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Copy the given exercises from the lesson, The Narayanpur

Incident, in your notebook neatly. Learn the keywords, questions and answers, and
ERC. Mention the date, and title of the lesson as well. Presentation matters a lot.

Date: 28-07-2021 Subject: English

The Narayanpur Incident

- Shashi Deshpande

I. Keywords:
1) dinner 2) accusingly
3) scraping 4) bewildered
5) squashed 6) cheeky
7) Swaraj 8) chaotic
9) resolution 10) slavery

II. Choose the right answers:

1) Babu felt Amma’s mind was far away because Amma was very quiet.

2) Babu was woken up by the sound of a scraping chair.

3) The full form of AICC is All India Congress Committee.

4) The Narayanpur Incident presents before us a Nationalist Movement.

III. Answer the questions:

1) What was so unusual about the evening to bring about the comment
Something was up?
It was unusual because of all the visitors in the house who had kept Appa occupied for 2
hours and also because Amma was distracted and had cooked dal with no salt in it and
had burnt the roti.

2) Why did Babu feel that Mohan was lucky?

Babu felt Mohan was lucky because Mohan could be a part of all the exciting adult
conversations unlike him.
3) What did Babu want Mohan to tell him?
Babu wanted Mohan to tell him why there was such a excited atmosphere in the house.
He wanted to know what was going on.

4) What did Babu see when he ran out to the small hall?
When Babu ran to the small hall, he saw Mohan, Appa and the editor of the local
newspaper, laughing and talking about something.

5) What resolution did the AICC pass?

The AICC had passed a resolution asking the British to leave India.

IV. Read the lines and answer the questions:

1) The AICC had passed a resolution asking the British to leave India.
(a) Who is the speaker and who are the words addressed to?
The speaker is Babu and the words are addressed to Mohan.

(b) What is the talk or the subject of discussion about?

The talk is about whether the AICC would pass the resolution for the British to quit
India.

(c) What do you think is happening?

Speculations are happening about what the AICC will say or do.

2) “News came very early, much earlier than they had expected.”
(a) What news come early?
The news that AICC had passed a resolution asking the British to leave India.

(b) What was the reaction to the news?

Everyone was jubilant hearing the news.

(c) What would be the consequences of the news?

As a result of the news, people will be mobilized to join the civil disobedience
movement.

3) “Here is a mantra…”
(a) Who is the speaker and to whom are the words addressed?
The speaker is Mohan and the words are addressed to Babu.

(b) What is the mantra?

The mantra is ‘Do or Die’.

(c) Whom would the mantra impact and how?

The mantra would impact anyone who wanted the British to leave. This would
encourage the masses to be proactive and fight, or die trying.