Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 10 Inter English Textbook Solution for Chapter 5 (b) Sympathy Solution. This Chapter is very important for the students of Telangana who are reading under Telangana Open School Society.
Sympathy
Comprehension
I.) Each question has four choices. Choose the correct meaning and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in brackets.
1.) The poet was in deep sorrow. A proud man came and helped him by (C)
A) offering him kind words B) ignoring him C) giving him gold D) giving him pleasant company
2.) When the poet lay in want and grief, the one who helped him was… (B)
A) a rich man B) a poor man C) a proud man D) a holy man
3.) The poor man gave the poet……
(B ) A) a cold look B) sympathy C) gold D) not a kind word
4.) When the poet’s sorrow passed, he went to the proud man and……. ( A)
A) gave him back the gold B) ignored him C) didn’t give back the gold D) helped him
5.) The poet refers to sympathy as ‘heavenly’ because sympathy…… (C )
A) is a feeling found in proud people B) is found only in rich people C) is an ordinary human feeling D) is a blessing from God
II.) Answer the following questions.
1.) How did the proud person help the poet when the poet was unhappy?
The proud person helped the poet with gold when the poet was unhappy.
2.) What did the poor man do when he found the poet lying in pain and sadness?
When the poet was lying in pain and sadness, the poor man bound poet’s head, gave bread to eat and took care of him with heavenly sympathy.
3.) Why is the poor man’s help greater than gold?
The poor man’s help is a soulful act that cannot be repaid as is full of kindness.
4.) “Oh, gold is great but greater far, Is heavenly sympathy.” Why does the poet think so?
The poet values heavenly sympathy more than gold because it represents the importance of compassion and empathy over material wealth. A meaningful relation with others.