In this post we have discussed WBBSE’s English prose Father’s Help Class 10 Question Answer. This prose was written by R.K. Narayan. In this post we have published all the questions answers of the text. The Bengali meaning of the text has already published in our website. Link is provided below.
Father's Help Class 10 Question Answer
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) With a shudder Swami realized that it was –
(i) Friday
(ii) Thursday
(iii) Wednesday
(iv) Monday
Ans: (iv) Monday
(b) When Swami ought to have in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the –
(i) bench
(ii) table
(iii) bed
(iv) desk
Ans: (i) bench
(c) According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are –
(i) absent
(ii) late
(iii) inattentive
(iv) undisciplined
Ans: (ii) late
2. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(a) time when Swami complained of a headache | Nine o’clock. |
(b) person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school | Swami’s father |
(c) name of the teacher mentioned by Swami | Samuel |
3. State whether the following statements are True and False. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer:
(a) Swami said that he had a headache. [T]
Supporting Statement: Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache”.
(b) Swami was lying in his father’s room. [F]
Supporting Statement: Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
(c) According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel. [F]
Supporting Statement: They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.
Unit – 2
4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) Father decided to send the headmaster a –
(i) telegram
(ii) notice
(iii) letter
(iv) report
Ans: (iii) letter
(b) While going to school Swami was bothered by –
(i) conscience
(ii) headache
(iii) toothache
(iv) fever
Ans: (i) conscience
(c) The colour of Samuel’s coat was –
(i) black
(ii) blue
(iii) white
(iv) yellow
Ans: (iv) yellow
5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Father’s behaviour took an unexpected turn.
(b) Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth.
(c) Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.
6. Answer the following questions:
(a) Where did Father put the letter?
Ans: Father put the letter in a envelope.
(b) What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?
Ans: Swami failed to decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter written by his father.
(c) How did Samuel look?
Ans: Samuel had a dark face, thin moustache and unshaven cheek. He wore a yellow coat.
Unit – 3
7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching –
(i) history
(ii) arithmetic
(iii) science
(iv) geography
Ans: (ii) arithmetic
(b) Swami was late to school by –
(i) half an hour
(ii) an hour
(iii) two hours
(iv) three hours
Ans: (i) half an hour
(c) The headmaster was on a leave for one –
(i) day
(ii) month
(iii) year
(iv) week
Ans: (iv) week
8. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) As Swami entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him.
(b) Swami stood at the entrance to his class.
(c) Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.
9. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Cause | Effect |
(a) Swami had a headache. | (a) Swami did not do his homework. |
(b) Swami never met anyone as good as Samuel. | (b) Swami sat down, feeling sad. |
(c) The headmaster had gone on a week’s leave. | (c) Swami could not deliver the letter. |
Grammar in Use
10. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) Rina (take / takes / took) the bus to school everyday.
Ans: takes.
(b) Last Monday, while we (was watching / have been watching / were watching) the television, the electricity went off.
Ans: were watching
(c) By this time tomorrow they (will have left / will have leave / will had left).
Ans: will have left
11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
Arifa, the younger _____ the two girls, has cracked IIT, while ____ older one is ____ engineer ____ a multinational company.
Ans: of, the, an, in
Writing Activities
12. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (within 100 letters) about the problems faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.
To,
The Editor,
The Times of India,
Kolkata – 700001
Sub: Reckless Driving of Public Vehicles
Sir,
I shall be highly obliged if you kindly publish this letter about reckless driving of public vehicles in the esteemed columns of your daily. Accidents have become very frequent recently for reckless driving. The drivers madly try to overtake other vehicles and collide with one another. They also don’t maintain the speed limit in crowded area. Often drivers drink and drive. There are police regulations and penalties for reckless driving but they are not properly enforced.
In this circumstances, I am writing this letter to you. I hope you will be kind enough to publish this letter in your daily, so that the higher authorities can steer to solve this acute problem immediately.
Yours sincerely
(your full name)
Place:
Date:
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