Passing away of Bapu -Question-Answer

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Passing away of  Bapu -Question-Answer

Passing away of Bapu -Question-Answer


Unit I


1 . When was the author called to Birla House?
▶️ When the author was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January in 1948, she was called to Birla House.
2 . How was the author called to Birla House?
▶️The author was called to Birla House by an urgent telephone.
3 . When was Gandhiji shot ?
= Gandhiju was shot when he was on his way to a prayer meeting.
4 . Whom did to author found that Gandhiju’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body.
= On reaching Birla House the author found that Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body.
5 . What was there in the room as Gandhiju breathed his last?
= There was an unnatural silence in the room where Gandhiji had breathed his last.
6 . How did the words of Gandhiju’s death spread htrough Delhi like a flame fanned by wind.
= The words of Gandhiju’s dath spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind.
7 . What could one see out of every window?
= One could see out of every window a brown blur of faces.
8 . Why couldn’t the people speak in the beginning?
= The people who had gathered around the Birla House were too stunned to speak in the beginning.
9 . When did the people calm down a little?
= People calmed down a little when they would be allowed to see Gandhiju before his funeral.
10 . When does a person begin to whimper?
= When a person receives a shock at the death of a near and dear one, he or she begins to whimper.
11 . What question is uppermost in the  mind of the mourning people?
= The question that is uppermost in the mind of the mourning people is what will happen to them now the their guardian has left them.
12 . How did the people look like after bapu’s death?

Passing away of  Bapu -Question-Answer


Unit II


1 . when was Gandhiji’s funeral decided to take place?
= Gandhiji’s funeral was decided to take place on the day after his death.
2 . What did Padmasi tell the followers of Gandhiji that they would walk with Gandhiji’ s procession.
3 . Who was Padmasi ?
= Padmasi was Mrs. Naidu’s daughter.
4 . Who watched the procession and how?
= Thousands of people watched the procession silently.
5 . How was average Gandhiji taken to the cremation ground?
= Gandhiji’s body was taken on an open truck covered with flowers.
6 . Where and how did Gandhiji walk?
= Gandhiji walked with a staff in hand over a large part of India.
7 . What was open to average Indian?
= Walking was the only open way to average Indian.
8 . What does walk normally require?
= Walk normally required no vehicle except one’s body that cost one nothing but one’s energy.
9 . Why was the walk agonizing to the author?
= Gandhiji’s death sent a shock wave through his followers. The author was deeply pained by it. So it was a agonizing walk for her.
10 . What could not the author accept?
= The author could not accept the fact that this man was never again going to walk with them.




Passing away of  Bapu -Question-Answer


Unit III


1 . How did the people do on the train?
= On the train people did not weep anymore  but instead continued to sing bhajans.
2 . How were Gandhiju’s ashes taken to Allahabad?
= Gitandhiju’s ashes were taken to Allahaad in a special train some days after the funeral.
3 . What was the feeling of the author once she was back Dilhi?
= The author felt at sea as the  magic she had grown up in had vanished.
4. What did Bapu dodo for the ordinary folk?
= Bapu brought the ordinary folk out of their ignorance and indifference.
5 . What would happen to India after Bapu had passed away?
= Even after Bapu had passed away his India would continue to live in his children.
6. Why did’n’t people weep anymore?
= People didn’t weep anymore because they could feel Gandhi’s presence among the flowers and the songs.
7 . Why did the author feel unprotected?
= The author felt unprotected because at the death of Bapu the magic circle vanished.

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