UNIT - 5 THE CONCERT THREE MARKS QUESTIONS

1. “You’ll wake him up. You know he needs all the sleep and rest he can get”

a. Who was sleeping?

Ans.: Anant

b. Who does ‘you’ refer?

Ans:. Smita

c. Why does he need rest?

Ans.: Anant was suffering from cancer and had become very week. So he needed rest.

2. “We mustn’t miss the chance”

a. What chance did the boy not like to miss?

Ans.: The chance of attending Pandit Ravishankar’s music concert.

b. Why is he so eager to make use of it?

Ans.: He was suffering from Cancer. He though they might not get another chance.

c. Why would the boy, not get a chance in the future?

Ans.: The boy was suffering from cancer.

3. “Take him home. Give him the things he likes, indulge him”.

a. Who said the above statement?

Ans.: Doctors who were treating Anant.

b. Who does ‘him’ refer?

Ans:. Anant

c. Why did they say so?

Ans.: Anant’s condition grew worse with each passing day and the doctors knew that the boy had not many days to live. This made them to say so.

4. “A walk in the park might make you feel better”.

a. Who suggested a walk in the park?

Ans.: Aunt Sushila suggested a walk in the park.

b. To whom was it said?

Ans:. Smita

c. How was her mood in the park?

Ans.: Smita felt alone in the midst of people who were walking, running, playing etc. She was lost in her thoughts.

5. ‘But they did not voice their fears”

a. What did Anant’s parents fear?

Ans.: Anant’s parents feared that the boy had not many days to live.

b. Why did they not show fear?

Ans.: They did not want Anant to know about his sickness and his chances of survival were very less.

c. How did they behave towards him?

Ans.: They laughed, talked and surrounded Anant with whatever made him happy.

6. ‘Panditji is a busy man. You must not bother him with such requests’

a. Who was bothering Panditji?

Ans.: Smitha.

b. Who was Panditji?

Ans:. Pandit Ravishankar.

c. What was the request made?

Ans.: The request was made to Pandit Ravishankar to come to the house and play for Anant.

7. ‘Enjoy yourself, lucky you!’

a. Who said this?

Ans:. Anant.

b. Who is considered as lucky?

Ans.: Smitha is considered as lucky.

c. Why is she lucky?

Ans.: She was going to attend the music concert of Pandit Ravi Shankar.

8. “No, how can I? We’ve always done things together’.

a. Who made this statement?

Ans:. Smita

b. Who has done the things together?

Ans.: Anant and Smitha.

c. Why is it not possible now?

Ans.: It was not possible now because Anant had cancer and was confined to bed. 

9. “I must hear him and see him”

a) Who is ‘I’ referred here?

Ans.: Anant.

b) What did he want to hear and see?

Ans.: concert of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha.

c) When did he get a chance to hear?

Ans.: When Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha performed for the boy in his house.

10. It is a chance of a life time

a. For whom was it a chance of life time?

Ans.: Anant and Smitha.

b. What is a chance of a life time?

Ans.: Listening to the concert of Pandit Ravi Shankar was a chance of a life time.

c. Why did he feel so?

Ans.: He was sick and so he could not attend the concert. He thought it is difficult to get another chance.

11. “Tomorrow morning we perform for the boy”.

a. Who would perform?

Ans.: Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha.

b. Why would they perform for the boy?

Ans.: They would perform for the boy because he was on his death – bed and seeing their performance was one of his wishes..

c. What was the result?

Ans.: The boy enjoyed the performance and breathed his last.