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1. Read the passage given below.
Bhagat Singh, the great revolutionary and martyr, was only 23 when in 1931 he was hanged in the Lahore jail for having thrown a bomb in the Legislative Assembly Hall in Delhi on April 8, 1929. This was the culmination of a life devoted to the great task of first making India free from the British rule and then building India into a strong nation.Bhagat Singh dreamt of an India where there would be respect for every religion and where all Indians would get the basic necessities of life. Bhagat Singh was born in 17 in a well-to-do Sikh family of Punjab full of love for the country. As a child, his ideal was his uncle Ajit Singh, who was a great freedom fighter.
Two incidents played a major role in shaping Bhagat Singh's life. In Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, a peaceful gathering of unarmed people was subjected to indiscriminate firing at the orders of General Dyer. Bhagat Singh ran away from school to visit the site. He was greatly moved by the bullet marks in the walls of the Jallianwala Bagh He brought back with him some blood-soaked mud in a little bottle to remind him f British cruelty
The second incident was Lala Lajpat Rai's death in 1928. Lala Lajpat Rai was also Bhagat Singh's ideal. He was leading a protest march when he was beaten up with lathis, and he died soon after. Bhagat Singh felt highly agitated and he wanted to raise a strong protest. Bhagat Singh thought of throwing a bomb in the Assembly Hall as a means of protest. The idea of so many Englishmen getting killed delighted his friend Chandra Shekhar Azad. But Bhagat Singh said that he did not want to kill anybody, he only wanted to make the British rulers hear. Bhagat Singh and his friends did not try to run away after throwing the bomb. They were arrested and put to trial. In a statement that Bhagat Singh made during his trial, he said, "The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. Our sole purpose was to make the deaf hear, and give a timely warning..."
A. Tick (✔) the correct option to complete the following sentences: 1. Bhagat Singh has been referred to as a martyr because......
(a) he built India into a strong nation. (b) he was hanged for protesting against the English
(c) he threw a bomb in the Assembly Hall in Delhi 2. Bhagat Singh brought blood-soaked mud from Jallianwala Bagh to......
(a) throw it into the Assembly Hall
(b) smear his forehead with
(c) remind him of British atrocities
3. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in the Assembly Hall to.....
(a) kill the Englishmen present there i
(b) warn the British government
(c) get arrested
B. Complete the following statements: 1. Bhagat Singh's life was devoted to the cause of ....
2. Bhagat Singh's inspiration in childhood was ....
3. Bhagat Singh wanted to strongly protest against the British after
(a)
(b)
C. Think and answer:
1. Why was Bhagat Singh moved by the Jallianwala Bagh incident? 2. What message did Bhagat Singh want to convey to the British through the statement made by him during his trial?
D. Find words from the passage which mean the following:
1. coming to an end
2. without any careful thought or planning
3. very anxious and restless
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