Question

Given below is the beginning of an incident. Complete it in the form of a story in about

60 to 80 words---

Ravi had prepared very well for his English paper and he was confident of doing well in it

but when he reached the examination centre, he found that it was the Mathematics paper

that day. He realised that he had made a mistake while referring to his date sheet.​

Answer 1

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Ravi had prepared very well for his English paper and he was confident of dong well in it. But when he reached the examination centre, he found that it was the mathematics paper that day. He realised that he had made a mistake while referring to his datesheet. “How could this ever happen to me?”,said Ravi to himself. He was not sure if he wanted to burst out into tears or get angry with himself. He felt so ashamed of himself.

Mom would be upset and this would become an anecdote in the family which would be told on occasions, so that no one in the family would be too over-confident and overlook important things in life. Dad would be fuming with anger. He just couldn’t face anyone at home. He confided his blunder to Vasudha ma’am. She appeared to be shocked initially but sat him down and claimed him. She motivated him saying that he was good in subjects and had scored a centum in the pre-boards. Ma’am sat and revised with him all the formulas. The bell rang for the exam. Ravi went in a heavy heart, prayed as he had never prayed before. The invigilator gave the question paper to him and Ravi again said a word of prayer. He looked at the paper. Everything looked strange to him, he wanted to cry. He had a sinking feeling in him. He closed his eyes and he took multiple breaths. He took the question paper in his hands and looks at it. He read the questions slowly one at a time. He took his pen and started answering them one by one. Ravi found that he could answers the questions completely. Mathematics was his favourite subject and he could not bear to anything below a centum. He finished the paper 10 minutes before time. He revised all the questions and the solutions he had worked out. The paper was done and he walked out of the examination hall relieved, but his head hung in shame, thinking how careless he had been. Vasudha ma’am was waiting for him in the reception area. The first thing she told him when she saw him was,”Ravi I knew you’d be able to solve the paper”. He was happy that his teacher had so much trust in him and understood his potential.

• Mom and dad were shocked but only said,”Overconfident precedes carelessness”.

Answer 2

Ravi had prepared very well for his English paper and he was confident of dong well in it. But when he reached the examination centre, he found that it was the mathematics paper that day. He realised that he had made a mistake while referring to his datesheet. “How could this happen ?”,said Ravi to himself. He was so angry on himself. He wanted to cry loudly. He felt so ashamed of himself.

He was thinking that mom will be upset or angry on me. Dad would be fuming with anger. He just couldn’t face anyone at home. He told his problem to his class teacher. She appeared to be shocked initially but sat him down and claimed him. She motivated him saying that he was good in subjects and had scored very good marks in the pre-boards. Ma’am sat and revised with him all the formulas. The bell rang for the exam. Ravi went in a heavy heart, prayed as he had never prayed before. The invigilator gave the question paper to him and Ravi again said a word of prayer. He looked at the paper, everything looked strange to him, he wanted to cry. He closed his eyes and he took multiple breaths. He took the question paper in his hands and looks at it. He read the questions slowly one at a time. He took his pen and started answering them one by one. Ravi found that he could answers the questions completely. Mathematics was his favourite subject and he could not bear to anything below a centum. He finished the paper 10 minutes before time. He revised all the questions and the solutions he had worked out. The paper was done and he walked out of the examination hall relieved, but his head hung in shame, thinking how careless he had been. His class teacher was waiting for him in the reception area. The first thing she told him when she saw him was,”Ravi I knew you’d be able to solve the paper”. He was happy that his teacher had so much trust in him and understood his potential.

When he reached home, he told about the whole incident to his mom and dad. Mom and dad were very shocked.