RBSE Class 5 English Seen Passages for Comprehension

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 5 English Seen Passages for Comprehension Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 5 English Seen Passages for Comprehension

आपकी परीक्षा में Let's Learn English में से Seen Passage देकर प्रश्न पूछे जाते हैं। आपकी सहायता के लिए अध्याय 14 व 15 में से कुछ महत्त्वपूर्ण Seen Passages अभ्यास हेतु दिए जा रहे हैं। 

Read the passages given below and answer the following questions: 

निम्नलिखित गद्यांशों को पढ़िये तथा उनके नीचे दिये प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए|

Passage-1.

Kalibai was a Bheel teenaged girl. She lived at Rastapal village of Dungarpur in the 1940s. In those days Rajasthan was mostly under the rule of princely states which were loyal to the British. When the Quit India Movement was announced on 9 August, 1942, the people came out in an open opposition to colonial rule. Social activists in Dungarpur inspired by the Gandhian leader Thakkar Bapa established the Dungarpur Sevak Sangh. 

Question 1. 
People opposed :
(a) the Prince 
(b) colonial rule
(c) Sevak Sangh 
(d) Gandhiji 
Answer:
(b) colonial rule 

Question 2.
(i) Who was Kalibai ?
(ii) Where did she live? 
Answer:
(i) Kalibai was a Bheel teenaged girl. 
(ii) She lived at Rastapal village of Dungarpur.

Question 3.
(i) When was the Quit India Movement announced ? 
(ii) Whom were the Princely states loyal to ? 
Answer:
(i) On 9th August, 1942. 
(ii) The Princely states were loyal to the British. 

Question 4.
(i) Who established the Dungarpur Sevak Sangh ? 
(ii) Who inspired the social activists in Dungarpur ?
Answer:
(i) Thakkar Bappa established the Dungarpur Sevak Sangh.
(ii) Gandhian leader Thakkar Bapa in spired the social activists. 

Passage-2. 

The British forced the Prince of Dungarpur to stop the Sevak Sangh from running these schools. As a result an organisation called the Praja Mandal was formed to conduct a campaign against this unjust closing of schools and demanding the end of the colonial rule. The Prince took a cruel action of beating the workers of the Praja Mandal and sending them to jail. This intensified people's protest.

Question 1.
The Sevak Sangh ran :
(a) buses 
(b) shops
(c) hospitals 
(d) schools 
Answer:
(d) schools 

Question 2.
(i) What did the British force the Prince of Dungarpur to do? 
(ii) Which organisation was formed as a result of this? 
Answer:
(i) The British forced the Prince of Dungarpur to stop the Sevak Sangh from running the schools... 
(ii) The Praja Mandal. 

Question 3.
(i) What was the cruel action of the Prince ? 
(ii) Why was the Praja Mandal formed? 
Answer:
(i) He beat the workers of the Praja Mandal and sent them to jail. 
(ii) The Praja Mandal was formed to conduct a compaign against this unjust closing of schools. 

Question 4.
(i) What is the passage about ? 
(ii) What were the workers of Praja Mandal demanding ?
Answer:
(i) This passage is about Praja Mandal. 
(ii) They were demanding the end of the colonial rule. 

Passage-3.

After beating Sengabhai the police tied him to their truck. They took him away dragging on the road. A student of the school named Kalibai could not see this. She ran towards the truck with a sickle to cut the ropes and free Sengabhai. The police warned her not to run after the vehicle but she did not listen to them. She reached her teacher and cut the rope with one stroke of the sickle. The police became angry at this and as Kalibai bent down to free Sengabhai, they shot her in the back. Kalibai fell down unconscious and died. 

Question 1. 
Kalibai was killed with a :
(a) stone 
(b) knife 
(c) gun 
(d) stick 
Answer:
(c) gun 

Question 2.
(i) What did the police do after beating Sengabhai ? 
(ii) What did Kalibai do ? 
Answer:
(i) The police tied Sengabhai to their truck. 
(ii) She ran towards the truck with a sickle. 

Question 3.
(i) What did the police do with Kalibai? 
(ii) Whom did the police beat up ? 
Answer:
(i) The police shot her in the back.
(ii) The police beat up Sengabhai. 

Question 4.
(i) Who was Kalibai ? 
(ii) Who killed Kalibai ?
Answer:
(i) Kalibai was a student of the school run by Sevak Sangh. 
(ii) The police killed Kalibai. 

Passage-4.

This unjust murder of a girl student of the school for trying to save her teacher made the Bheels angry. They assembled from the surrounding villages. A massive twelve thousand people fully armed with bows, arrows, swords and their traditional drums gathererd in the town. The Prince was forced to release the leaders of the Praja Mandal from jail. The people of the village constructed a statue of the brave thirteen year old girl Kalibai in Rastapal.

Question 1. 
Kalibai died while saving :
(a) her friend 
(b) a woman
(c) a Bheel 
(d) her teacher 
Answer:
(d) her teacher 

Question 2.
(i) What made the Bheels angry? 
(ii) Who gathered in the town? 
Answer:
(i) The unjust murder of a girl student of the school for trying to save her teacher made the Bheels angry.
(ii) A massive twelve thousand people gathered in the town. 

Question 3.
(i) How did they gather in the town? 
(ii) What was the Prince forced to do? 
Answer:
(i) They gathered in the town fully armed with bows, arrows, swords and their traditional drums. 
(ii) The Prince was forced to release the leaders of the Praja Mandal.

Question 4.
(i) Whose statue was constructed in Rastapal ? 
(ii) Who constructed the statue of Kalibai ?
Answer:
(i) Kalibai's statue was constructed in Rastapal. 
(ii) The people of Rastapal constructed the statue of Kalibai.

Passage-5.

Once there lived a man named Roshanlal. He loved cars. He used an old car that could run only at the speed of a cycle. He saved money for years to buy a new car. At last the great day arrived ! He had enough money to buy the fastest car in the country. He dressed carefully for the moment and reached the grand showroom.

Question 1. 
Roshanlal dressed up to go to the :
(a) movies 
(b) party 
(c) showroom 
(d) restaurant
Answer:
(c) showroom 

Question 2. 
(a) What kind of ear did Roshanlal use?
(b) What did he do to buy a new car? 
Answer:
(i) Roshanlal used an old car. 
(ii) He saved money for years to buy a new car. 

Question 3.
(i) "At last the great day arrived". What was great" about the day? 
(ii) What did Roshanlal love? 
Answer:
(i) The day was 'great' because Roshanlal had enough money to buy the fastest car in the country. 
(ii) Roshanlal loved cars. 

Question 4.
(i) Why did Roshanlal save money ? 
(ii) Where did Roshanlal reach ?
Answer:
(i) Roshanlal saved money to buy a new car. 
(ii) Roshanlal reached the grand showroom. 

Passage-6.

He swooned with delight when he saw the red, swanky sports car. Soon the paper work was over and the car was his. The guide in the showroom got into the driver's seat to show him all the new things this car could do but Mr Roshanlal was so impatient to drive the car himself that he wouldn't listen to anything the guide said. He started the car and began to move. 

Question 1. 
Roshanlal selected a :
(a) sports car 
(b) bus
(c) two-wheeler 
(d) jeep 
Answer:
(a) sports car 

Question 2.
(i) Why did the guide in the showroom get into the driver's seat ? 
(ii) Why was Roshanlal so impatient ? 
Answer:
(i) He wanted to show Mr Roshanlal all the new things that the new car could do. 
(ii) He was so impatient to drive the car himself. 

Question 3.
(i) When did the car become of Roshanlal ? 
(ii) Why did he swoon with delight ?
Answer:
(i) The car became of Roshanlal when the paper work was over.
(ii) He swooned with delight upon seeing the swanky sports car. 

Question 4.
(i) Who got into the driver's seat ? 
(ii) What started the car ?
Answer:
(i) The showroom's guide got into the driver's seat. 
(ii) Roshanlal started the car.