NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 8 Solution – A Birthday Letter
NIOS Class 10 English Solution Chapter 8 A Birthday Letter. NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 8 Question Answers Download PDF. NIOS Class 10 English Notes.
NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 8 Solution
Board |
NIOS |
Class |
10th (Secondary) |
Subject |
English |
Topic |
Question Answer, Solution, Notes |
A Birthday Letter
INTEXT QUESTIONS 8.1
1.) In which jail was Pt. Nehru imprisoned by the British?
2.) Why was Pt. Nehru not able to send a gift to his daughter on her birthday?
3.) What did Pt. Nehru not like to do?
4.) Why did Pt. Nehru dislike lecturing?
5.) What suggestions did he give to Indira in his letter to her?
6.) Imagine that you want to discuss something very important with your friend. Would you write a letter, email, call up (phone) or discuss it face to face? Give reasons for your answer.
Answers :
1.) Pt. Nehru was imprisoned by the British Government at the Naini Jail.
2.) The imprisonment of Pt. Nehru at Naini Jail by the British Government made him unable to send a gift to his daughter on her birthday. / Pt. Nehru was unable to send a gift to his daughter on her birthday because he was imprisoned by the British Government at the Naini Jail.
3.) Pt. Nehru did not like sermonising and doling out good advice as he had always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right.
4.) What should be done and what should not be done, is not by giving a sermon, but by talking and discussing, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out. Apart from that one sided affair can bring boredom.
5.) Pt. Nehru suggested to his daughter Indira that she should always talk and discuss about rights and wrongs with other wise persons before taking any decisions.
6.) I would like to call up first to set up a meeting and discuss it face to face. A face to face discussion allows us to express our overall thoughts and the other person understands us better in every way.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 8.2
1.) Which two factors make ordinary men heroes?
2.) Who according to Nehru has inspired millions of people to fight for freedom?
3.) What does the phrase ‘great drama’ refer to?
4.) Who inspires you the most in your life? What are the qualities that he/ she has that you admire the most? Why do you admire this person?
Answers :
1.) Ordinary men become heroic by their love and respect for the nation and involvement into a greater cause ignoring the daily struggles to earn their bread and butter.
2.) According to Pt. Nehru Mahatma Gandhi has inspired millions of people to fight for freedom.
3.) The ‘Great Drama’ refers to the mass movement of Indian citizens for the nation’s freedom i.e. men, women and children coming down to the road and saking the all they have, sacrificing their lives for greater actions for the nation.
4.) My mother inspires me the most in my life.
Her loving, giving, silent but firm sacrifices and her extreme tolerance are the qualities that I admire the most.
For her loving nature.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 8.3
1.) What soldier-like qualities does Pt. Nehru want Indira to develop?
2.) Why do people hide things?
3.) Under whose leadership did the freedom movement take place?
4.) During the freedom movement, what did Gandhiji focus on? Answer with reference to the text.
5.) Under Gandhiji’s leadership India became free of oppression. But oppression continues in different ways even after independence. For example, you must have heard or seen children below 14 years of age being employed in hazardous (risky/ unsafe) jobs like making crackers, hand-knotted carpets, etc? The government has introduced laws to protect the rights of children. What do you feel about it? Suggest three things that you can do to protect the rights of these children?
Answers :
1.) Pt. Nehru wanted Indira to develop soldiers like qualities such as respecting India’s honour, and that honour is a sacred trust; patriotism, the ability to identify right from wrong and the belief in fighting for her country’s freedom.
2.) We hide things to maintain secrecy because of our inability to decide our deeds as right or wrong which causes us to have fear of the consequences and which is certainly not expected from a honest person to have.
3.) The freedom movement took place under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
4.) During the freedom movement, Gandhiji focused on truth, courage, fearlessness, bravery, openness, hard work, peace, straight for wardness and non-violence.
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