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in Class 9 by kratos

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it :

There is a story of a man who thought he had a right to do what he liked. One day this gentleman was walking along a busy road, spinning his walking-stick round and round in his hand and trying to look important. A man walking behind him objected. “You ought not to spin your walking-stick round and round like that” he said, “I am free to do what I like with my walking-stick,” argued the gentleman. “Of course, you are” said the other man, ‘but you ought to know that your freedom ends where my nose begins. The story tells us that we can enjoy our rights and freedom only if they do not interfere with other people’* rights and freedom.

(i) What did the man in the above story think about his right?

(ii) How did the man try to look important?

(iii) How did the other man protest?

(iv) Where does our freedom end?

(v) What does the story teach us?

(vi) Find out the words in the above passage which mean “crowded” and “moving”.

1 Answer

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by kratos
 
Best answer

(i) The man in the above story thought about his right that he had a right to do what he liked?

(ii) The man tried to look important as he was walking along a busy road spinning his walking stick round and round in his hand.

(iii) The other man protested to do so.

(iv) Our freedom ends where my nose begins.

(v) The story teaches us that we can enjoy our rights and freedom only if we do not interfere with other people’* rights and freedom.

(vi) Crowded-busy

Moving-walking

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