Questions and answers from
Know Your Responsibilities
1. How was Aashi? What did her mother use to tell her?
= Aashi is a careless girl.
Her mother used to tell her to switch off all lights before she leave the room. As their electricity and water charges are too high.
2. Did Aashi listen to her mother?
= Aashi did not listen to her mother. She was indifferent to her mother's advice.
3. What happened one day?
= One day, Aashi was alone at home. While Aashi brushed, the water supply went off. She just manage to get water from the kitchen and then went off for her tuition classes.
4. What happened when Aashi was absent?
= In Aashi's absence, the water supply resumed. Aashi had left the tap open. The water started draining off. Aashi had left the soap at one side but not in the soap dish. It slipped off into the basin blocking the drain. Slowly water started flooding the place.
5. When did the neighbours come to know?
= The neighbours came to know when water started seeping out of the main door on the stairs and into the elevator.
6. What did the neighbours do firstly?
= The neighbours called up Aashi's mother. The main connection was turned off to avoid further flooding and wastage of water.
7. What did one of the residents tell Aashi?
= One of the residents told Aashi that she was an irresponsible citizen. It was high time that she become responsible.
8. How did the neighbours help them to drain out the water?
= Many people brought mops and buckets to manage the seepage. Some were wiping off the water in the drawing room as two women broomed out the kitchen water.
9. What did Aashi realise?
= Aashi realised that everybody was so responsible. They were bothered about the damage of the property and furniture.
10. What did Aashi's father do?
= Aashi's father rushed home from office and offered to pay for another tanker for the building.
11. What did the residents decide?
= The residents decided to pool money as Ashi was like their own child.
12. What lesson Aashi learn?
= Aashi learnt a lesson to be a responsible citizen through a hard way. She was really ashamed of her carelessness and changed for the better.