* The Mahatma's Marksheets

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The Mahatma's Marksheets

- By Ramachandra Guha

The chapter is about Mahatma Gandhi as a ______________.

1. lecturer
2. child
3. student
4. freedom fighter

'My Experiments with Truth' is _____________ written by Mahatma Gandhi.

1. a book
2. an article
3. an autobiography
4. a novel

The word 'lax' means ____________.

1. careless
2. slow learner
3. furious
4. clever

Gandhi's Matriculation marksheet shows that his weakest area was _______________.

1. General Knowledge
2. Gujarati
3. Mathematics
4. English

Why was Gandhi made to repeat a year in school?

According to Gandhi, one of the reasons why he kept a distance from people was his ______________.

1. lack of interest in sports
2. shyness
3. dislike of gymnastics
4. weakness in academics

What kept Gandhi completely at sea in his school days?

1. English as a medium of instruction
2. Marathi as a medium of instruction
3. Geometry
4. Gujarati as a medium of instruction

What made Gandhi feel geometry to be both easy and understanding?

What were the regrets that Gandhi felt in the later years of his life?

Gandhi regarded __________ as the sign of imperfect education.

1. lack of interest in sports
2. bad handwriting
3. shyness
4. lack of physical training

One regret that Gandhi felt in later years was that
The neglected his handwriting. Can you identify one regret you have about something that you neglected in your earlier days? Is there something you could still do about it?

DRAG and DROP

Drag the idioms in the boxes with blue outline and drop them to match their meanings in the boxes with red outline.

lose the respect of other people

watch or look out for somebody or something

involved in many activities

be very busy

have no chance of proving that something is true

too difficult for one to understand

make one too proud or confident

agree with the other person

lose face

keep an eye

a finger in every pie

upto the neck in something

not have a leg to stand on

go over one's head

go to one's head

see eye to eye with someone

What were the regrets that Gandhiji felt in the later years of his life?

Gandhiji's conduct was marked ___________ by his teacher.

1. very good
2. average
3. good
4. below average

Apart from leading the freedom movement, Gandhiji also _____________.

Gandhiji influenced countless Indians to ____________.

An outstanding characteristic of Gandhiji as a politician was __________.

'Lockdown is disrupting a generation's education'. Comment.