There was once a boy who would never pay any attention to his studies. His parents sent him to school, but he took to playing on the road

Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words:

There was once a boy who would never pay any attention to his studies. His parents sent him to school, but he took to playing on the road and did not care for the opinion of even those friends who helped him in danger. One day a gentleman who was on the look-out for a boy servant happened to come across him, wandering all alone in the street. He carried him away to a different town and made him work day and night as a servant. Now the boy repented his folly and one day while his master was fast asleep, he slipped away and after a good deal of trouble reached home. He applied himself hard to his books now and rose, in after life, to be a great man.

(i) What was the boy doing in the street?

(ii) Who was on the lookout for a boy-servant?

(iii) What did the boy do one day when his master was fast asleep?

(iv) How did the boy become a great man?

Answer 1

(i) The boy was wandering all alone in the street.

(ii) A gentleman was on the look-out for a boy-servant.

(iii) One day the boy slipped away from his master's house while he (master) was fast asleep.

(iv) The boy applied himself hard to his book and took keen interest on his studies and became a great man in future.