There’s a Girl by the Tracks is an important lesson for SSLC students. This lesson is very important for exam to score more marks. There’s a Girl by the Tracks is a lesson written by Deven Kanal. In this post we will discuss 2 marks questions and 3 marks extract questions with answers.
2 Marks Questions
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each:
1) What did Baleshwar do as soon as he saw the girl lying next to the tracks?
Ans: On seeing the girl on the tracks, he immediately pulled the red emergency chain, bravely jumped off the still moving train and rushed towards the girl to help.
2) Why was there no help to Baleshwar? How did he manage to reach the road?
Ans: Everyone feared about getting trapped in courts or police, so there was no one to help him. He crossed through some shrubbery and followed the direction of the sounds until he found the road.
3) Who volunteered to help Baleshwar? How did he help him?
Ans: A tempo truck driver helped him. He helped to lay the girl down in the back of his truck and drove them to a small hospital.
4) Why did Baleshwar revisit the spot where Roma had fallen?
Ans: Baleshwar revisited the spot where Roma had fallen to look for Roma’s belongings. Her brother said that her cell phone and hand bag were missing.
5) “Take the girl to Airoli”, suggested the cop. But Baleshwar disagreed. Why did he do so?
Ans: Baleshwar disagreed to take Roma to Airoli ,because Airoli was at least 10 kilometers away. Baleshwar thought that he had to go to the nearest hospital for the treatment of Roma.
6) Baleshwar had a good memory, do you agree with this? Give examples to support it?
Ans: Yes, he had good memory. He was able to remember the phone number of Roma’s brother given by Roma and contact him to inform about the accident.
7) The doctors at the Divine Multi Specialty hospital admitted Roma without any formalities. What made them to do so?
Ans: When Roma was brought to the hospital, the doctors saw the extent of her injuries, her condition was critical. So the doctors admitted her without any paper work.
8) If Baleshwar had not come forward to help Roma, what would have happened to her?
Ans: If Baleshwar had not come forward to help Roma, she would have bleed to death. Because she was bleeding behind her head.
9) Write briefly about the personal details of Roma Talreja and Baleshwar?
Ans: Roma was B.Com graduate from Pune. She worked as a call- centre executive in Mumbai. Baleshwar Mishra was a high school dropout from Mirzapur,U.P. He had come to Mumbai in search of a job.
10) How did the girl fall beside the tracks?
Ans: Roma Talreja had squeezed herself near the door of the crowded ladies compartment of a train. She tried to find some space to stand , suddenly she got pushed, lost her balance and was thrown out of the coach.
Watch this video for explanation of 2 marks questions and answers.
Read the following extracts and answer the questions given :
1) “There’s a girl by the tracks!”
a) Who cried out?
Ans. The opposite train passengers.
b) Why was she by the tracks?
Ans. She had lost her balance and was thrown out of the train.
c) Who did see the girl falling?
Ans. Baleshwar and he opposite train passengers.
2) “Let’s go and help her”
a)What happened there?
Ans. There was a girl by the tracks.
b) Why did they have to help?
Ans. She had fallen from the train.
c) Who did go to help her?
Ans- Baleshwar Mishra.
3) “Take girl to Airoli.”
a) Who is the girl here?
Ans: Roma Talreja.
b) Did suggestion was accepted? Why?
Ans: No, because Airoli was at least 10 kilometres away and she needed immediate treatment.
c) Who is the speaker of the statement?
Ans. the police (cop)
4)“Oh ,I couldn’t thank him,”Baleshwar thought.
a)Who was not thanked?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra could not thank the tempo-truck driver.
b) Why should he thank him?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver helped him to take Roma to the hospital.
c) Why couldn’t he thank him?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver slipped from the hospital having done all he could.
5)“I can’t imagine what would have happened if Baleshwar hadn’t been there.”
a)Who does ‘I’ refer to here?
Ans: Roma Talreja
b) Who rescued her?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra
c) What would have happened if Baleshwar had not been there?
Ans: She would have bled to death on the tracks alone.
6) “I think it’s astonishing that a stranger would jump off a train and risk his life for me. I can never repay Baleshwar.”
a)Who is the stranger here?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra.
b) Who is thinking like so ?
Ans: Roma Talreja.
c) Why couldn’t she repay him?
Ans: Because Baleshwar had rescued her in time.
7) “ I’m new to Mumbai, but I’ve noticed that people here are afraid.”
a) Who is the speaker of this statement?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra.
b) What did they fear about?
Ans: They feared about getting involved in courts or with the police.
c) What is the effect of that on the life the people of Mumbai?
Ans: The effect is that nobody is helping one another at the time of accident.
8) “Chacha, can I borrow your mobile?”
a) Who wanted the mobile?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra.
b) Why did he want the mobile?
Ans: To inform Roma’s brother, Dinesh about her accident.
c) Who is ‘chacha’ referred here ?
Ans: A tempo-truck driver who spoke Gujarati.
9) “Behenji aap theek hai?”he asked. But there was no response, and no help in sight.
a)Who is ‘he’ here?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra.
b)Who does ‘behenji’ refer to?
Ans: Roma Talreja.
c)Why there was no response?
Ans: Because Roma was in unconscious mood.
10) “I hope I’m not too late.”
a) Who is ‘I’ here?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra.
b) What did he have to do?
Ans: He have to search for that girl to help.
c) Why did he hope so?
Ans: Because he was not too late to come there.
Watch this video for 3 marks extract questions and answers explanation.