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Question Answers of Chapter-15 (114-119) ‘I Will Do It’

(A) Answer the following.

1. The boy was excellent in which two subjects?


2. Describe the family of the boy (Narayan Murthy) in brief.
3. The brighter students of the college and the boy (Narayan Murthy)
wanted to study in which college?
4. How the IIT aspirants (the boy and his friends) would prepare for IIT
entrance test.
5. What is ultimate aim for any bright boy at the age of 16-18 years?
6. What was the result of the boy (Narayan Murthy) of IIT entrance test.
7. Why could the boy (Narayan Murthy) not join IIT?
8. Explain the character of Narayan Murthy with evidence from text.
9. Explain the behaviour of boy’s friends and the boy when they were at
the station.
10. Which philosophy from Bhagavad Gita was the boy (Narayan Murthy)
unknowingly following and how?
11. Is it possible for anyone to earn money legally and ethically and give one
example to support you answer.
12. The boy became the pioneer of what?
13. The boy has become an icon of what?
14. In which moto the boy believes and explain it.
15. What is the full name of the founder of Infosys and present chairman?

(B) Reference to context (R.T.C)


1. (Pg-114, first paragraph) He was short. He was sharp. He was the brightest boy in
the class. His seniors used to ask him to solve difficulties in science
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………. He could grasp theories of science faster than the speed of
light.
 Find 4 adjectives from the text and write other two degrees of each.
 What does the last line of the text mean?
 In which two subjects the boy was excellent?
 Who is ‘he’ in these lines

2. (Pg-115, Second paragraph) D-Day came. He came to Bangalore, stayed with


some relatives and appeared for the entrance test……………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………..principle was never to hurt
anyone.
 What does D-Day mean.
 Explain the meaning of excellent, good and ok from text in reference to test and
food and why does he did that?
 In what context these lines have been spoken and who is the speaker of these lines.
 Find a homophone from the text and make one sentences with both.

3. (Pg-116, First line) ‘I want to join IIT.’


 Who is the speaker of these lines?
 Who want to join IIT?
 Could he join IIT? If not why, explain in one line.

4. (Pg-116, line no.9) Indeed it was a difficult situation for any father…………...
……………………………………………………………………large family dependent on him.
 In what context these lines have been spoken?
 Why are inverted commas (‘ ’) used on the word no.

5. (Pg-119, Line no.6) A son of a school teacher showed other Indians it is possible
to earn wealth legally and ethically. He built a team of people who were equally
good.
 Who is being referred here?
 Find two adverb from the above text and identify its type.
 Which team is referred here?

(C) Fill in the blanks


1. He came from a ______ but _________family.
2. Full form of IIT is ______________________________.
3. All these IIT aspirants would sit below the shade of a stone ________ close to
_____________ Hills in the sleepy town of ___________.
4. He came to ___________, stayed with some relatives and appeared for the
entrance test.
5. When he said ‘excellent’ it implied __________ for food.
6. The boy had ______ sisters and ____________ brothers.
7. The day came. His classmates were leaving for __________ (now ____________)
8. They (boy’s friends) were taking a train from _________ to ____________.
9. When the boy’s friends were leaving it was the June of ___________ in Mysore
city.
10. He was not aware that he was following the philosophy of _____________.
11. Powered by _____________ and driven by ______________.
12. He is none other than __________ founder and present _____________.
13. The full name of the boy is ____________________________________.
14. It is possible to earn money legally and ____________.

Answers
(A) Answer the following
1. The boy was excellent in maths and physics.
2. The financial position of his family was not enough that he could study in IIT. He
had five sisters to be married and two brothers to educate. His father was a
salaried person.
3. The brighter students at the college and the boy (Narayan Murthy) wanted to
study in IIT or Indian Institute of Technology.
4. The IIT aspirants like the boy and his friends did not have special books or
coaching. They all would sit under the shade of a stone mandap close to
Chamundi Hills and would discuss problems in the question paper.
5. The ultimate aim for any bright boy at the age of 16-18 years is to study at IIT.
6. The boy (Narayan Murthy) passed with a high rank in the entrance test of IIT.
7. The boy could not join IIT because his father could not afford the expenses of IIT.
8. Narayan Murthy was the brightest boy in his class. He was excellent in maths and
physics. He came from a poor but educated family. His ultimate aim in life was to
study at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). He also passed the entrance test but
could not join IIT as his father could not afford it. He never shared his
unhappiness or helplessness with anybody. He was an introvert by nature. Later
he worked very hard and he never bothered about his personal life or comforts.
He shared his wealth with other. He never used the help of any caste, community
or political connections to go up in life. He then became the pioneer of India’s
software industry and started the information Technology. He is the founder of
Infosys and present chairman.
9. The boy’s friends were extremely excited as and talking loudly. They all were
discussing about their new hostels, new courses etc. The boy was not part of it so
he stood silently. He was feeling extremely sad as even after passing the
entrance test he could not join IIT.
10. The boy (Narayan Murthy) was following philosophy of Bhagavad Gita: ‘Your best
friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.’ We can be our best friend if
we work hard and always focus on our aim. We should keep trying to achieve
our aim. Whereas if we our always disappointed, dependent on others and do
not learn to face reality, we can be our worst enemy too. The boy was following
it, when he could not join IIT even after passing the entrance test he didn’t lose
hope. He still worked hard and became the founder of Infosys. This way he
became his best friend.
11. We can earn wealth legally and ethically if we work hard. Narayan Murthy also
earned wealth legally and ethically by studying day and night.
12. Narayan Murthy started the India’s software industry and Information
Technology.
13. The boy became and icon of simplicity, uncompromising quality, and fairness.

14. Narayan Murthy believed in the motto ‘Powered by intellect and driven by values.’ He
didn't let his problems overcome him. He was intelligent and believed that he can only
change his life. He was directed by his moral values to achieve his targets. He worked
very hard, focused on one thing and never used political connections to go up in the life.
He has become an icon of simplicity as he believed in this motto

15. The full name of the founder of Infosys and present chairman is Nagavara
Ramarao Narayana Murthy.

(B) Reference to context (RTC)

(1a) short (positive) – shorter (comparative), shortest (superlative)


sharp (positive) – sharper (comparative), sharpest (superlative)
brightest (superlative) – bright (positive), brighter (comparative)
faster (comparative) – fast (positive), fastest (superlative)

(1b) The last line is like a metaphor. It's sort of an exaggeration to get the point across
that he can solve problems related to science very fast.
(1c) The boy was excellent in maths and physics.
(1d) ‘He’ is being referred to Narayan Murthy.

(2a) D-Day means an important day when the boy appeared for the entrance test.
(2b) For test when he said ‘ok’ it meant very well. For food when he said ‘ok’ it implied
‘bad’, when he said ‘good’ it implied ‘ok’ and when he said ‘excellent’ it implied ‘good’.
He did that as he didn’t want to hurt anyone.
(2c) These lines have been spoken when the boy was preparing for the entrance test
with friends. His aim was to study at IIT and now the day came when he had to appear
for the entrance test.
(2d) Principle – He doesn’t have any principles
Principal – The principal of this school is retiring this year.

(3a) The speaker of these lines is the boy, Narayan Murthy.


(3b) The boy (Narayan Murthy) wanted to join IIT.
(3c) He could not join IIT because his financial position was quite low.

(4a) These lines have been spoken when the boy’s father had to refused him to join IIT
and it is difficult for a father to say ‘no’ to his bright son.
(4b) Inverted commas are used to get the attention of the reader on that word. Also that
word is usually used in a reported speech but over here it is used in indirect speech so
inverted commas are used.

(5a) Narayana Murthy is being referred here.


(5b) Legally - adverb of manner
Ethically – adverb of manner

(5c) Narayan Murthy build a team of equally good people of Infosys Foundation.

(C) Fill in the blanks.

1. poor, educated
2. Indian Institute of Technology
3. mandap, Chamundi, Mysore
4. Bangalore
5. good
6. five, two
7. Madras, Chennai
8. Mysore, Madras
9. 1962
10. Bhagavad Gita
11. Intellect, values
12. Infosys, chairman
13. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy
14. Ethically

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