English (Compulsory) For Class IX - Unit 3 - Education And Careers - Questions And Answers

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Chasing Dreams

Questions And Answers

Q.1: What was Jameel's father doing when he came home?
Ans: When Jameel came home, his father was drinking tea.

Q.2: Where did the family have dinner?
Ans: The family had dinner in the middle of the yard where Jameel and his father were talking.

Q.3: Where did Jameel and Sara go to study?
Ans: Jameel and Sara went to the city at their aunt's house to study.

Q.4: Where did they build the hospital?
Ans: They built the hospital in their village amidst green fields.

Q.5: How many children did Sara have?
Ans: Sara had two children.

Q.6: Which vehicle did they travel in?
Ans: They traveled in horse carts.

Q.7: Why do you think nobody spoke while eating dinner?
Ans: According to Islam we should not talk too much while eating. There was another reason they didn't speak while eating dinner because they all realized that Jameel was a little more upset.

Q.8: Why was Jameel upset?
Ans: Jameel was upset because he wanted to become a doctor and there was no college in his village or surrounding villages and he was worried about continuing his studies.

Q.9: Why do you think Sara tried to hide feelings?
Ans: Sara knew that her father could not afford the education cost of two children. Her deprivation made her cry, but she knew that her father would be saddened by her tears. She hid her feelings to save her father from further grief.

Q.10: Both Sara and Jameel had to pass every test in the first go. Why was it so?
Ans: Sara and Jameel had to pass every test in the first go because their parents were facing many problems to pay for their education. In addition, they had to give tuition to children for the education expenses. Failing the exam meant repeating that academic year, and repeating the academic year meant reimbursing the entire year's expenses, which was not possible for them.

Q.11: How did Sara and Jameel, and their family, manage the expenses for their studies?
Ans: Sarah, Jameel and her family faced many difficulties and hardships for paying for their education. Along with the studies, Sara and Jameel gave tuition to children to cover some expenses. His family also sold a large piece of their fertile land to pay the fee in the fourth year of the medical college.

Q.12: How did life change for Jameel's family and the villagers?
Ans: Jameel and Sara fulfilled their dreams of becoming doctors. They built a hospital in the village The people of the village got the facility of treatment at a low cost. They didn't need to go to city for treatment any more. Jameel and Sara became doctors and increased their family's wealth and dignity and fulfilled their desire to help the people of the village.

Q.13: How was Sara educating the village women?
Ans: Sara was educating the village women by hosting successful seminars for the village women and guided them to improve their personal and family health and hygiene.

Q.14: What lessons do we get from the story?
Ans: This story gives us a lesson that we should not give up our dreams in any way. We must fight bad situations. Every difficulty and trouble must be faced with courage. We don't need to be disappointed. We must work hard for our aims because ease comes after every difficulty.

Q.15: How many characters are there in the story? Write down their name also?
Ans: There are Ten characters in the story, which are as follows:
(i) Jameel
(ii) His sister, Sara
(iii) Their father
(iv) Their mother
(v) Their brother Khalid
(vi) Aunt Sadori, thier old family friend
(vii) Allah Dino, who seems compounder or receptionist of Jameel's hospital
(viii) An old man Noor Ali who was patient in Jameel's hospital
(ix) Jameel's wife and
(x) Allah Bachayo who took both siblings to the city in his cart.