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Father's Help | R. K. Narayan| Class -X

Father’s Help | R. K. Narayan | Class - X

Short types questions answers:

1. Where was Swami on Monday morning?

Ans: Swami was lying in bed on Monday morning.

2. Why did Swami shudder while lying in bed?

Ans: Swami shuddered while lying in bed because it came to his mind that it was Monday morning and he would have to go to school.

3. What did Swami hope for?

Ans: Swami hoped that he didn’t have to, go to school.

4. What was Swami’s excuse for not going to school?

Ans: Headache was Swami's excuse for not going to school.

5. Who supported Swami’s staying at home?

Ans: Swami’s mother supported Swami’s staying at home.

6. Where was Swami lying at 9.30 a.m.?

Ans: At 9.30 a.m. Swami was lying on the bench in his mother’s room.

7. What did Swami’s father suggest to avoid headache?

Ans: Swami’s father suggested that Swami should loaf about less on Sundays in order to be without a headache on Monday.

8. Why did Swami change his tactics?

Ans: Swami changed his tactics as he knew that his father was very strict about his going to school and having a headache would not convince him.

9. How did Swami describe Samuel to his father?

Ans: According to Swami, Samuel was a very angry man. He was especially angry with the boys who would come in late.

10. How did Samuel look?

Ans: Samuel had dark face, thin moustache, unshaven Cheek and put on a yellow coat.

11. What was Swami not sure of?

Ans: Swami was not sure about his description of Samuel.

12. What did Swami’s father write in the letter?

Ans: Swami’s father wrote in the letter to the headmaster about Samuel, Swami’s teacher.

13. What were the feelings of Swami about Samuel?

Ans: Swami felt that Samuel was not sure such a bad man after all. He was much more friendly than the other teachers. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.

14. Why did Swami think himself to be the worst boy on earth?

Ans: Swami thought himself to be the worst boy on earth because of his own misdeed. He had falsely alleged about his teacher Samuel to his father.

15. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?

Ans: Swami failed to decide if Samuel deserved the allegations made against him in the letter.

16. Why did Swami decide to deliver the letter at the end of the day?

Ans: Samuel decided to deliver the letter at the end of the day as there was a chance, Samuel might do something during the day to justify the complaints made in the letter against him.

17. What subject was Samuel teaching?

Ans: Samuel was teaching arithmetic.

18. “Then why did you come at all” — Why was this an unexpected question to Swami?

Ans: According to Swami, Samuel was an angry man. Instead of scolding, Samuel asked why he had come to school when he was suffering from a headache. This was an unexpected question to Swami.

19. “Swami sad down, feeling sad.” — Why did Swami feel safe?

Ans: That day it appeared to Swami, that he had never met anyone as good as Samuel. But he was carrying a letter of allegations against Samuel and that letter would have to be delivered to the headmaster. This made Swami feel sad.

20. Why did Swami fail to deliver the letter to the headmaster?

Ans: Swami failed to deliver the letter to the headmaster because the headmaster was on a week’s leave and his room was locked.

21. What did Swami’s father do when Swami returned from school?

Ans: When Swami’s father found that the letter could not be delivered, he snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.

22. “You deserve your Samuel”— Why did Swami’s father say so?

Ans: Swami’s father said so because he knew that only a strict teacher like Samuel could manage a mischievous boy like Swami properly.


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God bless you all.


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