2nd PUC English WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL NOTES | P Sainath | PUC English Question Ans

WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL
-P Sainath

Answer the following in a word or a phrase or in a sentence each 

1. Where did cycling as a social movement take place? 

Ans: Pudukkottai.

2. Who had taken bicycling as Symbol of independence, freedom and mobility? Ans: Rural Women in Pudukkottai.

3. What was the symbol of independence, freedom and mobility for rural women in Pudukkottai? 

Ans: Bicycle/ cycling.

4. Name the school teacher who was so addicted to cycling that she hired a bicycle every evening.

Ans: Fathima.

5. Name the organization that led the vigorous literary drive for rural women in Pudukkottai? 

Ans: Arivolilyakkam.

6. Name the Arivoli Central Coordinator and one of the pioneers of cycling movement in Pudukkottai? 

Ans: N Kannammal.

7. Name the former district collector of Pudukkottai who promoted literacy drive as well as cycling movement for women. 

Ans: Sheela Rani Chunkath.

8. Name the owner of Ram Cycles who saw a rise of over 350 per cent in the sales of ladies’ cycle in a year in Pudukkottai.

Ans: S Kannakarajan.

9. Name the international organization which sanctioned fifty mopeds for the Arivoli activists in 1992. 

Ans: UNICEF.

10. Who wrote the famous cycling song that had become the anthem of ArivoliIyakkam? 

Ans: Muthu Bhaskaran.

11. Name the humble vehicle that brought drastic changes in the lives of women in Pudukkottai? 

Ans: Bicycle.

12. Mention one of the reasons for women’s buying of gents’ cycles according to P. Sainath. 

Ans: Shortage of ladies bicycle/ additional bar from the seat to the handle was used to fetch water.

13. What according to P. Sainath played a big role in undermining women’s confidence? 

Ans: Lack of mobility.

14. Whose brain child was the cycling movement according to P. Sainath?

Ans: Sheela Rani Chunkath.

4 marks/ 6 marks questions.

How according to P. Sainath has cycling swept across Pudukkottai district?

OR 

‘Wheel brings progress.’ Justify the statement with reference to ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.

OR 

How has cycling become a metaphor for freedom in Pudukkottai? Explain

OR 

A humble vehicle can work wonders in empowering rural women. Explain with reference to ‘Where There Is a Wheel’. 

Ans: ArivoliIyakkam led literacy drive and cycling drive for rural women in Pudukkottai. It encouraged women to learn cycling. It organized training camps, exhibitions and contests. Women agricultural workers, quarry labourers, nurses, balawadi and anganawadi workers, teachers, gem cutters and grama sevikas learnt cycling and began to use. Cycling became a social movement. DC Sheela Rani Chunkath pushed the banks to provide loans for buying bicycles. UNICEF sanctioned 50 mopeds for activists. Cycling gave independence, freedom, mobility, self-respect and courage to the women. It made them less dependent on men and buses for mobility. Women used bicycles for selling agricultural products. They could carry more produce, cover more areas in less time and reach unconnected areas. It gave more time for selling the produce.  Bicycle was used for reaching the work place and for carrying home water pots. It increased their leisure time as well.  Thus, Cycling made life easy for women. The humble vehicle brought drastic changes in their lives.

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