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Madhyamik SAQ Type Questions and Answers

SOME IMPORTANT TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

"Father's Help"  by R.K.Narayan 


1. Where did Father put the letter?

Ans: After composing the letter, Swami's father put it in an envelope(খাম) and sealed it. 

2. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel? 

Ans:  Swami could not decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter. 

3.How did Samuel look? 

Ans: Samuel had dark complexion, thin moustache, unshaven cheek and he wore a yellowish coat. 

4.As Swami entered the school gate, an idea struck his head that he might hand out the letter at the end of  the day.

5.Swami stood at the entrance of his class.

6.Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up straightaway or instantaneously (without any delay).

"Fable" by Ralph Waldo Emerson



1.Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?

Ans: The lofty mountain had a quarrel with the small or tiny squirrel.

2. What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?

Ans: To occupy its own place being tiny is not a disgrace to the squirrel.

3.What is it that the squirrel doesn't deny? 

Ans: The grateful squirrel doesn't deny that the mountain has made a pretty squirrel track.

Grammar in Use:

4.

(a) came across. 

(b) put up with. 

(c) turned down.

5.Change the voice of the following sentences :

(a) Lock the door. 

Ans: Let the door be locked. 

(b) Ashim knows the solution to this problem. 

Ans: The solution to this problem is known to Ashim. 

(C)  I had written a letter. 

Ans: A letter had been written by me. 

The Passing Away of Bapu by Nayantara Sehgal 

Unit-2

5.

(a) Thousands of people wept, trying to Gandhiji's feet.

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

(C) To walk is to make a slow progress.

6.

(a) Statement : It was impossible to move. 

      Reason      : Thousands of people mobbed or thronged trying to touch Bapu's feet.

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

      Reason      : It was going to be their last ever  walk with Bapu, their pioneer.

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

      Reason     : No vehicle is required and is, therefore, the cheapest means.

Unit~3

8.

(a) People on the special train sang bhajans seeking peace for Gandhiji's departed soul. 

(b) The author felt that she had grown up within a magic circle that protected her till Gandhiji's death. 

(C) Bapu had passed away but his India would thrive for greatness following the ways and ideals pioneered by him.


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