Question

Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow.


Ulhas Mandlik, 35, a power-loom owner from Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, and his mother were homeward bound one evening when heavy rain forced them to take shelter beneath a bridge. Not far away, a small

group of labourers huddled together under a part of the cement housing above a 16 meter deep well used to pump water for irrigation.

Suddenly, Mandlik and his mother heard the labourers scream. When the two got to the well, they were told that a five year old boy named Hariya had fallen in through a side opening in the structure. Ignoring his

mother’s fears, Mandlik quickly knotted together lengths of flimsy rope belonging to the labourers and asked

them to lower him into the dark well. “I hope the rope holds,” he thought. As he descended, Mandlik noticed

the metal rungs on the wall of the well. He grabbed hold of one and

started climbing down, when he saw the boy clinging to a pipe running up the well’s centre. Grabbing the

child, Mandlik started to climb praying that the old rungs wouldn’t give away and plunge them both into the

churning water below. Their luck held and within a few minutes, Mandlik clambered to ground level and

handed over Hariya to his sobbing father.

The man fell at Mandlik’s feet and offered him some money as a reward. Refusing the cash, Mandlik took

Hariya and his family to a nearby eatery and offered them steaming tea to warm them up.

Several organisations have honoured Mandlik for his bravery and presence of mind on that wet day three

years ago. “I am happy I was at the right place at the right time,” he says,” and was able to return a little

boy to his family.”

Read the questions given below and write the appropriate answers.

(i) What first drew Ulhas and his mother to thewell?

(ii) What were Ulhas’ mother’s fears really associated with?

(iii) Which of the following could be a learning from thereport?

(iv) Which of these expressions best describes Ulhas in view of thisincident?

(v) Which of these did Hariya’s father express on receiving hisson?



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Answer 1

Explanation:

PROJECT WORK

Write about influence of internet on children