why did the people did not help Baleshwar? from 10th English chapter
Answers
1)“it’s a regular scene”
a) Which is the regular scene referred here? Ans: The people swarming into the train and getting down hurriedly in populated Metropolis.
b) Where can one find this regular scene? Ans: In populated Metropolis.
c) Do you think is this necessary? If not’why?
Ans: No, It is not necessary. If the people rush like that, the children, women or aged or handicapped may fall down on the tracks.
2)“There is a girl by the tracks” the voices cried out.
a) Who is is the girl mentioned here? Ans: Roma Talreja is the girl referred here.
b) Whose voices were these? Ans: These were the voices of the people in the opposite train.
c) Why did the voices cry out? Ans: The people saw Roma Talreja falling from the train on the tracks.
3)“Behanji ,aap theek hai? he asked . But there was no response and no help in sight.”
a) Who does behanji refer to here? Ans: Behanji refers to Roma Talreja
b) Why was there no response ? Ans: Because Roma was injured seriously and fell on the tracks unconsciously.
c) who took her to hospital? Ans : Baleshwar Mishra
4) “My sister is injured, Please help me take her to a hospital.”But no one stopped.
a) Who does ‘sister’ refer to here? Ans: ‘’sister’ refers to Roma Talreja
b) Who requested here so? Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
c) Who does ‘no one’ refers to here? Ans: ‘No one ’refers to the motorists on the road.
d) Why was she taken to a hospital ? Ans: She fell down on the tracks and seriously injured.
5)“ Take the girl to Airoli,”
a) who suggested it? Ans : The cop
b) Who is the girl here? Ans: Roma Talreja.
c)Why did Baleshwar disagree to his suggestion?Ans:Because Airoli was at least 10 kilometers away and he knew a nearer hospital than that.
6)“Oh ,I couldn’t thank him,”Baleshwar thought.
a) Who was not thanked? Ans: The tempo-truck driver was not thanked.
b) Why should he thank him?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver helped Baleshwar to take Roma Talreja to the hospital when nobody was ready to help him.
c) Why couldn’t he thank him? Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver slipped from the hospital having done all he could.
7)“I can’t imagine what would have happened if Baleshwar hadn’t been there,”
a) Who does ‘I’ and ‘she’ refer to here?Ans: Roma Talreja
b) Who rescued her?Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
c) What would have happened if Baleshwar Mishra had not been there? Ans:If Baleshwar Mishra had not been there ,she would have bled to death on the tracks alone.
8)”I think it’s astonishing that a stranger would jump off a train and risk his life for me. I can never repay Baleshwar.”
a) Who is the stranger here? Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
b) What was astonishing for the speaker?
Ans; The stranger Baleshwar Jumped off a moving train and risked his life for Roma Talreja.This was astonishing for Roma.
c) Why couldn’t she repay him? Ans: Because if Baleshwar had not rescued her in time, she would have bled to death on the tracks alone.
9)“I’m new to Mumbai, but I’ve noticed that people here are afraid.”
a) Who is the speaker of this statement? Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
b) What did they fear about? Ans: Because they feared about getting involved in courts or with the police.
c) What is the effect of that on the life the people of Mumbai?
Ans: The effect of that on the life the people of Mumbai is that nobody is helping one another at the time of rescuing anybody.
Long answer type questions (4 marks)
1) Explain how Roma Talreja met with an accident?
Ans: Roma was returning home .She boarded the train at the Mumbai suburban Railway station. She managed to squeeze herself into a ladies’ compartment. She tried to settle into a corner near the door. The train hurtled ahead and Roma was jammed between other women. She got pushed and lost her tenuous foothold and panicked. Roma was thrown out of the coach. She fell on the tracks, bleeding all alone. She was seriously injured behind her head.
2) Describe briefly how a stranger Baleshwar risked his life for Roma Talreja?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra saw Roma bleeding alone on the tracks.But nobody was ready to rescue her. He jumped off the moving train and ran to rescue her. Heprayed silently and took her in his hands and walked through the shrubbery and he reached the road.He was helped by the tempo truck driver and they took her to a small hospital where she was given only the basic first aid.Again they took her to the Divine Hospital and there Dr. Anil Agarwal treated her in the ICU.Though there was not lasting damage,she needed deep wound sutures.If Baleshwar had not helped her to admit to the hospital, she would have died bleeding alone on the tracks.Thus the stranger Baleshwar rescued Roma by taking risk to his life.
Explanation:
people of mumbai were afraid of getting involved .They were afraid that if they helped accident victims , they would get trappec in the court or with the police.
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