Textual Questions & Answers of 'Gandhi, The Mahatma' of Class-V

 

Gandhi, The Mahatma

Textual Questions & Answers

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ACTIVITY 1

Let's put a tick (√) mark to choose the right answer: 
 
a) Gandhiji's dress angered / surprised ✓ the boy. 
 
b) Gandhiji told that he was very poor ✓ / rich. 
 
c)The boy's mother made clothes ✓ / shoes. 
 
d) Gandhiji's family was very large ✓ / small.
 
 

ACTIVITY 2

Let's fill in the table with information from the text:
 

What	Who
a) visited Mahatma Gandhi	A little boy
b) could sew well	The little boy’s mother
c) had forty crore brothers and sisters	Mahatma Gandhi

 
 

ACTIVITY 3

Let's complete the following sentences with information from the text: 
 
A) Gandhiji visited different places to collect funds for India’s freedom struggle. 
 
B) In Odisha, Gandhiji met an old woman.
 
C) The old woman went near Gandhiji gave him a coin after touching his feet. 
 
D) Jamanlal asked Gandhiji for the coin that the old man gave him.
 
 

ACTIVITY 4

Let's write T for True statements and F for False statements: 
 
a) Gandhiji never visited any place. [ F ] 
 
b) The woman from Odisha wore a new sari. [ F ] 
 
c) Gandhiji got a coin from the old woman. [ T ] 
 
d) Jamanlal collected the coin from Gandhiji. [ F ] 
 
 

ACTIVITY 5

Work in pairs to answer the questions: 
 
a) Mention the ideas that filled Gandhiji's work.
Ans: Thoughts of love, peace, and equality filled Gandhiji's work.
 
b) Where did Swami Vivekananda speak about unity in all religions? 
Ans: Swami Vivekananda spoke about unity in all religions at Chicago, America.
 
c) Who started the Raksha Bandhan as a festival of brotherhood? 
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore started the Raksha Bandhan as a festival of brotherhood.
 
d) How did the three great men become immortal?
Ans: These three great men become immortal for their thoughts and works.
 

ACTIVITY 6

Insert suitable punctuation marks in the following passage. One is done for you : 
 
One day a man went to the market (.) He bought a box (,) a bat (,) a ball and a pen from the market. His bag became heavy (.) Do you know what he did then (?) 
 
He said to a horse (.) (") Please share my load (.) It is too heavy for me (.)(") The horse replied(,)(")It is your load (.) Don't ask me to share it (.)(")
 
 

ACTIVITY 7

Let's fill in the blanks with the words given in the box: 

[ who,    when,    what,     where ]

(1) When do you play with your friends? 
I play with my friends in the afternoon.
 
(2) Who is your best friend? 
Ramen is my best friend.
 
(3) Where will you go in the summer vacation? 
We shall go to Darjeeling in the summer vacation.
 
(4) What did you have as your tiffin? 
I had bread as my tiffin.
 

ACTIVITY 8

Let's separate the subject and predicate in the following sentences and classify them in the table given below:  
(1) The boy plays in the field.
(2) He is very happy today. 
(3) The girl stood first this year. 
(4) The moon revolves round the earth.
 

Subject	Predicate
The boy	plays in the field.
He	is very happy today.
The girl	stood first this year.
The moon	revolves round the earth.

 
 

ACTIVITY 9

 Let's write 'a' or 'an' before the words: 

(1) an Orange		(5) an airship
(2) a goat		(6) a lake
(3) a man		(7) an umbrella
(4) an ice-cream		(8) a cricketer

 
 

ACTIVITY 10

Use 'the' with the following words or word-clusters and make sentences: 
Sun, Indian ocean, eldest son, Indian cricket team
 
v  Sun: The sun rises in the east.
 
v  Indian Ocean: I want to see the Indian Ocean. 
 
v  eldest son: He is the eldest son of his family.
 
v  Indian cricket team: Indian cricket team wins the match.
 

ACTIVITY 11

Let's fill in the blanks with suitable articles: 
"India won the Cricket World Cup for the second time in 2011. It was a moment of great triumph and an event of great inspiration to the youth of India. The members of Team India were hailed as national heroes.

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