Question

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

In England Gandhiji at first did not give his time entirely to his studies.

Instead, he tried to copy fashionable English gentlemen in every way. Like so

many young men of his age he was attracted by what was new and foreign. He

wasted a lot of money on buying smart English clothes. He started taking lessons

in ball-room dancing, in playing the violin etc. What a change from the shy boy

on the ship who would not talk to the other passengers. After three months, he

suddenly realized how silly it was to waste his good brother’s money on such

things. After this he devoted all his time to serious study. From the very

childhood, when Gandhiji found out that he was doing a wrong thing, he at once

stopped doing it.

Questions:

(a) Where did Gandhiji go for his studies? 2

(b) What attracted him most in England? 2

(c) What did Gandhiji suddenly realize after his three months of stay in England? 2

(d) Complete the following :

(i) He started taking lessons in ball-room dancing ………………….

(ii) when Gandhiji found out that he was doing a wrong thing ………………​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) He had gone to England for studies.

2) The new things and foreign.

3) He realized that he was wasting his good brothers money on buying clothes, playing violin,ball- room dancing etc.

1) and playing violin

2) After three months

Answer 2

Answer:

1/he had gone to England for studies.

2/the new things and foreign.

1/and playing violin.

2/after there month.