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Comprehension I.

 1. Where does Babar Ali run classes for poor children? 

Ans: In his family backyard

2. How is Babar Ali’s routine described by the writer? 

Ans: Babar wakes up every morning at 7 and starts his day by doing some household chores. Then he takes an autorickshaw first and later walks five kilometres to the Cossimbazar Raj Govinda Sundari Vidyapeeth where he is a class XII student. After his school he makes his way to an afternoon school where he is the headmaster of a school of 800 students. 

3. Give a picture of Babar Ali’s school. 

Ans: It is a dilapidated concrete structure covered in half torn posters. Behind the office is a gate that opens to Babar’s home. Here under the open sky sit rows of poor, underprivileged children learning the basics and fundamentals of life. 

4. Why is Babar Ali called ‘a fortunate soul’ in his village? 

Ans: He went to school and got formal education. 

5. What, according to Babar’s father, is true religion? 

Ans: Education

6. Why is sending children to school a costly affair for parents?

Ans: They still have to pay for uniforms, books et.,

 7. Tulu Rani Hazra is ............................... 

Ans: b. an illiterate educationalist. 

8. The teaching staff of Babar Ali’s school is made up of 

Ans: b. high school student volunteers. 

9. Babar Ali gets the children to listen by 

Ans:  c. making friends with them. 

II. 

1. Why do you think Babar Ali took the initiative to start his own school?

Ans: Babar noticed that many children were deprived from literacy because their families couldn’t bear the expenses in his village. He wanted to change that. Ironically, he is still among the privileged ones in his village, because unlike most children there, he went to school and got formal education. He was better off also in being the son of Nasiruddin Sheikh who initially supported his son’s venture with his own income. Coming from a privileged family Babar realized he must do something for the other children in his village. Even though children are provided free education, sending children to school is not entirely free of cost. Although the children are taught for free they still have to pay for uniforms, books etc. That is why a lot of families cannot afford to send their children to school. Thus instead of going to school most of the boys help out their families by working as mechanics, day laborers, grass cutters, livestock herders etc; whereas girls work as maid servants in the village where they cook, clean, wash clothes and dishes for their employers . Babar Ali wanted to change this. That is why he took the initiative of opening his very own school. 

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