MP Board General English Answers | Class 10th | Chapter - 2 | The Power of Determination (one or two sentences)

1. What was the duty of the little boy?

Answer — The little boy had the duty of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teachers and classmates arrived.

2. What was the condition of the little boy when he was taken out of the burning school building?

Answer — When the little boy was taken out of the burning school building he was unconscious, had major burns on the body & was more dead than alive.

3. Why was the boy sent to hospital?

Answer — The little boy was taken to hospital for treatment as he was very badly burnt & had major burns over the lower half of his body.

4. What was the opinion of the doctor about the burnt boy?

Answer — The doctor's opinion was that the little boy will definitely die.

5. What did the boy decide after listening that he would surely die?

Answer — The little boy didn't want to die. After listening to the doctor, he made up his mind that he would survive.

6. What was the opinion of the doctor after the boy had survived?
Answer — The opinion of the doctor after the boy had survived was that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower half of the body, it would have been better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a lifetime cripple with no use of his lower limbs.

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