The Aged Mother Book Back Questions & Answers

Unit 4 > English > Class 10 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

    Rearrange the sentences given below in the correct sequence.

  • 1. The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.

    Correct answer: Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.

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  • 2. A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.

    Correct answer: A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.

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  • 3. The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.

    Correct answer: The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.

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  • 4. Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.

    Correct answer: When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.

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  • 5. Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.

    Correct answer: The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.

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  • 6. When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.

    Correct answer: Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.

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  • 7. Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.

    Correct answer: Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.

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  • 8. The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.

    Correct answer: The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.

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  • Identify the character/speaker.

  • 1. He gave orders for the aged to be put to death.

    Correct answer: The governor of Shining

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  • 2. He considered the order to be the kindest mode of death.

    Correct answer: The farmer

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  • 3. She quietly dropped some twigs on the way.

    Correct answer: The aged mother

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  • 4. Let not thine eyes be blinded.

    Correct answer: The farmers old mother to her son

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  • 5. Together we will follow the path , together we will die.

    Correct answer: The farmer

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  • 6. I will think. I will think.

    Correct answer: The aged mother

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  • 7. The truth must be told.

    Correct answer: The farmer

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  • 8. He listened and meditated in silence.

    Correct answer: The governor

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  • 9. Shining needs more than the strength of the youth.

    Correct answer: The governor

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  • 10. With the crown of snow there cometh wisdom.

    Correct answer: The governor

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  • Choose the appropriate answer and fill in the blanks

  • 1. Shining was governed by a __________ leader.

    a) strict

    b)kind

    c) cruel

    d)diplomatic.

    Correct answer: c) cruel

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  • 2. The __________ was the principal food for the poor.

    a) wheat

    b) brown rice

    c) unwhitened rice

    d) millet.

    Correct answer: c) unwhitened rice

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  • 3. The road was crossed and re-crossed by many path made by the__________.

    a) hunters and woodcutters

    b) robbers and thieves

    c) vendors and tradesmen

    d) wildlife photographers and trekkers

    Correct answer: a) hunters and woodcutters

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  • 4. Gathering __________ he made a soft cushion and tenderly lifted his old mother onto it.

    a) dry leaves

    b) fallen pine

    c) broken twigs

    d) flowers

    Correct answer: b) fallen pine

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  • 5. The governor demanded that his subjects should present him with a __________.

    a) basket of fruits

    b) rope of ashes

    c) flesh of animals

    d) bag of silverwares

    Correct answer: b) rope of ashes

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