Class 10 Chapter 3 Solution
The Passing Away of Bapu
1. Very Short Question Answer
1. The author received an urgent telephone call in the mon
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: I was having tea at ho on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was cal to Birla House by an urgent telephone.
2. People attemped to break into the Birla House Supporting Statement:
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: They jostled one ano in a stampede to break into the house.
3. The news of Gandhiji’s death did not shock the pepo Supporting Statement:
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: The people were stunned to speak.
4. The news of Gandhiji’s death spread rapidly.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: Words of Gandhiji’s dea had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by win
5. At first people didn’t make any sound.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: The people were stunned to speak in the beginning.
6. People jostled in protest.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: They jostled one anoth in a stampede to break into the house.
7. People were not allowed to see Gandhiji before the finer
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: It was announced that the would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral
8. There was no radio announcement regarding Gandhiji’s dea
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: We listened to the broadca telling the people of India that their Bapu was no more.
9. The narrator got an urgent telephone on
Ans. The narrator got an urgent telephone on 30th January, 1948
10. What was the condition of the narrator after getting the telephone call?
Ans. The telephone call made Nayantara Sehgal numb with shock.
12. What broadcast did the common people listen to?
Ans. The common people listened that their Bapu was no more.
13. Where was Gandhiji when he was shot?
Ans. Gandhiji was on his way to the prayer meeting when he was shot.
How did the authoress get the news?
Ans. The authoress got the news by an urgent telephone call.
2. Short Question Answer
1. When and how did Gandhiji die?
Ans. Gandhiji was coming back from the prayer meeting. On his way back he was shot and died after a few minutes.
2. What did the narrator find reaching the Birla House?
Ans. Reaching the Birla House, the narrator found Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last.
3. How did the people react to the news of Gandhiji’s death?
Ans. The news of Gandhiji’s death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by the wind. Sad groups of men and women had collected around the Birla house.
8. What was the uppermost question in the minds of the mourning people?
Ans. What would become of the mourning people as Gandhiji had left them forever? This was the uppermost question in their mind.
9. Why did the people look like ‘lost children’?
Ans. To the common people of India, Gandhiji was Bapu, their father. After their Bapu’s death they felt uncertainty, knowing not where to go and what to do. Hence they are ‘lost children: