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IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR BOARD EXAM OF 10TH CLASS

SOME GLIMPSES OF ANCIENT    INDIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICES

Q. 1. What caused desperation to the gods?                     

Ans. The gods and demons were at war. In this war, the demons had the upper hand. The gods realised that they were losing the battle. This caused desperation to them.

Q. 2. Who did the gods go to in desperation?                            

Ans. The gods went to Lord Vishnu to seek His advice and help when   they were in a desperate state.

Q. 3. What did the Lord advice the gods?

Ans. Lord Vishnu advised the gods to make a mighty sword from the bones of a holy saint. This would be their invulnerable weapon and they would be able to defeat the demons.

Q. 4. What was the sacrifice of saint Dadhichi?                         

Ans. Saint Dadhichi offered the bones of his body to the gods so that they might make a powerful weapon with them. This was his great sacrifice.

Q. 6. What does the tradition of feeding birds and animals prove?

Ans. This tradition of feeding birds and animals proves that the people of India believes in the unity of life and regards the entire universe as one family.

0.7. Why did some scholars laugh at Ashtavakara?

Ans. Ashtavakara was a handicapped person. He had a deformed body. He had come to attend a meeting of great scholars. Some scholars at the meeting thought that the brain of this deformed person housed no wisdom. So they began to laugh at him.

Q. 8. How did Ashtavakara react?

Ans. Ashtavakara became very angry. He called the people present in the assembly skinners.

Q. 9. What did Vivekananda say to the lady who laughed at his simple dress?

Ans. Vivekananda replied that in your country man is tailor-made. But in India a man's greatness is judged by his intrinsic worth and character.

Q. 10. What was the status of women in ancient India ?                   

Ans. Women were held in high esteem in ancient India. They were worshipped like goddesses. No function or ceremony was considered auspicious without the presence of a woman. Woman was regarded as the mother of mankind. Women were in no way regarded as inferior to men.

Q. 11. Why did Shivaji bow his head before the woman who was brought to him as a gift?

Ans. Shivaji knew that this woman was being humiliated by his soldiers. He had great respect for every woman. He hated the idea of accepting a woman get as a gift. So to restore her honour and dignity he bowed to her.

THE HOME COMING

Q. 1. Who was Phatik?

Ans. Phatik was a young boy living in a village with his mother and his younger brother Makhan. He was the ring leader of the boys of his village. He played games with them on the bank of the river.

Q. 2. What was the new mischief Phatik thought of?

Ans. A log of wood was lying on the mud flat of the river. Phatik thought of a mischief that if the log was rolled away into the water, its owner would be angry and surprised, while all the boys would enjoy the fun.

Q.3.  Why were Phatik and his friends annoyed with Makhan?

Ans. When Phatik and his friends were about to roll the log of wood into the river, Makhan came and sat on the log. They asked him to leave the log and not spoil their game. But he continued to sit there. So Phatik and his friends were annoyed with Makhan.

Q. 4. What was Phatik's new manoeuvre?

Ans. Makhan's refusal to leave the log was a challenge to the authority of Phatik. If his younger brother did not obey him, how will other boys of the Village carry out his orders? He thought of a new manoeuvre. He decided to roll away both Makhan and the log. He issued orders and the boys rolled both Makhan and log into the water.

Q.5. Was Makhan speaking the truth?                    

Ans. Makhan had been badly treated by Phatik and his friends. They had rolled him into the water along with the log. But he told his mother that Phatik had hit him. Thus he was not telling the truth about what Phatik had done.

Q. 6. Why did Phatik's mother want to send him away to his brother's house?

Ans. Phatik's mother told her brother that the boy was a perpetual nuisance. He was lazy, disobedient and wild. When Bishamber offered to take Phatik to soldiers. Calcutta (Kolkata) and educate him with his own children, she was glad to get rid of this unruly child.

Q. 7. How was Phatik received by his aunt?

Ans. The aunt was not pleased to find a new boy in her family. She regarded Phatik as an unnecessary addition to her family. Her husband had brought a village boy into the family. This upset her. This boy was an unwelcome invitee.

Q. 8. Why could not Phatik do well at school ?      

Ans. There was no boy more backward in the whole school than Phatik. He could not answer any question asked by his teacher. How could such a boy do well at school ? When he lost his book it became more difficult for him to do his school work.

Q. 9. What was the immediate reason for Phatik's departure from his uncle's house?

Ans. Phatik was living with his aunt as an unwelcome nephew. She disliked his presence in her house. One day he felt that he was going to have an attack of malaria. He did not want to create a frouble to his aunt, So Phatik decided to leave his uncle's house immediately

0.10. Why did Bishamber send for his sister?        

Ans. When Phatik, suffering from high fever, was shouting, "Mother!  I am telling the truth", Bishamber understood that the boy was thinking to meet his mother. So Bishamber sent for his sister.

Q. 11. What were Phatik's last words? 

Ans. Phatik's last words were "Mother, the holidays have come.