Et completely 2. Read the following passage carefully
1. Ohen we may be in doubt as to what to do. It is no easy matter
VALUE POINTS
to decide what is nght and what is not One Bide test I dull
ask you to apply whenever you are in doubt It may help you.
The passage is about
The father's wish to see his
Never do anything in secret or anything that you would wish to
daughter clear hearted and brave
hide. For the desire to hide anything means that you u are afraid,
and fear is a bad thing and unworthy of you. Be brave, and all Para 1
the rest follows. If you are brave, you will not fear and will not do Do not do things secretly. Be
anything of which you are ashamed, You know that in our great brave and straightforward. Do
freedom movement under Bapuji's leadership, there is no room
not try to hide things out of fear
lor secrecy or hiding. We have nothing to hide. We are not afraid
Privacy is different from being
of what we do and what we say. We work in the sun and in the
secretive. Grow in the light and
keep calm
light. Even so in our private lives let us make friends with the sun
and work in the light and do nothing secretly or furtively. Privncy, Para 2
of course, we may have and should have, but that is a very Fortunate to be a witness to
different thing from secrecy. And if you do so, my dear, you will struggle for freedom. Your mom
grow up as a child of the light, unafraid and serene and coruffled,
a wonderful woman and your
whatever may happen. I have written to you a very long letter,
good friend
And yet there is much I would like to tell you. How can a letter
GLOSSARY
contain it?
1. hide
2. You are fortunate, I have said, in being a witness to this great
: conceal
2. the rest
struggle for freedom that is going on in our country. You are also
: everything else
3. Bapuji's : Mahatma Gandhi's
very fortunate in having a very brave and wonderful little woman
4. furtively : secretly
for your mummy; If you are ever in doubt or in trouble, you 5. unruffled: undisturbed
cannot have a better friend,
Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a brave soldier in
India's service
With all my love and good wishes.
(e) Answer the following questions briefly :
( What step should be taken in case of doubt?
01) What does the desire to hide show?
(II) What does being brave reveal of a person?
(iv) Which movement does the author mention?
() What is the wish of the father for his daughter in writing her a letter?
(b) Choose the most appropriate option :
x) The synonym of the word "doubt' (para 1) is.
(a) suspicion
(c) uncertainty
() The antonym of 'serene' is
(a) serious
(c) disturbed
(1) calm
(by misunderstanding
illusion
(b) sorrowful​