Telangana Board Class 9 English Mahatma Gandhi – Pushed Out Of Train Question and Answers
Board | Telangana |
Class | 9th |
Subject | English |
Unit | 7 (7C) |
Topic | Solution |
UNIT 7
C
READING
MAHATMA GANDHI – PUSHED OUT OF TRAIN
[FIRST CLASS COACH. SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS INTERIOR NIGHT]
I.) Answer the following questions.
1) Why was Gandhi puzzled when he heard that there were no coloured attorneys in South Africa?
Answer: Gandhi was called to the bar in London and enrolled in the High Court of Chancery which made him an attorney. And also he added that by the given fact he was at least only colored attorney in South Africa and by saying that there were no colored attorneys in South Africa made his puzzled.
2.) How did the conductor address Gandhi?
Answer: The conductor addressed Gandhi as coolie.
3.) The Porter who was talking to Gandhi suddenly stopped talking without completing his sentence. What was he frightened of? If he had not seen the conductor, what would he have said?
Answer: The porter and Gandhi had conversation starting from Gandhi asking the porter about the hell on which he was not able to answer. The porter then asked him how he got the ticket and it was then he was frightened when he saw the European and the conductor coming in. If he had not seen the conductor, the porter would have continued the conversation with Gandhi.
4.) Why was Gandhi thrown out of the train?
Answer: Gandhi was not allowed to sit in the first class, the European and the conductor asked to sit in the third class or else he would be thrown out of the train. But Gandhi was adamant and didn’t leave wanted to travel in the first class. It was then he was threw out of the train.
5.) If you were in Gandhi’s place, how would you react?
Answer: If I were in Gandhi’s place, I would have felt very humiliating and sad. I would have cried and felt broken.
6.) Find out from ‘The Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi’ or from the internet, what did Gandhi do when he was thrown off the train?
Answer: The incident had deep effect on Gandhi and it was then he decided to fight against racial discrimination in South Africa. That incident changed him into completely different man and fight for the people.
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