Lesson 7
THE WOMEN WHO MADE US PROUD
Aruna
Asaf Ali
Meaning of the New words:
Various = C£ÉÃPÀ
Substance = vÁvÀàAiÀÄð
Clutches = ©VªÀÄĶ×
Struggle = ºÉÆÃgÁl
Contribution = ªÀAwUÉ,
ZÀAzÁ PÉÆqÀÄUÉ
Sacrifice = vÁåUÀ
Devilry = C«ZÁgÀzÀ
¸ÁºÀ¸À
Storm = ©gÀÄUÁ½,
PÉÆëèsÉ
Armoury = ±À¸ÁÛçUÁgÀ
Inflicted = ²PÉë
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Casualties = C£ÁºÀÄvÀ,
zÀÄWÀðl£É
Volcano = eÁé¯ÁªÀÄÄT
Vanish = CzÀȱÀåªÁUÀÄ
Victorious = dAiÀıÁ°AiÀiÁzÀ
Appreciation = UÀÄtUÀæºÀt
Desire = EZÉÑ
Cordon = ¯ÁAbÀ£À
¥ÀnÖ, ¥ÀºÀgÉ
Unfurl = ºÀgÀªÀÅ
Defeat = ¸ÉÆð¸ÀÄ
Maternal grand mother = vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄ
vÁ¬Ä (vÁAiÀÄfÓ)
Unwavering = CZÀ®
Determination = zÀÈqsÀ
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Aristocratic = ²æêÀÄAwPÉAiÀÄ
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Generosity = OzÁAiÀÄð
Status = CAvÀ¸ÀÄÛ,
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District collector = f¯Áè¢üPÁj
Flatly = ¤µÀÄ×gÀ
Oblige = MvÁÛAiÀÄ¥Àr¸ÀÄ
Exclusively = ¥ÀævÉåÃPÀªÁV
Anger = PÉÆÃ¥À
Wade = §AUÀ¯É
Cow dung cakes = ¨ÉgÀtÂ
Stuck = §zÀÞ
Assemble = UÀÄA¥ÀÅUÀÆr¸ÀÄ
Acknowledge = M¦àPÉƼÀÄî
Marital bliss = zÁA¥ÀvÀå
¸ÀÄR
Patriotism = zÉñÀ¨sÀQÛ
Abandoned = ¸ÉéÃZÁÑZÁgÀzÀ
Cause = PÁgÀt,
GzÉÝñÀ
Mercurial agility = ZÀÄgÀÄPÁzÀ
§Ä¢Þ
Agitate = ZÀ¼ÀĪÀ½
ºÀÆqÀÄ
Vain = G¥ÀAiÉÆÃUÀ«®èzÀ
Rather = ¤dªÁV
ºÉüÀĪÀzÁzÀgÉ
Hesitant = C£ÀĪÀiÁ£ÀzÀ
Imprisonment = ¸ÉgɪÀģɪÁ¸À
Host = DwxÀå
Renow = ¥ÀæSÁåw
Circumstances = ¸ÀAzÀ¨sÀð,
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Conspired = M¼À¸ÀAZÀĪÀiÁqÀÄ
Domestic= ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ,
¸ÀA¸ÁgÀzÀ
Obligation = M¥ÀàAzÀ
Hamlets = ¸ÀtÚ
ºÀ½îUÀ¼ÀÄ
Noble sacrifice = GzÁgÀ
vÁåUÀ
Repose = «±Áé¸À«qÀÄ,
£ÀA©PɬÄqÀÄ
Non-violence = C»A¸É
Regiment = ¸ÉãÉ,
¥ÀqÉ
Grit = ªÀÄgÀ¼ÀÄ,
ZÁjvÀæ÷å §®
Attained = ºÉÆAzÀÄ,
¸Á¢ü¸ÀÄ
Oppressor = vÀĽAiÀÄĪÀzÀÄ
Slogans = GQÛUÀ¼ÀÄ,
WÉÆõÀªÁPÀåUÀ¼ÀÄ
Dumb found = «¸ÀäAiÀÄ,
¨ÉgÀUÀÄ
* Answer the following questions in a word, phrase
or sentence each. (These questions may be ask in MCQ)
Q. Many men and women sacrifice themselves during the
freedom struggle, because____
They were patritots
They were patritots
Q. The lady who unfurl tricolour fly was____
Aruna Asaf Ali
Q. Aruna Asaf Ali carried out on hesitation on the
British-
Gowali Tank Maidan in Bombay.
Q. Kashibai had bought Rolls Royce car for-
Her Family use.
Q. What is armoury?
A place where arms are stored is called
armoury.
Q. How did Aruna Asaf Ali get strength to fight
against British?
Aruna Asaf Ali got strength to fight
against British from her desire to breathe free air.
Q. Who gave the British some sleepless nights?
Aruna Asaf Ali gave the British some
sleepless nights.
Q. What did the District collector once ask Kashibai?
Once the District collector asked
Kahsibai to hand over her car for the use of his superior officer.
Sarojini Naidu
Q. who was Shakuntala Damankar?
Shakuntala Damankar was a twenty
year old lady of Belgaum
and also the leader of the college students who abandoned their classes to
serve the cause of the nation.
Q. Who did Shakuntala fall in love?
Shakuntala fell in love with Shankar
Kurtakoti.
Q. What did the district collector do when Kashibai
refused to hand over the car?
When Kashibai refused to hand over
the car to him, the district collector cancelled the registration of the car.
Q. What was Sarojini Naidu better known as?
Sarojini Naidu was better known as
the Nigtingale of India.
Q. Who occupied the judge’s seat in the court hall?
Vimala gulwaid and Hema
Shinolikar occupied the judge’s seat in the court hall.
Q. Padmavathibai led a silent agitation by
Feeding the freedom fighters who
were in hiding.
Q. Gowali Tank Maidan is in
Bombay.
Q. The young ladies commanded the judge to go back
because they wanted to
Make the British realize that they
had no place in India.
Q. “If you refuse to handover the car, I will cancel
its registration.”
The
district collector said these words to-
Kashibai Desai.
Q. The expansion of I.N.A. is:
Indian National Army
Q. The commander of the women’s wing of I.N.A. was:
Laxmi Swaminathan
Q. A place where weapons are stored is called:
An armory
Q. Shankar Kurtakoti hesitated to marry Shakuntala
because-
He was sure that the British were ready
even to hang him.
Q. It is the duty of every Indian:
To make India worthy of the sacrifice of
the freedom fighter.
Q. “I will tell you about a real incident.” The
incident is about:
Kashibai and the District collector.
Q. The judge was dumb founded.
To see the courage of the two girls.
Q. vimal Gulwadi and Hema Shinolkar showed their grit.
The word ‘grit’ means-
Determination and courage.
Q. Padmavathibai Burli used to tell her children to
eat a little less because-
She wanted to feed the hungry freedom
fighters.
Q. Padmavathibai was sentenced to three months jai
because she_______
Was found serving food to Shakuntala
Damankar and Shantha bhai.
Q. Britishers could not forgive Aruna Asaf Ali because
she-
Broke into the cordoned area and
unfurled the tricolour flag.
Q. Who has claimed to have given sleepless nights to
the British?
Aruna Asaf Ali.
Q. Padmavathibai Burli was arrested because-
She was serving food to the freedom
fighters.
Q. The district collector cancelled the registration
of Kashibai’s car because-
She refused to oblige his request.
Q. The district collector got angry with Kashibai,
because-
She refuse his request for the car.
Q. Kashibai could not use the Rolls Royce car because-
The registration had been cancelled.
Q. I will use it for dry cow dung cakes. These words
show that-
Kashibai cared more for herself respect
than for the car.
Q. “British Quit India” This call was given by-
Aruna Asaf Ali
Q. Lakshmi Swaminathan was the commander of-
Rani Jhansi Regiment
Q. Sarojini Naidu proved to be a true disciple of
Gandhiji by –
By translating Gandhiji’s philosophy
of non-violence in trueality.
* Answer the following questions in two or three
sentences each:
Q. Why did the District collector send for Kashibai?
What did he ask her for?
The district collector needed a car
for the use superior officer who was visit to Bijapur. He know that Kashibai
had a Rolls Royce car. He asked her to handover the car for the use of the
superior officer for the two days.
Q. what kind of woman was Kashibai?
Kashibai was a woman with an
unwavering mind and strong determination. She was not afraid of the threat by
the district collector.
Q. What kind of woman was Shakuntala Damankar?
Shakuntala Damankar was patriotism
personified. She preferred the option of being a widow of a freedom fighter to
enjoying marital bliss.
Q. Who caused a sense of defeat in the British and
how?
Aruna Asaf Ali caused the British a
sense of horror and defeat. She broke the heavily cordoned of area and unfurled
the tri colour in Mumbai. The British could not do anything.
Q. How was Shakuntala Damankar able to inspire young
men and women?
Shakuntala Damankar was the leader of
the college students. She and other students a banded the classes to serve the
cause of the nation. Her miracle agility inspired young men and women so much
that thousands would assemble with in hours to agitate against the British
rule.
Q. How did Bindacharya Burli serve the cause of the
freedom?
Bindacharya Burli was a famous freedom
fighter. He was very poor the cause and call of mother India was above
his domestic obligation.
Q. Why was Padmavathibai Burli sentenced to three
months imprisonment?
Or
How did
the Padmavathibai Burli have serve the freedom fighters?
Padmavathibai led a silent
hesitation herself by feeding the tired and hungry freedom fighters. Once She
was found serving food to Shakuntala Damankar and Shantabai Karmakar who were
on Satyagraha. So the British was arrested and sentenced to three months
imprisonment.
Q. Why did Gandhiji repose confidence in Sarojini
Naidu?
Sarojini Naidu translated the Gandhi
and the philosophy of Non-violence in true reality. She was a disciplined
disciple of Gandhiji so Gandhiji reposed confidence in her.
Q. Who were the two young women sitting in the judge
seat? What did the command of judge to do?
The two young women who are sitting in
the judge seat were the Vimal Gorawadi and Hema Shenolika. They commanded the
judge to get back. They told him that the British oppressors had no place in India.
Q. How did Preetilata Waddedar raid the Chitgong
armoury?
Preetilatha Waddedar was a women
activist. She storm the armoury the attack has inflicted heavy casualties.
Q. what makes us remember Kashibai?
Kashibai was a widow of the family of
Desai’s of Jainru. She refuse to oblige to lend her newly bought Rolls Royce
car for the use of district collector. When the district collector frightened
her to cancel the registration. She didn’t oblige him.
Q. What did Padmavathibai tell her children?
She found tell her children eat less
so the sums of the nation committee to feel mother India could be fled.
Q. “This inflicted heavy casualities”
a)
What does ‘This’ refer to?
‘This’ refer to the attack on the
armoury chitgong.
b)
Who performed this daring act?
This daring act was performed by
Preeti Lata Waddedar.
c) What was
the raid like?
The raid was like volcano.
Q. “British Quit India”
a)
Which lesson is this extract taken from?
The women who made us proud
b) Whose
slogan was this?
Aruna Asaf Ali slogan
c) Where did
she shout the slogan?
She shouted the slogan at Gowli Tank
Maidan in Bombay.
Q. “A reply
made in so angry that he cancel the registration”
a) who is
the ‘He’?
District collector
b) what
did he ask her?
He asked her the Rolls Royce
car.
c) What
was her reply?
She told him that her car was not
for the pleasure trips for the British officer.
Q. “What would become of you then?”
a) Who
does ‘you’ refer to?
‘you’ refer to Shakuntala
Damankar.
b) When
did he say so?
He said, when Shakuntala
Damankar expressed her desire to marry him.
c) What
reply did he get?
He said, “I would be proud to be
the widow of freedom fighter”.
Q. What is
interesting about the wedding of Shakuntala Damankar?
Shakuntala Damankar was a great
patriot an inspiring leader she gave up her studies and plunged into freedom
movement. She worked with Shankar Kurtakoti on whose head there was a reward of
Rs.2000/-. Shakuntala Damankar fell in love with him and expressed her desire
to marry him. Kurtakoti told her that he would be imprisonment 15-20 years or
might even be hanged. Shakuntala told him that she would be proud it to be a
widow of freedom fighter. After last Shankar agreed to marry her. They got
married in February 1944 in Bombay.
Q. How did Kashibai show her disregard for the British
supremacy?
Kashibai had a Rolls Royce car. Once the
District collector called her and told her that he needed a car of two days for
the use of his superior officer who was to visit to the Bijapur. The lady
flatly refused to oblige him. She told him that was not for the pleasure trips
of the British officers. The collector was angry. He threatened her that he
would cancelled the registration of the car. She told him that she would use
the car for drying cow dung cakes. The collector cancelled the registration of
the car. Kashibai kept her verse. She did what did tell.
Q. “Padmavathibai led a silent agitation herself” What
was the agitation? How did she help the freedom fighters?
Padmavathibai was the wife of the
renowned freedom fighter Bindacharya Burli. She always stood by her husband and
led a silent agitation by feeding the tired and hungry freedom fighters. She
always told her won children to eat a little less so that the sons of the
nation, committed to free Mother India could be fed. She used to take food the
freedom fighters that were in hiding. Once she was found serving food to
freedom fighters and was arrested. She was sentenced to three months
imprisonment along with the other freedom fighters.
Q. Why does Aruna Asaf Ali say that she was not
surprised at her courage?
Aruna Asaf Ali got strength from her
desire to breathe free air. The appreciation in the eyes of the freedom
fighters at the Gowali Tank Maidan encouraged her and she broke into the
heavily guarded area to unfurl the tricolor.
Q. What noble work did Shakuntala do as the leader of
the college students?
Shakuntala was the leader of the
college students who abandoned their classes to serve the cause of the nation.
Her mercurial agility inspired thousands of young men and women and at her
command they would assemble in thousands to agitate against the British.
Q. How did these women make us proud?
Or
What role did women play in the freedom struggle as
narrated in the lesson “The women who made us proud?”
The women described in the lesson
were true patriots and fought in their own way against the British. They were
ready to sacrifice all they had and were ready to undergo imprisonment. It is
only because of these women and other freedom fighters that we are independent
today. Thus these women have made up proud.
Q. “This inflicted such heavy casualties…”
a) who
performed this daring act?
Preetilata Waddedar performed
daring act.
b) What
was the raid life?
The raid was like a volcano.
c) What
does casualty mean?
Causualty means serious damage or
disaster.
Q. The wedding of Shakuntala Damankar and Shankar
Kurtakoti was interesting because-
Most wanted freedom fighters attended
it.
Q. “I am proud I did it.”
a) Who
is the ‘I’?
‘I’ refers to Aruna Asaf Ali
b) what
does ‘it’ refer to?
‘it’ she broke the heavily
cordoned off area and unfurled the tricolour.
c) which
lesson is the extract taken from?
The extract taken from “The
women who Made us proud.”
Q. “She told her children to eat less.”
a) Who
does ‘she’ refers to?
‘she’ refers to Padmavathibai
Burli.
b) How did
Padmavathibai help her husband in freedom struggle?
Padmavathibai stood by her husband.
She led a silent agitation by feeding the tired and hungry freedom fighters.
c) Why did
she ask her children to eat less?
Padmavathibai asked the children
to eat less so that she can feed the freedom fighers who were in hiding.
Q. “Sarojini Naidu, was one of the dependable
persons.”
a) How do
people call Sarojini Naidu?
Sarojini Naidu is called ‘The Nightingale of
India’.
b) Who had
confidence in her?
Gandhiji had great confidence in
Sarojini Naidu.
c) What is
her contribution to our nation?
Sarojin Naidu translated the
whole Gandhian philosophy of non-violence into reality.
·
Change the following into reported speech:
1. Aruna said, “I am proud, I did it.”
Aruna said that she was proud, she had
done it.
2. “If you refuse to handover the car, I will cancel
the registration.” The collector said.
The collector said that if she
refused to hand over the car he would cancel the registration.
3. Shankar Kurtakoti said, “If I am caught, I would be
sentenced to at least 15-20years
imprisonment.”
Shankar Kurtakoti said that if he
was caught he would be sentenced to at least 15-20 years imprisonment.
4. Aruna said, “I am not surprised at my courage.”
Aruna said that she was not surprised at
her courage.
5. “What would you have done?” she asked the children.
She asked the children what they would
have done.
·
Change the following into passive voice:
1. The British Police couldn’t do anything.
Nothing could be done by the British police.
2. He reply angered the collector.
The collector was angered by her reply.
3. They shouted slogans against the British waving the
tri colour.
Slogans were shouted against the British
waving the tri colour by them.
4. The women commanded the judge.
The judge was commanded by the women.
5. The I.N.A.fought and defeated the British Army.
The British Army was fought and defeated
by the INA
6. I will use it for drying cow dung cakes.
It will be used for drying cow dung cakes.
7. Her mercurial agility inspired young men and women.
Young men and women were inspired by her
mercurial agility.
·
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
1. The
sound____British, “Quit India”
still echoes_____my heart.
Of in
2. The appreciation____the eyes_____freedom
fighters______the Gowali Tank Maidan_____Bombay is encouraging.
In
of at in
3. I get strength_____my desire___breathe air.
From to
4. I could break the heavily cordoned_____area.
Off
5. But I enjoy this, I am proud_____it. I did it.
Of
6. I’ll tell you_____a real incident.
About
7. The story is _____a
family______Jainapur_____Bijapur district.
About at in
8. Shakuntala fell______love_____Shankar Kurtakoti.
In
with
9. I would be sentenced_____atleast 15-20
years_______imprisonment.
To of
10. All these women and many more who live huts and
hamlets, rose______their ordinary selves and fought
silently_______freedom______our country.
In
above for of
11. It is duty ___every Indian____make India
worthly_____their noble sacrifice.
Of to of
12. She inspired thousand____Indian women______her
countries.
Of through
13. She translated whole______Gandhian
philosophy_____non-violence.
Of of into
14. The INA fought and defeated the British
Army______Rangoon_____Burma.
At in
15. A remarkable act _______bravery took place_____the
count today.
Of in
16. I feel ashamed______myself.
Of
17. I had_____work_____my own people
To against
·
Use appropriate question tags:
1. Today I feel victonous.
Don’t I?
2. I’ll tell you something
nice story.
Won’t I?
3. It is not for the pleasure
types of the British.
Is it?
4. You can not even imagine.
Can you?
5. The police would always
try hard to arrest her.
Wouldn’t
they?
6. She worked with Shantala.
Didn’t
She?
7. She used to take food to
the freedom fighters.
Didn’t
she?
8. It is the duty of every
Indian.
Isn’t
it?
9. A remarkable act of
bravery took place.
Didn’t
It?
10. She was a disciple.
Wasn’t she?
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