Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions- given below:—
Dorabji Edulji Gimi was the Headmaster
then. He was popular among boys, as he was disciplinarian, a man of method and
a good teacher. He had made gymnastics and cricket compulsory for the boys of
the upper standards. I disliked both. I never took part in any exercise,
cricket or football, before they were made compulsory. My shyness was one of
the reasons for this aloofness, which I now see was wrong. then had the false notion that gymnastics had
nothing to do with education. Today I know that physical training should have
as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
Questions:
(i) Who is the speaker of the above passage?
(ii) Why was Mr. Gimi popular among boys?
(iii) What was Gandhiji’s false notion?
(iv) Give the opposite of the following
words:—
Compulsory,
false, dislike, upper.
(v) Of the following four statements only two
are true. Write out the true statements:-
(a) Dorabji Edulji Gimi was not a good
teacher.
(b) He had made Gymnastics compulsory.
(c) Gandhiji did not take part in cricket.
(a) His shyness was not the reason of his
aloofness.
