UNIT - 5 THE CONCERT TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

THE CONCERT

TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

1. Why did Smitha get excited after reading the newspaper?

Ans.: Smitha got excited after reading the newspaper because it had the news of Pandit Ravi Shankar’s music concert at the Shanmukhananda Auditorium the next day.

2. Why do you think the mother cautioned the girl?

Ans.: Smitha’s brother, Anant had been struck with cancer. He was very sick and was lying on the bed. So the mother cautioned Smitha not to disturb Ananth.

3. Why did Smita’s family move to Bombay?

Ans.: Smita’s brother Ananth was suffering from cancer. They moved to Bombay from their native town Gaganpur, so that he could be treated at the cancer hospital in the city.

4. For a moment, Smitha had forgotten something. What was it?

Ans.: For a moment, Smitha had forgotten that Ananth was very ill and not in a position to go to the concert.

5. In what way was the truth frightening to Smitha?

Ans.: Though Smitha and her family had pretended Anant would get well, she had known that Anant was going to die of cancer. This was frightening to Smitha.

6. Do you consider Anant a talented boy? Justify your answer.

Ans.: Yes, Anant was a talented boy. He was the best table – tennis player in the school and the fastest runner. He was learning to play the Sitar and was already able to compose his own tunes.

7. “They had come with high hopes”, what hopes did Anant’s parents have?

Ans.: Anant’s parents had high hopes in the miracles of modern science. They thought that he would be cured. Then he could talk and run again and hoped that he would become a great sitarist one day.

8. Aunt Sushila was a generous lady. How would you justify this statement?

Ans.: Whenever Smita’s family came to Bombay for Anant’s treatment they stayed in Aunt Sushila’s house. Her apartment was small but there was always room for them. By this we can say that Aunt Sushila was a generous lady.

9. What did the doctors say to Anant’s parents? Were they words of hope or words of despair?

Ans.: The doctors asked Anant’s parents to take him home and give him whatever he liked. They were the words of despair because his parents realized that he had not many days to live.

10. What was the chance of a lifetime for Ananth?

Ans.: Ananth was a music lover and was also learning to play sitar. Listening to Sitar maestro’s music and attend his concert was the chance of lifetime for Anant.

11. What was the daring thought that came to Smita?

Ans.: Requesting the music wizard to come home to play Sitar for Anant was the daring thought that came to Smita.

12. How did Smitha enjoy the concert?

Ans.: Smitha was spellbound by the music. As the first notes came over the air, she felt as if the gates of enchantment and wonder were opening. But every beat of Tabla reminded her of Anant’s voice

13. Do you think of Response of music maestros was unusual? Justify your answer.

Ans.: No, the response of music maestros was not unusual because any person with good heart and is compassionate towards others sorrows would do the same.

14. The neighbour could not believe their eyes. Why do you think they felt like this?

Ans.: The neighbour could not believe their eyes when they saw music maestros get down from the taxi in front of their blocks because they never expected such famous people to heed to the request of a small girl to fulfil her brother’s wish.

15. Did Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha keep their promise? If yes, how?

Ans.: Yes, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha kept their promise. Next day they went to Anant’s house and played for the boy.

16. Do you like the ending of the story? Why? If you don’t, how would you like to end it?

Ans.: No, because I don’t like sad ending. I would like to see Anant getting cured and back to his earlier days like playing table tennis and sitar.

17. In the course of the story ‘The Concert’, whom do you consider to be more worried,  Smita or Anant?

Ans.: In the story, Smita was more worried than others. Though attending the concert was a chance of lifetime, she could not enjoy it completely because Anant was not with her. She was always thinking how to fulfil Anant’s wish.