About the Author:
R. K. Narayan:
Full Name: Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan
Birth: October 10, 1906, Chennai
Education: Maharaja’s College, Mysore
Famous: ‘Swami and Friends’.
Work: ‘ Malgudi Days’ etc.
Awards: A. C. Benson Award, Sahitya Academy Award, Padma Bibhushan
Death: May 13, 2001
About the Story:
On a Monday morning Swaminathan was unwilling to go to school. He told his mother about headache. His mother told him to stay at home. But his father asked him to go to school. Swami replied that his teacher Samuel who was an angry man would scold him for being late. Swami’s father sent a letter to the headmaster complaining about Samuel.
On his way to school Swami felt sorry for Samuel who was really a nice person. He decided to give the letter to the headmaster after the school was over.
In the school Samuel behaved quite gently with Swami and when after the school Swami went to deliver the letter, he found the headmaster’s room locked as he had been on leave. Swami came back home in joy but his father took away the letter from him and tore it into pieces advising Swami not to complain about Samuel in future.
Father’s Help
– R. K. Narayan
Important Suggestion Questions and Answers :
Took the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
1) When he realised that it was Monday morning Swaminathan felt –
A) afraid
B) angry
C) sad✓
D) over joyed
2) Swaminathan felt that Monday morning came –
A) soon ✓
B) slow
C) gradually
D) late
3) Swaminathan was lying with a pain in the –
A) belly
B) tooth
C) leg
D) head✓
Also read: S.A.Q Answers From “My Own True Family” Class -10
4) Swaminathan realised that it was the morning of –
A) Friday
B) Monday✓
C) Tuesday
D) Sunday
5) Swami was allowed to avoid school by –
A) Samuel
B) his father
C) the headmaster
D) his mother ✓
6) Swaminathan told about his headache –
A) at noon
B) in the morning ✓
C) at school
D) in the afternoon
7) Swaminathan realised about Monday when he was lying –
A) in bed✓
B) on bench
C) on mother’s bed
D) in the prayer hall
8) Swami was expected to remain at school prayer hall at –
A) 9 o’clock
B) half past nine ✓
C) before 9.30
D) before 9 o’clock
9) Swami’s father found Swami –
A) getting ready for school
B) sleeping
C) sitting on his mother’s room
D) lying on the beach ✓
10) Swami change his tactics with –
A) his father ✓
B) Samuel
C) his teacher
D) his mother
11) Swami’s father wanted to know about the name of Swami’s –
A) class – mate
B) headmaster
C) class – teacher ✓
D) dearest friend
12) Swami’s father suggested to complain against –
A) headmaster
B) peon
C) Samuel ✓
D) all teachers
13) Samuel is special angry with –
A) naughty boys
B) negligent students
C) everyone
D) late comers ✓
14) According to Swami the headmaster –
A) is angry with Samuel
B) fears Samuel ✓
C) is pleased with Samuel
D) praises Samuel
15) Swaminathan wanted to avoid the school for –
A) the week
B) two days
C) the month
D) the day ✓
16) The letter written by Swami’s father was –
A) brief
B) to the point
C) long ✓
D) short
17) Swaminathan’s father sent the letter to –
A) the headmaster ✓
B) Samuel
C) school inspector
D) Swaminathan
18) On the way to school Swami felt that he was a –
A) good boy
B) bad boy ✓
C) honest boy
D) great boy
19) Swami’s father told that he had written plenty of things about –
A) Swaminathan
B) Samuel ✓
C) headmaster
D) himself
20) Samuel was more friendly than other –
A) people
B) friend
C) men
D) teachers ✓
21) Samuel’s face was –
A) shining
B) dark✓
C) bright
D) ugly
22) Samuel used to wear yellow –
A) shirt
B) jacket
C) trouser
D) coat ✓
23) The idea of delivering the letter at the end of the school came to swaminathan at the school –
A) gate ✓
B) room
C) compound
D) prayer hall
24) Swami was late in the school for –
A) one hour
B) half an hour ✓
C) quarter of an hour
D) prayer hall
25) Samuel was teaching –
A) mathematics ✓
B) English
C) geography
D) history
26) Samuel was impressed by –
A) Swami
B) Swami’s mother
C) the headmaster
D) Swami’s father✓
27) Samuel was examining –
A) exam paper
B) class notes
C) home work ✓
D) books
28) Swami was told about the headmaster’s leave by the –
A) peon ✓
B) clerk
C) Samuel
D) the orderly
29) Swami’s school was over at –
A) 4 p.m.
B) 4 a.m.
C) 4.30 a.m.
D) 4.30 p.m. ✓
30) “Father’s Help” is a story taken from –
A) ‘Guide’
B) ‘Swami and Friends’
C) ‘Malgudi Nights’
D) ‘Malgudi Days’ ✓