Father's Help by R.K.Narayan short questions and answers (SAQ)

Father's Help Short Questions and Answers | Father's Help by R.K.Narayan short questions and answers (SAQ) | Father's Help short questions and answers (SAQ) for class 10 WBBSE

1. What did Swami do lying in bed ?

Ans :- Lying in bed Swami shuddered to think that it was Monday morning.

2. What did Swami realize with a shudder?

Ans :- Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.

3. What excuse did Swami give to his parents for not going to school that day ?

Ans :- Swami told his parents that he had a headache and showed his unwillingness to attend school that day.

4. What did Swami's mother say when Swami complained of headache?

Ans :- When Swami complained of headache, his mother generously suggested to stay at home.

5. What was the reaction of Swami’s father after listening his excuse ?

Ans :- After listening Swami’s excuse his father thought that the headache was nonsense and wanted Swami to go to school.

6. Where should have been Swami at 9.30 ?

Ans :- Swami should have been in the school prayer hall at 9.30.

7. Why did Swami’s father say that Swami would have to go to school ?

Ans :- Swami’s father said that Swami would have to go to school because he was responsible for his headache.

8. Where did Swami stop to make up his mind about Samuel?

Ans :- Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.

9. What unexpected turn did the behaviour of Swami’s father take?

Ans :- The behaviour of Swami’s father changed when he proposed to send a better complaint against Samuel.

10. Why did Swami change his tactics?

Ans :- Swami changed his tactics because he knew that his father was strict.

11. What did Swami ask his father apprehensively?

Ans :- Swami asked his father apprehensively what his father had written in the letter.

12. What did Swami’s father write about in the letter?

Ans :- Swami’s father wrote a letter against Samuel, a teacher of Swami’s school.

13. With whom was Samuel especially angry?

Ans :- Samuel was especially angry with the students who are late to school.

14. With what feeling did Swami go to school?

Ans :- While going to school, Swami felt that he was the worst boy in the world.

15. What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?

Ans :- Swami failed to decide whether Samuel deserved the allegation made against him.

16. Why did Swami feel sad?

Ans :- Swami felt sad because Samuel was not bad at all but he had to give the letter to the headmaster which his father has told him to do.

17. Why didn’t anyone tell the headmaster about Samuel?

Ans :- Anyone did not tell the headmaster about Samuel because the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.

18. What idea occurred to Swami?

Ans :- Swami thought that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster when the last bell of the school will be rung.

19. What did Swami’s father do with the letter?

Ans :- Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

20. What was Swami not sure of?

Ans :- Swami was not sure of his description about Samuel was accurate or not.

21. What kind of relation did Swami have with Samuel?

Ans :- Samuel was friendlier than the other teachers, and he had special regard for Swami.

23. What did Swami hope on Monday morning?

Ans :- Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to school on Monday morning.

24. What was Samuel doing when Swami entered the class?

Ans :- Samuel was teaching arithmetic when Swami entered the class.

25. What did Swami hope?

Ans :- Swami hoped that Samuel sir would scold him bitterly.

26. What excuse did Swami give for coming late to school?

Ans :- Swami told his teacher that he had headache, and so he was late for school.

27. What did Swami do when the final bell rang?

Ans :- When the final bell rang, Swami picked up the books and ran to the headmaster's room for giving him the letter.

28. What did Swami see when he reached the headmaster's room?

Ans :- When Swami reached the headmaster's room he saw that the room was locked.

29. What did the peon tell Swami?

Ans :- The peon told Swami that the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.

30. What did Swami do after returning from school?

Ans :- After returning from school Swami handed the letter to his father.

31. What was the reaction of Swami’s father?

Ans :- Swami’s father snatched the letter, tore it up and told that he will never help him again.