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Tales of Young Gandhi Questions & Answers
Question 1: When was Gandhi born?
Answer: Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869.
Question 2: Where was Gandhi born?
Answer: Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujarat.
Question 3: Who were Gandhi’s parents?
Answer: Gandhi’s parents were Karamchand and Putlibai Gandhi.
Question 4: Why did the Gandhi family move to Rajkot?
Answer: The Gandhi family had moved to Rajkot because Gandhi’s father had joined the Rajasthani court in Rajkot.
Question 5: Which languages were taught at the school Gandhi went to? List three.
Answer: Sanskrit, Persian and English
Question 6: How did Gandhi feel when his request to leave school early was not granted?
Answer: He felt very sad.
Question 7: What evidence (proof) does Gandhi give to show that in spite of everything, he did quite well at school?
Answer: He received scholarships of Rs 4 and Rs 10 for two years.
Question 8: Read the lines and answer the questions:
Later I came to realize that physical training is as important as mental training.
(a) What physical training was Gandhi given at school?
Answer: Gymnastics, football, and cricket.
(b) What did Gandhi do before he realized the importance of physical training?
Answer: He avoided the physical training.
(c) What habit did Gandhi form after he realized the importance of physical training?
Answer: He started taking long walks in the open air.
Question 8: Read the lines and answer the questions:
Mohandas, stop lying about your absence. But sir….
(a) Who accused Gandhi of lying?
Answer: Gandhi’s teacher, Dorabji Edulji Gimi accused him of lying.
(b) Which class had Gandhi been absent from?
Answer: Gandhi had been absent from Gymnastics class.
(c) What was the reason for Gandhi’s absence?
Answer: He had miscalculated the time as he did not have a watch and arrived late for the class.
Question 9: Based on what you see in the graphic story, describe the school that Gandhi went to.
Answer: The school was a large building with a central courtyard. It had two levels. The entrance had a decorative arch and the school had a clock tower. The classrooms had wooden tables and benches. There were trees in the courtyard. They had Geometry, Sanskrit, Persian, and English classes. Gymnastics, football and cricket were compulsory.
Question 10: Why did the headmaster not believe the reason for Gandhi’s absence?
Answer: Gandhi had previously tried to skip his gymnastic class and leave early to attend to his ill father. This request had been denied so when he arrived late, it was assumed that he was making excuses.
Question 11: T-Charts are a type of graphic organizer through which we can separate and organize information. The T-Chart gets its name as it has two columns which make it look like the letter ‘T’. Fill in the T-chart given here.
Answer:
| Opinion | Evidence/Proof |
| 1. My heart was not in my studies. | He was more interested in mocking his teachers and he was mediocre student who barely learnt his multiplication tables. |
| 2. I was very shy. | He would bury his head in a book. He would avoid talking to his school mates because he thought they would laugh at him. |
Question 12: Gandhi pointed out qualities and character traits in himself that are good and admirable. What are these?
Answer: These traits are – truthfulness and integrity.
So, these were Tales of Young Gandhi Questions & Answers.