At The High School Question Answer | Class 10 | Odisha Board

At The High School

Question Answer



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1. What is a biography? What is an autobiography?

Ans: A biography is the story of a person's life, written by another person.

But an autobiography is the story of a person's life, written by that person himselt.

2. Is this lesson a biography or an autobiography? Support your answer with reasons.

Ans: This lesson is an autobiography. Because this lesson is written by Gandhiji himself.

3. Was Gandhi good at studies? How will you support your answer? 

Ans: Gandhi was good at studies. In the opening line we get this idea, when he says that he was not regarded as a fool at the high school.



4. Did his teachers like him? 

Ans: Yes, his teachers liked him.

5. What sorts of certificates were sent to his parents?

Ans: Certificates of progress and character were sent to his parents. 

6. When did he win prizes?

Ans: He won prizes after he passed out of the second standard.

7. Which standards did he get scholarships, in?

Ans: In fifth and sixth standards he got scholarships.

8. What were the amounts of his scholarships?

Ans: The amounts of his scholarships in standard fifth and sixth were rupees four and ten respectively.



9. Who did he thank more for his scholarship- himself or his good luck?

Ans: He thanked his good luck more for his scholarship.

10. What do you know about Gandhi as a person?

Ans: Gandhi as a person was an epitome of truth and non-violence. He is not just th

father of our nation, but he is the voice of entire human conscience.



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11. What was he very much careful about?

Ans: He was very much careful about his character.

12. How did he react when blamed?

Ans: Gandhiji were so careful about slightest mistakes that even little blemish drew tears in his eyes.



13. What was more important for Gandhi-winning prizes or building character? 

Ans: For Gandhi building character was more important.

14. Why did he get physical punishment?

Ans: He got physical punishment which I didn't deserve for a mistake.

15. Who was the headmaster?

Ans: Dorabji Edulji Gimi was the headmaster.

16. Was he popular? Why?

Ans: Yes he was popular. Because he was a disciplinarian, a man of method and a good teacher.

17. What was made compulsory for upper standard boys?

Ans: Gymnastics and cricket were made compulsory for upper-standard boys.

18. I disliked both. What does 'both' refer to?

Ans: Here 'both' refers to 'Gymnastics' and cricket'.

19. What was the reason for Gandhi's dislike for cricket and gymnastics? 

Ans: Gandhi's shyness was the reason of his dislike for cricket and gymnastics. 

20. Was the headmaster a lover of games?

Ans: Yes, the headmaster was a lover of games.

21. What false idea did Gandhi have about games?

Ans: Gandhi had the false idea about the games that they had nothing to do with education.

22. What were his views on games later?

Ans: Later he viewed that physical training should have much place in the curriculum as mental training.



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23. What was the special reason for Gandhi's dislike for gymnastics?

Ans: The special reason for Gandhi's dislike for gymnastics was his keen desire to serve as a nurse to his father.

24. Compulsory exercise came directly in the way of this service. What was the service?

Ans: The service was to serve as a nurse to his father.

25. Did the headmaster grant his request? Why?

Ans: No, the headmaster didn't grant his request. Because he was a strict disciplinarian.

26. Why did he get to school late?

Ans: He didn't have a watch. The clouds in the sky deceived him. So he got to school late.

27. Clouds deceived him. How?

Ans: Clouds in the sky deceived him by hiding the sun, thus not allowing him to know the time.

28. Did the headmaster believe what he said?

Ans: No, the headmaster didn't believe what he said.

29. How much was he fined?

Ans: He was fined one annaa or two.

30. What was he accused of? Was the accusation proper?

Ans: He was accused of remaining absent in the gymnastics class. No, the accusation was not proper.

31. What pained him so much?

Ans: Though he told the truth, he was accused of lying. That Pained him so much.