Telangana Board Class 9 English A Long Walk To Freedom Question and Answers
Board | Telangana |
Class | 9th |
Subject | English |
Unit | 6 (6A) |
Topic | Solution |
Unit 6
Freedom
1.) What do you know about the great persons in these pictures?
Answer: The great persons in these pictures are Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. They both fought for the freedom of their people. They put people first before themselves.
2.) What similarities do you find in their lives?
Answer: Both of them were great people with even greater approach in their lives. They both gave priority to the people and their needs. They both fought for the people’s freedom and always thought of people’s welfare.
UNIT 6
A
READING
A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
Answer the following questions.
1.) Why is it difficult to fulfil the ‘twin obligations’ in a country like South Africa?
Answer: In a country like South Africa, a man of color was not allowed to fulfill the twin obligation. If he did so he was punished and isolated. And also someone who tried to fulfill his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family and his home and was forced to live a life apart.
2.) What sort of freedom did Mandela enjoy as a boy? Was it real? Give your opinion.
Answer: Nelson Mandela was born free. He was free in every possible way. He had freedom to run in the fields, to swim in the clear stream. He had freedom to roast maize under the stars and ride the broad backs of slow-moving bulls. But all these freedom was just an illusion and not for real.
3.) How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
Answer: When Mandela was in his childhood, he thought that he was free and enjoyed his freedom. But when he became a young man, he realized that his freedom was just an illusion. As a student he wanted the freedom for himself. Later on, he realized that it was not just he but even his brothers and sisters are deprived of the freedom.
4.) What does the line ‘the oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity’ suggest?
Answer: Both the oppressed and the oppressor go through humility and hatred. The oppressed is faced humiliation by the oppressor whereas the oppressor gets hatred for their rude behavior. For both of them, humanity stays untouched.
5.) What relevance does Nelson Mandela’s life have to the present society?
Answer: In the present society too there are many people who are oppressed by certain kind of people. Some people have to deal with untouchability and ignorance. They are deprived by some freedom. In many ways they can relate with Nelson Mandela’s life.
6.) “It was this desire . . . that animated my life”, which desire is the narrator referring to?
Answer: The narrator is referring to the desire for greater hunger for the freedom of his people
Vocabulary
I) Tick the most appropriate meaning for each of the following underlined words.
1.) I was born free.
a.) able to act at will
b.) having personal rights
c.) not subjected to constraints
d.) costing nothing
2.) I was prevented from fulfilling my obligations.
a.) not able to perform
b.) stopped from doing
c.) conditioned to do
d.) forced to do
3.) My freedom was curtailed.
a.) enhanced
b.) lost
c.) reduced
d.) blocked
4.) I was not a virtuous leader.
a.) dignified
b.) law-abiding
c.) well behaved
d.) honest
II.) Read the following paragraph carefully. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate forms of the words in brackets.
Nelson Mandela was an outstanding black leader (lead) of South Africa, who spent his life time fighting(fight) against racial segregation (segregate). He had to spend 30 years of imprisonment to achieve freedom(free) of the coloured . Finally he created(creation) history when he became the first black man as the President of independent (independence) Republic of South Africa. This great leader who has been a source of inspiration (inspire) for millions of freedom lovers in the world was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation!
Grammar
Pick out the Defining Relative Clauses and the Noun Phrases they define from the text. Fill in the table given below. One is done for you.
SI.No
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Relative Clauses
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Relative pronoun used | Noun phrase that the relative pronoun defines
|
1 | who attempted to live as a human being | who | a man of colour |
2 | who tried to fulfil his duty to his people | Who | A man |
3 | who looked like I did. | Who | Everyone |
4 | Who takes away another man’s freedom | who | A man |
Writing
I.) Read the story once again and analyze the text in the light of the following questions.
1.) What incidents do you find in the first paragraph?
Answer: We come know that a man in South Africa is not allowed to fulfill his twin obligations. A colored man in South Africa is abandoned from his freedom. In South Africa, a man of color who attempted to live as a human being was punished and isolated. In South Africa, a man who tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family and his home and was forced to live a life apart. The narrator too was deprived from his twin obligation and didn’t have freedom.
2.) How does the writer reflect on (feel about) these incidents?
Answer: The writer feels bad about not fulfilling his twin duties. He was deprived from fulfilling his obligations of his families and that makes him feel sad.
3.) What is the writer’s point of view on the incidents?
Answer: He felt bad and felt that his freedom was taken away. A man is born free and has certain things that he can enjoy. But in the writer’s country, a colored man is deprived even from his basic duties.
Study Skills
Read the following biographical account of a great patriot of India, which
describes events in his life. After reading the text, complete the chronological table.
Complete the following table based on your reading of the passage.
Year | Incident that took place and its significance |
1897 | Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January in Cuttack |
1902 | Admitted into a big European school. |
1909 | Shifted to another school.
Beni Madhav Das(his headmaster), kindled the spirit of patriotism in him. |
1912 | Came under the profound influence of Swami Vivekananda. |
1919 | Left for Cambridge to appear for the Indian Civil Service (ICS) examination. |
1921 | Resigned from the Indian Civil Service and returned to India |
1941 | Formed the Indian National Army (INA) in Singapore. |
1943
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On 21st October, The Azad Hind Government was set up in foreign soil. |
Listening
I) Listen to your teacher ‘The Speech of Subhash Chandra Bose’ and answer the following question orally.
1.) What is the thrust of Subhash Chandra Bose’s speech?
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose’s speech is to motivate soldiers to fight for freedom. It urges the feeling of deep sacrifice.
II) Say whether the following statements are True or False.
1.) Subhash Chandra Bose asked the soldiers to sacrifice everything for their motherland. True
2.) Subhash Chandra Bose dreamt that every soldier of INA would have a monument in Free India. True