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A. Rearrange the sentences given below in the correct sequence.

1. The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.
2. A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.
3. The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.
4. Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.
5. Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.
6. When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.
7. Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.
8. The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.

Ans :-

1. Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.
2. A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.
3. The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.
4. When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.
5. The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.
6. Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.
7. Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.
8. The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.

B. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:

1. What was the cruel announcement made by the leader?

The cruel announcement made by the leader was to put to death all the aged people.

2. Why was-the farmer filled with sorrow?

The farmer loved his mother with tender reverence. So the farmer was filled with sorrow.

3. What were the things carried by the farmer to the summit of the mountain?

A quantity of unwhitened nee and sweet coal-water were taken to the summit of the mountain.

4. Why did the mother become anxious as they climbed up the mountain?

The road was long and steep. She thought that her son did not know the mountains many paths. So, she became anxious.

5. What did the mother drop along the way?

The mother dropped the piles of twigs along the way.

6. What was the advice given by his mother for the sale return of her son?

Look carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide you to go farther down. This was the advice given by his mother.

7. Why did the farmer’s burden seem to be light aw his way, back home?

He decided to hide his mother in the little hut. He didn’t like to leave his mother. So, the farmer’s burden seemed to be light.

8. Where did the farmer hide his mother?

The farmer hid his mother in the closet.

9. How did the farmer make the rope of ashes? On whose suggestion did he do it?

The farmer made the rope of ashes with the twisted straw. On his mother’s suggestion he did it.

10. How did the Governor realize his: mistake?

C. Answer the following questions in paragraph of about 100-150 winds:

1. Narrate the circumstances that led to the abandoning of the aged in shining.

The country Shining was governed by a despotic leader. He was a great warrior but he had a real and cowardly shrinking from anything suggestive of failing health and strength. This caused him to send out a cruel proclamation, The proclamation was to put to death all aged people, On those days the custom of abandoning old people to die was not uncommon, So, this order filled everyone with sorrow in the province.

2. Describe the farmer’s painful journey up the mountain.

Just at sundown, when the farmer completed his work, he took a quantity of unwhitened rice which was the principal food for the poor, and he cooked, dried it and tied it in a square cloth, which he swung in a bundle around his neck along with a gourd filled with cool, sweet water. He lifted his mother on his back and started his painful journey up the mountain. The road was crossed and recrossed by many paths made by the hunters and wood cutters. In some place, he lost his way and was confused but he did not worry about it. He went on climbing upward towards the summit called Obatsuyama, the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged” This was the painful journey of the farmer.

3. “The old are wise”. Prove this with reference to the story “The Aged Mother’

The Governor ordered the people to present him with a rope of ashes. On hearing this order, the entire province trembled with dread. The farmer told the news to his mother, The mother told him to make rope of twisted straw, Then stretch it upon a row of flat stones and burn it on a windless night. He did as his mother said. At last, he presented the Governor a rope of ashes.

D. identify the Speaker/character:

1. He gave orders for the aged to be put to death.

• The Governor

2. He considered the order to be the kindest mode of death

• The farmer

3. She quietly dropped some twigs on the way

• The aged mother

4. Let not thine eves be blinded

• The aged mother

5. Together we will follow the path, together we will die.

• The farmer

6. I will think. I will think.

• The aged mother

7. The truth must be told.

• The farmer

8. He listened and meditated in silence.

• The Governor

9. Shining needs more than the strength of the youth.

• The Governor

10. With the crown of snow there cometh wisdom.

• The Governor

E. Choose the appropriate answer and fill in the blanks.

1. Shining was governed by a __________ leader.
2. strict
3. kind
4. cruel
5.  

Ans : cruel

2. The __________ was the principal

food for the poor.

1. wheat
2. brown rice
3. unwhitened rice
4.  

Ans : unwhitened rice

3. The road was crossed and re-crossed by many path made by the__________.

1. hunters and woodcutters
2. robbers and thieves
3. vendors and tradesmen
4. wildlife photographers and trekkers

Ans : hunters and woodcutters

4. Gathering __________ he made a soft cushion and tenderly lifted his old mother onto it.

1. dry leaves
2. fallen pine
3. broken twigs
4. flowers

Ans : fallen pine

5. The governor demanded that his subjects should present him with a __________.

1. basket of fruits
2. rope of ashes
3. flesh of animals
4. bag of silverwares

Ans : rope of ashes