Telangana Board Class 10 English The Journey Question and Answers
Board | Telangana |
Class | 10th |
Subject | English |
Unit | 3 (3A) |
Topic | Solution |
A
Reading
The Journey
Comprehension
I.) Answer the following questions.
1.) ‘After spending a leisurely Sunday at home, the very thought of returning to work on Monday is tiring.’ Do you agree? Have you ever felt so?
Answer: Yes, I agree with it. On weekends we have holidays in school and I spend my weekends playing games, going for shopping and having fun. But when Monday approaches near, I feel sometimes not to go to school and feel like spending time at home. I become lazy sometimes after spending many days of holidays.
2.) The last sentence of the first paragraph and the first sentence of the second paragraph appear to contradict each other. What could be the reason for the change in the decision?
Answer: From the first paragraph we come to know that the narrator was newly-wed and didn’t want to leave his wife and go back to work. He wanted to spend more time with her. But in the second paragraph we can see that he had to go because he could not extend his 6-month leave anymore. He also had work responsibility, so he decided to go.
3.) Why did the author get into debt? Think of some possible reasons.
Answer: Since the author had got married, he had more responsibility. He had already extended his leave. As the responsibilities increases, the expenditure also increases which might have lead the author go into debt.
4.) Why was the author reluctant to carry his own luggage? What would you do if you were in the author’s place?
Answer: The author was highly educated and had a white-collar job, so the thought of carrying his own luggage would mean people making fun of him. Another reason was that he was physically not so strong to carry the luggage because his education made him sit for hours spending time in studies which made him physically inactive. Had I been in author’s place, I would have carried my luggage
5.) The author feared that the whole world would laugh at him if he carried the trunk. Was the fear imaginary or real? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: The author was a government officer and had earned respect in his village. He thought that if had carried the luggage, the people would laugh at him. His fear was imaginary because people like those who do their own work. In fact people would have appreciated his humble act.
6.) Choose one sentence from the story that best expresses the author’s false prestige. Support your answer with details from the story.
Answer: Somehow, I had the feeling that if I carried the luggage, my father and my people, in fact the whole world would laugh at me and I would be belittled- this sentence from the story shows the author’s false prestige. He was a government servant and this made him earn respect from the villagers. His parents were proud of him. But he felt that his act of carrying his own luggage would mean the people laughing at him. He though that it would bring shame to him. His this attitude shows that he had false prestige.
7.) What does the phrase ‘opposite directions’ in the last sentence suggest?
Answer: ’Opposite directions’ in the story has a great significance. When the author sat in the bus, he saw the road from which they had come. He could see that the road had pebble that hurt his father’s legs. The opposite directions suggest that the author led a luxurious life whereas his father took the road which was full of pain.
8.) How was the story told? Were the events narrated in the order in which they had happened? Spot the sentences where the course of narration changed its directions. How effective was it?
Answer: The story was told in a sequence that the readers could understand.
However, I finally did decide to go-This is where the author decided to go back to his work. Initially he didn’t want to leave his wife but his duty called him back.
We were walking up a narrow hilly road, and neither of us uttered a word as if we were strangers who spoke different languages.
Here the author’s feelings are reflected. When both father and son were sitting they had a conversation but suddenly they both turned silent and didn’t speak a word.
II.) The following ideas belong to certain paragraphs in the story. Identify the paragraphs and put these numbers against them.
1.) The author enjoyed his married life. Paragraph No. 1
2.) The author tried to convince himself that he had not done anything wrong. Paragraph No. 11
3.) The author was ashamed of making his father carry his trunk. Paragraph No. 10
4.) The author looks at himself and his father as two travellers taking two different roads. Paragraph No. 16
III.) The following statements are false. Correct them.
1.) The author offered to carry the trunk for some time.
Correct Statement- No, the author didn’t offer to carry the trunk. His father carried it till station.
2.) The author could decide on whether to allow his father to carry the trunk or not.
Correct Statement- He felt it would be shame for him to carry his own luggage, so he decided that it would be better that his father carry the trunk.
3.) The author took unpaid leave.
Correct Statement-The author decided to take unpaid leave but he was already into debt so he went back to work.
4.) The father was not happy with the old shoes his son gave him.
Correct Statement- The father didn’t want himself to buy new shoes, so he asked his son to give him the old shoes. And when the son took his pair of leather shoes from the trunk, the father became happy.
Vocabulary –
Pick out all the compound words from the story and group them under the headings as explained above.
Sr.No | Open compounds | Hyphenated compounds | Closed compounds |
1. | bus stop | newly-wed | Anyone |
2. | government officer | far-off | Someone |
3. | tea shop | dilly-dallying | Myself |
4. | bare feet. | home-made | Forehead |
5. | weary legs | matter-of-fact | Childhood |
6. | self-consciousness | Useless | |
7. | pebble-strewn | anything | |
8. | somehow |
Grammar
Identify the tense and give reasons for the tense used.
I had come home this time round for a special purpose: to get married. My parents had arranged my marriage according to the customs of our tribal society.
Answer: Tense used- Past perfect tense
Reason- Both the actions had already completed in the past.
2.) Time flew, and five months into my marriage I realized it.
Answer: Tense used- Simple past tense
Reason- Time is mentioned and v2 of realize is used.
3.) But after some dilly-dallying I finally decided against it because marriage had increased my responsibilities and I had got into debt.
Answer: Tense used-Past perfect tense
Reason- Both the actions occurred one after the other. Marriage had increased my responsibilities and I had got into debt- this shows that the action took place first.
4.) On my way home from the bus stop my trunk had been carried by a porter. (para 3)
Answer: Tense used- Past perfect tense
Reason- The action had occurred before the present narration (had been)
5.) A large crowd gathered at our place the day I was to leave. People had come to wish me luck.(para6)
Answer: Tense used- A large crowd gathered at our place the day I was to leave- simple past tense
Reason- Action took place in the past
Tense used- People had come to wish me luck- Past perfect tense
Reason- The action took place in the past and completed in the past before the narration.
6.) Father was quiet for some time. He thoughtfully looked at the sun for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the can of home-made wine that I was carrying. (para 9)
Answer: Tense used- Father was quiet for some time. He thoughtfully looked at the sun for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the can of home-made wine that- Simple past tense
Reason- The action took place in the past for unspecific time
Tense used- I was carrying- Past continuous tense
Reason- To show the continuity of the past actions, past continuous tense is used.
7.) I gave him the can of wine. He poured himself a mug and handed me the can. He drank all of it at one go. He then arranged the belt that was attached to the trunk carefully on his forehead. (para 10)
Answer: Tense used- Every sentence is in simple past tense.
Reason- Every action took place in the past and to show the sequence, the tense is used. The time is not fixed.
8.) I had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from my childhood. (para 11)
Answer: Tense used-Past perfect tense.
Reason-The narrator used this to tell the incidents that took place and completed in the past.
9.) His feet had developed cracks and somehow resembled those of an elephant. (para 14)
Answer: Tense used- His feet had developed cracks and- Past perfect tense
Reason- The action took place before another action and the action was completed.
Tense used- somehow resembled those of an elephant-Simple past tense
Reason- The second action took place after the first one.
10.) I noticed this for the first time. I hadn’t noticed that the road was uneven. (para 14)
Answer: Tense used- I noticed this for the first time.-Simple past tense
Reason- The action took for the first time in the past(time not mentioned)
Tense used- I hadn’t noticed that the road was uneven- Past perfect tense
Reason-The author didn’t notice the road, this action took place before his noticing of the roads.
11.) I checked my wallet and saw I still had around Rs.40 with me. (para 14)
Answer: Tense used- Simple past tense
Reason- both the actions ( check and see) took place in the past
Here had shows the possession and not the time factor
12.) I then took out my pair of leather shoes from the trunk, and noticed my father’s face lighting up with contentment. (para 15)
Answer:Tense used- Simple past tense
Reason- The actions took place in the same time. ( took, noticed)
13.) I saw that the road we had come by looked like a giant motionless rope. (para 16)
Answer: Tense used-I saw that the road- Simple past tense
Reason- The action took place in the past
Tense used- we had come by looked like a giant motionless rope- Past perfect tense
Reason- The above action took place first so the tense is used.
14.) He stopped his business after he became old.
Answer: Tense used- Simple past tense
Reason- The actions( stopped and became) shows that they took in the past in unspecific time.
15.) I never ate ‘haleem’ before I visited Hyderabad.
Answer: Tense used-Simple past tense
Reason- The actions( ate and visited) tell that it happened in the past in the unspecific time.
Writing
I.) In the story ‘The Journey’ the author says “…. my education had made me shun physical labour”. This is an adverse effect of education. Now write an essay on ‘The Adverse Effects of Education’. Here are some points:
‘The Adverse Effects of Education’
It is a well-known quote that education has the power to change the world. It indeed is true. But education alone is responsible in shaping one’s personality. There are other factors that play important role.
When one is highly educated has spent maximum time in the studies, he/she becomes physically inactive. A person tends to be sitting at one place and lack physical strength. Also there are some educated people who are at the high status in their job, who don’t like to do even the smallest things. They feel like they are not meant for such small and trivial jobs. So they keep servants for carrying their laborious work. They feel that by doing such work, they are harming their prestige and image.
Nowadays, people who are highly educated feel that they have become modern and dresses the same way. It is no wrong in wearing fashionable clothes, but disrespecting own culture is. One should never forget where they have come from. One starts imitating the western culture and fashion and feel like their own culture is not so cool. Also there are some people who change their dressing when they get education, they feel like simplicity won’t suit their status. Their change in fashion make them feel like they are superior than others. One must always remember that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
We see some people around us who are highly educated but they are least interested in the family relationships. They get so busy in their work that they are not able give enough time to their family. Education makes them so self-centered that they only focus on themselves. They try to make other feel inferior. All they want is money and don’t feel the need to spend quality time with their families. This makes them hollow and there is lack of love and tenderness in their relationships.
Less Education makes one forget how to respect their elders. Respecting our elders is something that our culture has taught us and we should follow the same. But some people due to education, some people consider themselves above everyone else. They forget the elders and values given by them to us. They treat the elders in inferior manner and ignore them.
One of the most important negative impacts of education is that some people who are highly educated belittle those who are illiterate. They thinkthat they have achieved something greater than everyone else . No doubt highly educated people deserve respect but that does not mean those are not educated don’t deserve respect. After all we all are human beings and one should not judge anyone on the basis on o their education. Illiterate people too possess certain values that make them good human beings.
It is important to get education and become successful in life, but what is more important is the fact that one should strive to be a good human being. What is the use of education if it doesn’t make you treat others well? Education plays key role but it is our values that should be treasured.
Listening
I.) Read the statements given below and mark True or False against each of
them.
1.) Pothuraju went to far-off lands to enjoy free life. True
2.) Ganiraju asked his father to give his share of property. False
3.) Pothuraju had a lavish life from the beginning. False
4.) Dhanaraju did not care about Pothuraju. False
II.) Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the story you have just listened to.
a) A Rich Son b) Repentance c) Two Sons
easy to learn and to write answer