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_______

"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 __________

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