic supporter of Gandhiji’s ideas - wrote many books - Iike ’lndia wins freedom’, ’Ghubar-e-Khatir’ etc. - first Education Minister of independent India - birthday celebrated as National Education Day - died on 22 February 1958

 Ans: Answer will be published soon.



16.      Use the following flow-chart to write a paragraph (within 100 words) on how a building is constructed:

drawing of a plan of the building by the architect - getting the plan sanctioned by the corporation or municipal authorities - engaging masons and labourers - starting the construction with bricks, cement and sand - fitting doors and windows - plastering of walls – wiring - electric and water connections – painting - building completed - fit for living

Ans: Answer will be published soon.