Question-Answers
B. Read this line from the text given below and answer the questions:
1. “Why did you go back so quietly? Were you scared of what the police would do?”
(a) Who said these words to
whom?
Answer: Babu said these words to Mohan.
(b) Why does the speaker ask
these questions?
Answer: The
speaker asked these questions because Manju asked these questions from him.
(c) Was the listener ‘scared’? What did the listener say in reply?
Answer: No, the listener (Mohan) was not ‘scared’. He said that they had planned
the procession in that way only.
2. “And this is my country as much as it is yours.”
(a) Who said these words to
whom?
Answer: Patil, the Sub-Inspector
said these words to Mohan.
Answer: The
speaker had come there to take the cyclostyling machine.
(c) Why did he say these words? What did he mean?
Answer: He said these words because Mohan
did not trust him. He meant that he
would not do anything wrong, as he was his father’s friend.
C. Answer in
detail.
1. Describe the procession that
Manju and Babu went to see.
Ans: The procession started from the
college to the Collector’s office. Then Manju and Babu joined the
procession and found a good spot. There were no slogans, no shouts, just the
shuffle of feet and a low murmur from the watching crowd.
2. What did Suman and the boy bring? Why did they bring it?
Ans: Suman and the boy brought a
cyclostyling machine. They brought it to make copies of Mahatma’s
speech.
3. How did Amma react when Babu warned them of someone coming?
Ans: When Babu warned them of someone coming, Amma’s voice was
steady and her hands were trembling.
4. What happened when sub-inspector Patil came?
Ans: When sub-inspector Patil came, everyone in the house became
alert and attentive.
4. Why did they give sub-inspector Patil what he asked for?
Ans: They give sub-inspector Patil what he asked for because he
warned them that other policemen might come to search their house for
cyclostyling machine.
