Duff and Dutt question bunch class 10 Father’s Help Passage Page 189 to 196

Duff and Dutt question bunch class 10 Father’s Help Passage Page 189 to 196

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A.) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1) Swami will have to- a) go to school.

2) Swami’s fault was that- b) he was late for his class.

3) The name of the teacher was- b) Samuel.

4) The story father’s help is an edited excerpt from- d) malgudi days.

5) Swami realised with a shudder that- d) it was Monday morning.

6) As swami shuddered to think that it was a Monday morning, he was- c) lying in bed.

7) Swami had the realisation with a- b) shudder.

8) It looked as though a moment ago it was- c) Friday.

9) Swami was reluctant to go to- d)school.

10) Swami started wailing for headache at- c) 9 a.m.

11) Swami groaned for having a- d) headache.

12) Swami’s mother considered his problem- a) generously.

13) Mother suggested swami to- b) stay at home.

14) Swami should have reached school at- c) 9:30 a.m.

15) At 9:30 swami ought to have been in- d) school prayer hall.

16) At 9:30 a.m. swami was found- d) lying on the bench in his mother’s room.

17) On hearing swami’s excuse, his father called it- b) nonsense.

18) Father ordered swami- d) to dress up and go.

19) The word loaf means- a) to play.

20) Father advised swami to loaf about less on- b) Sundays.

B.) Complete the following sentence with information from the text:

(i) Knowing how strict his father could be Swami ____changed his tactics.________________

(ii) Samuel is specially angry with those _____who come in late.________________________

(iii) Swami got late because he___pretended to have headache and was lying on bench.___________________

(iv) Samuel is so angry that even __the headmaster is afraid of him.____________________

(v) Swami realized with a shudder ___that is was Monday morning.______________________

(vi) It seemed to Swami as if _only a moment ago it was Friday._____________________

(vii) Swami wished __he didn’t have to go to school.________________

(viii) At 9 o’ clock Swami groaned that___he had a headache._________________

(ix) Swami’s mother generously suggested Swami to ____stay at home.___________________

(x) At 9:30, when Swami ought to have been in school prayer hall, _____he was lying on the bench in mother’s room.______________

(xi) Father asked Swami whether __he had no school that day.________________

(xii) Swami’s father instructed him to _____dress up and go to school._____________________

(xiii) Swami’s first excuse was that__he had a headache._________________

(xiv) According to Swami’s father, he had….to go to school as it was his own fault to be late…

(C) State whether the statements are true or false. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) Swami joyously remembered that it was Monday morning. (false)

Supportive sentence: swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.

(ii) Lying on bench, Swami realized that it was Monday. (false)

Supportive sentence: lying in bed, swami realized that it was Monday morning.

(iii) Swami wondered how quickly days passed. (true)

Supportive sentence: it looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here.

(iv) Swami was reluctant to go to school. (true)

Supportive sentence: swami hoped he didn’t have to go to school.

(v) Swami pretended of toothache. (false)

Supportive sentence: swami pretended to have a headache.

(D) Answer the questions (each question carrying two marks):

i) Swami gave excuses of having a headache and being late for class for not going to school.

ii) As described by swami, Samuel was very angry person. He got especially angry to those boys who came late in school. he was so angry that even headmaster was afraid of him.

iii) Swami was too apathetic to Monday morning because it was the day to go to school again after holidays. He did not want to go school.

iv) Swami should have been at the prayer hall in his school by 9:30 a.m. and he was lying on a bench in his mother’s room by then.

v) Swami’s father told him nonsense and instructed him to dress up for going to school by hearing his headache.

(E) Fill in the chart with information from the text:

Cause	Effect
i) Lying in bed on Monday morning	Swami shuddered.
ii) For not going to school	Swami pretended to have a headache.
iii) Swami’s mother was generous	She suggested swami to stay at home.
iv) Swami loafed about on Sundays.	He got headache on Monday.
v) Swami wailed about having a headache.	He got late to attend class in school.

Passage- 2

Page- 191

(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1) Swami’s father was – c) strict

2) In front of his father swami changed his- c) strategy.

3) Swami’s second excuse was that he was- c) late.

4) Father declared that swami must go to- c) school.

5) Swami told his father that he was afraid of- b) a particular teacher.

6) the name of the teacher swami was afraid of, was- b) Samuel.

7) swami was afraid that the teacher would- b) scold him.

8) swami is especially angry with the boys who- b) arrive late in school.

9) swami’s father suggested him to complain to- c) the headmaster.

10) the headmaster afraid of- c) Samuel.

(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.

(i) Swami knew that ____his father could be very strict.__________________

(ii) Swami changed his tactics because ______he wanted to convince his father about his not going to school.________________

(iii) Swami told his father that he could not go because __he was late for the class.________________________

(iv) Swami’s father suggested him to tell Samuel ___that he had a headache.____________________

(v) Samuel would scold Swami if ____he said he had a headache and got late for that._______________________

(vi) Samuel was particularly angry with the boys who ___come in late for class.___________________

(vii) Swami’s father suggested that if Samuel was so angry he should ___tell the headmaster about it.___________________

(viii) Swami thought it would be useless to complain to the headmaster about Samuel because ____the headmaster was also afraid of him._______________

(ix) Swami’s second excuse was ____he got late for class._______________

(c) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) Swami’s father was a very kind and liberal person. (false)

Supportive sentence: swami knew how strict his father could be.

(ii) Swami’s father forbade him to go to school. (false)

Supportive statement: he instructed swami to dress up and go.

(iii) His father suggested him to tell Samuel the real cause of his being late. (true)

Supportive statement: swami’s father told him to tell Samuel that he had a headache so was late.

(iv) Samuel disliked the boys who are impunctual. (false)

Supportive statement: it was swami’s second tactics.

(v) The teacher Samuel was a man of mild disposition. (true)

Supportive statement: Samuel was much more friendly than the other teachers.

(vi) Samuel was afraid of headmaster. (false)

Supportive statement: swami said the headmaster was afraid of Samuel.

(D) (1) Answer the questions.

i) Swami changed his tactics because he knew how strict his father was. To convince his father about his not going school he did that.

ii) Swami’s fault was that he loafed much on Sunday so he got headache on Monday. For that he got late to attend class in school.

iii) Swami was afraid of Samuel to attend his class by late.

iv) Swami was unwilling to tell their headmaster about Samuel because he made false remarks about Samuel to his father. Samuel was not angry person at all. In fact, he was more friendly to students than any other teachers.

(2) Answer the questions.

i) At first, swami told his father that he had a headache. When his father ordered him to dress up and go to school he again made excuse of being late for school. he explained how his teacher Samuel would scold him if he attended his class late.

ii) Swami described his teacher Samuel as very angry person. He further told that he got especially angry to those boys who got late for class. He was so angry that even their headmaster was afraid of him.

(E) Complete the chart with information from the text:

Statement  Reason

i) Swami changed his tactics He knew how strict his father could be to him.

ii) Swami’s father strictly ordered him to go to school even though he was late. It was swami’s fault for which he got late.

iii) He will scold swami if he goes late. Samuel was especially angry with the boys who came late.

iv) Swami did not tell the headmaster about Samuel. He made false remarks about Samuel to his father as angry person. He was very friendly person.

Unit- 2

Page- 192

Passage- 1

(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1) Swami’s father asked him to give the letter to the Headmaster and – b) go to his class.

(2) Swami expected to convince his father why he must – d) avoid school for the day.

(3) The change of father’s behaviour was – d) unexpected.

(4) Swami’s father proposed to send a letter to – d) the headmaster.

(5) Swami was unable to change father’s – a) decision.

(6) Father composed the letter in an envelope and – (d) Swami got ready to leave.

(7) Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and – c) sealed it.

(8) Swami asked about the content of the letter – c) with fear and anxiety.

(9) According to Swami’s father, the letter contained – d) plenty of things about Samuel.

(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.

(i) Swami was asked to deliver the letter to ____the headmaster._________________

(ii) Swami expected that ___with his excuse his father would be convinced for his not going to school.___________________

(iii) Swami’s father decided to ___write a long letter to the headmaster.___________________

(iv) By no amount of protest Swami was able to __make his father see why he must avoid school for the day._________________

(v) Swami’s father jotted down a long letter when ___he was ready to leave for school._______________

(vi) Swami wanted to know apprehensively __what his father had written in the letter.______________

(vii) Father instructed Swami to ____give the letter to his headmaster and go to his class.________________

(c) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right hand – side. Provide Sentences/Phrases/Words in support of your answer.

(i) Swami expected to convince his father successfully. (true)

Supportive sentence: swami hoped that with this his father would be made to see why he must avoid school for the day.

(ii) Swami did not protest against father’s decision to send a letter o Samuel. (true)

Supportive sentence: no amount of protest from swami would make him change his mind.

(iii) Father’s behaviour changed just as he had expected. (false)

Supportive sentence: father’s behaviour took an unexpected turn.

(iv) By the time Swami got ready, father composed a long letter to Samuel. (true)

Supportive sentence: by the time swami was ready to leave for school, father had composed a long letter to the headmaster.

(v) Swami’s father put the letter in a sealed envelope. (true)

Supportive sentence: father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

(vi) Father refused to tell Swami what he had written in the letter. (true)

Supportive statement: father replied swami that there was nothing for him in the letter.

(D) Answer the questions.

i) by the time swami was ready to leave for school, his father composed a long letter to the headmaster.

ii) swami hoped that with his second excuse he would made his father see why he must avoid school for the day.

iii) he noticed an unexpected turn in his father’s behaviour.

iv)his father proposed to send a letter with swami to the headmaster.

v) Father’s instruction was to swami about the letter to give it to the headmaster and go to his class.

vi) Swami expected that his father would be convinced and agreed to his not ging to school. but he decided to send a letter to his headmaster instead of that.

(E) Answer the questions.

i) Swami’s father composed a long letter to the headmaster during the time swami got ready for school. he put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

ii) Swami asked his father apprehensively what he had written in the letter. His father replied that there was nothing for him. he ordered to deliver the letter to the headmaster before going to class.

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Passage- 2

(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1) Swami’s description of Samuel was – (b) false

(2) Swami went to school feeling that he was the – c) worse boy on earth.

(3) Swami was bothered by his – (c) conscience

(4) Swami was not at all sure if his description of Samuel had been – (c) accurate

(5) Swami felt that he had mixed up the – (d) real and imagined

(6) Swami stopped – (c) on the roadside

(7) Swami stopped on the roadside to – (a) make up his mind about his father’s letter

(8) Personally Samuel was much more – (c) amiable.

(9) Samuel had a special regard for – (b) Swami.

(10) Swami’s head was – (b) dizzy

(11) Swami’s head was dizzy with – (c) confusion

(12) Samuel’s face wash – (c) dark

(13) The colour of Samuel’s coat was – (c) Yellow

(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.

(i) As Swami went to school he felt himself ___he was the worst boy on earth.____________________

(ii) Swami was doubtful ___if his description of Samuel had been accurate._____________

(iii) Swami felt that he had ___mixed up the real and the imagined._________________

(iv) Swami stopped on the roadside to ____to make up his mind about Samuel.__________________

(v) Personally Samuel was ___much more friendly than other teachers.______________

(vi) Swami could not decide whether ___Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter._______________

(vii) When Swami remembered Samuel’s appearance ___it filled him with sorrow._______________

(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statement in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide Sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) Swami suffered from a prick of conscience. (true)

Supportive statement: swami’s conscience bothered him.

(ii) Swami was doubtful of his description about Samuel. (true)

Supportive sentence: swami was not at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate.

(iii) Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about his father. (false)

Supportive sentence: swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.

(iv) Other teachers were not as friendly as Samuel. (true)

Supportive sentence: personally Samuel was much more friendly than the other teachers.

(v) Samuel had no soft corner for Swami. (false)

Supportive sentence: swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.

(vi) Swami felt sorry for Samuel. (true)

Supportive sentence: to recall about Samuel, swami was filled with sorrow.

Unit- 3

Page- 194

Passage- 1

First part

(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1) While entering the school gate, Swami was struck with –(c) an idea.

(2) An idea occurred to Swami when he entered the –(b) the school gate.

(3) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster –(d) at the end of the day.

(4) Swami wanted Samuel to do something in the class to –(d) to justify the letter.

(5) When Swami reached his classroom, Samuel was teaching –(d) Arithmetic.

(6) Swami expected that Samuel would –(c) scold him severely.

(7) Swami was late to reach his school by –(b) half an hour.

(8) Swami’s excuse for being late was –(b) headache.

(9) The person who advised Swami not to miss school was –(b) his father.

(10) The outlook of Swami’s father made Samuel –(c) impressed.

(11) As Swami sat down, he felt –(d) Sad.

(12) Swami thought he had never met anyone as good as –(c) Samuel.

(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.

(i) An idea occurred to Swami _____as he entered the school gate.____________________

(ii) Swami wanted Samuel to do something during the course of the day __to justify the letter.______________

(iii) When Swami reached the school ___samuel was teaching arithmetic.________________

(iv) Swami hoped __samuel would scold him severely._________________

(v) Swami felt that he had never ___met anyone as good as Samuel._____________________

(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) Swami was struck with an idea while entering the school. (true)

Supportive sentence: as he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him.

(ii) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster before prayer. (false)

Supportive sentence: he would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.

(iii) The boys were taking Arithmetic lessons when Swami reached his classroom. (true)

Supportive statement: when swami stood at the entrance to his class, Samuel was teaching arithmetic.

(D) Answer the questions.

i) Samuel asked swami the reason of his being late in school. Swami said that he had a headache. Samuel further said that he should not had come to school then. But swami replied that his father says he should not miss school. That gesture of his father made Samuel impressed.

ii) Swami called Samuel as poor man. He called him poor man because Samuel praised his father. But his father wrote a letter against Samuel to the headmaster as per the false information of swami. Swami said Samuel was angry person and got angry to students who got late. So, swami thought his father had written a complaint letter to headmaster.

iii) Swami was feeling sad as he sat down in his seat. After seeing Samuel’s polite behaviour swami realised that he never met anyone as good as Samuel. So, he started feeling sad for making false remarks to his father about him.

(E) (a) Complete the chart with information from the text:

What	When
i) An idea occurred to swami	i) When he entered the school gate.
ii) Samuel stood at the entrance to his class	iii) Samuel was teaching arithmetic.
iii) Samuel looked impressed	iii) Swami said that his father forbade him to miss school.
iv) Swami felt sad	iv) He realised he never met anyone as good as Samuel.

 (b) Fill in the chart with information from the text:

Cause	Effect
i) As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him.	i) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.
ii) He was half an hour late for school.	ii) Swami hoped that Samuel would scold him severely.
iii) Swami told Samuel that his father forbade him to miss school.	iii) Samuel looked impressed.

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Unit- 3

Second part

Passage- 2

(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1) The teacher was inspecting the –(b) home work.

(2) According to Swami, Samuel got most angry while –(b) inspecting home tasks.

(3) Today Samuel appeared –(c) gentle.

(4) Swami did not do his homework because of his –(c) headache.

(5) The bell for the last period rang at –(d) 4.30 p.m.

(6) When the bell rang for the last period, Swami –(c) Picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s room.

(7) Swami found the headmaster’s room –(a) locked.

(8) Swami got the information about the headmaster from –(d) the peon.

(9) The headmaster was on a leave for –(b) a Week.

(10) Father snatched the letter and –(b) tore it up.

(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text (each question carrying one mark):

(i) According to Swami, Samuel usually got angry ___while inspecting the home lessons._____________________

(ii) When the bell rang at 4:30 ___swami picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s room._________________________

(iii) Swami came to know from the peon that __the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.______________________

(iv) As soon as Swami entered home ___his father said he knew he would not deliver the letter.___________________

(v) The headmaster’s room was locked as __he was on a week’s leave.____________________

(vi) Snatching letter away from Swami ___father tore it up.__________________

(C) State the whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) Samuel was inspecting the class work. (False)

Supportive sentence: the teacher was inspecting the home lessons.

(ii) Samuel usually got angry while checking the home works. (True)

Supportive sentence: to swami’s thinking, this was the time when Samuel got most angry.

(iii) Samuel looked very annoyed that day. (False)

Supportive sentence: Samuel appeared very gentle that day.

(iv) Swami found the headmaster sitting in his room. (False)

Supportive sentence: swami found the headmaster’s room locked.

(v) The headmaster took a leave for a fortnight. (False)

Supportive sentence: the peon told swami the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.

(vi) Swami’s father threw the letter away. (False)

Supportive sentence: father snatched the letter away and tore it up.

(vii) Father refused to help Swami in future. (True)

Supportive sentence: father forbade him to come to him for help if Samuel scolds him again.

(D) Answer the questions.

i) Samuel gets most angry in the class while inspecting the home lessons of students.

ii) Samuel appeared very gentle that day.

iii) Swami did not do his homework because he had headache.

iv) The bell rang for the last period at 4:30 p.m.

v) When the bell rang for the last period at 4:30 p.m. swami picked up his books and ran towards the headmaster’s room.

vi) The headmaster had gone on a week’s leave so his room was locked.

vii) Father snatched the letter away from swami and tore it up.