Tamil Nadu 10th Standard English Book Answers | The Aged Mother

10th English : The Aged Mother

Unit 4.3 > The Aged Mother

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A. Rearrange the sentences given below in the correct sequence.

1. The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.
2. A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.
3. The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.
4. Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.
5. Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.
6. When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.
7. Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.
8. The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.

Ans :-

1. Once in Shining, a cruel ruler declared that all old people must be put to death.
2. A farmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain.
3. The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return.
4. When the farmer bade farewell, she advised him to return home with the aid of twigs.
5. The son made up his mind to take back his mother home.
6. Filled with dread, he hid his mother in his home.
7. Using the clever idea of his mother, the farmer made a rope of ashes.
8. The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.

B. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:

1. What was the cruel announcement made by the leader?

The cruel announcement made by the leader was to put to death all the aged people.

2. Why was-the farmer filled with sorrow?

The farmer loved his mother with tender reverence. So the farmer was filled with sorrow.

3. What were the things carried by the farmer to the summit of the mountain?

A quantity of unwhitened nee and sweet coal-water were taken to the summit of the mountain.

4. Why did the mother become anxious as they climbed up the mountain?

The road was long and steep. She thought that her son did not know the mountains many paths. So, she became anxious.

5. What did the mother drop along the way?

The mother dropped the piles of twigs along the way.

6. What was the advice given by his mother for the sale return of her son?

Look carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide you to go farther down. This was the advice given by his mother.

7. Why did the farmer’s burden seem to be light aw his way, back home?

He decided to hide his mother in the little hut. He didn’t like to leave his mother. So, the farmer’s burden seemed to be light.

8. Where did the farmer hide his mother?

The farmer hid his mother in the closet.

9. How did the farmer make the rope of ashes? On whose suggestion did he do it?

The farmer made the rope of ashes with the twisted straw. On his mother’s suggestion he did it.

10. How did the Governor realize his: mistake?

C. Answer the following questions in paragraph of about 100-150 winds:

1. Narrate the circumstances that led to the abandoning of the aged in shining.

2. Describe the farmer’s painful journey up the mountain.

3. “The old are wise”. Prove this with reference to the story “The Aged Mother’

D. identify the Speaker/character:

1. He gave orders for the aged to be put to death.

• The Governor

2. He considered the order to be the kindest mode of death

• The farmer

3. She quietly dropped some twigs on the way

• The aged mother

4. Let not thine eves be blinded

• The aged mother

5. Together we will follow the path, together we will die.

• The farmer

6. I will think. I will think.

• The aged mother

7. The truth must be told.

• The farmer

8. He listened and meditated in silence.

• The Governor

9. Shining needs more than the strength of the youth.

• The Governor

10. With the crown of snow there cometh wisdom.

• The Governor

E. Choose the appropriate answer and fill in the blanks.

1. Shining was governed by a __________ leader.

1. strict
2. kind
3. cruel
4. diplomatic.

Ans : cruel

2. The __________ was the principal
food for the poor.

1. wheat
2. brown rice
3. unwhitened rice
4. millet.

Ans : unwhitened rice

3. The road was crossed and re-crossed by many path made by the__________.

1. hunters and woodcutters
2. robbers and thieves
3. vendors and tradesmen
4.  wildlife photographers and trekkers

Ans : hunters and woodcutters

4. Gathering __________ he made a soft cushion and tenderly lifted his old mother onto it.

1. dry leaves
2. fallen pine
3. broken twigs
4. flowers

Ans : fallen pine

5. The governor demanded that his subjects should present him with a __________.

1. basket of fruits
2. rope of ashes
3. flesh of animals
4. bag of silverwares

Ans : rope of ashes

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