Question 5 of 17beginner🧠 RememberShort Answer5 marks

Write 'T' for true or 'F' for false.

(1)

Chinna wanted to buy the bells to attach them to his bicycle.

Answer

False. Chinna wanted to buy the tinkling bells for his pet kid named Tara, not for his bicycle.

(2)

Chinna's mother, Kamala, comforted him when he came home feeling sad.

Answer

True. Kamala gently asked Chinna what happened, wiped his tears, and consoled him about his missing money.

(3)

The fruit seller gave Chinna twenty rupees extra as change.

Answer

False. The fruit seller gave Chinna ten rupees extra as change, not twenty rupees.

(4)

Chinna decided to keep the extra money and bought chocolates with it.

Answer

False. Chinna returned the extra money to the fruit seller instead of keeping it.

(5)

The fruit seller was unhappy when Chinna returned the extra money.

Answer

False. The fruit seller was very happy and praised Chinna as an honest boy.

Explanation

(1) The chapter clearly states that Chinna loved his pet kid Tara and at the end of the story, he tied the tinkling bells around Tara's neck. (2) The chapter describes Kamala laying her hands softly on Chinna's shoulders, hugging him, and speaking warmly to comfort him when he was upset. (3) Kamala paid hundred rupees for pineapples costing ninety rupees. The correct change was ten rupees, but the seller gave two ten-rupee notes (twenty rupees), which was ten rupees extra. (4) After his mother explained that keeping the extra money would be stealing, Chinna ran back to the fruit seller and returned the ten rupees. (5) The chapter states that the fruit seller was very happy when Chinna returned the money and said 'You are an honest boy.'