NIOS English (202) l important Short Questions and Answers
Chapter - 1 Snake Bite
1.Who was Raja and What did he See ?
Answer: Raja was a naughty boy. He saw a snake and keep it in coconut shell and brought it to his grand mother.
2. What did Grand mother do?
Answer: Grand mother called grand father and told him. He threw the shell and snake came out.
3. What did Grand father say to Raja?
Answer: Grand father warned Raja not to repeat such thing in future because snakes are dangerous.
4. When did the bee stung Raja?
Answer: one day Raja tried to catch the bee it stung him in finger.
5. What happened then?
Answer: Raja came to Grand mother weeping and crying. They thought he was bitten by snake and his grand father took him to a man who was in the village and used to treat snake bitten person.
6. How did the old man cure Raja?
Answer: Old man took a bowl of water started to chant mantras after some time he said now Raja is out of danger. God saved him you came in time.
7. Did Raja say it that he was stung by bee?
Answer: No Raja had no time to say it. He was tightly caught by grand father and told not to open the mouth.
8. Write about Grand mother? in brief.
Answer: Grand mother was old and religious lady. She loved Raja very much. She was a fearful lady also.
9. Write about grandfather in about (70-80) words.
Answer: Grand father was very good and an ideal person. He loved all the members of the family. His loved with Raja very much. He does not bear the pain of Raja. He carriage him to the person who used to treat snake bitten person. The Grand father was very practical man. He was a thankful person he sends gift to the man who cured Raja. He is good dutiful and an ideal man. His role in the story is very important.
10. Was Raja really bitten by snake?
Answer: No, he was stung by bee. He was not given time to say the reality. They all treated him as snake bitten.

