Question - III
"Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
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Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala
Sangam on Wednesday afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week's
school bus tragedy.
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah.
'I see a God in this man,' said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son, Arun, was rescued by him.
'This man emerged like an angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the
scene of the accident, which was in the middle of the river,' said Arun's father.
Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. Chand says, We
were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these
are the true Gods amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I haye. He is great.'
Abdul Sattar is a simple fisherman. He has spent twenty-five years of his life worrying over his daily meal,
what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for his family. But the man made a mark when the recent
school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives of most of the children, who were
drowning in the river.
In fact, he emerged as a hero in the middle of the tragedy. Suddenly the whole world, the anxious
parents, the confused policemen, the media and the various rescue operators, were all after this man,
who in a mad zeal had dived into the water to pull out the endangered children. 'I was not tired.
I found great satisfaction in the fact that I could do something for the children who were battling
for their lives. I could not sit back, while they were helpless and dying.'
Brought up on the banks of the Yamuna, Abdul Sattar spent his childhood swimming across the river,
'The most fantastic days were when the river was flooded. We would jump with joy and play in the
water. Hordes of women and children would struggle around in the water and try and wade out on
to the banks. We children used to jump in to help them out. But then, at that time in my life, I did
not know what a tragedy meant. The flood was fun. The crowd looked exciting. In these forty years,
I never saw such a tragedy. When I was trying to rescue them there was no fun anymore. My wife
and children were in tears.
Sattar lives in Jagatpur village. All his life, he dreamt of a decent life on the banks of the Yamuna.
'Yamuna is my heart. Yamuna has been my life always. I became a fisherman as my father was
into this profession. I have a leaking boat. I spend my days and nights in netting fish,' he says
'God could have given me this money on some other occasion. But unfortunately, I became hero
at a moment when hundreds of parents were crying for their little ones, who will never come back
home. Life is an irony. Life is so unfair.'
Question: In not more than 50 words,describe abdul Sattar's childhood till tragedy struck.
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Explanation:
Question - III
"Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
[20]
Parents of children who were saved by fisherman Abdul Sattar flocked the Triveni Kala
Sangam on Wednesday afternoon to greet Abdul Bhai, who rescued most of the children in last week's
school bus tragedy.
Abdul was awarded the Times Hero Award by Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairperson, Najma Heptullah.
'I see a God in this man,' said Raj Kumari Devi, whose ten-year-old son, Arun, was rescued by him.
'This man emerged like an angel. None of us knew swimming. We did not know how to reach the
scene of the accident, which was in the middle of the river,' said Arun's father.
Chand Sharma was another happy soul. Her two sons were saved by Sattar. Chand says, We
were helplessly roaming about on the river bank, while this man was struggling to save my
children. I shall never forget the contribution of this man to our life. We go to the temple, but these
are the true Gods amongst us. I wish I could give him every little belonging that I haye. He is great.'
Abdul Sattar is a simple fisherman. He has spent twenty-five years of his life worrying over his daily meal,
what he wears and a fixed dwelling unit for his family. But the man made a mark when the recent
school tragedy occurred in the Yamuna. He saved the lives of most of the children, who were
drowning in the river.
In fact, he emerged as a hero in the middle of the tragedy. Suddenly the whole world, the anxious
parents, the confused policemen, the media and the various rescue operators, were all after this man,
who in a mad zeal had dived into the water to pull out the endangered children. 'I was not tired.
I found great satisfaction in the fact that I could do something for the children who were battling
for their lives. I could not sit back, while they were helpless and dying.'
Brought up on the banks of the Yamuna, Abdul Sattar spent his childhood swimming across the river,
'The most fantastic days were when the river was flooded. We would jump with joy and play in the
water. Hordes of women and children would struggle around in the water and try and wade out on
to the banks. We children used to jump in to help them out. But then, at that time in my life, I did
not know what a tragedy meant. The flood was fun. The crowd looked exciting. In these forty years,
I never saw such a tragedy. When I was trying to rescue them there was no fun anymore. My wife
and children were in tears.
Sattar lives in Jagatpur village. All his life, he dreamt of a decent life on the banks of the Yamuna.
'Yamuna is my heart. Yamuna has been my life always. I became a fisherman as my father was
into this profession. I have a leaking boat. I spend my days and nights in netting fish,' he says
'God could have given me this money on some other occasion. But unfortunately, I became hero
at a moment when hundreds of parents were crying for their little ones, who will never come back
home. Life is an irony. Life is so unfair.'
Question: In not more than 50 words,describe abdul Sattar's childhood till tragedy struck.