Father’s Help : R K Narayan
MCQ TEST : Unit 1
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions :
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.”
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MCQ : 1 Mark
Complete each of the following sentences choosing the correct alternatives given :
1️⃣ Swaminathan felt that only a moment ago it was
a) Sunday
b) Monday
c) Friday
d) Saturday.
2️⃣ Swaminathan complained about headache at
a) nine o’clock
b) 9.30
c) half past nine
d) ten o’clock.
3️⃣ Hearing about Swami’s headache his mother treated him
a) indifferently
b) strictly
c) generously
d) seriously.
4️⃣ Swami had headaches on
a) Sundays
b) Mondays
c) Tuesdays
d) Fridays.
5️⃣ At 9.30 Swami should have been
a) in Samuel’s class
b) in the headmaster’s room
c) in the school prayer hall
d) in his father’s room.
6️⃣ In his mother’s room Swami was lying
a) in bed
b) on sofa
c) on the bench
d) on the floor.
7️⃣ Swami’s father asked Swami if
a) he had no school that day
b) he had no school today
c) there was a holiday in his school
d) he wanted to stay in his home that day.
8️⃣ The person, who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school, is
a) the headmaster
b) Swami’s father
c) Mr Samuel
d) Swami’s mother.
9️⃣ Swami’s father ordered him to
a) sleep
b) go to school
c) stay back at home
d) go to a doctor immediately.
1️⃣0️⃣ According to Swami’s father Swami spent time in useless activities on
a) Mondays
b) Sundays
c) Fridays
d) Saturdays.
1️⃣1️⃣ Swami’s father suggested that he should not loaf about more
a) on Sunday
b) on Monday
c) on Friday
d) Saturday.
1️⃣2️⃣ The person whom Swami knew to be strict was
a) his mother
b) his father
c) his uncle
d) his teacher Samuel.
1️⃣3️⃣ Swami changed the tactics for the fear of his
a) mother
b) father
c) class teacher
d) headmaster.
1️⃣4️⃣ Finally Swami changed his tactics that he
a) cannot go so late to the class
b) could not go so late to the class
c) can even go so late to the class
d) could even go so late to the class.
1️⃣5️⃣ The name of Swami’s teacher is
a) Mr John
b) Mrs John
c) Mr Samuel
d) Mrs Samuel.
1️⃣6️⃣ Samuel got angry especially with the boys who were
a) naughty
b) inattentive in lessons
c) having headaches
d) late.
1️⃣7️⃣ Swami’s father told Swami to complain against
a) the headmaster
b) other boys
c) school authority
d) his class teacher Samuel.
1️⃣8️⃣ Swami was afraid to go to school as he
a) had a headache
b) failed to prepare his homework
c) did not like Samuel
d) was late.
1️⃣9️⃣ According to Swami, the headmaster of his school is a very _________ man.
a) cruel
b) angry
c) polite
d) meek
2️⃣0️⃣ According to Swami, the headmaster
a) disliked Samuel
b) admired Samuel
c) was indifferent to Samuel
d) was afraid of Samuel.
2️⃣1️⃣ What Swami emphasized about Samuel was his
a) love
b) hatred
c) indifference-
d) anger.
