Read the following passage carefully
The headmaster entered the class with a slightly flushed face and a hard ominous look in his eyes. Swaminathan wished that he had been anywhere but there at that moment. The headmaster surveyed the class for a few minutes and asked, ‘Are you not ashamed of coming and sitting there after what you did yesterday?’ Just as a special honour to them, he read out the names of a dozen students or so that had attended the class. After that he read out the names of those that had kept away, and asked them to stand on their benches. He felt that punishment was not enough and asked them to stand on their desks. Swaminathan was among them and felt humiliated at that eminence. Then they were lectured. When it was over, they were asked to offer explanations one by one. One said that he had an attack of a headache and therefore could not come to school. He was asked to bring a medical certificate.
(1-4) Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 4 x 1 = 4M
1. What does the expression “flushed face” mean [ ]
A) Face appearing to be red B) Face appearing to be hot
C) Face appearing to be calm
D) Face appearing to be red and hot because of anger.
2. What reason did the first boy say for his absence [ ]
A) Headache B) Some one told him that there
C) Fever would be no school D) His grandmother died suddenly.
3. What was the punishment given to the students by the head master [ ]
A) Came punishment B) To kneel down
C) To bring their parents D) To stand on their diesels
4. How many names of presenties did the headmaster read out [ ]
A) Twelve B) Six C) Eight D) Twenty four
(5-7) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 3x2=6 M
5. Why was the headmaster entered the class with flushed face ?
6. Who felt humiliated for that eminence ? Why ?
7. If you were Swaminathan, what would you say to headmaster for your absence ?
Answers
Answer:
1 D
2 A
3 D
4 A
Explanation:
5 As a dozen of students were absent before day and broke the glass
Answer: - The answers to the questions are given below: -
1. D) Face appearing to be red and hot because of anger.
2. A) Headache.
3. D) To stand on their desks.
4. A) Twelve.
5. The headmaster entered the class with a flushed face and a hard ominous look because the Swaminathan and his friends were absent on the previous day after doing something wrong. Therefore, the headmaster entered with flushed face to give punishment to the students who were absent on the previous day.
6. Swaminathan felt humiliated because he was punished by the headmaster and the punishment was to stand on their desks that made Swaminathan felt humiliated at that moment.
7. If I were Swaminathan, I would have given the fever as the reason for my absence as it is a reliable reason, and you can get the prescription for it from your family doctor.
Explanation: -
- According to the given paragraph, the headmaster was angry from the students as they were absent after doing something wrong in school and he wanted to give them the punishment and he gave them the punishment to stand on their benches first but he was not satisfied with the given punishment, so he made the students stand on their desks.
- After standing on their desks, Swaminathan felt very humiliated.
- After making them stand on their desks, when the headmaster asked the students one by one then one of them said that he has a headache so he was absent. The headmaster then told him to bring a prescription to prove his reason.
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