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Bull Beneath The, , Earth, Kulwant Singh Virk, , Summary, The name of the writer is Kulwant Singh Virk. Karam, Singh and Mann Singh were army men and good firiends., , Karam Singh was a havildar. Mann Singh was a Naik., , They were fighting at Burma front. Karam Singh was a, crack shot. He killed many Japanese soldiers., During, those days Mann Singh got a few days leave. Mann Singh, was from Chuharkana. Karam Singh was from Thathi, , Khara. Thathi Khara was 4 miles from Taran Taran. There, are three Gurudwara's, , mentioned in the lesson., , They are Sri TaranTaran Sahib, Sri Khadur Sahib, Sri, Goindwal Sahib. Mann Singh visited Karam Singh's |, village Thathi Khara. He first met Karam Singh's father,, sitting in the porch. Then he met Karam Singh's younger |, brother Jaswant Singh. The postman brought the pension, papers of Karam Singh. Mann Singh got shocked on, hearing the news of his friend's death. Karam Singh's, father was a bull beneath the earth who bore, the, additional burden of other's pain.
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Textual Questions (Short Answer Type Questions), , Q1.Who were Mann Singh and Karam Singh?, Al. Mann Singh and Karam Singh were two, , friends.They, , had worked in the same Regimental Centre., were serving together in a battalion on the Burma front, IKaram Singh had joined up earlier and was now a Havilar, , Afterthat they, , and Mann Singh had just got to Naik's rank., , Q2. What were the designations of Karam Singh and, Mann, , Singh, , in the, , army?, A2. Karam Singh was a Havildar and Mann Singh was Naik., , Q3. Where did Mann Singh go when he got a few, days' leave?, A3. Mann Singh went to Karam Singh's village, Thathi, , Khara, in Amritsar when he got a few days leave., Q4. Who did Mann Singh meet first on entering, , Karam Singh's house?, A4. mann Singh first met Karam Singh's father sitting in, the porch of the house., , Q5. Who was Jaswant Singh?, , AS.Jaswant Singh was Karam Singh'syoungerbrother., Q6. What did Mann Singh telt Karam, Singh'sfamilyabout, the latter's war-skills?, , A6. Mann Singh told them that Karam Singh was a good, crack shot. During the war many Japanese soldiers were, shot down by Karam Singh., Q7. Which words of Mann Singh pierced Karam Singh's, father's heart?, , A7. Mann Singh asked Karam Singh's little son if he, , would like to go to his father. These words of Mann, , Singh pierced Karam Singh's father's heart since he knew, , thatKaram Singh had already-beenkilledin the war
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Q8. How far was Taran Taran from Karam Singh's village?, , A8. Taran Taran was nearly four miles from Karam Singh's, , village., Q9. What news did the postman bring?, A9. The postman brought pension papers of Karam Singh., showed that Karam Singh was killed in the war., Q10. What was the effect of Karam Singh's death on Mann, , Singh?, Al0. On hearing the news of the death of Karam Singh, Mann, , Singh felt chocked in his breast and throat.His body was seized, , by a sudden numbness., , Q11. Why did the members of Karam Singh's family not, break the news of his death to Mann Singh?, Al1. They did not break the news of death of Karam Singh to, Mann Singh because they did not want to spoil Mann Singh's, , holidays., Q12. Why did Mann Singh compare Karam Singh's father, to a bull who bore upon its head the burden of the whole, earth?, , A12. Karam Singh's father was like a bull who bore upon its, head the burden of the whole earth because he was also ever, , readyto share otherpeople'sburden., , LongASwer Questtons, Q1. Write a character-sketch of Karam Singh?, , Al. Karam Singh was a Havildar in the army. He was a friendly, character. Many people in his village kept inquiring from his, father about his next leave. He had a most agreeable manner, , speech and people loved to sit by his side and listen to his tales, of war and adventure. In his regiment, Karam Singh was famous, as a crack shot. During the war many a Japanese soldiers hiding, in the branches of the trees had fallen uncannily to his ravaging, shots. Thus he paid off the scores for his comrades killed by, Japanese bullets. In the end of the story he got killed in the war.
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02. Write a character-sketch of Mann Singh., A2. Mann Singh was a Naik in the army. He was, , youngerthan, , Karam Singh and had joined army quite recently. He went to, , Karam Singh's house during his leave. He thought that he would, find the members of Karam Singh's family too cordial but they, were too formal towards him. He was bitterly dismayed at, behavior. He felt that he should not have come there. In the end,, , their, , he came to know about the reason of their dry demeanour. They, had received the news of their son's death, the tragic news that, they wanted to keep from Mann Singh., , Q3, Why did Mann Singh visit Karam Singh's village during his, leave? How did Karam Singh's family treat him? What, the reason, was, , for such treatment?, , A3. Mann, , Singh, , visited Karam, , Singh's village during, , his, , leave., , When he reached his house he found Karam Singh's father sitting in, the porch. He greeted him. But the old man looked quite perturbed, at, his visit. He found that the behavior of the other members of hi, family was also very formal. Mann Singh had not expected such type, of behavior at all. He was quite disappointed about this visit. In the, end he came to know from the postman that Karam Singh had already, cen killed in the war. That was the reason of the dry behavior ofthe, , family. They wanted to keep the tragic news of their son's death, , -secret from-Mann Singh, Q4. Give a brief character-sketch of Karam Singh's father?, A4. We meet Karam Singh's father for the first time in the story, when Mann Singh reaches Karam Singh's house. He looks quite, perturbed at Mann Singh's arrival. It appears that he is lost in his, thoughts. He tries to avoid Mann Singh's company. When Mann, , Singh asks Karam Singh's son if he wanted to go to his father he, becomes quite disturbed. Mann Singh does not understand the, reason of this reaction from the old man. In the end Mann Singh, comes to know that Karam Singh has already been killed in the war., The old man was trying to keep this tragic news from Mann Singh., , Mann Singh has rightly compared him with the Ox which bore upon, Lits head the burdenofthe wholeearth
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Q5. Discuss the appropriateness of the title of the, story: The Bull beneath the Earth'?, A5. It is said that there was a bull which bore upon its, head the burden of the whole earth. In the present story it, 1s Karam Singh's father who has been compared with, the, bull which is beneath the earth. His son is killed in the, war. But when Mann Singh comes to his house he tries to, keep the tragic news of his son's death from Mann Singh., Though his behavior towards Mann Singh is very formal,, yet, , he tries, , to make, , him, , comfortable. Atthe end of the story, Mann Singh comes, to know about the death of his friend. On this revelation, Mann Singh feels choked in the breast and he begins to, , weep bitterly. Thus Karam Singh's father comes to know, that they have not been able to keep the tragic news of, , heir son's death secret from Mann Singh. Thus Mann, Singh compares Karam Singh's father with the bull that, is beneath the earth. Though he is bent under the burden, of his, , own, , grief yet he does, , not want to share this, , grief, , with others. So, we can say the title of the story is quite, apt
