Question 110 Marks
A1. Complete the following sentences with the help of the given passage:
(i) The narrator was thinking of catching..........
(ii) When Anil was sleeping peacefully, his face was .........
(iii) The narrator slid his hands under the mattress to ..........
(iv) The narrator thought that if he didn't take the money, Anil would only waste .........
I had been working for Anil for almost a month and, apart from cheating on the shopping, had not done anything in my line of work. I had every opportunity for doing so. Anil had given me a key to the door, and I could come and go as I pleased. He was the most trusting person I had ever met.
And that is why it was so difficult to rob him. It’s easy to rob a greedy man, because he can afford to be robbed; but it’s difficult to rob a careless man sometimes he doesn’t even notice he’s been robbed and that takes all the pleasure out of the work.
Well, it’s time I did some real work, I told myself; I’m out of practice. And if I don’t take the money, he’ll only waste it on his friends. After all, he doesn’t even pay me.
Anil was asleep. A beam of moonlight stepped over the balcony and fell on the bed. I sat up on the floor, considering the situation. If I took the money, I could catch the 10.30 Express to Lucknow. Slipping out of the blanket, I crept up to the bed. Anil was sleeping peacefully. His face was clear and unlined; even I had more marks on my face, though mine were mostly scars.
My hand slid under the mattress, searching for the notes. When I found them, I drew them out without a sound. Anil sighed in his sleep and turned on his side, towards me. I was startled and quickly crawled out of the room.
When I was on the road, I began to run. I had the notes at my waist, held there by the string of my pyjamas. I slowed down to a walk and counted the notes: 600 rupees in fifties! I could live like an oil-rich Arab for a week or two
A2. Explain the underlying meaning of the following:
(i) I had not done anything in my line of work.
(ii) It's time I did some real work.
A3. Cross the odd man out:
(1) blanket, magazine, maintain, mattress
(ii) rob, take, time, search
(iii) queer, small, greedy, pleasure
(iv) quickly, mostly, money, peacefully
A4.
(i) Hari drew them out without a sound.(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as the answer.)
(ii) Rewrite the following sentences by adding the correct tal tag from those given in the brackets: (does he?, didn't he? isn't it?, wasn't he?, doesn't he?, is it?)
(1) Anil was sleeping peacefully.
(2) He doesn't even notice he's been robbed.
A5. Why do you think Hari had many scars on his face?<
(i) The narrator was thinking of catching..........
(ii) When Anil was sleeping peacefully, his face was .........
(iii) The narrator slid his hands under the mattress to ..........
(iv) The narrator thought that if he didn't take the money, Anil would only waste .........
I had been working for Anil for almost a month and, apart from cheating on the shopping, had not done anything in my line of work. I had every opportunity for doing so. Anil had given me a key to the door, and I could come and go as I pleased. He was the most trusting person I had ever met.
And that is why it was so difficult to rob him. It’s easy to rob a greedy man, because he can afford to be robbed; but it’s difficult to rob a careless man sometimes he doesn’t even notice he’s been robbed and that takes all the pleasure out of the work.
Well, it’s time I did some real work, I told myself; I’m out of practice. And if I don’t take the money, he’ll only waste it on his friends. After all, he doesn’t even pay me.
Anil was asleep. A beam of moonlight stepped over the balcony and fell on the bed. I sat up on the floor, considering the situation. If I took the money, I could catch the 10.30 Express to Lucknow. Slipping out of the blanket, I crept up to the bed. Anil was sleeping peacefully. His face was clear and unlined; even I had more marks on my face, though mine were mostly scars.
My hand slid under the mattress, searching for the notes. When I found them, I drew them out without a sound. Anil sighed in his sleep and turned on his side, towards me. I was startled and quickly crawled out of the room.
When I was on the road, I began to run. I had the notes at my waist, held there by the string of my pyjamas. I slowed down to a walk and counted the notes: 600 rupees in fifties! I could live like an oil-rich Arab for a week or two
A2. Explain the underlying meaning of the following:
(i) I had not done anything in my line of work.
(ii) It's time I did some real work.
A3. Cross the odd man out:
(1) blanket, magazine, maintain, mattress
(ii) rob, take, time, search
(iii) queer, small, greedy, pleasure
(iv) quickly, mostly, money, peacefully
A4.
(i) Hari drew them out without a sound.(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as the answer.)
(ii) Rewrite the following sentences by adding the correct tal tag from those given in the brackets: (does he?, didn't he? isn't it?, wasn't he?, doesn't he?, is it?)
(1) Anil was sleeping peacefully.
(2) He doesn't even notice he's been robbed.
A5. Why do you think Hari had many scars on his face?<
Answer
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(i) The narrator was thinking of catching the 10.30 express to Lucknow.
(ii) When Anil was sleeping peacefully, his face was clear and unlined.
(iii) The narrator slid his hands under the mattress to search for the notes.
(iv) The narrator thought that if he didn't take the money, Anll would only waste it on his friends.
A2.
(i) It means that Hari had not stolen anything for some time.
(ii) It means that Hari thought that it was time he stole a big amount.
A3.
(i) blanket, magazine, makitain, mattress. (maintain is a verb; the others are nouns.)
(ii) rob, take, Dine, search. (time is a noun; the others are verbs.)
(iii) queer, small, greedy, pleasure. (pleasure is a noun; the others are adjectives.)
(iv) quickly, mostly, meney, peacefully (money is a noun; the others are adverbs.)
A4.
(i) How did Hari draw them out?
(ii) (1) Anil was sleeping peacefully, wasn't he?
(2) He doesn't even notice he's been robbed, does he?
A5.
Hari was a thief. He had probably got into trouble and fights while robbing people. He could also have been in bad company and got into fights with his companions, or been caught by the police, and been wounded. This would have led to scars on his face.
(i) The narrator was thinking of catching the 10.30 express to Lucknow.
(ii) When Anil was sleeping peacefully, his face was clear and unlined.
(iii) The narrator slid his hands under the mattress to search for the notes.
(iv) The narrator thought that if he didn't take the money, Anll would only waste it on his friends.
A2.
(i) It means that Hari had not stolen anything for some time.
(ii) It means that Hari thought that it was time he stole a big amount.
A3.
(i) blanket, magazine, makitain, mattress. (maintain is a verb; the others are nouns.)
(ii) rob, take, Dine, search. (time is a noun; the others are verbs.)
(iii) queer, small, greedy, pleasure. (pleasure is a noun; the others are adjectives.)
(iv) quickly, mostly, meney, peacefully (money is a noun; the others are adverbs.)
A4.
(i) How did Hari draw them out?
(ii) (1) Anil was sleeping peacefully, wasn't he?
(2) He doesn't even notice he's been robbed, does he?
A5.
Hari was a thief. He had probably got into trouble and fights while robbing people. He could also have been in bad company and got into fights with his companions, or been caught by the police, and been wounded. This would have led to scars on his face.
