Question

Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities given below: 
B.1)  Order :
Rearrange the following sentences in proper order:
(i) Hanmant joined engineering.
(ii) Hanmant got his Diploma and secured a job in Philips.
(iii) Hanmant migrated to Pune when he was in class VI.
(iv) Hanmant took up a painting job to earn. 

            Hanmant Gaikwad was born in Koregaon in Satara district.
            “My native place is Rahimatpur, around 10 km from Koregaon. My father was a clerk in the court and we lived in a small, rented house.”
            Hanmant was a brilliant student especially good in mathematics. When he was in class six, the family shifted to Pune. They lived in Phugewadi near Dapodi in a tiny one-room house-10 by 10 feet. At this point, Hanmant realized the difference between himself and those who had money.
            Hanmant was then studying at Modern High School. He needed one rupee to buy a bus ticket to and from the everyday. Even that was hard to come by.
           Despite the hardships, Hanmant secured 88% in class 10. Hanmant completed his diploma and joined Philips as a trainee. But he wasn’t happy with the work he got there.
           The natural choice for a diploma engineer is to go for a B.Tech. But engineering colleges charge hefty fees. At the time, the family’s only source of income was a teacher’s salary of Rs. 2,300 a month……….
           And then I decided to also do some earning. “Khud Ka Kamana Chalu Kiya”.
          Hanmant took up painting jobs and quickly discovered it was excellent business.
          The young engineering student paid his own fees from the third year onwards. But his lifestyle remained frugal.
         Life was getting better, but Hanmant had his sights set higher. In the final year of engineering, he was attracted to the writings of Swami Vivekananda.
         “I felt Ki Kuch Alag Karna hai. What should I do, I did not know but in 1993 I formed an organization-Bharat Vikas Pratisthan.”

B.2) Complete : 

Hardships faced by Hanmant Gaikwad  • • • •

B.3)  Rewrite the following sentence choosing the appropriate word/s for the underlined word/s : 
(i) His lifestyle remained frugal:
(a) simple
(b) meager
(c) extravagant

(ii) Despite hardships, Hanmant secured 88% in class X:
(a) In spite of
(b) Regarding
(c) Affected

(iii) Hanmant took up painting jobs:
(a) assumed
(b) to continue
(c) accepted

(iv) Hanmant had his sights set higher:
(a) looked ahead
(b) lofty ambitions
(c) looked above 

B.4)  Do as Directed
(i) Hanmant secured 88% in class X.                                   ( Begin the sentence as-88%....................)
(ii) In the final year of engineering, he was attracted towards the writings of Swami Vivekananda.       (Frame a ‘Wh-question’ to get the underlined part as the answer.) 

B.5) “Today’s hardships lead to tomorrow’s success”-Justify.

Answer 1

B.1)
(i) Hanmant migrated to Pune when he was in Class VII.
(ii) Hanmant completed his diploma and secured a job in Philips.
(iii) Hanmant joined engineering.
(iv) Hanmant took up a painting job to earn.

B.2) 
Hardships faced by Hanmant Gaikwad :
(i) lived in a rented house in Rahimatpur and then in a tiny one-room house in Pune.
(ii) had no money to buy a bus ticket.
(iii) had to work in order to earn.
(iv) was not happy as a trainee at Philips.

B.3)
(i) His lifestyle remained simple.
(ii) In spite of hardships, Hanmant secured 88% in Class X,.
(iii) Hanmant accepted painting jobs.
(iv) Hanmant had his lofty ambitions.

B.4) 
(i) 88% was secured by Hanmant in Class X.
(ii) When was he attracted to the writings of Swami Vivekananda?

B.5) 
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
When one is faced with hardships, one makes every possible effort to overcome them. Everyone knows that hard work always pays, it never goes unrewarded. Therefore, when one goes through hardships, one learns to face and overcome them, thus emerging successful.