RK NARAYAN AND YUVRAJ SINGH

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Match the famous Indian Personalities

Yuvraj Singh

Kalpana Chawla

RK Narayan

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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.

R. K. Narayan was born in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), British India into a Iyer Vadama Brahmin family. He was one of eight children; six sons and two daughters. Narayan was second among the sons; his younger brother Ramachandran later became an editor at Gemini Studios, and the youngest brother Laxman became a cartoonist.

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications.

The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi,located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi.

Despite having a number of servants, what were the different household chores RK Narayan's mother used to be busy with?

"It had a woman decked out in gold -lace sari and gaudy jewellery."
Choose the option which is closest in the meaning to the word "gaudy".

1. Shiny
2. Dull
3. Unburnished
4. Dark

"R k Narayan's mother was far ahead of her time."
Pick one instance from the text to support this statement.

"How hideous they looked".
Choose the synonym of hideous from options given below

1. Resplendent
2. Pleasant
3. Ugly
4. Enjoyable

RK Narayan's mother did not attend the school but she was a voracious reader. She knew both Tamil and Sanskrit. How did she manage this?

YUVRAJ SINGH

Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. An all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle order .

In November 2011, about seven months after India’s World Cup triumph, it was reported that Singh was suffering from a tumour in his lung. Three months later, it was confirmed that the tumour was cancerous and that he had mediastinal seminoma – a germ-cell tumour located between his lungs.

Shabnam SIngh-Mother of Yuvraj Singh

For  Shabnam Singh, nothing mattered in the world as she looked after her son during the biggest crisis the family faced immediately after Yuvraj guided India to the 2011 World Cup win in Mumbai.

What were the "right notes" on which the year started for Yuvraj Singh?

What was the initial response of Yuvraj's mother upon learning about her son's illness?

"Initially she was a little apprehensive about going to USA for the treatment."
Choose the option which is closest in the meaning to the word" apprehensive"

1. contented
2. jovial
3. fearful
4. gleeful

Why does the writer say that Yuvraj is neither an average cricketer nor an ordinary fighter?

Why does Yuvraj call his mother 'his rock of Gibraltar'?

Complete question number 2,3 and 4 of the chapter -Shabnam Singh, Mother of Yuvraj Singh