Important Questions for CBSE Class 6 English A Pact with The Sun Chapter 10 - A Strange Wrestling Match

A. Very Short Answer Questions: (1 Marks)

1. Word Meaning from the given Chapter:

(i) Deceptive

Ans: Misleading

(ii) Apprehension

Ans: Worry

(iii) Nonchalantly

Ans: In a relaxed manner

(iv) Eccentricities

Ans: Strangeness

2. Fill in the blanks:

(i) A tall man with _____, he towered over others like a giant.

Ans: massive shoulders and muscular arms

(ii) This pahalwan had but one _____, which often landed him in awkward situations. He was fond of _____.

Ans: shortcoming, boasting

(iii) I wish I met a _____. I’d teach him a lesson.”

Ans: stout ghost

(iv) You are just a _____. Anyway, now I don’t have to walk all night. I was _____ to meet you.

Ans: plain lying Ghost, longing

3. True-False:

(i) Vijay Singh was a down to earth person.

Ans: False

(ii) He was afraid of ghosts and could not go anywhere alone in the dark.

Ans: False

(iii) Vijay Singh met a ghost who called himself his friend Natwar.

Ans: True

(iv) “Appearances can be deceptive,” Vijay says this to the ghost.

Ans: True

4. Who is Vijay Singh in the story “A Strange Wrestling Match”?

Ans: A tall man with muscular arms and massive shoulders is known as Vijay Singh. Vijay Singh is a wrestler.

5. Who does he meet in the Haunted Desert?

Ans: In the haunted desert, Vijay Singh came across a ghost who claimed to be his friend.

B. Short Answer Questions: (2 Marks)

1. What does Vijay Singh tell the ghost when he first meets him in the desert?

Ans: Vijay Singh told the ghost that he should come near him as he is not able to see him from a distance. Singh also opined that he is just a plain lying ghost and not what he claimed to be.

2. What was the ghost's reaction when he found out Vijay is not afraid of him?

Ans: After seeing Vijay’s Singh bold attitude, Ghost was taken aback and he wanted to meet in order to wrestle with him.

3. What did the old lady from the village give to Vijay Singh while he was leaving for the desert?

Ans: An egg and salt rock was given to Vijay Singh by an old lady. She believed that these things would protect Vijay from the ghosts.

4. What did the ghost do when he found out that Vijay Singh wanted to wrestle with him?

Ans: The Ghost marshalled his ghostly wits and became speechless. He even tried to scare Vijay Singh by scornfully making eye contact with him.

5. What did Vijay Singh tell the ghost when he tried to scare him?

Ans: Vijay Singh told the ghost that he is not scared of him because he is not strong to Vijay. He also added that ‘Appearances can be deceptive and they can very easily fool an individual.

C. Short Answer Questions: (3 Marks)

1. How did Vijay Singh demonstrate his power to the ghost?

Ans: Vijay Singh befooled the ghost by using two different rocks, egg and salt given to him by the old lady. In this way, he demonstrated his power to the ghost.

2. How did he do it firstly?

Ans: Vijay asked the ghost to crack the rock, but the ghost was unable to do it. When it was Vijay’s turn, he put an egg between the rocks and befooled him with the cracking of rock.

3. When the ghost couldn’t believe that Vijay Singh crushed the stone, how did Vijay prove him again?

Ans: To prove his victory, Vijay now used a salt rock. He asked the ghost to crush the pebble from the sand. Again, Ghost was unable to do it. When it was Vijay's turn, he used the salt rock between his fists and made him believe that he crushed the rock. He also asked the ghost to taste the crushed rock.

4. How did the ghost plan to trick Vijay Singh?

Ans: The ghost became enraged that he got defeated by a human being. So, he asked Singh to stay at his house one night and leave by the next morning. Actually, the ghost was planning to kill Vijay Singh, during the dark at night.

5. Did Vijay accept the ghost's offer? What did he ask in return?

Ans: Yes, the proposal was accepted by Vijay Singh as he cannot simply deny the hospitality of the ghost. But he asked the ghost to be his prisoner because he wanted to flaunt his victory trophy to the people.

D. Long Answer Questions: (5 Marks)

1. How did the ghost treat Vijay at his home? Was Vijay asleep?

Ans: Ghost fed Vijay Singh with a lot of milk, dry fruits etc. He also made a luxurious bed with bolsters and pillows for Vijay Singh. No, the Singh did not sleep because of the snoring sound of the ghost. In the middle of the night, he slipped from the bed and arranged a bolster at the centre of the bed to give an image of the sleeping man.

2. Why did Vijay slip off his bed? What did he see when he was away from his bed?

Ans: Vijay was unable to sleep due to the snoring sound of a ghost and that’s why he slipped off from his bed. Before dawn, Vijay saw that the ghost approached Vijay's bed with a stout club. He hit hard with the stout club to something that appeared like the head of the Vijay. The ghost hit around seven times, without even realising the fact that it was not Vijay and after that, he returned to his bed.

3. Why did the ghost turn rigid with shock?

Ans: Vijay crept into the bed after the returning of the ghost. He groaned and threw away his coverlet and sat up. The ghost was seeing all this from under his bedclothes and became shocked that how come he is alive after being hit seven times. In fact, Vijay was yawning and spreading his arms and said to the ghost that there were a lot of insects in his cave. The whole incident surprised the ghost.

4. What happened after the ghost saw Vijay being alive?

Ans: The ghost became anxious, afraid. He was surprised too. He was shocked that a normal person would have turned into pulp after seven blows but how Vijay Singh survived. The ghost felt that he was not safe near the formidable wrestler like Vijay Singh. He ran away from the desert and never returned back again. Vijay returned the villagers their belongings which the ghost had robbed from them. In this way, the desert again became safe.

5. Do you think Vijay really beat the ghost with his muscular power? Justify your answer.

Ans: No, Vijay didn’t use his muscular power to defeat the ghost. He used his wits and mind power in befooling the ghost. He showed him his brave nature. Firstly, he wasn’t afraid of ghosts. Then he crushed the rock and pebble with his hands. This was the second time when Vijay Singh had fooled the ghost. Lastly, he slipped from the bed by putting on a coverlet and then again going to the bed after the whole incident took place. In this way, the ghost was befooled thrice.

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