Chapter Name: Always Room For Goodness
Subject: Modern English
Class: 7
Board: Board Of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM/BSEM)
Contents: Chapter Summary, Questions and Answers
Always Room for Goodness Chapter Summary:
Panthoi was a ten-year-old girl. She always asked many questions about many things to her grandfather. She asked if men are basically good or bad and if she should love men generally. The grandfather told her that he would tell her some stories to enable her to draw her own conclusion from those stories.
He started narrating a story to her. Once, a Manipuri man called Khagemba went to the University of Delhi for personal business on a train. At that time, he saw a man watching him attentively in his compartment. He regarded the man as a thief. But the man helped him instead of stealing his things. Khagemba asked him why he was so concerned about him. The man replied that he had a brother who resembled him. He was an army officer, and he was killed in Kashmir. He told him that human beings should help one another.
The grandfather narrated another story to her. Chandra and his niece Bina went to Trichur, a small town in Kerala, on a train. They met Mr. Nair from Kerala and within a short period, they became friends. He wanted to help Chandra and Bina; he did not get off at his own hometown. He knew that many rogues might pounce on them if they knew they were innocent strangers. At the medical college, things were very easy for them.
After the grandfather had finished narrating that story to his granddaughter, he began another story about the goodness of men. When four young men from Manipur went to Kolkata from Bangalore on a train, they met a Bengali couple with their three children in the same compartment. At a station, the Bengali gentleman got off the train to buy some things. At that time, his money was stolen by some pickpockets. So, they were very unhappy. On knowing their difficulty, the four young Manipuris helped them by giving them five hundred rupees. The grandfather concluded by saying that a common human bond of love and desire to help each other runs through every human being.
Bosem Solution For Class 7 English Chapter 3
Answer the following questions in a sentence each:
i) Why was Khagemba going to Delhi?
Ans: Khagemba went to Delhi to attend to some personal business.
ii) Who looked after the goods of Khagemba when he got off to have breakfast with the stranger?
Ans: A passenger in the compartment looked after his goods.
iii) What was the tall man’s brother?
Ans: The tall man’s brother was an Army officer.
iv) Why did Bina and Chandra go to Trichur?
Ans: Bina and Chandra went to Trichur for Bina’s admission to a medical college in Trichur.
v) How did things become easy for Chandra at the medical college?
Ans: Things became easy with the help of Mr. Nair.
vi) Why did Mr. Nair not get off at his own hometown?
Ans: Because Mr. Nair wanted to help and take care of Bina and Chandra.
vii) Where were the four Manipuri young men going to?
Ans: The four young Manipuri men were travelling to Kolkata from Bangalore.
viii) What happened to the Bengali gentleman when he got off the train at the station?
Ans: His pocket had been picked when he got off to buy a few things.
ix) Where was the Bengali gentleman’s home?
Ans: His home was at
x) What did the four young men buy at a station?
Ans: They bought a copy of a newspaper and a film magazine.
xi) What was inside the envelope that the Bengali gentleman found on the floor of his compartment?
Ans: There Were five notes Of one hundred
Answer the following questions in about 20-25 each word:
i) What habits have?
Ans: Panthoi had a habit of asking questions about many things to her grandfather, some of which were quite unusual for a girl of her age.
ii) Why was Khagemba irritated?
Ans: Khagemba felt irritated when he saw a man watching him with great interest as he was sitting. He was travelling to Delhi and this man must have plans to steal from him.
iii) Why was the tall man pleased with the hotel where Khagemba was to stay?
Ans: The tall man was pleased by the way the hotel manager, who was an old acquaintance of Khagemba, received him.
iv) What did Khagemba ask?
Ans: Khagemba asked why that man was so concerned about him since he was a complete stranger to him, and they were from different places, so he could not find any explanation for his action.
v) Why did Mr Nair want to go with Chandra and Bina to the medical college?
Ans: Mr Nair wanted to go along with Chandra and Bina because he wanted to help and take care of them, and he took it as a God-given duty. He was worried because they were new in Kerala, and any undesirable things might happen as there were rogues ready to pounce on strangers.
vi) Why was Chandra surprised?
Ans: Chandra was surprised to learn that Mr. Nair had left his hometown and had travelled along with them only to help and take care of them.
vii) Why did the Bengali gentleman look worried after he came back to the apartment?
Ans: The Bengali gentleman looked worried because his pocket had been picked up when he got off the train to buy a few things, and he was left with only 20 rupees.
viii) Why couldn’t the Bengali gentleman borrow some money from his friends in Kolkata?
Ans: The Bengali gentleman could not borrow money in Kolkata because he did not have anyone known to him there; he was new to the place.
Answer the following questions in about 50-60 words each:
i) Why was Ramprakash interested in Khagemba?
Ans: Ramprakash was interested in Khagemba because Khagemba looked almost like his brother who was an Army officer but he was killed in Kashmir. So, he wanted to help Khagemba in any way possible. He looked after his breakfast and dropped him off at the hotel where he was going to stay.
ii) What were Mr Nair’s explanations for accompanying Chandra and Bina to Trichur?
Ans: Mr Nair, after learning that Chandra and Bina were from Manipur and new to Kerala, wanted to take care of them. He explained that he did not want anything undesirable to happen to the innocent strangers and took it as a God-given duty to help them.
iii) What was the problem of the Bengali family? How was it solved?
Ans: The Bengali gentleman had been pickpocketed when he got off the train to buy some things. They were left with only 20 rupees, and they needed about 500 rupees to reach their home at Coochbehar. The problem was solved when the four younger Manipuri men left five notes of 100 rupees in an envelope for the family to use to reach home.
iv) Do you think that people are basically good? Justify your answer.
Ans: Yes, people are basically good; we are always ready to help and love other fellow human beings because we are noble creatures. The bond of humanity enables us to live happily together, and all of us in our hearts always have room for goodness.
v) What did the grandfather say at the end of the stories?
Ans: Panthoi’s grandfather said that men are noble creatures whose hearts are filled with thoughts of mutual love and help. Also, in the face of dividing themselves into different religions and castes, there is a common human bond of love and a desire to help each other that runs through all of us. And that there is always room for goodness.
Choose the correct answer from the four alternatives given and write it in the space provided:
i) In Delhi, Khagemba stayed.
a) in a hotel which was new.
b) with Ramprakash.
c) with a friend.
d) in a hotel where he usually stayed.
Ans: a) in a hotel which was new.
ii) Mr. Nair helped Chandra because
a) Chandra was in difficulty in the medical college
b) he thought he ought to help a stranger who came to his State.
c) he knew some rogues were ready to pounce on Chandra and Bina.
d) he wanted to see if he could get some money from Chandra.
Ans: c) he knew some rogues were ready to pounce on Chandra and Bina.
