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Prose-1. A Hero   - R.K. Narayan

Two marks questions:

1.How can you say that the village lad was brave?

Ans: The village lad fought with a tiger while returning home by the jungle path. He stayed on the tree for half a day till someone came and killed the tiger.

2. Why did Swami’s father want him to sleep alone in the office room?

Ans: Swami’s father wanted him to sleep alone in the office room to prove his courage. He wanted him to learn not to be afraid of darkness.

3. The inspector suggests Swami to join the police department when he grew up. Why?

Ans: Swami had caught the most notorious burglar which the police couldn’t do. The inspector thought that Swami was really a brave boy. So, he invited him to join the police.

4. How did Swami’s father defend his view on the news paper report?

Ans: Swami’s father defended his view by saying that courage was important. Strength and age were not important. Even a weak man could fight if he had courage.

5. Why were congratulations showered on Swami? OR How was burglar caught?

Ans: In his fright Swami had bitten the burglar thinking him to be devil. The burglar’s cry made Swami’s father and others to come there and caught him. Later the police arrested him.

6. How should Swami prove that he had courage?

Ans: Swami should prove that he had courage by sleeping alone in his father’s office room instead of sleeping beside his granny. 

Three marks questions:

1. How did Swami react when his father challenged him to sleep alone in the office room?

OR 

What ways Swami think of to escape from his father ? OR What excuses did Swami give to escape from sleeping alone?

Ans:- Swami tried to change the subject while his father was talking to him. He said elders could join the cricket club. He would sleep alone from the first of next month. The office room was dusty and there may be scorpions. He went to bed very early that day to avoid his father

2. Newspaper report made Swami a hero. Explain . OR Describe how Swami became a hero

Over night. OR Swami was not really a hero but by chance he becomes a hero. Justify.

OR Why were congratulations showered on Swami ?

Ans: Newspaper carried a report about a village boy who fought with a tiger. Swami argued that boy could not fight a tiger. He had to be a strong grown up person. His father disagreed saying that courage was more important. Swami did not accept this. His father then challenged him to sleep alone in the office room. While Swami was sleeping alone in the office room, he saw something moving in the room. In his fright, he had bitten the burglar thinking him to be devil. His loud cry made others to come there. The burglar was caught. Later he was arrested. Congratulations were showered on Swami.

3. Narrate Swami’s dreadful experience when he was lying under the bench.

Ans: Swami was racked with nightmares. A tiger was chasing him. He tried to escape, but he couldn’t. He groaned in despair. Then he heard a rustling sound. When he saw something was moving in the darkness, he felt that it was the devil it would attack him. In his fright, he had bitten it to save himself.

4. How was Swami appreciated for his heroic deed ?

Ans: People congratulated Swami. His classmates looked at him with respect. His teacher patted his back. The headmaster said that he was a true scout. The inspector invited him to join the police

EXTRACTS:

1. ‘’ You must sleep alone hereafter’’.

a) Who should sleep alone ? / Who does ‘ you’ refer to ? 

Ans: Swami

b) Who did he usually sleep with ? 

Ans: his granny

c) Why should he sleep alone ? 

Ans: to prove his courage

d) Where should he sleep ? 

Ans: in the office room

2. ‘’ Aiyo ! something has bitten me’’.

a) Who said this ? / Who does ‘ me’ refer to ? / Who made this cry ? 

Ans: The Burglar

b) Who had bitten him ? 

Ans : Swami

c) Why was he bitten ? 

Ans : Swami mistook him to be devil, to save himself he bit him.

d) What was the result of it ? 

Ans: the burglar was caught

3. ‘’ Your office room is very dusty and there may be full of scorpions’’.

a) Who said this ? 

Ans: Swami

b) Why did he make this comment ? 

Ans: to escape from sleeping alone in the office room

c) What does it reveal about his character ? 

Ans: He was timid and was afraid to sleep alone

4. ‘’ Why don’t you join the police when you are grown up ?’’

a) Who gave this suggestion ? 

Ans : the inspector

b) Why did he give this suggestion ? 

Ans : Swami helped the police by catching a burglar.

c) What did the listener actually want to become later in his life ?

Ans : an engine driver, a railway guard or a bus conductor

5. ‘’ Congratulations were showered on Swami next day’’.

a) Why was Swami congratulated ? 

Ans: because he had caught the burglar.

b) What was the impact on Swami ? 

Ans: he became a hero overnight

c) How was Swami congratulated by his teacher and the head master ?

Ans: His teacher patted his back. The head master said that he was a true scout.

6. ‘’ From the first of the next month, I’ll sleep alone, father’’.

a) Who wanted to sleep alone ? 

Ans: Swami

b) Why did he sleep alone ? 

Ans: to prove his courage

c) Why did he request his father ? 

Ans: only to escape from sleeping alone in the office room

7. “No, you must do it now’’.

a) Who commanded this ? 

Ans: Swami’s father

b) What does ‘ it ‘ refer to ? 

Ans: Swami sleeping alone in the office room

c) Why must he do it now ? 

Ans: to prove his courage

8. “ If you do it. I’ll make you the laughing stock of your school.”

a) Who is the speaker ? 

Ans: Swami’s father

b) What is the ‘ it ‘ ? 

Ans: Swami used to sleep beside his granny or mother.

c) Why did the speaker say so ? 

Ans: because Swami slept beside his granny like a baby.

9. “ A frightful proposition, Swami thought.”

a) What was the frightful proposition ? 

Ans: sleeping alone in the office room that night.

b) Why was it frightful ? 

Ans: Swami always slept beside his granny. So any change in this arrangement made him frightful.

c) What was ‘ proposition’ mean in the context ? 

Ans: suggestion

d) Who made it ? 

Ans: Swami’s father

10. ‘’You are in the second form and I don’t like the way you are being brought up.’’ (June-20)

a) Who does ’I’ refer to? 

Ans: Swami’s father

b) Who was studying in the second form? 

Ans: Swami

c) When did the speaker say this? 

Ans: when Swami told his father that he would sleep in the office room from the next month.

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