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European; which meant that few in the school could make out what he said."

4. But despite the difference Swami and Rajam become friends. Unlike Swami, Rajam

wants to impress everyone and become a leader. He is neither affectionate nor

particularly loyal to his friends. But he never loses his cool and has the proverbial

'stiff upper lip'. But Swami is really impressed by him and is both loving and loyal to

him although this causes misunderstanding with his other friends. Rajam is crazy

about cricket and forms a cricket club. Swami comes for cricket practice to please

Rajam even if it means missing his drill class and he gets into trouble for playing

truant,

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage answer each of the questions

given below by selecting the most appropriate option from the given Oils.

a. Malgudi is ..... in the story 'Swami and Friends'.

(i) a character (ii) a town (iii) Swami's friend (iv) a tiger.

b. The passage suggests that Swami ......

i. bossed over his friends.

ii. tried to please his friends and other adults.

iii. Cared little about his peers,

iv. Wanted to impress everyone.

c. ..... is common to Swami and his friends,

(i) Being good for nothing (ii) Being good at fighting (iii) Ability to laugh at

everything (iv) Ability to dress well.

d. The story Swami and friends' describes in detail. (i) Swami’s enemies (ii) English

education (iii) Christianity (iv) South India.

Answer the following questions briefly.

e. Name one negative trait that Rajam possesses.

f. Why did Albert Mission school focuses on Christian?

g. What was quite challenging for Swami?

h. When Rajam spoke only a few could understand. Why?

i. Who did impress Swami?

j. According to Narayan what does Rajam stand for?

k. Find words/ phrases from the passage which mean the same as each of the​

Answer 1

a ) swami friend

b) wanted to impress

c)

Answer 2

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