LASSON 1
Stealing and Atonement
Exercise
Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions in single sentences from your text.
(āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
a) At what age did Gandhi steal for the first time ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻোāύ āĻŦā§āϏāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§° āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi stole for the first time at the age of twelve or thirteen.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻŦাā§°-āϤেā§° āĻŦāĻā§° āĻŦā§āϏāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
b) What did Gandhi steal gold from ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻ’ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏোāĻŖ āĻুā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi stole gold from his brother's armlet.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻাā§েāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻšুāϤ āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āĻ
āϞংāĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏোāĻŖ āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
c) To whom did Gandhi decide to confess ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻাāĻ āĻিāĻাā§°োāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi decided to confess to his father.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āύিāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻিāĻাā§°োāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ)
d) What did Gandhi write on the note to his father ?
( āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāϞৈ āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻিāĻ ি āϞিāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi wrote his confession about stealing gold on the note and asked for his father's forgiveness.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāϞৈ āϞিāĻা āĻিāĻ িāĻāύāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āϏোāĻŖ āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°া āĻাā§°্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āϞিāĻি āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ)
e) Why was Gandhi's father confined to bed ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻিā§ āĻļāϝ্āϝাāĻāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi's father was suffering from a fistula and thats why he was confined to bed.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻĢিāĻ্āĻুāϞা āύাāĻŽā§° ā§°োāĻāϤ āĻূāĻি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āĻļāϝ্āϝাāĻāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ)
f) What was Gandhi's father's first reaction after reading the note ?
(āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্ā§°িā§া āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The first reaction of Gandhi's father was tears came down to his cheeks after reading the note.
(āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻুāĻĒাāύী āĻŦৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ )
g) What did Gandhi think his father would do after reading the note ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§ি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi had thought that his father would be angry, say hard things, and strike his forehead after reading the note.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§ি āĻং āĻāĻ িāĻŦ,āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻā§°ি āĻā§°ু ,āĻāĻĒাāϞ āĻāĻĒā§°িā§াāĻŦ)
2 Give brief answers to the following questions. 2x4-8
(āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
a) Why and how did Gandhi steal gold?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻিā§ āĻā§°ু āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏোāĻŖ āĻুā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Gandhi's brother had run into a debt of about twenty-five rupees. To clear this debt Gandhi stole the gold. He stole the gold by clipping a bit from his brother's armlet.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻাā§েāĻ āĻĒāĻিāĻļ āĻāĻাā§° āϧাā§° āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϏেāĻ āϧাā§° āĻŽাā§°িāĻŦāϞৈāĻে āϤেāĻঁ āϏোāĻŖ āĻুā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻাā§েāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻšুāϤ āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āĻ
āϞংāĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻুāĻুā§°া āϏোāĻŖ āĻā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āϞৈāĻিāϞ)
b) How did Gandhi feel after stealing ?
(āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻেāύে āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: After steeling Gandhi could not bear his guilt. He resolved never to steal again. He also made up his mind to confess it to his father.
( āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύাāϤ āĻূāĻিāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻā§°ু āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āĻুā§°ি āύāĻā§°াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ৷ āϞāĻāϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ āĻূāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻিāĻাā§°োāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĨিā§°াং āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
c) What did Gandhi's father do after receiving the confession note ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: After receiving the confession note Gandhi's father read the note. Tear drops trickled down from his cheeks. For a moment he closed his eyes in thought and then tore up the note. He had sat up to read it. He again laid down.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒā§িāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻুā§°ে āĻāĻুāϞো āĻŦৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ৷ āĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻুāϝোā§° āĻāĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻŦা āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĢাāϞি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ ি āĻŦāĻšিāĻিāϞ৷ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻļুঃ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
d)What is the purest type of repentance ?
(āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύা āĻি?)
Ans: A clean confession, combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance.
(āĻāĻ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻিāĻাā§°োāĻ্āϤি āϝ’āϤ āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻ āĻুāϞ āύāĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĨাāĻে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻšā§ āϝাā§° āϏেāĻāĻāύ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻ
āϧিāĻাā§° āĻāĻে,āϏেā§াāĻ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύা)
3. Why did Gandhi call the incident an object lesson in 'Ahimsa' ?
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻāĻāύাāĻোāĻ āĻিā§ āĻ
āĻšিংāϏাā§° āĻĒাāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে?)
Ans: Gandhi thought after reading his confession letter his father would be angry, say hard things, and strike his forehead. But, instead of doing anything violent, tear drops tickled down from his cheeks and laid back in his bed. Gandhi also cried as he could see agony in his father's eyes. The tear drops cleansed Gandhi's heart and washed his sins away. Gandhi realised that this act of subtle forgiveness was the result of his clear peaceful confession which he termed as Ahimsa. The glimpse of his father's love for him in his eyes made him understood that such Ahimsa becomes all-embracing, it transforms everything it touches. Ahimsa has the greatest power among all. Thats why Gandhi called the incident an object lesson in 'Ahimsa'.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§ি āĻং āĻāĻ িāĻŦ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻā§°ি āĻā§°ু ,āĻāĻĒাāϞ āĻāĻĒā§°িā§াāĻŦ৷ āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻোāύো āĻšিংāϏাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াā§° āϏāϞāύি āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻুāϞোāĻšে āĻŦৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু। āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āύিāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻāύাāϤ āĻļুāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻাāύ্āϧীā§েāĻ āĻাāύ্āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻুāϤ āĻĻুāĻ-āĻāώ্āĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻুāϞোā§ąে āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻšৃāĻĻā§ āύিāĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻĒāĻŦোā§°ো āϧুā§ąাāĻ āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ৷ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻ্āώāĻŽাā§° āĻāύে āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύা āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āĻ
āĻšিংāϏাā§°ে āĻĢāϞāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒ৷ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻুāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŽā§°āĻŽে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻ
āĻšিংāϏা āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒি, āĻ āϝিāĻোāύো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻে āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷ āĻ
āĻšিংāϏা āϏāĻāϞোāϤāĻৈ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী৷ āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻāĻāύাāĻোāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻšিংāϏাā§° āĻĒাāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে)
4.What qualities of Gandhi's character are reflected in this lesson ?
(āĻĒাāĻ āĻিāϤ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻুāĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻĻেāĻা āĻৈāĻে?)
Ans :In this lesson we get to know about certain great features of Gandhi's character. First , though he stole gold he could not bear the guilt which shows his quality of recognising the right path. Secondly he was courageous enough to confess his guilt instead of hiding it and committing it again. Thirdly, he had huge love and respect for his father and he could understand his father's agony.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻিāĻু āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻাā§°িāϤ্ā§°িāĻ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻŽি āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ৷ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে, āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻুāϞ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϤেāĻঁ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻĒāĻŦোāϧ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§° āύাāĻিāϞ ৷ āĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§° āĻā§°া āĻুāĻŖāĻোā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŦুāĻাā§৷ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীā§āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻুāϞ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°াāĻৈ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏাāĻšāϏী āĻāĻিāϞ, āϤেāĻঁ āϏেā§া āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻĨৈ āϤাā§° āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ৷ āϤৃāϤীā§āϤে, āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻĒিāϤৃāĻ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻāĻĻā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāώ্āĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ)
5.5. Write true or false.
(āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ/āĻ
āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āϞিāĻা)
a) One of Gandhi's brother ran into a debt.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻাā§েāĻā§° āϧাā§° āĻāĻিāϞ)
Ans: true
b Gandhi's father often beat him.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
Ans: False
c) Gandhi requested his father to punish him for stealing
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§ে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻুā§° āĻā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ
āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
Ans: True
d) Gandhi's father wept after reading the confession.
(āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻিāĻ িāĻāύ āĻĒā§াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻāĻুāĻĒি āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ)
Ans: True
e) The power of Ahimsa is limited.
(āĻ
āĻšিংāϏাā§° āĻļāĻ্āϤি āϏীāĻŽিāϤ)
Ans: False
f) Gandhi's father's love for him decreased after the incident.
(āĻāĻāύাāĻোā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻাāύ্āϧীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻāĻŽি āĻৈāĻিāϞ)
Ans: False.
6. Find out the transitive and intransitive verbs from the following sentences.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻ
āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ āĻ্ā§°িā§া āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
a. She is a teacher.
(āϤাāĻ āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āĻļিāĻ্āώā§িāϤ্ā§°ী)
Ans: Intransitive (āĻ
āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
b) I go to school.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞā§āϞৈ āϝাāĻঁ)
Ans: Transitive (āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
c) Seema was reading a book.
Ans: Transitive (āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
d) The sun gives heat and light.
(āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝāĻ āϤাāĻĒ āĻā§°ু āĻĒোāĻšā§° āĻĻিā§ে)
Ans: Transitive (āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
e) We sleep at night.
(āĻāĻŽি ā§°াāϤি āĻļো)
Ans: Intransitive (āĻ
āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
f) I fed the dog.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°āĻোāĻ āĻুā§ąাāϞোঁ)
Ans: Transitive (āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
g) Everybody has blamed him.
(āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āϤাāĻ āĻĻোāώ āĻĻিāϞে)
Ans: Intransitive (āĻ
āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
h) The birds fly in the sky.
(āĻā§°াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻাāĻļāϤ āĻā§°ে)
Ans: Transitive (āϏāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻ)
7. Rewrite the following sentences underlining the finite verbs and circling the non-finite verbs. One is done for you.
(āϏীāĻŽিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিāĻļীāϞ āĻ্ā§°িā§া āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
Ans: b) saw :finite working: non-finite
c) went: finite to buy: non-finite
d) looking: non-finite saw: finite
d) went : finite riding: non-finite
f) having set :non-finite returned :finite
g) is: non- finite. established: finite
Himadri Borah
(M.A in English)
check - Mukesh Borah
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āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ āϞিংāĻ āĻোāϤ āĻ্āϞিāĻ āĻā§°āĻ
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