Father’s Help : R K Narayan
TEXT : Unit 1
MCQ TEST
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?”
MCQ
Complete Each Of The Following Sentences Choosing The Correct Alternatives Given
1️⃣ The text ‘Father’s Help’ is a/an
2️⃣ The short-story ‘Father’s Help’ is written by
3️⃣ R K Narayan’s story ‘Father’s Help’ has been taken from
4️⃣ At the very beginning of the story ‘Father’s Help’ Swami was lying
5️⃣ Swaminathan disliked
6️⃣ Lying in bed, Swaminathan realized that it was the morning of
7️⃣ Swaminathan realized about Monday when he was lying
8️⃣ When he realized that it was Monday morning Swaminathan felt
9️⃣ Realizing that it was Monday morning Swami
1️⃣0️⃣ With a shudder Swami realized that it was
1️⃣1️⃣ When Swami was in bed, he shuddered because he realized
1️⃣2️⃣ To Swami it looked as though only a moment ago it was
1️⃣3️⃣ Swaminathan felt that Monday morning came very
1️⃣4️⃣ For Swami the passage from Friday to Monday was
1️⃣5️⃣ Swami was reluctant to go to
1️⃣6️⃣ Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to
1️⃣7️⃣ Swami did not want to go school on
1️⃣8️⃣ Swaminathan was lying in bed with a pain in his
1️⃣9️⃣ According to Swami, he suffered from
2️⃣0️⃣ Swami wailed that he had
2️⃣1️⃣ Swami groaned for having a
2️⃣2️⃣ Swami told about his headache
2️⃣3️⃣ Swami wailed when it was
2️⃣4️⃣ The time when Swami complained of headache is
2️⃣5️⃣ Swami started wailing for headache at
2️⃣6️⃣ In the story ‘nine o’clock’ means
2️⃣7️⃣ Swami’s mother was
2️⃣8️⃣ When Swami declared his headache, his mother
2️⃣9️⃣ Swami’s mother considered his problem
3️⃣0️⃣ Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall at
3️⃣1️⃣ At 9.30 Swami ought to have been
3️⃣2️⃣ At 9.30, when Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying in his
3️⃣3️⃣ In his mother’s room, Swami was lying on the
3️⃣4️⃣ Swami’s father found Swami
3️⃣5️⃣ When Swami told about his headache, his father was
3️⃣6️⃣ According to his father, Swami was uttering nonsense that
3️⃣7️⃣ Swami loafs about much on
3️⃣8️⃣ On Sundays, Swami would
3️⃣9️⃣ Swami’s father advised Swami to ___________ on Sundays.
4️⃣0️⃣ Swami knew his father to be
4️⃣1️⃣ Swami changed his tactics, because he knew
4️⃣2️⃣ Swami had a very _________ father.
4️⃣3️⃣ Swami’s father wanted to know about the name of Swami’s
4️⃣4️⃣ The name of the teacher mentioned by Swami to his father was
4️⃣5️⃣ Swami emphasized to his father that Samuel was a/an
4️⃣6️⃣ According to Swami, if he told that he had a headache, Samuel would
4️⃣7️⃣ According to Swami, Samuel was a man who was always
4️⃣8️⃣ According to Swami, Samuel was especially angry with those boys who
4️⃣9️⃣ Samuel is especially angry with
5️⃣0️⃣ Swami reported his father that even the headmaster was
5️⃣1️⃣ According to Swami, the headmaster
5️⃣2️⃣ Swami’s father suggested Swami to complain against __________ to the headmaster.
5️⃣3️⃣ Swami’s proposal of not going to school was accepted by
5️⃣4️⃣ Swami was forced to go to school by his
5️⃣5️⃣ Swami was allowed to avoid school by
5️⃣6️⃣ The meaning of the word ‘shudder’ is
5️⃣7️⃣ The word ‘loaf’ means
5️⃣8️⃣ The word ‘strict’ means
5️⃣9️⃣ The word ‘tactics’ means
6️⃣0️⃣ The meaning of the word ‘scold’ is
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