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1] How was the students’ marching an unusual, march? April 2016, , Ans: In 1942, the Quit India Movement was going on., Mohan, Suman, and their college friends believed, ina different form of resistance to the British. They, wanted the Britishers to quit India., The students walked in rain, not paying heed to, the police. There were no slogans and no shouts, but only the shuffle of feet, drops of rain, and, murmur of the watching crowd. Thus the march, was unusual., , 2] A police officer was seen talking to the student, leaders. Can you guess what the officer had been, talking to them?, , Ans: The leaders of the procession reached the barred, gates. The DSP came up to them. He must have, stopped them from going in to see the collector., Understandably, the police officer asked them the, purpose of their visit. Further he seems to have, told them to give them their note which he would, handover to the collector. One of them handed him, a piece of paper. He took it without glancing at it., The students marched back., , 3] Babu and Manju were a bit disappointed with, the way students were marching. What was the, reason?, , Ans:Babu and Manju were disappointed with the, march. They expected the protest to be violent., They expected them to shout slogans and carry big, banners which did not happen., , 4] What had the police expected about the way of, protest? How did the student leaders manage that, protest? April 2017, April 2015, , Ans: The police had expected the protest to be violent, In, the clash between them and students, they would, beat them up and haul them away to jail. But such, , , , a thing did not happen. es, , The student leaders decided to have a silent march, so that they wouldn’t give any excuse for the police, to beat them up and haul them tojail. They still had, to give more trouble. Hence were not prepared to, go to jail then. For them it was a war and British, were their enemy., , 5] What was there in the ‘mysterious parcel’? What, suspicion did the police have about that?, , Ans:Suman and another boy turned up at Mohan’s, place after dinner. They carried a large newspapercovered parcel in his hands. It was a cyclostyling, machine. The police had heard that they were, making copies of Mahatma’s speech and also had, people hidden in their house., , 6] *Why had Patil, the sub-inspector come there? Who, believed him? What was the result? June 2015, , Ans: Patil, the sub-inspector, had come to Mohan’s house, to enquire about the cyclostyling machine. He also, informed them that he had come as a friend of his, father and hence wanted to help them by warning, about a police raid later that night. Mohan's mother, believed him and handed him the cyclostyling, machine. She asked Suman to go home and asked, Mohan to remove the material on Mahatma’s, speech., , 7| What do you think is the writer of the incident, trying to impress upon the readers?, , Ans: The writer is trying to impress upon the readers, that in 1942 every Indian wished to be a part of the, National Movement. Not only adults but college, students, housewives, children and even the, Indians who worked in the British police wished, to help the cause of India’s freedom struggle., Almost all the Indians were inspired by Mahatma, Gandhi and respected his ideals of non-violence, and sathyagraha.
