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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 9 English Prose Chapter 7 The Will of Sacrifice
The Will of Sacrifice Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Before you read:
Work in pairs/groups and answer the following questions orally:
Question 1.
Why does the poet think that he is blessed?
Answer:
Poet thinks that he is blessed because he is bom in this land and has the luck to love the motherland.
Question 2.
What is very precious for the poet?
Answer:
“Living wealth of motherland’s love” was very precious for the poet.
Question 3.
Why does the poet value ‘living wealth’ more than ‘queenly treasure’? Discuss in groups.
Answer:
We cannot get full comfort by the ‘queenly treasure’ of motherland. It is only materialistic. We feel proud of living in this motherland. Living wealth of motherland is the greatest wealth. It gives more comfort. So, the poet values ‘Living wealth’ more than ‘queenly treasure’.
I. Check Your Comprehension:
Share your responses
Question 1.
Who actively participated in the freedom struggle from Bhagat Singh’s family?
Answer:
Bhagath Singh’s grandfather Arjan Singh, father Kishan Singh and uncle Ajit Singh had actively participated in the freedom struggle.
Question 2.
Name the political leaders who were in contact with Bhagat Singh when he was in DAV school in Lahore.
Answer:
Lala Lajpat Rai and Ras Bihari Bose were the political leaders.
Question 3.
How did Bhagat Singh respond to Gandhiji’s call?
Answer:
He left his school and joined the National school at Lahore. His idea differed from the Gandhian idea of a freedom movement which was based on non-violence.
Question 4.
Where did Bhagat Singh come in contact with Bhagwati Charan and Sukhdev?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh came in contact with Bhagwati Charan and Sukhdev at the National School at Lahore.
Question 5.
Why is Bhagat Singh remembered even today?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh is remembered today not only as a bold revolutionary figure but also as a great thinker. He is remembered as a martyr who laid down his life for the freedom of the nation.
Question 6.
Who did Bhagat Singh want to take revenge on? Why?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh wanted to take revenge on Scott, the Deputy Inspector General, because he was responsible for killing Lala Lajpat Rai, the Veteran Freedom Fighter.
Question 7.
According to Bhagat Singh, where does the value of a man lie?
Answer:
According to Bhagat Singh, the value of a man lies not in what he is capable of receiving but in what he is capable of giving.
II. Check your comprehension:
Share your responses.
Question 1.
What was the only prayer of the people who were with Bhagat Singh?
Answer:
They wanted to escape from the noose either by hooker crook.
Question 2.
What do you mean by the phrase ‘transportation for life’?
Answer:
“Transportation for life” means the act of sending criminals to a place that is far away, as a form of punishment.
Question 3.
What kind of punishments does Bhagat Singh talk about?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh is talking about Death punishment or punishment of hanging.
Question 4.
What expectations did Bhagat Singh have from the people who escaped the gallows of death?
Answer:
They should live and show to the world that they can not only embarce gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of torture in the dark dingy prison cells.
III. Check your comprehension:
Share your responses.
Question 1.
What kind of life did Bhagat Singh desire to lead?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh desired to lead a natural life. He did not want to live as a prisoner Or under restrictions.
Question 2.
Bhagat Singh’s name has become a symbol of:
(a) elevation
(b) relaxation
(c) revolution
(d) reorientation
Answer:
(c) Revolution
Question 3.
Bhagat Singh was never afraid of meeting
(a) friends
(b) death
(c) enemies
(d) relatives
Answer:
(b) Death.
Question 4.
Bhagat Singh is a model of
(a) social servant
(b) political wisdom
(c) oratory
(d) sacrifice
Answer:
(D) Sacrifice.
Question 5.
“If I live I might perhaps get a chance to fulfill them”.
Answer:
Question a.
What wishes did he want to fulfill?
Answer:
He nurtured some ambitions of doing something for humanity and for -his country. These were the wishes that he wanted to fulfill.
Question b.
Who is he telling this?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh was telling this to his fellow freedom fighters.
Question 6.
Why did Bhagat Singh feel proud of himself?
Answer:
He didn’t want to escape. He wanted to meet the death smilingly. So he told me that he had been waiting for the final test. He felt proud to sacrifice his life for the sake of his motherland.
Think About the Text:
C1. Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
How did Bhagat Singh participate in the freedom struggle?
Answer:
In response to Mahatma Gandhiji’s call for Non-cooperation against the British rule in 1921, Bhagat Singh left his school and joined the National School at Lahore. This school was a centre of revolutionary activities. Here he came in contact with revolutionaries such as Bhagwati Charan, Sukhdev and others. He became a member of the Hindustan Republican Association formed by revolutionaries of Uttar Pradesh. There, he was initiated into their firebrand activities.
Question 2.
What made the revolutionaries use guns and bombs against the British?
Answer:
The revolutionaries believed that British rule was unjust and oppressive. Therefore, it was legitimate on their part to use violence as a weapon to overthrow the foreigners. So, they used bombs and guns against the British.
Question 3.
What are the means of production according to Bhagat Singh?
Answer:
Land, Labour and Capital are the means of production according to Bhagat Singh. He advocated that these means of production should be under collective or state ownership.
Question 4.
How was Bhagat Singh able to keep the spark of freedom struggle alive?
Answer:
Though Bhagat Singh was imprisoned and sentenced to death, he kept the spark of freedom alive through his letters written from the Jail Cell.
Question 5.
Why is Bhagat Singh remembered even today?
Answer:
It is because of his socialistic thought. He writes about collective or state ownership of the means of production.
C2. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions:
Question 1.
What were the incidents that brought changes in Bhagat Singh’s life?
Answer:
The brutal attack by the British police on Veteran freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai at an anti-British procession. It resulted in the death of Lajpat Rai and this incident brought a total change Bhagat Singh decided to avenge Lala Lajpat Rai’s death. The British branded the revolutionaries as terrorists this made Bhagat Singh to use bombs and guns.
Question 2.
How would you have tried Bhagat Singh if you were the judge in the British Court?
Answer:
We would not have tried him. Instead, we would have honored him and left him.
Question 3.
“The value of a man resides not in what is capable of receiving, but in what he is capable of giving.” Discuss with your classmates.
Answer:
We should give something for our country. Then only we can take something from it. But today what we see is lack of patriotic spirit. We are not giving anything for our Motherland and exploiting her.
Question 4.
Write a letter to your friend about your patriotic feeling, after reading the letters of Bhagat Singh.
Answer:
10-4-2017
Bengaluru
Dear Jai,
I am doing well. I expect the same from you. I feel proud to write this piece about my patriotic feelings. A few days ago, I read about Bhagat Singh. I read his letters, written from, the Jail to his brother and comrades. I feel really proud of him. He was the bravest revolutionary patriot. Though he was awarded the death sentence, he was not afraid of death. Instead, he kept the morale of his comrades up by writing inspiring letters. He had many ambitions to fulfill even at the time of his death. He was not selfish. He had sacrificed his life for the sake of the nation. His letters inspire me and generate patriotic feelings.
I am sure, that his death must have inspired a number of patriots to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the nation. So, why don’t
we also get inspired by the life story of Bhagat Singh? Today, our country is facing many problems. Poverty and political corruptions are major problems. Most of our politicians are corrupt. They are selfish. They have forgotten the ideals of our freedom fighters. They are not working hard to build the nation. They are not working hard to remove poverty and unemployment problems. They are trying to receive more from the country than giving. So, we youngsters should develop, patriotic feelings and collectively work to uphold the vision of Bhagat Singh.
Convey my regards to your parents and your sister.
Your friend
Shakthi
Vocabulary:
V1. Match the following adjectives in column ‘A’ with suitable words in column ‘B’ to form appropriate – word
| A | B |
| 1. revolutionary | (a) effort |
| 2. collective | (b) toys |
| 3. turbulent | (c) struggle |
| 4. conditional | (d) floor |
| 5. freedom | (e) ideas |
| 6. electronic | (f) reflexes |
| 7. wet | (g) waters |
Answer:
1 – (e), 2 – (a), 3 – (g), 4 – (f), 5 – (c), 6 – (b), 7 – (d)
V2. In the following sentences, substitute the underlined words with appropriate phrasal verbs in brackets. Refer to a dictionary.
- A committee has been set up to examine the problem.
- They managed to extinguish the fire after ten hours.
- Lots of people arrived for the music concert.
- True friends support one another in times of need.
- Whatever the temptation, he won’t yield to corruption.
[put out, turned up, stand by, give in, look into]
Answer:
- look into
- put out
- turned up
- stand by
- give in
The Will of Sacrifice Additional Questions and Answers
I. Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Bhagat Singh was born in:
(a) Haryana
(b) Delhi
(c) Punjab
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:
(c) Punjab
Question 2.
The school that was the center of revolutionary activities was:
(a) National School at Lahore
(b) D. A. V. School at Lahore
(c) St. Joseph School at Delhi
(d) Central Hindu College at Varanasi
Answer:
(a) National School at Lahore
Question 3.
The revolutionaries were branded as terrorists by:
(a) The Indians
(b) The British government
(c) People
(d) The Indian rulers
Answer:
(b) The Briti sh government
Question 4.
Bhagat singh is remebered today not only as a bold revolutionary figure but also as:
(a) a great patriot
(b) A great freedom fighter
(c) a great thinker
(d) Great writer
Answer:
(c) a great thinker
Question 5.
The Indian freedom fighter who died in police attack was:
(a) Balagangadar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) M. G. Ranade
Answer:
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
Question 6.
Bhagat Singh wanted to take revenge on:
(a) Scott
(b) Saunders
(c) General Dyer
(d) Hector Muno.
Answer:
(a) Scott
Question 7.
Bhagat Singh wrote a letter from the Central Jail on 21st March 1931 to:
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) His relatives
Answer:
(c) his brother
Question 8.
Bhagat Singh was condemned to:
(a) Exile
(b) Transportation for life
(c) Life imprisonment
(d) death
Answer:
(d) death
Question 9.
Batukeshwar Dutt was condemned to:
(a) Lifetime imprisonment
(b) Death
(c) Transportation for life
(d) Exile
Aris.
(c) Transportation for life
Question 10.
Bhagat Singh wrote a letter from the Lohore on 22nd, March 1931 to:
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) Comrades
Answer:
(d) Comrades
Question 11.
The desire ________ live natural. The correct preposition to be filled in the blank is:
(a) On
(b) of
(c) t6
(d) in
Answer:
(c) to
Question 12.
The Judgement has been delivered. The underlined word is:
(a) noun
(b) adjective
(c) verb
(d) adverb.
Answer:
(c) verb
Question 13.
Lots of people arrived for the music concert: The phrasal meaning of the underlined word is:
(a) stand by
(b) look into
(c) turned up
(d) give in
Answer:
(c) turned up
II. Match the following:
| A | B |
| 1. Response | a. savage |
| 2. Violence | b. martyr |
| 3. Brutal | c. lift up, raise |
| 4. Saheed | d. unjust force |
| 5. Elevate | e. testament |
| 6. Will | f. reply |
Answer:
1 – (f), 2 – (d) 3 – (a), 4 – (b), 5 – (c), 6 – (e).
III. Read the following extracts and answer the following:
1. “I am condemned to death, but you are sentenced to transportation”
Question a.
Who is telling this?
Answer: Bhagat Singh is telling this.
Question b.
‘You’refers to whom?
Answer:
‘You’ refers to Batukeshwar Dutt.
Question c.
Why was he condemned to death?
Answer:
Because of his revolutionary activities.
2. “I don’t want to live as a prisoner or under restrictions”
Question a.
Who is telling this?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh is telling this.
Question b.
To whom he is telling?
Answer:
He is telling this to his fellow freedom fighters who were also in jail.
Question c.
Where was he at that time?
Answer:
He was at the Lahore Jail.
IV. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Why was Bhagat Singh sentenced to death?
Answer:
He shot dead Saunders, the Assistant Superintendent, and threw bombs in the Central Assembly hall. For all his aggressive activities, he was tried by the British Courts in India and was awarded the death sentence.
Question 2.
What was the idea of Bhagat Singh with regard to revolution?
Answer:
According to Bhagat Singh, revolution does not mean violence but “the spirit of freedom, the longing for a change for the better”.
Question 3.
Which incident would act to wake up the Slumbering Indians?
Answer:
Bhagat Singh threw bombs in the Central Assembly Hall, while the Assembly was in session. The bomb did not hurt anyone, but the noise they made was loud enough to wake up an enslaved nation from a deep slumber.
V. Give one word for the following:
1. Persons who attack violently.
Answer:
Terrorists.
2. One who advocates socialism.
Answer:
Socialist
3. One with long experience of service.
Answer:
Veteran
4. The act of sending criminals to a place that is far away as a form of punishment.
Answer:
Transportation.
5. Involving real change
Answer:
Revolutionary.
VI. Write the opposite:
- pilegitimate x illegimafe
- violence x non-violence.
The Will of Sacrifice Summary in English
Bhagat Singh was born on 27th September 1907, in Khatkar Kalan, Punjab, in British India. His family members were all active in the freedom struggle. Young Bhagat Singh came in contact with went known political leaders during his early education in D.A.V. School in Lahore. In response to Gandhiji’s call for non-co-operation against British rule, Bhagath Singh, left D.A.V. School and joined the National School, a center for revolutionary activities.
Here he was initiated into the firebrand activities under the leadership of Sukhdev, Bhagwati Charan etc., and became a member of the Hindustan Republican Association. The ideas of the revolutionaries were different from the Gandhian idea of a freedom movement based on ahimsa or non-violence. They were branded as terrorists for using the weapon of violence to overthrow the unjust foreign rule.
Bhagat Singh is remembered today not only as a bold revolutionary figure but also as a great thinker. According to Singh, revolution does not mean violence but the spirit of freedom and the longing for a change for the better. The incident that brought a total change in the life of Bhagat Singh was the brutal attack by the police on veteran freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai on 17th Nov. 1928. In Lahore. Bhagat Singh’s determination to avenge Lajpath Rai’s death, using bombs was loud enough to wake up an enslaved nation from a deep slumber.
Bhagath Singh kept the spark of freedom alive through his letters written from jail. Death did not deter him, instead proved the fact that “The value of a man lies not in what he is capable of receiving, but in what he is capable of giving”. Bhagat Singh’s last letter to Batukeshwar Dutt dated 21-3-1931 written from Central Jail, Lahore had the message about him being sentenced to death. It also voiced his co-prisoner’s voice of escaping the noose. Bhagath Singh was anxiously awaiting to show to the world about the spirit of a revolutionary’s sacrifice for the cause of the nation by embracing the gallows.
In another letter to the convicts dated 22-3-1931, Singh reflects on his natural desire to live. Singh takes pride in announcing that he has become a symbol of Indian revolution. The ideal and sacrifices of the Revolutionary party has elevated him to a height beyond which he would never be able to rise if he were to live.
The second para of the letter gives a real introspection of Singh’s attitude towards the nation. He contrasts between weaknesses and strength of himself which is more a reflection on the Indian mothers. If Singh mounts the gallows boldly, then it will become impossible for the imperialism to face the tide of the revolution and all their might and their satanic efforts will not be able to stop the onward march.
The last para of the letter witnesses a tinge of pain in Singh’s heart for not fulfilling certain ambitions, meant for humanity and his country. Lastly, he is proud of himself and he is anxiously awaiting for the final test wishing for the last day to embrace him at the earliest.
The Will of Sacrifice Summary in Kannada
