#Ahimsa_Ch.-26 to 30

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education

A beautiful journey to the chained India

Expected Learning Outcomes

I will be able to:

1. Relate to the main events of the plot and share my views on the same.

2. Answer the questions pertaining to the text. 

Exploring Chapters 

26 to 30

Anjali ran past the male prisoners, stopping only briefly to say
hello to ___________. (Ch.-26)

1. Gandhiji
2. Chachaji
3. Keshavji
4. none of these

Anjali's Ma's cheeks were deflated, deprived of their rosy hue. The word 'deprived' means ________________. (Ch.-26)

1. privileged
2. affluent
3. robbed
4. opulent

Anjali's mother told her father that she was fasting, and only taking lime juice with
some water.(Ch.- 26)

1. True
2. False

Identify the literary device used in these lines. "The graffiti on their compound wall grew
with each night too." (Ch.- 27)

1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Irony
4. Metaphor

Anjali didn't even know who would be in
charge (at school), with Masterji in
hiding in __________.(Ch.-27)

1. Delhi
2. Kolkata
3. Indore
4. Ahmedabad

Anjali squinted in the sun as she got closer. The word 'squinted' means _________.
(Ch.- 27)

1. wide-eyed
2. blinked
3. open-eyed
4. none of these

Who told Anjali that Mohan wasn't giving up on her? (Ch.-27)

1. Balkishan
2. Keshavji
3. Anjali's father
4. Anjali's mother

Anjali's father told Anjali that the lawyer said that the British would not budge on Anjali's mother's imprisonment. Which of the following is NOT a synonym of 'budge'?
(Ch.-27)

1. bend
2. change
3. prevent
4. convince

Anjali was too scared to see _______ and _______ after what happened to Mohan.
(Ch.-28)

1. Paro and her grandmother
2. Paro and her mother
3. Paro and Mohan
4. Keshavji and Chachaji

'He had proven he had a heart.' Who is being referred to here as 'he'?
(Ch.-28)

1. Anjali's father
2. Gandhiji
3. Captain Brent
4. Keshavji

What reason did Captain Brent give for saving Anjali
from the thugs the other day?
(Ch.-28)

Townspeople would play pranks, trying to douse one another with colour when they least suspected it.
The word 'douse' means ___________.
(Ch.- 29)

1. drench
2. wring
3. dewater
4. none of these

Anjali scanned the road
for ______________. (Ch.-29)

1. her favourite flowers
2. peacock feathers
3. her friends
4. none of these

What did Paro present Anjali on Holi?
(Ch.-29)

Anjali couldn't stop staring at the peepal tree swaying in the evening breeze. Identify
the literary device in the given line.
(Ch.-29)

1. Imagery
2. Irony
3. Symbolism
4. Metaphor

Anjali couldn't stop herself from seeking Irfaan's family's
help when she saw Nandini wailing.
(True / False)
(Ch.-30)

In India, with 'Unity in Diversity', all festivals unfold the beauty around and spread immense joy in the hearts of not just the people of specific religion, but Indians. This is where the true strength and beauty of our nation lies. Comment. (Ch.-30)

I CAN:
1. Relate to the main events of the plot and share my views on the same.
2. Answer the questions pertaining to the text.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.