QUIZ ON MY SON WILL NOT A BEGGAR BE

'MY SON WILL NOT A BEGGAR BE' is a/an

• fiction

• biography

• autobiography

The prolonged sickness that caused Ved to lose his eyesight was (a)  

"At that time we were living in Gujarat, in the province of Punjab in northern

India." This statement proves that we are reading about

• post-independence India

• pre-independence India

• 1950s

Ved felt that the servants avoided him as though he were (a)  

Ved's father was a/an _____________

• doctor in the public health service,

• engineer in the public health service,

• clerk in the public health service,

The Pandits agreed that by

doing ________________, my mother could improve my chance of regaining sight.

• yagna

• penance for her sins

• pilgrimage

The Hakims suggested the use of ________

• pellets

• syrup

• surma and eye-drops

Ved’s father was angry when his wife used the hakim’s medicines on Ved

because

• she did not take his permission.

• they made Ved uncomfortable.

• they did not do him any good.

During Ved's time the occupation available to the visually impaired was/were

• begging

• running paan-biri shop

• becoming a clerk

Ved's father struggled with Ved's education because For the blind,

• educational facilities and personnel were

  limited

• often the schools became semi- asylums with all ages grouped together

• the schools did not have any gradation system