NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 2 (Transcript, Page 99)Somebody's Mother — Let us listen

Book page 78 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.

You will listen to a woman read the special broadcast of the news. As you listen, arrange the pictures in the correct sequence of the events that took place. (Transcript for teacher on page 99)

Answer

The correct sequence of the six pictures is 3 → 6 → 1 → 5 → 2 → 4.

Order	Picture	What it shows	The line in the broadcast
1	3	The woman at the edge of the river, with a boy standing on the far bank	“a woman who had fallen into the Domri River while washing clothes”
2	6	The woman in the water near the bank, arm raised, onlookers watching from across	“…had fallen into the Domri River”
3	1	Close-up of the woman being swept along, struggling	“The 43-year-old woman was struggling to stay afloat in the strong currents”
4	5	The boy diving head-first into the river	“Rohan, without a moment's hesitation, leapt into the river”
5	2	The boy pulling the woman up onto the bank as others look on	“Rohan managed to reach the woman and pull her to safety… Onlookers… were in awe”
6	4	The boy receiving an award on a stage while an audience applauds	“honoured with the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023 by the President of India”

How to do a picture-sequencing task: before the recording begins, look at the pictures and find the two you are certain about — usually the first and the last. Here the award ceremony is obviously the end and the woman at the water's edge the beginning. That leaves only four to place, and the broadcast supplies them in order.

Tip: listen for the sequence words — on a fateful morning, when, without a moment's hesitation, despite, did not go unnoticed, now. A news report almost always moves in strict time order, which makes it the easiest kind of listening text to sequence.

Q2.

You will once again listen to the special broadcast of the news. As you listen, complete the following sentences with one to three exact words. 1. The woman was having a difficult time staying afloat due to the _________________.

Answer

strong currents

The woman was having a difficult time staying afloat due to the strong currents.

From the transcript: “The 43-year-old woman was struggling to stay afloat in the strong currents…” Notice that the question rewords struggling as “having a difficult time” — the exam will rarely repeat the recording's own words in the question, so you must listen for the idea, then write the recording's exact words in the blank.

Q3.

2. Rohan leapt into the river to save the woman without any _________________.

Answer

hesitation (from “without a moment's hesitation”)

Rohan leapt into the river to save the woman without any hesitation.

From the transcript: “Rohan, without a moment's hesitation, leapt into the river, putting his own life at risk.” The blank follows “without any”, so the word must be a noun that fits that phrase — hesitation, not “moment's hesitation”.

Q4.

3. Rohan's act of bravery was witnessed by _________________.

Answer

onlookers

Rohan's act of bravery was witnessed by onlookers.

From the transcript: “Onlookers who witnessed the incident were in awe of the young boy's bravery.” The word witnessed appears in both the question and the recording, which makes this the easiest blank in the set — the answer is the word sitting right beside it.

Q5.

4. Rohan was honoured at the Vigyan Bhawan for his incredible courage and _________________.

Answer

selfless act

Rohan was honoured at the Vigyan Bhawan for his incredible courage and selfless act.

From the transcript: “Rohan's selfless act did not go unnoticed. His incredible courage was recognised at Vigyan Bhawan, where he was honoured with the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023 by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu.” The two phrases stand in consecutive sentences, and the question joins them with “and”.

Also acceptable: determination — the broadcast says earlier, “With great determination and courage, Rohan managed to reach the woman.” If you wrote that, you have quoted the recording accurately, which is what the task asks for.

Q6.

5. Rohan proved that when it comes to saving lives, age is _________________.

Answer

no barrier

Rohan proved that when it comes to saving lives, age is no barrier.

From the transcript: “We commend Rohan for his bravery and for showing that age is no barrier when it comes to saving lives.” The broadcast keeps this line for the very end, as a news report often does — the closing sentence carries the point the listener is meant to remember.

Why this piece sits beside the poem: a fifteen-year-old saves a stranger; a schoolboy helps an old woman across a street. One is a news bulletin from Rajouri, the other a poem from another century, and both make the same claim — that the young are perfectly capable of the empathy adults expect only from themselves.

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