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B. Answer the given questions briefly.
1. How did Muninder feel about the discussion and the information shared about
the Vijli shipwreck?
2. How did Marshal D’Souza describe the purpose of the gathering by the bonfire?
3. How did Muninder feel about the Vijli shipwreck tragedy after attending the
discussion by the bonfire?
4. Justify the title ‘The Indian Titanic’.
5. In the end, why does Muninder feel that Vijli’s story still lives on?
C. Answer in detail.
1. ‘Art forms like the ‘lok-geet’ help the past stay alive. But, the people who wish to
tell these tales are as important as the people who wish to hear them.’ In the light
of the above statement, discuss the values that, according to you, each of these
characters exhibit in the story.
a. Muninder Shekhawat b. Marshal D’Souza
c. Gopal Das Rao d. Madhav Kumar Kharsani
e. Shun Sato
2. ‘Vijli was a tragedy that could have been avoided to a great degree.’ Do you agree?
Why/Why not? life skill critical thinking
Let’s learn new words
Look at these words from the text and pay attention to the highlighted words.
shortage information
excitedly owner
receptionist responsibility
introduction completion
discussion electricity
Each word has letters added to the end to create a new word. These letters added to
the base words are called suffixes.
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