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3. Why did Devaki Nandan Pandey not want to beg?
4. What wouldn’t Devaki Nandan Pandey cook?

5. How did the other boys react when Devaki Nandan Pandey got a rupee for washing the car?
6. Where was Devaki Nandan Pandey’s village?

7. Why did Devaki Nandan Pandey want to join the Budh Math?
8. ‘… I thought him to be more lovable,’ says the author even after knowing that Devaki Nandan

Pandey was a liar. Why?

E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

‘When I grow up, I would like to belong to the Budh Math,’ he said. ‘My mother says that for
Harijans there is no place in the Hindu Math. We are just outcastes like lepers! The village boys will
not even let us play with them in case we touch them during the sport. I am of the weaver caste.
But Gautama accepted everyone. I want to wander like him...’

1. How are Harijans treated in Hindu Matha?

2. Who all did not play with Harijans?

3. Who wanted to wander like Gautama?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a paragraph from the lesson. Listen carefully and answer the questions.

1. Who insisted to go to the village?
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2. What did Sujata give to Gautama?

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3. What was the rumour about Devaki Nandan Pandey?

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4. What did the author feel at the end?

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Let’s Speak

Work in pairs. Read the following conversation.
• Are you going to be a doctor when you leave school?

• No, I want to be an engineer.

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