FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 08 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - THE WOMAN ON PLATFORM 8

 

Unit - 08

THE WOMAN ON PLATFORM 8

Comprehension:

I. Answer the following in two or three sentences each:

1) What was Arun doing all alone on the platform? Why?

Ans: Arun was perched on stage no. 8 at Ambala station hanging tight for the north-bound train. His train was at midnight and he had shown up at the station at night itself.

 

2) What normally happens when a train arrives at the platform?
Ans: At the point when a train arrives, the stage will be a hellfire of hurling, yelling, and fomented individuals. As the carriage entryways open, individuals will surge towards the leave door.

 

3) “Are you alone, my son?” How did Arun react when he heard the voice of a stranger? Why?
Ans: Arun answered in the positive way and said that he was going to school. He stood up deferentially on the grounds that there was a pride about her that deserved admiration.

 

4) How did the bond between Arun and the stranger develop?
Ans: Arun enjoyed the outsider for she appeared to be benevolent, thoughtful and understanding. She addressed him tenderly. She took him to the station lounge area and caused him to eat some food.

 

5) What was the reason behind Arun‘s instinctive dislike towards Satish’s mother?
Ans: Satish's mom was an impressive lady. She couldn't have cared less for others' assumptions. Her legitimate way caused him to build up an intuitive abhorrence for her.

  

6) Why did Arun say, “I like strangers”?
Ans: Satish's mom prompted Arun to be cautious when his mom was not with him. She harshly advised him not to converse with outsiders. Arun needed to stand up for himself, so he said that he preferred outsiders.

 

7) How did Satish and Arun react to the advice of Satish’s mother saying “Never talk to Strangers”?
Ans: Arun frowned angrily at her, and drew nearer to the lady who had become a close acquaintance with him. Satish stood griming behind his mom. He was making the most of Arun's conflict with his mom.

 

8) What did Satish’s mother give and say to Satish as a parting advice?
Ans: She gave him a sack of fruits, a cricket bat and a major' box of chocolates. She advised Satish to impart the food to Arun.

 

9) Why didn’t Satish’s mother think Arun’s ‘mother’ a very capable person?
Ans: The outsider didn't appear to show such an extensive amount worry as Satish's mom. Satish's mom overwhelmed the discussion. She continued exhorting the two young men. She thought Arun's 'mom' was unequipped for dealing with her child.

 

10) How did Arun repay the strange woman for her goodness?
Ans: At the point when the train was going to move, Arun kissed the lady on her cheek. He tended to her as 'mother' and bade her farewell.

 

II. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

1) “She drew me out very well”.

i) Who is the speaker?
Ans: Arun is the speaker.

 

ii) What do you mean by the above sentence?
Ans: The above sentence says about how the stranger extracted information from Arun in a pleasant manner.

 

2) “Yes, I am Arun’s mother”.

i) Who is the speaker?
Ans: The strange woman is the speaker

 

ii) What do you think is the reason behind the speaker saying so?
Ans: The reason behind the speaker saying so that she did not want Satish’s mother to think that Arun’s mother had not come to see him off.

 

3. “These days one has to be very careful of strangers”.

i) Who said these words?
Ans: Satish’s mother said these words.

 

ii) Why did the speaker say so?
Ans: The speaker said so because those days outsiders and dubious characters were sticking around looting, cheating and capturing individuals.

 

III. Complete the following:

1) The woman in a white sari was totally a stranger. But Arun developed an instant liking for her the moment she spoke to him.
Ans: Notice three things that Arun preferred about this lady. The lady was wearing a basic way. She had dim kind eyes. There was a pride about her that deserved admiration. The quietness of her face, the profound delicate relieving voice intrigued Arun.

 

2) Arun says, “I had taken an instinctive dislike to Satish’s mother.”
Ans: Notice three things that made Arun disdain her. Satish's mom had an overwhelming character. She was glad and overbearing. Her discussion and her offending conduct made Arun loathe her.

 

 Work in Pairs and complete the table:

 

Who is the person	Extracts from	What it tells us
from the story	the story	about the person
i) Arun	Any way I can travel alone	independent, confident.
ii) The stranger	Then come with me and have something to eat	kind, helpful
iii) Satishs mother	It’s such a nuisance having to wait for the train	impatient
iv) The stranger	Arun can travel alone though	confident
v) Arun	I like strangers	assertive
vi) Satish’s mother	Don’t iumD on and off moving trains	imposing
vii) Satish’s mother	Never talk to strangers	authoritative
viii) Arun	Good-bye…mother	emotional

 

The sequence of events has been jumbled up. Rewrite them according to the sequence in the lesson:

Ans: Now tired of this game and of ambling about the platform, I sat down on my suitcase and gazed dismally across the railway-tracks.

1.     ‘She told a coolie to look after my suitcase and then she led me away down the platform.

2.     She drew me out very well, and I had soon forgotten that we were strangers.

3.     I had already forgiven her for lying; and besides, i had taken an instinctive dislike to Satish’s mother.

4.     I looked from Satish’s mother to the woman who had given me tea and sweets and then back at Satish’s mother.

5.     Satish was standing behind his mother, grinning at me, delighting in my clash with his mother.

6.     We placed ourselves at the open windows, and the two women stood outside on the platform talking up to us.

7.     She allowed me to share the benefit of her advice, as she probably didn’t think my ‘mother’ a very capable person.

8.     I looked straight into the eyes of the woman who held my hand, and she smiled in a gentle understanding way.

9.     She stood there on the busy platform; a pale sweet woman in white and I watched her until she was lost in the milling crowd.

 

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