1)Where from is the

story ‘Father’s Help’

taken?
Ans. The story is taken
from R.k. Narayan’s
short story collection
‘Malgudi Days’.
2)What did Swami
realize with a shudder?
Ans. Swami realized
with a shudder that it
was Monday morning.
3)What does it seem to
Swami only a moment
ago?
Ans. It seems to
Swami only a moment
ago that it had been the
last period on Friday.
4) What did Swami
hope about the school
building?
Ans. Swami hoped that
an earthquake would
reduce the school
building to dust so that
he would not have to
go to school.
5)What is the name of
Swami’s school?
Ans. Swami’s school is
The Albert Mission
School.
6)What is the age of
the school?
Ans. The school is
over a hundred years.
7)Why did Swami
wail?
Ans. Swami wailed
because he had a
headache.
8) ‘Why don’t you go
to school in a jutka.’ –
Who said this? What is
a jutka?
Ans. Swami’s mother
said these words.
‘Jutka’ is a two-
wheeled horse-drawn
carriage.
9)Why did Swami not
want to ride on jutka?
Ans. Swami did not
want to ride on jutka
because it jolted his
body violently.
10)What did Swami
tell about the
geography teacher to
his mother?
Ans. Swami told that
the geography teacher
had been teaching the
same lesson for over a
year.
11) What did he tell
about the arithmetic
teacher?
Ans. The arithmetic
teacher was a very
angry teacher. He used
to beat the students for
any mistakes.
12)What was Swami’s
first excuse?
Ans. Swami’s first
excuse was that he
could not go to school
as he had a headache.
13)When was Swami
wailing by a headache?
Ans. Swami was
wailing by a headache
at 9 o’clock.
14)What did mother
suggest to Swami?
Ans. The mother
suggested that he
might stay at home.
15)Where was Swami
lying?
Ans. Swami was lying
on the bench in his
mother’s room.
16))Where should
Swami have been at
9:30?
Ans. Swami should
have been in the school
prayer hall at 9:30.
17)What was Swami
doing at 9:30?
Ans. Swami was lying
on the bench in his
mother’s room
pretending to have a
headache.
18)What did father ask
Swami when he was
lying on the bench?
Ans. When he was
lying on the bench,
Father asked Swami if
he had no school that
day.
19)What did Swami’s
father instruct him
after hearing that he
had a headache?
Ans. Swami’s father
instructed him to dress
up and go to school
after hearing that he
had a headache.
20)What should
Swami do on Sundays
according to Swami’s
father?
Ans. According to
Swami’s father, he
should loaf less on
Sundays.
21)What did Swami
know about his
father’s nature?
Ans. Swami knew that
his father was very
stubborn.
22)Why did Swami
change his tactics?
Ans. Swami changed
his tactics because his
father was very strict.
He would not allow
him to stay at home for
headaches.
23)What was Swami’s
second excuse?
Ans. Swami’s second
excuse was that he
could not go to school
as he was so late.
24) ‘So he changed his
tactics.’ – What was
the tactic?
Ans. The tactic was
that he could not go to
school because he was
so late.
25)Why was Swami
afraid of Samuel?
Ans. Swami was afraid
of Samuel because he
was very violent,
especially with the
boys who came in late.
26) What violent
nature of Samuel did
Swami show to his
father?
Ans. Teacher Samuel
kept a boy on his knees
for a whole period,
beat him badly with a
cane and twisted his
ears for coming late.
27)Why was Swami
unwilling to tell their
headmaster about
Samuel?
Ans. Swami was
unwilling to tell their
headmaster about
Samuel because the
headmaster was also
afraid of Swami.
28)How does Swami
introduce the character
of his teacher Samuel
to his father?
Ans. Swami introduces
the character of his
teacher Samuel to his
father like a violent
man.
29)What change did
Swami notice in his
father’s behaviour?
Ans. Swami noticed an
unexpected turn in his
father’s behaviour.
30)Why did Swami’s
father become excited?
Ans. Swami’s father
became excited
hearing the lurid
account of Samuel’s
violence.
31)What did his father
propose?
Ans. His father
proposed to send
Swami late to the class
as a kind of challenge.
32)What did Swami’s
father do during the
time Swami got ready
for his school?
Ans. Swami’s father
composed a long letter
to the headmaster
during the time Swami
got ready for his
school.
33)What did Swami
ask his father
apprehensively?
Ans. Swami asked his
father apprehensively
what he had written in
the letter.
34)What did father
instruct Swami?
Ans. Father instructed
Swami to give the
letter to his headmaster
and bring an
acknowledgement
from him in the
evening.
35)What was Swami’s
feeling when he went
to school?
Ans. Swami felt that
he was the worst
perjurer on earth when
he went to school.
36)What was Swami
doubtful about?
Ans. Swami was
doubtful about the
description of Samuel
had been accurate.
37)Why did Swami
stop on the roadside?
Ans. Swami stopped
on the roadside to
make up his mind
about Samuel that he
was not such a bad
man after all.
38)What did Swami
feel about Samuel?
Ans. Swami felt that
Samuel was not such a
bad man. Personally,
he was much more
friendly than the other
teachers. He cracked a
joke. But he sometimes
skinned pupils’ hands
badly with a cane.
39)What story about
Samuel was persisted
among the students for
years?
Ans. Once Samuel
skinned the knuckles
of a boy in the first
standard and made him
smear the blood on his
face.
40)Why was Swami’s
head dizzy with
confusion? OR. Why
did Swami grieve for
Samuel?
Ans. Swami’s head
was dizzy with
confusion because he
could not decide if
Samuel was good or
bad really and whether
he deserved the
allegations made
against him in the
letter.
41)How was Swami
ruining his teacher
Samuel?
Ans. Swami was
ruining his teacher
Samuel by perjuring.
42)How did Samuel
look? OR. Described
the appearance of
Samuel?
Ans. Samuel had a
dark face, small red-
streaked eyes, thin line
of moustache,
unshaven cheek and he
used to wear a yellow
coat.
43 When did Swami
feel like an
executioner?
Ans. When Swami felt
the bulge of the letter
in his pocket, he felt
like an executioner
44) What did Swami
fail to decide about
Samuel?
Ans. Swami failed to
decide if Samuel really
deserved the
allegations made
against him in the
letter.
45)What idea occurred
to Swami as he entered
the school gate?
Ans. As Swami
entered the school
gate, he decided to
deliver the letter to the
headmaster at the end
of the day.
46)Why did Swami
decide to deliver the
letter to the headmaster
at the end of the day?
Ans. Swami decided to
deliver the letter to the
headmaster at the end
of the day because he
wanted to give Samuel
a chance during the
course of the day to
justify the letter.
47)What was Samuel
doing when Swami
stood at the entrance to
his class?
Ans. Samuel was
teaching arithmetic
when Swami stood at
the entrance to his
class.
48)What did Swami
hope about Samuel
when he came to
school late?
Ans. Swami hoped that
Samuel would fall on
him and tear his skin
off.
49)How late was
Swami at school?
Ans. Swami was half
an hour late at school.
50)What was the
unexpected question
asked by Samuel?
Ans. Samuel asked
Swami why he had
come to school with
the headache. It was an
unexpected question to
Swami.
51)What made Samuel
impressed?
Ans. In spite of
Swami’s headache, his
father sent him to
school. He did not
want him to miss
school. Such approach
of Swami’s father
impressed the teacher
Samuel.
52)What did Swami
feel as he sat down in
his classroom?
Ans. As Swami sat
down in the classroom,
Swami felt that he had
never met such a good
man like Samuel.
53)When did Samuel
get most angry in the
class?
Ans. Samuel got most
angry in the class at
the time of inspecting
home lessons.
54) What were the
scenes of great
violence, according to
Swami’s impression, at
the time of Samuel’s
inspecting the home
lessons?
Ans. Notes books
would be flung and the
boys would be abused,
caned and made to
stand up on the
benches.
55) How did Samuel
appear that day?
Ans. Samuel appeared
very tolerant and
gentle that day.
56)Why did not Swami
do his home task?
Ans. Swami did not do
his home task as he
had a headache.
57)Why did Swami
feel desolate?
Ans. Swami felt
desolate because the
period came to an end
and Samuel did not
show his violence.
58)Who took the last
period?
Ans. Samuel took the
last period.
59)What subject did
Samuel teach in the
last class?
Ans. Samuel taught
Indian History in the
last class.
60)When did the last
period begin and end?
Ans. The last period
began at 3:45 pm and
ended at 4:30 pm.
61) What portion of
History was Samuel
reading at the last
period?
Ans. Samuel was
reading Vasco da
Dama’s arrival in India
at the last period.
62) Why did Swami
feel slightly happy?
Ans. Swami felt
slightly happy because
he succeeded to irritate
Samuel somewhat by
asking an irrelevant
question-‘Why did
Columbus not come to
India?’.
63)Why did Samuel
scowl at Swami?
Ans. Samuel scowled
at Swami because he
was disturbing the
class by shouting again
and again.
64)What did Samuel
order the whole class
to spend the remaining
few minutes at the last
quarter?
Ans. Samuel ordered
the whole class to put
away their books he
wished to ask some
questions to spend the
remaining few minutes
at the last quarter.
65)Why did Samuel
cane, Swami?
Ans. Samuel caned
Swami because, in
spite of his warning,
Swami provoked him
by getting up and
answering the
questions with his loud
screech.
66) How many blows
of cane did Swami
receive from Samuel?
Ans. Swami received a
total of eight blows of
cane from Samuel.
67)What did Swami do
when the bell rang for
the last period?
Ans. Swami picked up
his books and ran to
the headmaster’s room.
68)Why was the
headmaster’s room
locked?
Ans. The headmaster’s
room was locked
because he took the
afternoon off and went
on a week’s leave.
69)Who was the
Assistant Headmaster
in Swaminathan’s
school?
Ans. Samuel was the
Assistant Headmaster
in Swaminathan’s
school.
70)What did father do
with the letter?
Ans. Father snatched
the letter and tore it.