West Bengal State Board Class 10 English Solution: Lesson 3 The Passing Away Of Bapu
Unit 1 Solution
1) (a) Gandhiji had been shot on his
(1) the birla house
(2) the author’s house
(3) a prayer meeting
(4) a family gatherings
Answer: (a) (3) a prayer meeting
(b) The author came to know of Gandhiji’s death by
(1) a letter
(2) a telephone call
(3) a telegram
(4) a public broadcast
Answer: a telephone call
(c) When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death , one
(1) Whimpers
(2) Laughs
(3) Claps
(4) Shouts
Answer: (1) Whimpers
2.) Fill in the chart with information from the text
(a) date on which Gandhiji was shot dead | |
(b) place where Gandhiji breathed his last | |
(c) information given by the broadcast |
Answer:
(a) 30th January, 1948
(b) At the Birla House
(C) Bapu was no more
3.) (a) The author received an urgent telephone call in the morning .
Supporting statement :_____________________________________________________
Answer: False
S.S: “ I was having tea at the evening of 30th January“
(b) People attempted to break into the Birla House .
Supporting statement:_____________________________________________________
Answer: True
S.S.: “ They jostled one another in a stampede to break into the house “.
(C) The news of Gandhiji’s death did not shock the people .
Supporting statement:_____________________________________________________
Answer: False
S.S.: “It was the question in many of our hearts as we sat , still shocked and unbelieving”.
Unit 2 Solution
4.) (a) Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place
(1) on the day of his death
(2) two days after his death
(3) one day after his death
(4) a week after his death
Answer: (a) (3) one day after his death
(b) Padmasi was Mrs. Naidu’s
(1) niece
(2) sister
(3) friend
(4) daughter
Answer: (b) (4) daughter
(c) While walking , Bapu used to carry in his hand a/an
(1) flag
(2) staff
(3) umbrella
(4) cane
Answer: (c) (2) staff
5.) (a) Thousands of people wept, trying _______________________________
(b) The author was among people for whom walking ___________________
(c) To walk is to _________________________________________________
Solution:
(a) to touch Bapu’s feat
(b) with Bapu had a special meaning
(c) make slow progress
6.) Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Solution:
(1) Because , there was the thick crowd. That was even more than the funeral procession of India’s beloved leader. Thousands of people were trying to touch Bapu’s feet.
(2) Because, it was the last time that they would walk with Bapu.
(3) Because, it requires no vehicle except his own body and cost him nothing but his energy that average Indian can afford .
Unit 3 Solution
7.) (a) Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Allahabad
(3) Delhi
(4) Banaras
Answer: (2) Allahabad
(b) A huge crowd had gathered by the
(1) Ganges
(2) Yamuna
(3) Brahmaputra
(4) Narmada
Answer: (1) Ganges
(c) Gandhiji awakened people to one another
(1) indifference
(2) jealousy
(3) suffering
(4) greed
Answer: (3) suffering
8.) Complete the following sentences with information from text:
(a) People on the special train_______________________________
Answer: sang bhajans. while going to Allahabad to immerse the last ashes of Gandhiji .
(b) The author felt she had grown up within____________________
Answer: a magic circle.
(c) Bapu had passed away but_______________________________
Answer: his India would continue to live in his children.
9.) Fill in the chart with information from the text :
Cause | Effect |
a) | People did not weep anymore. |
(b) The music circle vanished. | |
c) | The author felt that she wouldn’t loose courage so easily. |
Solution:
(a) They could feel Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs .
(b) Author felt like leaving her unprotected .
(c) Because, she realised that her values were not so weak.