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LESSON – 1

Father’s Help

R.K Narayan

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COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

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 been 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 :

3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer :

(a) Swami said that he had a headache. [True]

S.S : Swaminathan wailed I have a headache.

(b) Swami was lying in his father’s bed. [False]

S.S : Swami was lying on the bench in mother’s room.

(c) According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Swami. [False]

S.S : “They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.”

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 to an ___________________.

Ans. unexpected turn

(b) Swami went to school feeling _____________________________.

Ans. that he was the worst boy on earth.

(c) Swami stopped on the roadside to _____________________________.

Ans. make up his mind about Samuel.

6. Answer the following question:

(a) Where did Father put the letter ?

Ans. Father put the letter in an envelope.

(b) What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel ?

Ans. Swami failed to decide that the description he had made of Samuel was accurate or not.

(c) How did Samuel look ?

Ans. Samuel had a dark face, thin moustache, and an unshaven chick.

7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a) When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching
(i) history
(ii) arithmatic
(iii) science
(iv) geography

Ans. (ii) arithmatic

(b) Swami was late to school by
(i) half an hour
(ii) an hour
(iii) two hours
(iv) there 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, _________________________.

Ans. an idea occurred him.

(b) Swami stood a _____________________________.

Ans. the entrance to his class.

(c) Father snatched the letter away from Swaminathan and _________________.

Ans. tore it up.

9. Fill in the chart with information from the text:

GRAMMAR IN USE

10. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a) Rina (take / takes / took) the hue to school every day.

Ans. takes

(b) Last Monday, while we. (was watching / hand been watching / were watching) the television, the electricity went off.

Ans. was 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 article and prepositions:

Arifa, the younger ______ the two girls, has cracked IIT, while _______ older one is ______ engineer _____ a multinational company.

Ans. of, the, an, at

12. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (within 100 words) about the problems faced by commuters due to reckless driving of public vehicles.

To
The Editor,
The Statesman,
4, Chowringhee Square
Kolkata-700001

Sub: Reckless Driving of Public Vehicles and Commuters’ Safety

Sir/Madam,

I wish to draw attention to the daily hardships faced by commuters due to the reckless driving of public vehicles. Overspeeding, sudden braking, racing for passengers, and ignoring traffic rules have made travelling unsafe and stressful. Passengers, including children and the elderly, are often injured, while traffic congestion and accidents have become routine. Despite repeated complaints, little improvement is visible.

I request the authorities to enforce strict penalties, conduct regular driver training, and ensure proper monitoring of public transport. Road safety must be treated as a priority.

Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Ranjan Ghosh

16, Panchanantala Lane
Howrah – 711312
23rd May, 2026

∆ Extra Question Answer

1. READING COMPREHENSION

UNIT 1

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows :

Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school.

At nine o’ clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”

Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.

Father asked him, “Have you no school today?”

“Headache,” Swami replied.

“Nonsense! Dress up and go.”

“Headache!”

“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.”

Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”

“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”

“What will the teacher think if I go so late?”

“Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”

“He will scold me if I say so.”

“Will he? Let us see. What is his name?”

“Samuel.”

“Does he always scold the students?”

“He is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late. I wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.”

“If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?”

“They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.”

1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) :

(i) Swami realized with a shudder that it was
(a) Friday morning
(b) Sunday morning
(c) Monday morning
(d) Saturday morning

Answer: (c) Monday morning

(ii) Swami hoped that he didn’t have to go to
(a) office
(b) market
(c) school
(d) playground

Answer: (c) school

(iii) At nine o’clock Swami complained of
(a) stomach pain
(b) fever
(c) headache
(d) cough

Answer: (c) headache

(iv) Mother suggested that Swami might
(a) go to school late
(b) stay at home
(c) visit a doctor
(d) sleep more

Answer: (b) stay at home

(v) At 9.30 Swami was lying on
(a) his bed
(b) the floor
(c) a chair
(d) the bench

Answer: d) the bench

(vi) Swami was lying in
(a) his own room
(b) Father’s room
(c) Mother’s room
(d) the hall

Answer: (c) Mother’s room

(vii) Swami’s father called his excuse
(a) serious
(b) reasonable
(c) nonsense
(d) true

Answer: (c) nonsense

(viii) According to Father, Swami’s headache was due to
(a) illness
(b) too much study
(c) playing games
(d) loafing about on Sundays

Answer: (d) loafing about on Sundays

(ix) The name of Swami’s teacher was
(a) Raman
(b) Samuel
(c) Thomas
(d) Joseph

Answer: (b) Samuel

(x) People said that even the headmaster was afraid of
(a) Swami
(b) Father
(c) Samuel
(d) Mother

Answer: (c) Samuel

2. Complete the following sentences :

(i) Swami realized with a shudder that it was _____________

Answer: Monday morning.

(ii) Swami hoped that he did not have to go to ___________

Answer: school.

(iii) At nine o’clock Swami wailed that he had a _____________

Answer: headache.

(iv) Mother generously suggested that Swami might _____________

Answer: stay at home.

(v) At 9.30 Swami was lying on the _____________

Answer: bench.

(vi) Swami was lying in _____________

Answer: Mother’s room.

(vii) Father asked Swam whether he had _____________

Answer: no school today.

(viii) Swami said that he could not go so _____________

Answer: late to the class.

(ix) Swami’s teacher Samuel was an _____________

Answer: angry man.

(x) Samuel was especially angry with boys who

Answer: came in late.

3. Write “T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for “False” in the boxes on the right-hand side.

(i) Swami realized with happiness that it was Monday morning. [F]

Supporting Statement: He realized it “with a shudder”, which shows fear and unhappiness.

(ii) Swami felt that Monday came very soon after Friday. [T]

Supporting Statement: “It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday.”

(iii) Swami complained of a headache at nine o’clock. [T]

Supporting Statement: “At nine o’ clock, Swaminathan wailed, ‘I have a headache.”

(iv) Swami’s mother refused to allow him to stay at home. [F]

Supporting Statement: “Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.”

(v) At 9.30 a.m. Swami was in the school prayer hall. [F]

Supporting Statement: “Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.”

(vi) Swami’s father believed that Swami was really ill. [F]

Supporting Statement: Father said, “Nonsense! Dress up and go.”

(vii) Swami was afraid to go late to Samuel’s class. [T]

Supporting Statement: “I wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.”

(viii) Samuel was a calm and kind teacher. F Supporting Statement: Swami said, “He is a very angry man.”

(ix) Samuel was especially angry with boys who came late. [T]

Supporting Statement: “He is especially angry with boys who come in late.”

(x) According to Swami, even the headmaster was afraid of Samuel. [T]

Supporting Statement: “They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.”

4. Answer the following questions :

(i) What day did Swami think had arrived suddenly ?

Answer: Swami thought that Monday had arrived suddenly.

(ii) Why did Swami not want to go to school ?

Answer: Swami did not want to go to school because he had a headache and feared being scolded.

(iii) What excuse did Swami give to avoid school ?

Answer: Swami said that he had a headache.

(iv) What was Mother’s reaction to Swami’s complaint ?

Answer: Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.

(v) How did Father react to Swami’s excuse ?

Answer: Father dismissed the excuse and ordered him to dress up and go to school.

(vi) According to Father, why did Swami have a headache?

Answer: According to Father, Swami had a headache because he loafed about on Sundays.

(vii) Why was Swami afraid to go late to class?

Answer: Swami was afraid because his teacher Samuel was very angry with latecomers.

(viii) What did Father suggest if Samuel was so angry?

Answer: Father suggested telling the headmaster about Samuel.

(ix) What did Swami say about the headmaster?

Answer: Swami said that even the headmaster was afraid of Samuel.

(x) What kind of teacher was Samuel ?

Answer: Samuel was a very angry and strict teacher.

2. READING COMPREHENSION (Madhyamik 2019)

UNIT 2

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows :

” What have you written, Father ?” Swami asked apprehensively.

“Nothing for you. Give it to your headmaster and go to your class.”

“Have you written anything about our teacher Samuel ?”

“Yes. Plenty of thing”

“What has he done, Father ?”

“Everything is there in the letter. Give it to your headmaster.”

Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered him. He wasn’t at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.

Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel . Samue| was not such a bad man after all. Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers. Swam also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.

Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion. He coult decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter. The more he thought of Samuel, the more Swami grieved for him. To reca|| Samuel’s dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat filled Swaminathan with sorrow …

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences : 1 x 5 = 5

(a) Swami’s father wrote the letter to Swami’s _____________
(i) friends (ii) headmaster
(iii) teacher (iv) mother

Ans. (ii) headmaster

(b) The letter made Swami feel _____________
(i) happy (ii) sad (iii) excited
(iv) worried

Ans.(iv) worried.

(c) Swami stopped on his way to school to decide whether Samuel was a/an _____________
(i) bad person
(ii) good and friendly person
(iii) honest person
(iv) dishonest person

Ans. (i) bad person.

(d) Swami felt dizzy because he was _____________
(i) excited (ii) indifferent (iii) afraid (iv) puzzled

Ans. (iv) puzzled.

(e) The more Swami thought of Samuel the more _____________
(i) aggrieved he felt
(ii) cheerful he felt
(iii) disappointed he felt
(iv) angry he felt

Ans. (i) aggrieved he felt.

B. Complete the following sentences with Information from the text : 1×3=3

(i) Swami’s father asked him to ____________________________.

Ans. give the letter to his headmaster.

(ii) While going to school Swami felt _____________________________.

Ans. that he was the worst boy on earth.

(iii) Other teachers were not as ____________________________.

Ans. friendly as Samuel.

C. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4

(i) Why did Swami’s conscience
bother him ?

Ans: Swami’s conscience bothered him because he was not at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate.

(ii) How did Swami recall Samuel’s
appearance ?

Ans: Swami sorrowfully recalled Samuel’s dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and his yellow coat.

3. READING COMPREHENSION (Madhyamik 2024)

UNIT 3

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day. There was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter.
Swami stood at the entrance to his class. Samuel was teaching arithmetic. He looked at Swami.
Swami hoped Samuel would scold him severely.
“You are half an hour late”, Samuel said.
“I have a headache, sir”, Swami said.
“Then why did you come at all ?”
This was an unexpected question from Samuel. Swami said, “My father said I shouldn’t miss school, sir.”
Samuel looked impressed. “Your father is quite right. We want more parents like him.” “Oh, you poor man!” Swami thought, “You don’t know what my father has done to you.”
“All right, go to your seat.” Swami sat down, feeling sad. He had never met anyone as good as Samuel.
The teacher was inspecting the home lessons.
To Swami’s thinking, this was the time when Samuel got most angry. But today Samuel appeared very gentle. “Swaminathan, where is your homework ?”
“I have not done my homework, sir”, Swami said.

A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences :

(a) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster…………
(i) in the lunch break
(ii) after the assembly
(iii) at the end of the day
(iv) as soon as possible

Ans. (iii) at the end of the day

(b) Samuel got most angry while he………….
(i) taught the class
(ii) checked the homework
(iii) corrected mistakes in the classwork
(iv) checked the handwriting

Ans. (ii) checked the homework

(c) When Swami stood at the entrance of his class, Samuel was teaching
(i) Mathematics
(ii) History
(iii) English
(iv) Geography

Ans. (i) Mathematics

(d) Swami gave the excuse of headache for
(i) being absent from class the previous day
(ii) his irregularity in attendance last week
(iii) protecting his father from Samuel’s anger
(iv) arriving in school half an hour late that day

Ans. (iv) arriving in school half an hour late that day

(e) “We want more parents like him.” Here “him” refers to
(i) The headmaster
(ii) Samuel
(iii) Swami’s father
(iv) Samuel’s father

Ans. (iii) Swami’s father

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text : 1×3=3

(i) An idea occurred to Swami when ___________________________________________

______________________________

Ans. Swami entered the school gate.

(ii) Swami decided to deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day because __________________________________________

______________________________

Ans. there was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter.

(iii) Samuel was impressed with Swami’s father for _______________________________

______________________________

Ans. swami’s father said that he should not miss school.

C. State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’. Write “T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for “False” in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also provide sentences / phrases from the passage in support of your answers : 2×2=4

(i) Swami felt sympathy for Samuel when he appreciated Swami’s father for sending Swami to school. [T]

Supporting Sentence : “Oh, you porr man!” Swami thought.

(ii) Samuel appeared very angry as he was inspecting the home lessons on the day Swami came late to his class. [F]

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