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