THE VILLAGE JUDGE
3. Division of the Text
The whole story can be divided into four SGPs (Sense Group Paragraphs) for better understanding. Each SGP is a part of the story. Read the story silently SGP wise and answer the comprehension questions. Check your answers with the Answer-key.
Summary:
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Outlines:
1. Who is the writer of the story, ‘The Village Judge’?
2. Who are the characters described in the first part of the story?
3. Who were good friends?
4. Who was Kariman?
5. Who had a small piece of property?
6. Who told the aunt to transfer the property?
7. How did Jumman and his wife treat their aunt at the beginning?
8. What happened to the aunt after the transfer of his property from the aunt?
9. What did the aunt do when she could not bear the rude behaviour of Jumman and his wife?
10. How did Jumman reply when his aunt asked him for money for separate cooking?
11. Who said “Money does not grow on trees.” Why did he say like this?
12.What was aunt’s reaction to Jumman’s reply?
13. What did she threaten him?
14. Whom did the old lady go at last?
15. What did Algu say about attending the panchayat?
16. What echoed in Algu’s heart?
Outlines:
Algu’s happy life of Jumman with his wife, Kariman and friend,Algu and his aunt-Transfer of aunt’s property- Aunt was treated badly-Aunt’s complain and request to Jumman-Jumman got angry-Aunt’s decision to call panch
SGP-1 (Part-I):
SGP-2 (Part-II):
Meeting of panch-Algu chaudhuri became the Judge- Algu’s judgment-Judgment against Jumman to pay monthly allowance or to return the property- Jumman’s feeling to take revenge on Algu
Questions for Comprehension:
Comprehension Questions:
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1. Where did the panchayat sit?
2. Who said first in the panchayat?
3. What did Jumman’s aunt say first?
4. “It is your show.” Who said this?
5. Who proposed the name of the chief judge?
6. “Son, have fear of God. The panch is nobody’s friend or enemy.”
Who said this and why?
7. Why did Jumman become very much happy?
8. “Nobody can sell their conscience for friendship.” Why did Jumman’s aunt say this?
9. What made Jumman very confident at the beginning of the panchayat?
10. Who asked questions to Jumman Sheikh?
11.What was the feeling of Jumman when Algu asked questions?
12. Who gave the judgement?
13. What was the decision of the panch?
14.What would be the feeling of Jumman after listening to the judgement from Algu?
Outlines:
1. What happened to the friendship between Jumman and Algu after the judgement of the panch?
2. What did Jumman think to do?
3. When did Algu buy a beautiful pair of bullocks?
4. Where did he buy these bullocks?
5. What happened to one of his bullocks?
6. What did Jumman say to his friends about the death of the bullock?
SGP-3 (Part-III):
Algu and Jumman’s friendship cut off-Algu’s one bullock died and sold the other bullock to Samjhoo sahu- Samjhoo got the other bullock overworked- death of the second bullock
Questions for Comprehension:
Comprehension Questions:
Questions for Comprehension:
Comprehension Questions:
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7. What did Algu suspect after the death of the bullock?
8. What was the feeling of Algu’s wife after the death of the bullock?
9. Why did Algu decide to sell the single bullock?
10. Who was Samjhoo sahu?
11.What is an ekka?
12. What did Samjhoo carry to the town?
13. What did he bring from the town to the village?
14.What did Samjhoo think about using the bullock?
15. Did Samjhoo pay the price of the bullock to Algu?
16. How many trips did he make every day?
17.What did Samjhoo not worry about?
18. What did he worry about?
19. What was the health condition of the bullock after one month?
20. What happened to the bullock one evening?
21. Who do you think is responsible for the death of the bullock?
Outlines:
1. Who did Algu ask for money?
2. What was the reaction of Sahuji and his wife?
3. Why did Algu feel helpless?
4. Who supported Algu in the village?
5. What did the good people advise Algu?
6. When did the panch sit for the second time?
7. Who proposed Sahuji to choose the panch?
8. Whose name did Sahuji select to be the panch?
9. Why did Sahuji select Jumman to sit as the panch?
10.“I should stick to the truth.” Who said this?
11. Who were the parties in the panch?
12. Who asked questions to both the parties?
Algu asked Samjoo to pay the price of the bullock-Samjhoo didn’t pay the price saying that he had given the dying bullock-Meeting of Panch-Algu proposed Jumman to be the Judge-Jumman’s judgment-reunion of friendship between Jumman and Algu
SGP-4 (Part-IV):
Questions for Comprehension:
Comprehension Questions:
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13. Who gave the judgement?
14. What was the judgement?
15.Who became very much happy?
16. “Long live the God that is the panch.” Who said this?
17.Who realised his fault?
18. What was Jumman’s feeling in the end?
19. What do we learn from this story?
SGP-1
1. Prem Chand
2. Jumman,Algu, Aunt, Jumman’s wife
3. Jumman Sheikh and Algu Chaudhury
4. Jumman’s wife 5. Jumman’s aunt 6. Jumman
7. Became harsh and rude 8. Aunt could not bear the
behaviour
9. Asked Jumman for some money to live separately
10. replied rudely
11. Jumman. He did not want to give money to aunt.
12. became angry
13. threatened to call a panchayat 14. Algu Chaudhury
15. Jumman was his old friend. He could not quarrel with him.
16. The aunt’s words: “Son, will you hesitate to say the honest thing, because you fear a quarrel.”
SGP-2
1. Under a tree 2. Aunt
3. Said to Jumman to select the panch
4. Jumman 5. Aunt
6. Aunt, to her panch is God 7. Because his friend became the
judge
8. She believed that God lives in the panch.
9. His friend Algu will speak in his favour.
10. Algu Chaudhury
11. He thought that was the show of his friend.
12. Algu Chaudhury
13. Jumman should give monthly allowance or he would return his property.
14. got angry with his friend, Algu
SGP-3
1. Broke up
2. Thought of taking revenge 3. A year before the judgement 4. From the fair at Batesar 5. Died after one month of the
judgement.
6. This was the punishment for his deception
7. Jumman had poisoned the bullock.
8. Jumman was behind the bullock’s death.
9. The single bullock was of no use.
10. A business man
11. A cart pulled by a single animal- bullock/horse.
Answer-key to the Comprehension Questions:
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12. ghee and sugar 13. salt and oil
14. He could make three trips a day.
15. No, he didn’t pay any money.
16. three to four
17. About food, water or health of the bullock
18. About his trips
19. The bullock became a mere bag of skin and bones.
20. Double load, 4th trip, whipped and bullock died
21. Smjhoo sahu
SGP-4
1. Samjhoo Sahu
2. Algu had given them the dying bullock.
3. Algu’s enemies gathered together and helped Sahuji.
4. Good people supported Algu.
5. To take the matter to the panchayat
6. Under the same tree 7. Algu
8. Jumman
9. Jumman had become Algu’s enemy.
10. Jumman
11. Algu and Samjhoo Sahu 12. The elders
13. Jumman
14. Samjhoo ought to pay the full price of the bullock.
15. Algu Chaudhury 16. Algu
17. Jumman
18. God himself speaks through the panch
19. We should be impartial and honest in giving any
judgement.