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Extra Questions for NCERT Class 6 English Poorvi Unit 1 Chapter 3 ‘Rama to the Rescue’
Rama to the Rescue – Multiple Choice type Questions (MCQ)
Choose the correct option:
1. Rama to the rescue is based on a folk tale from___________.
a. Assam
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Tamil Nadu
d. None of the above
2. The setting of the story is _______
a. a city
b. a forest
c. a village
d. None of the above
3. Who was feeling sleepy?
a. The kotwal
b. the man (householder)
c. his wife
d thief
4. Why did the wife ‘shush’ the man?
a. she wanted to hear owls hooting
b. she wanted to pray in peace before going to bed
c. she thought she heard a suspicious noise
d. All of the above
5. What did the wife tell the householder?
a. she told him to listen
b. she told him to go to sleep
c. She told him to go out and call the kotwal
d. She told him that she was frightened
6. What did the householder conclude was the origin of the noise?
a. the wind
b. a dog seeking shelter
c. somebody was trying to break in
d. None of the above
7. What did the wife conclude when the noise stopped?
a. that the person had gone away
b. that the person had entered their house already
c. the person was resting
d. All of the above
8. What did the householder advise his wife?
a. to keep a stick ready
b. to lie down
c. not to look
d.(b) and (c) above
9. Instead of panicking, what did the householder do?
a. he thought of a clever plan
b. he told his wife to listen carefully
c. both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
10. How did the thief get in?
a. He came in through the open window
b. He dug a hole in the wall
c. He come in by removing tiles from the roof.
d. None of the above
11. Why did the thief think that he would have to wait?
a. he heard voices
b. he realised the inmates were awake
c. he needed to wait till they fell asleep
d. All of the above
12. What did the thief wonder about?
a. where the couple kept their gold
b. how much gold they had
c. where they kept their money
d. All of the above
13. Why did the thief try to listen intently to the couple?
a. to find out if they were talking about their money
b. to hear if they discussed where they keep their money
c. both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
14. How did the wife call out to Rama?
a. softly as if he was in the room
b. a little louder as if he were in the yard
c. very loudly as if he were in the street
d. all of the above
15. What did the thief wish the couple would do?
a. they would stop their silly game
b. talk about their money
c. or fall asleep at least
d. all of the above
16. How did the man and his wife prevent the robbery?
a. by outwitting the thief
b. by calling the village kotwal without raising his alarm
c. By staying calm
d. all of the above
Answers:
1. c. Tamil Nadu
2. c. a village
3. b. the man (householder)
4. c. she thought she heard a suspicious noise
5. a. she told him to listen
6. c. somebody was trying to break in
7. b. that the person had entered their house already
8. d.(b) and (c) above
9. c. both (a) and (b)
10. b. He dug a hole in the wall
11. d. All of the above
12. c. where they kept their money
13. c. both (a) and (b)
14. d. all of the above
15. d. all of the above
16. d. all of the above
Rama to the Rescue – Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box:
| asleep | street | kotwal | cleverness | awake | softly | chatter | robbed |
1. Rama was the village ___________.
2. Voices! They are ______. I’ll have to wait till they fall _________.
3. When he’s in the house, I’ll call out _______to him.
4. But my dear, what if the boy is not in the house, or in the yard, but in the ________?
5. Ah! At last they have stopped their ______.
6. the man and his wife by their ___________ had saved themselves from being __________.
Answer:
1. Rama was the village kotwal.
2. Voices! They are awake. I’ll have to wait till they fall asleep.
3. When he’s in the house, I’ll call out softly to him.
4. But my dear, what if the boy is not in the house, or in the yard, but in the street?
5. Ah! At last they have stopped their chatter.
6. the man and his wife by their cleverness had saved themselves from being robbed.
Rama to the Rescue – Match the words in column A with those in column B:
| A | B |
| wife | The village kotwal |
| The thief | devises a clever plan |
| Ramu | calls out Ramu’s name |
| Man (householder) | does not know the kotwal’s name |
Answer:
| A | B |
| wife | calls out Ramu’s name to alert him |
| The thief | does not know the kotwal’s name |
| Ramu | The village kotwal |
| Man (householder) | devises a clever plan to alert the Kotwal |
Rama to the Rescue – State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:
1. The thief digs a hole in the wall to enter the house.
2. The thief is annoyed because the man and his wife were still awake.
3. The wife panics and begins to call out the kotwal’s name.
4. The thief was surprised when the kotwal nabs him.
5. The kotwal is not alert and efficient.
Answer:
1. True
2. True
3. False – the wife does not panic; she calls out the kotwal’s name as planned to alert him.
4. True
5. False – Ramu, the village kotwal was alert so he could hear his name being called out. He rushed over to nab the thief proving his efficiency.
Rama to the Rescue – Very Short Questions:
1. Who is Rama?
Answer:
Rama is the village kotwal responsible for maintaining law and order in the village.
2. Why was the man feeling sleepy?
Answer:
The man was sleepy because his day had been hard.
3. How did the couple detect the presence of the thief?
Answer:
The couple heard a suspicious noise which stopped soon after, indicating that someone had already entered their house.
4. Who devised a plan to outwit the thief?
Answer:
The man devised a clever plan to outwit the thief.
5. What was important for the plan to succeed?
Answer:
It was important not to arouse the thief’s suspicion for the plan to succeed
6. Did the couple have a son named Ramu? Why did the wife call out Ramu’s name?
Answer:
No, the couple did not have a son. They pretended to call their son by the name “Ramu” so that the thief would not realise they were alerting the kotwal.
7. How did the thief know that the inmates of the house were still awake?
Answer:
The thief heard the voices of the inmates of the house and figured out that they were still awake.
8. Why didn’t the thief panic when the wife started calling out “Ramu” in a very loud voice?
Answer:
The thief did not know that the village kotwal’s name was “Ramu”, so he did not realise that the couple was tricking him by calling the kotwal.
9. How did Rama hear his name?
Answer:
Rama heard his name when the husband cleverly asked his wife to demonstrate how she would call their son if he were not in the house but on the street. Immediately, the wife started shouting out “Rama’s” name and alerted the village Kotwal.
10. What did Rama, the kotwal do on reaching the house?
Answer:
Rama entered the house through the hole dug by the thief and without further ado apprehended the thief.
Rama to the Rescue – Long Answer Type Questions:
1. Describe what went through the thief’s mind when he entered the house? How was he taken by surprise?
Answer:
The thief had to work hard to dig a hole in the wall of the house to get in, but once inside he was unhappy to find that the couple were still awake and chatting. He realised that he would have to patiently wait for them to fall asleep. He listened intently to their chatter in case they revealed where they kept their money.
He grew impatient when the couple appeared to be playing a “silly game” which involved calling out to their son “Rama” in different situations. He did not know that the village kotwal was called “Rama”, so he could not understand that he was being duped. To his utter astonishment he was suddenly nabbed by the village kotwal.
2. How did the couple save themselves from being robbed? What was the plan they devised?
Answer: The couple realised that someone with evil intentions had entered their house unseen by the village kotwal. They did not want to confront the thief, but devised a plan to alert the village kotwal. Their plan was ingenious and depended on the fact that the thief would not know that the kotwal was called “Ramu”. They pretended that they would name their unborn son “Ramu” and the man asked his wife how she would call their son in different scenarios – when he was in the house, or yard, or the street. The wife complied and called out softly at first, then louder and finally she raised her voice and shouted out “Ramu” as if she wanted her son who was in the street to hear her. The plan worked because Ramu, the village kotwal, heard her calling out and rushed to their rescue. Thus, the couple was saved from being robbed by their cleverness.
