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A Birthday Letter (Jawaharlal Nehru) - Short Answers

 

A Birthday Letter

                                - Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.

 1.  Why could not Nehru send any presents to Indira?

Nehru was in the Central Prison of Naini. So he could not Nehru send any presents to Indira.

 

2.  What cannot be stopped even by the high walls of prisons?

His presents are not a material or of a solid but his mind and spirit. So these can not be stopped even by the high walls of prisons.

 

3.  Why did Nehru dislike sermonizing?

He had always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not by giving a sermon, but by talking and discussing. So Nehru disliked sermonizing

 

4. What does history tell us?

History tells us the great periods of great men and women in the life of nation.

 

5. What do ordinary men and women usually think of ?

The ordinary men and women usually think of their bread and butter, their children and their household worries.

 

6.  When do ordinary men and women become heroes?

When people become interested in a great cause. History helps even ordinary men and women to become heroes.

 

7. What does the phrase ‘great drama’ refer to?

The phrase ‘great drama’ refers to the freedom struggle in which all come out of their little shells and become India’s soldiers of freedom.

 

8.  Why are the freedom fighters under Gandhi not afraid of anything?

Under the leadership of Gandhi, there is no room for secrecy or hiding. So the freedom fighters under Gandhi are not afraid of anything what they do or say.


9. From which prison did Nehru write this letter?

Nehru wrote this letter from Central Prison, Naini.

 

10. Did Nehru send any presents to Indira?

No, Nehru did not send any presents to Indira as he was in the prison.

 

11. Which historical character inspired young Indira?

The historical character “Joan of Arc” inspired young Indira.

 

12. What helps the ordinary men and women to become heroes?

History helps the ordinary men and women to become heroes when they are interested in a great cause.

 

13. Who is addressed as ‘Bapuji’?

Mahatma Gandhi is addressed as ‘Bapuji’.

 

14. What should the soldiers of India respect?

The soldiers of India should respect the country’s honour and that honour is a sacred trust.

 

 

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