FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 10 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - A WRONG MAN IN WORKERS' PARADISE

 

Unit – 1

A WRONG MAN IN WORKERS’ PARADISE

Rabindranath Tagore

 

Comprehension questions:

I. Answer briefly the following questions, (choose the answer from the alternatives given below)

 

1) “The man indulged in mad whims”. Who considers the man’s work as “mad whims?”

a) The man himself                b) the writer

c) the people in workers’ paradise

 Ans:  (b) the writer

 

2) Explain the comparison in Para 3

a) “Some boys” compared to____

b) “Their not studying” compared to ____

c) “Yet passing in the test” compared to _____

 Ans:  a) “Some boys” compared to: the artist.

b) “Their not studying” compared to: he was wasting his time.

c) “Yet passing in the test” compared to: he went to heaven.

 

3) When the men say “We haven’t a moment to spare” (para 6) it means that

a) they are over-burdened with their work

b) they are happy and proud to be so busy

c) they are indifferent

 Ans: (b) they are happy and proud to be busy.

 

4) Why is the torrent in the workers’ paradise silent?

Ans: The torrent in the workers’ paradise is silent because it doesn’t want to waste its energy singing.

 

5) “The girl’s hair was carelessly done”, (para 9) This indicates that

a) she was interested only in her work

b) she did not like to dress her hair properly

c) she was unaware of any sense of dressing

 Ans: (a) she was interested only in her work.

 

6) Why did the “girl of the silent torrent” feel sorry for the man?

Ans: The girl of the silent torrent felt sorry for the man because did not have any work to do and he was wasting his time.

 

7) “The girl scanned the painted pot at home secretly”. (Para 27) This line indicates that

a) the girl was impressed by art and beauty

b) the girl did not want the artist to know that she was impressed by his work.

c) the girl was afraid of the elders’ rebuke for wasting her time.

 Ans: (c) the girl was afraid of the elder’s rebuke for wasting her time.

 

 8) “The hurrying feet” of the girl became “less hurried” because

a) she became lazy like the man

b) she was attracted by art

c) she was trying to re-arrange priorities

d) the meaningless was slowly becoming meaningful.

 Ans: (d) the meaningless was slowly becoming meaningful.

 

9) Why did the elders of the workers’ paradise become anxious?

 Ans: The elders of the workers’ paradise became anxious because many of them in paradise became idle as idler and wasting their precious time any unnecessary things.

10) The girl follows the man out of the workers’ paradise. This suggests that the girl.

a) was bored with workers’ paradise

b) was fascinated with the man’s skill in painting

c) saw new possibilities open-up before her.

 Ans:  (c) saw new possibilities open up before her.

 

11) What does the line “the man never believed in mere utility” mean?

Ans: The man did not give importance to weigh the usefulness of his activities but he did what had given him pleasure.

 

12) What changes occur in the girl’s behavior/attitude at the following stages in the story:

a) Before she agreed to give her pitcher to the wrong man

b) After she gave her pitcher to the wrong man

c) When the wrong man offered to make ribbons for her

d) When she followed the wrong man out of the worker’s paradise

 Ans: a) The girl of the silent torrent felt sorry for the man because did not have any work to do and he was wasting his time. She was still hard working in the sense of workers’ paradise.

 b) The idler had drawn few lines and colored her pitcher, the girl was fascinated with work of that man and she spent lot of time in finding meaning. When she asked the idler about that pitcher then he replied that it had no meaning and no purpose.

 c) The girl beginning hesitated to give ribbons to idler later she gave him, the who was so attentive and doing her work regularly now she had been wasting her precious time in those ribbons.

 d) The girl had fallen in love with the art and her attitude to life had changed. She realized there was something worthy beyond those things.

 

13) At the end of the story, there is a complete change in the girl’s attitude to life. Who should the credit go to?

 (Is it to the idler – artist’s ability to impact others? or is it the girl’s readiness and the open-mindedness to change?)

 Ans: The credit would go to both, the idler as well as her own open-mindedness to change. The idler had passion towards art and it had impacted a lot on many people in paradise including the girl. The girl had attracted towards his skills and she realized there were something more those things when she noticed that particular pitcher which didn’t have any meaning or any purpose. Even at end she decided to follow that idler and was ready to leave paradise with him.

 

B.  Close Study.

Read the following extracts carefully. Discuss in pairs and then write the answers to the questions given below them.

 1) “But the Moving Finger writes even in heaven.”

a) What does ‘Moving Finger’ mean here?

          b) What figure of speech is used in “Moving Finger’?

c) What does the sentence mean in the context?

 Ans:  a) “Moving Finger” means fate. It means that an individual should take responsibility for deeds.

b) Metaphor

c) The wrong man had to take responsibility for his work, as everything was recorded in the heaven either good or bad.

 

2) “As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of heaven was filled with pity.”

a) Who is compared to a lonely beggar?

b) Why was the girl filled with pity?

c) How did the girl offer to help him?

 Ans: a) The idler/ the wrong man/ the artist

b) The girl filled with pity because the idler did have any work to do in paradise.

c) The girl decided to find some work for him.

 

3) “When she set out for the torrent the next day, her hurrying feet were a little less hurried than before.”

a) What had happened the previous night?

          b) What does “hurrying feet” suggest?

c)Why did they become less hurried?

 

Ans:  a) The girl was astonished by the lines and colors on the pitcher and she was thinking about it and trying to find meaning of those lines.

b) Before she met the idler she was busy in her work and she was doing her work quickly, so it was suggested.

c) The girl became less hurried because she was totally in the world of art and thinking about it.

PARAGRAPH WRITING:

Answer the following questions:

1)  Men in Worker’s Paradise say “God! We haven’t a moment to spare”. (para 6) The man says, “I haven’t a moment to spare for work” (para 11)

Ans: Considering the above statements, contrast the attitude of the men in the heaven with that of the man (artist). At first, before the artist affected the men in worker's paradise, the perspectives of the men and the artist towards duty were very unique to one another. The men accepted that one needs to accomplish any work, which should be valuable to him and one shouldn't waste his time on some other activities. So they remarked that they hadn't a moment to spare. In any case, the man, who was artist was also occupied with some sort of work which was very unique in relation to the work the men were engaged. As per him, any work which brings happiness to our mind and makes this world seem lovely is very huge. As he was busy in such works, that's what he told, he hadn't a moment to spare for work.

 

2)  There are two worlds in the story: the world of the idler – artist.

Ans:   Both the worlds are equally significant. The world of the idler - artist is important on the grounds that, it makes our mind happy. It is the world, where we all fail to remember our sorrows and take thoroughly enjoy the exercises of our life. That world - the tasteful one makes our life colourful, however it seems like having no meaning or purpose at all superficially. Similarly, the world of the occupants of the workers' heaven is additionally similarly critical. This is the world, which helps us to survive. The actual work, attempted in this world, can only feed our mouths, in the event that not we will be starved to death. In this manner both these worlds are free to one another, one take care of the mind and the other our body.

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