Class 10 Fathers Help by RK Narayan Additional Questions and Answers

Father’s Help additional questions and answers

Father’s Help Notes

Chose the correct option

1. According to the swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are -(absent/late/inattentive/undisciplined)

2. Swami complained of a headache at – ( 8 o’clock/10 o’clock/11 o’clock/ 9 o clock)

3. Swaminathan’s mother was – (strict/lenient/angry/foolish)

4. Who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school- (the headmaster/swami’s father / Mr Samuel / Mrs Samuel)

5. The story ‘Father’s Help’ is written by ( Mulk Raj Anand/ T.S Eliot/ R.K. Narayan/ Ruskin Bond)

6. Swami changed his tactics because of his – (mother/teacher/father/friend)

7. According to Swami, the headmaster was –(disliked Samuel / admired Samuel / indifferent to Samuel / afraid of Samuel)

8. Father decided to send the headmaster a – (notice/letter/paragraph/telegram)

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9. Swami loaves about much on ( Monday / Wednesday/Thursday/Sunday)

10. While going to school Swami was tensed about – (conscience/headache/toothache/fever)

11. What was the colour of Samuel’s coat -black/blue/white/yellow)

12. Father’s letter was – (brief/rude/editorial/lengthy)

13. Swami’s father wrote a letter to Swami’s – (headmaster/friends/teacher/mother)

14. When the letter was given to Swami, Swami’s feeling was – (happy/sad/excited/worried)

15. Swami felt dizzy because he was (excited/indifferent/afraid/puzzled)

16. The story ‘Father’s Help’ is taken from the collection of stories- ( The Swami/Malgudi days/ tales of R.K.Narayan/The Guide)

17. The more Swami thought of Samuel the more – (cheerful he felt / angry he felt / sad he felt / happy he felt )

18. Swami thought himself the – (the good boy / the best boy / the worst boy / the bad boy )

19. When Swami entered the class, that time Samuel was – (playing / teaching/reading/dancing)

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20. Swami was late to school by – (an hour / two hours / half an hour / three hours )

21. Swami’s proposal of not going to school was accepted by – ( sister/mother/teacher/father)

22. Headmaster was on leave for one – (week /month/day/year)

23. Before entering his school Swami stopped – (at a stall / at the headmaster’s room/ at the bookstall / at the gate of the school )

24. Swami decided to give the letter to the headmaster – (in the last period / in the first period / at the end of the day / at the recess )

25. What time does Samuel get angry – ( teaches the class / conducts the prayer/checks the handwriting/checks the homework )

26. Samuel’s moustache was- ( thick/ thin/ fluffy/rough)

27. The last period of the school ended at – ( 4 o clock / 6 o clock/half past 4 / 15 minutes to 5 )

28. The letter was – ( enveloped but unsealed/ unenveloped and unsealed/ enveloped and sealed/ enveloped and sealed)

29. Which subject Samuel was teaching when Swami entered the class – (history/arithmetic/science/geography)

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30. According to Swami, Samuel’s nature was – ( funny/rigid/strict/friendly)

31. The headmaster’s room was – (open/locked/ filled with visitors / being cleaned )

32. Swami’s father snatched the letter from Swami and – (tore it up / gave it to the headmaster / kept it with him / gave it to Samuel)

33. Swami’s father told Swami not to come to him again if – (Swami has a headache / Samuel appeared gentle / the headmaster comes back / Samuel scolds him again)

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Mixed Questions

1. How did Swaminathan want to avoid going to school?
Ans: Swaminathan is a school-going boy who always tries to escape from going to school by giving so many false excuses to his parents. He sometimes claims to have a headache, frequently pretends to be sick, and sometimes makes false stories regarding his teacher Samuel.

2. Why did Swami shudder while lying in bed?
Ans: Swami shudders while lying in bed because he fears and worries about attending school.

3. Why doesn’t Swami want to go late to Samuel’s class?
Ans: Swami does not want to go late to Samuel’s class because he is very strict. Samuel especially gets angry with the students who come late in class.

4. What suggestion did Swami’s mother give him?
Ans: Swami’s mother suggested that he should stay at home.

5. What kind of advice did Swami’s father give him to get rid of a headache?
Ans: Swami’s father advised him to stop loafing on Sundays and he would be without a headache on Monday.

6. What tactics did Swami apply to avoid the school?
Ans: Swami applied the tactic of having a headache to avoid school.

7. Why did Swami change his tactics?
Ans: Swami changed his tactics because of his father as he was very sure that his father would not be convinced by this excuse of having a headache suddenly on Monday morning.

8. What was Swami’s first excuse for not going to school?
Ans: Swami’s first excuse for not going to school was having a headache suddenly on Monday morning.

9. What impression of his teacher Samuel, did Swami give to his father?
Ans: Swami told his Father that his teacher Samuel is very strict. He doesn’t like the latecomers. Even the headmaster of his school is afraid of Samuel.

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10. Did Swami’s mother believe him? How can you say this?
Ans: Yes, Swami’s mother believed him that he was not well on that day. We can say this as she suggests him to stay at home.

11. How did Swami describe Samuel, the class teacher?
Ans: Swami said that he is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late in his class.

12. Why did Swami’s conscience bother him?
Ans: Swami’s conscience bothered him because the description he gave of his teacher Samuel to his father was false. His teacher is very amiable. He mixed up his imagined Samuel and the real one.

13. What did Swami hope?
Ans: Swami hoped that his teacher Samuel would scold him severely as he came late to class.

14. What was Swami not sure of?
Ans: Swami was not sure of the description he gave in front of his father about his teacher Samuel was accurate or not.

15. How did Swami recall Samuel’s appearance?
Ans: Swami recalled Samuel’s appearance as the dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat.

16. Swami’ thought that he was the worst boy on the earth. Why?
Ans: Swami thought that he was the worst boy on the earth because to escape from his father he gave false descriptions of his teacher Samuel.

17. How did Father’s attitude take an unexpected turn?
Ans: Father’s attitude took an unexpected turn when he ordered swami to go to school and gave him to deliver a lengthy letter to his headmaster.

18. Why was Swami’s head ‘dizzy with confusion?
Ans: Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion because of his father’s action. To escape from his father he gave false descriptions of his teacher Samuel.

19. What idea occurred in Swami’s mind?
Ans: Suddenly one idea occurred in Swami’s mind to deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.

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20. Why would Swami deliver the letter at the end of the day?
Ans: Swami thought to deliver the letter at the end of the day because there was a chance that Smauel might do something during the day to justify the letter.

21. What was an unexpected question to Swami?
Ans: When Samuel suggested to Swami that if he was having a headache, then why did he come he must stay at home. This was unexpected to Swami.

22. What subject did Samuel teach in school?
Ans: Samuel taught Arithmetic in school.

23. How late was Swami for class on that day?
Ans: Swami was half an hour late for class on that day.

24. What kind of parents did Samuel like?
Ans: Samuel liked active parents who don’t like their children to get absent in the school.

25. When would Samuel get angry the most?
Ans: While inspecting students’ lessons Samuel would get the most angry.

26. What did Swami do when the bell rang for the last period?
Ans: When the bell rang for the last period Swami picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s office.

27. Why could not Swami deliver the letter?
Ans: Swami could not deliver the letter because the headmaster was on leave for a week.

28. What did Father tell Swami when he returned home?
Ans: Father told Swami that he was sure that Swami would not deliver his letter to the headmaster and also warned Swami not to come to him for help ever.

29. What did Father do with the letter?
Ans: Father snatched the letter from Swami’s hand and tore it up.

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