Question

Explain the efforts taken by the Army Officer to save the child.

Answer 1

Title: Earth Quake
Author: M.S. Mahadevan
Character: Brij, the narrator, Brij’s Uncle, Grandma, Nilu, Bhuli, and Army officer.
Theme: “Where there is love, there is God”

It was a cheer chance that Brij, the narrator, was away last night. He stayed in his uncle’s house at Pauri. They felt the tremor. They had run out into open. He reached home at Molthi with his uncle. Help arrived only after four days. The narrator two years old sister Bhuli was missing. The soldiers cleared the debris. They had set up a makeshift camp.

The narrator was crying and searching but in vain. The Army officer said that it was of no use to search anymore. It was dark and someone brought a few lit petromax lamps. A soldier stood in the middle of a hollow. The narrator recognized a small door. Someone said that she was alive. It was a miracle. She was taken to the made shift hospital. Thus the narrator’s little sister Bhuli was saved. It was a miracle.

“Confidence is the secret of success”

Answer 2

The narrator went away to buy school books. That night there was an earthquake and they felt it. Brij, the narrator returned home to Molthi with his uncle. Help arrived only after four days. Brij’s little sister Bhuli was missing. The soldiers cleared the debris, they had made a makeshift. Brij was crying and searching but invain.

The army officer told him that it was of no use. Some brought a few lit petromax lamps, a soldier stood in the middle of a hollow. The narrator saw a small door when the soldier cleared the hollow, and lifted the door. Some said that she was alive, it was a miracle. She was taken to the makeshift and hospitalized. Thus the little baby was saved.

“Confidence is the key to success”