Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Once upon a time Vidyasagar was travelling in a train. When he got down from the train he found a young man shouting for a coolie as he was unable to carry his hand-bag. Vidyasagar was standing nearby. How much will you take ? asked the man, taking Vidyasagar for a coolie. "What ever you please", replied the pandit and tooking the hand-bag, went on. When he reached the house he handed over the bag to its owner and went away. He did not take anything when asked to do so. The young man soon found out who the carrier of the bag was. He was ashmed of his conduct and leant a useful lesson of self-help.




A. Complete the following sentences:
i) Vidyasagar got down from the train and found......................
ii) The young man took Vidyasagar ..............
iii) The young man was ashmed at his conduct because.............................

B. Fill in the gaps with appropiate words :
i) When the man was shouting for a coolie, Vidyasagar was.............
ii) Vidyasagar............The bag to its owner
iii) The owner of the hand-bag was.......
iv) The man was .........of his behaviour.
v) Vidyasagar taught the youngman a lesson of........
C. Write 'T' for ture and 'F' for false in the box :
i) Vidyasagar met an old man on the platform.
ii) Vidyasagar refused to carry the bag to the house of the man.
iii) He did not take anything for carrying the bag.
iv) The youngman was unable to carry the bag as it was very heavy.
v) The young man at last came to know who the coolie was.
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Answer 1

Vidyasagar got down from the train and found a young man.