GANDHIJI
Gandhiji was of ripe age, but he was still full of vitality and his capacity for work was prodigious. The end came suddenly by the hand of an assassin. India was shocked and the world grieved, and to those of us who were more intimately connected with him, the shock and sorrow were hard to bear. And yet, perhaps, it was a fitting close to a magnificent career and in his death, as in his life, he served the cause to which he had devoted himself. None of us would have liked to see him gradually fade in body and mind with increasing years. And so he died, as he had lived, a bright star of hope and achievement, the Father of the Nation which had been shaped and trained by him for half a century.
To those who had the high privilege of being associated with him in some of his innumerable activities, he will ever remain the embodiment of youthful energy. We shall not think of him as an old man, but rather as one who represented with the vitality of spring the birth of a new India. To a younger generation who did not come in personal contact with him, he is a tradition, and numerous stories are woven around his name and activities. He was great in his life; he is greater since he passed away.
1. Based on your reading of the above passage fill in the gaps in the sentences given below:
His capacity for work was great despite his (a) —————————-. His death was (b) ——————— and he was (c) ———————–. He was called (d) —————————- For the younger generation he was (e) —————————————————————————. There are so many (f) ——————————————————————-about his activities.
2.Answer the following questions:
(a)To whom were the shock and sorrow hard to bear?
(b)Why Gandhiji was never considered an old man?
(c)How did Gandhiji serve his cause even in his death?
3. Find the words in the passage which mean:
energy (a)____________
a person’s life history (b)_________
Answers
1.(a) ripe age (b) sudden
(c) shot by (the hand of an assassin
(d) the Father of the Nation
(e)a tradition (f) stories.
2.(a) For those (who were) intimately connected with him
(b) (He was never considered an old man) because he was always full of energy and his capacity for work was enormous.
(c) Gandhiji died as a bright star of hope and achievement.
3. (a) vitality
(b) numerous stories are woven around his name and activities.
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