NARAYANPUR INCIDENT
SUPPLEMENTARY READER CHAPTER 1
KARNATAKA CLASS 10 ENGLISH
SOLUTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1) Narayanapur incident was written by
a. Shashi Deshpande b.
Mohan
c. D.S.P. d.
Sriranga
Ans: a. Shashi Deshpande
2) The year 1942 was the line of _____
a. Non – cooperation b.
Swadeshi movement
c. Quit India Movement d.
Independence movement
Ans: c. Quit India Movement
3) A police officer who came to see the procession was
______
a. S.P. b.
D.C.P
c. D.G.P. d.
D.S.P
Ans: d. D.S.P
4) The two boys holding aloft a picture of the ________
a. Jawaharlal Nehru b.
Mahatma
c. Bharat Matha d.
Goddess
Ans: b. Mahatma
5) The children like others rushed out _____of the rain
a. careless b.
heedless
c. needless d.
fearless
Ans: b. heedless
6) They walked in complete _____
a. with noise b.
without noise
c. silence d.
with slogans
Ans: c. silence
7) The students turned back and one of them shouted
______
a. Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai b.
Quit India
c. Jai Jai d.
Jai Bharat Matha ki
Ans: a. Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai
8) Unless you’re _____ said amma
a. Gandhiji b.
Patriotic
c. Adolf Hitler d.
Indian
Ans: a. Gandhiji
9) That was a notice served on the collector, as _____
a. British officer b.
authoritative
c. Patriotic d.
representative
Ans: d. representative
10) It’s like a _____ of war
a. notice b.
declaration
c. friend d.
starting
Ans: b. declaration
11) The boy ______ in with a large newspaper covered
parcel in his hands
a. moved b.
walked
c. staggered d.
marched
Ans: c. staggered
12) The mysterious parcel which turned to be a _____
machine
a. sewing b.
cyclostyling
c. secret d.
big
Ans: b. cyclostyling
13) Your husband was my ____ in school
a. classmate b.
senior
c. friend d.
well-wisher
Ans: c. friend
14) ‘Please, Patil Saheb’, Amma said rather _____
a. impatiently b.
calmly
c. shrewdly d.
patiently
Ans: a. impatiently
15) Mohan burst out again, ‘Amma, how can you trust
_______?
a. person b.
neighbor
c. policeman d.
friend
Ans: c. policeman
16) ‘Come in, Amma _____ to the man
a. inviting b.
looking
c. calling d.
beckoned
Ans: d. beckoned
17) O.K. Amma, Mohan said and ______ into puja room
a. went b.
ducked
c. stepped d.
run
Ans: b. ducked
18) No need for Mohan to ______ It’s the police
a. announce b.
state
c. said d.
feared
Ans: a. announce
ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1) Why had students been marching How was it an unusual
march?
Ans: The
students were walking to give a notice to the Collector, who was a member of
the King’s government. Their request was to tell the British to leave India or
face problems. It was a strange walk because the students, who were the
walkers, moved in full silence as if the police, some in front of them and some
on the sides, were not there. After giving the notice, except for shouting
once, ‘Mahatma Gandhi ki jai’, they quickly walked back in the same way as they
had come.
2) A police officer
was seen talking to the student leaders. Can you guess what the officer had
been talking to them?
Ans: Really the police officer did not expect this kind
of march. He might have thought there would be shouting, slogans and people
breaking rules. To handle the crowd they might use their sticks etc. So he went
to the students and asked about it. There was little work for them.
3) Babu and Manju
were a bit disappointed with the way students were marching. What was the
reason?
Ans: The students were fully quiet and
they returned calmly. For small children, the meaning of the silent march would
not have been clear. They would have thought shouting, police beating, and
bloodshed showed bravery and love for the country. So, Babu and Manju felt a
little sad with the way the students were marching.
4) What had the
police expected about the way of protest? How did the student leaders manage
the protest?
Ans: The police thought there would be a big protest against the British. Many people including a teacher were caught. The angry crowd might damage public places. The rebels could do anything and break the peace of others. But the goal of the student leaders was very different. They planned to act more and give more trouble to police. If they got caught quickly, it was of no value. They had to wake people by giving copies of Gandhiji’s speech, etc. So they kept their march very quiet and showed their protest to British rule without violence.
5) What was there
in the ‘mysterious parcel’? What suspicion did the police have about that?
Ans: There was a copying machine
inside the secret parcel. The senior officer knew about the copying machine and
many copies of Mahatma’s speech were spread in that town. They wanted to find
out where that machine was, and who were the people doing these works. So they
spoke to each other, that night they might enter their house with a search
paper.
6) Why had Patil,
the sub-inspector come there? Who believed him? What was the result?
Ans: Patil, the police sub-inspector,
was a friend of the teacher. So he wished to help them. He came and told the
situation, it was safe if they gave that machine to him. They might escape from
being caught. Amma trusted him and gave that machine to the police officer
before the other police arrived.
7) What do you
think is the writer of the incident trying to impress upon the readers?
Ans: The writer of
the Narayanapura incident wants to show readers how different people fought the
British in many ways. Leaders like Gandhiji fought without selfishness and
inspired many Indians like the teacher, his family, and young college students
like Suman. More importantly, there were people like Patil, who worked in the
system but had their hearts in the freedom fight. Really, their condition was
very sad. For their living, they had taken police jobs. But secretly they
supported the fighters and did their part by risking their own safety.
8) How did the
policeman help the teacher’s family? Why?
Ans: The police
sub-inspector Patil goes to the house of the school teacher who was arrested
for joining the Quit India movement. Though the teacher’s wife and children
were scared at first, the sub-inspector made them calm by saying he was a
classmate of the teacher in school and reminding them how the teacher had saved
him from beating many times. He also showed his love for his country. He told
them about the police raid planned that night since they had news about a
copying machine used for making Mahatma’s speech copies. He offered to take the
machine to a safe place till the search was done. He also told all others
except the teacher’s family to go away as they might be blamed for hiding
people too. In this way, the sub-inspector helped the teacher’s family.
GIVE ONE WORD FOR THE FOLLOWING:
1) Walk or move unsteadily.
Ans: stagger
2) Condition of being lost in dreamy,
pleasant thoughts.
Ans: reverie
3) tremble slightly or vibrate.
Ans: quiver
4) bum or shine unsteadily
Ans: flicker
5) showing sound judgment and common sense.
Ans: shrewdly
6) Pull or drag roughly and with much effort.
Ans: lug
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