DAV BOOK(CLASS-8)THE UNDESERVED REWARD(CH-10)(UNDERSTANDING THE STORY)

   UNDERSTANDING THE STORY

A. Write T for true or F for false statements.

1. F

2. F

3. F

4. F

5. F

6. T

B. Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.

1. The narrator is a secret admirer of the district officer because of his keen interest in history. he has also done research in history and coins. He is a man of learning.

2. The Indian Officer issued summons for the arrest of his father-in-law. The next day the old man came with his daughter and begged for forgiveness.

3. When the narrator was invited by the district officer to see him, his friends said that it was an insult to him because they thought that the district officer should have himself come to his house if he was so keen to meet him.

4. The narrator was happy that the district officer had not come to his house because it would have created a problem for him as there was not even a decent chair in his house. It would have been difficult for him to entertain the district officer for long even after spending a lot of money.

5. The narrator was acquainted with the district officer and it was quite simple for him to make people convinced of the fact that through him people could gain favor and benefits from the district officer.

But he regarded his friendship with the district officer as mean and dishonest as he thought he was being taken advantage of his friendship.

6. The narrator and Baldev had studied together about forty five years ago. Baldev was dull in studies and his teacher was fed up with him. So, he gave the narrator the task of giving extra lessons to Baldev. The narrator’s sympathetic approach yielded results. Baldev was soon well up in studies and they became friends.

7. The Police involved Baldev's son in a false case of dacoity because many a time he had quarreled with police and police found opportunity to involve him in a criminal case. Recently when dacoity took place in village he arrested him.

C. ANSWER--

Baldev gave several arguments to convince the narrator. He told that his son was innocent. He also told that the entire family and son's life would be ruined. He appealed that he approached him for help only because his son was innocent otherwise he could have never disturbed him. The son's mother and her wife was crying and had not eaten anything since his arrest. Baldev asked the narrator what could he have done if his own innocent son arrested like that. In my opinion, the last argument is most convincing. If it would have been the matter of the narrator's own innocent son, he might have approached the district officer for the sake of his son. It was the matter of an innocent life.

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