Question
A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Write whether the following statements are True or False:
(1) At birth the child was very fair and pretty.
(2) Only the eyes of the child were saved.
(3) Ramlal's three elder daughters were bad looking, unhealthy girls.
(4) But Ramlal was worried about Bholi.
Her name was Sulekha but since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi the simpleton.
She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen off the cot on her head and perhaps it had damaged some part of her brain. That was why she remained a backward child and came to be known
as Bholi, the simpleton.
At birth the child was very fair and pretty. But when she was two years old, she had an attack of small pox. Only the eyes were saved. But the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black pockmarks. Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of
her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little.
Ramlal had seven children, three sons and four daughters and the youngest of them was Bholi. It was a prosperous farmer’s household and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children except Bholi were healthy and strong. The sons had been sent to
the city to study in schools and later in colleges. Of the daughters Radha, the eldest had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled Ramlal would think of third Champa. They were good looking, healthy girls. And
it was not difficult to find bridegrooms for them.
But Ramlal was worried about Bholi. She had neither good looks nor intelligence.
Bholi was seven years old when Mangla was married. The same year a primary school for girls was opened in their village. The Tehsildar sahib came to perform its opening ceremony. He said to Ramlal, ‘‘As a revenue official you are the representative of the government in the village and so you must set an example to the villagers. You
must send your daughter to school.’’
That night when Ramlal consulted his wife. She cried, ‘‘Are you crazy? If girls go to school, who will marry them?’’
But Ramlal had not the courage to disobey the Tehsildar. At last his wife said, ‘‘I will tell you what to do. Send Bholi to school. As it is there is little chance of her getting married, with her ugly face and lack of sense. Let the teachers at school worry about her.’’
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(1) Describe the appearance of Bholi.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Find out from the passage opposites for the following words:
(1) first
(2) unsaved
(3) temporarily
(4) figured
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Name the Tenses:
(1) I will tell you what to do.
(2) Ramlal consulted his wife.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) What do you think about your school?
Write whether the following statements are True or False:
(1) At birth the child was very fair and pretty.
(2) Only the eyes of the child were saved.
(3) Ramlal's three elder daughters were bad looking, unhealthy girls.
(4) But Ramlal was worried about Bholi.
Her name was Sulekha but since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi the simpleton.
She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen off the cot on her head and perhaps it had damaged some part of her brain. That was why she remained a backward child and came to be known
as Bholi, the simpleton.
At birth the child was very fair and pretty. But when she was two years old, she had an attack of small pox. Only the eyes were saved. But the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black pockmarks. Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of
her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little.
Ramlal had seven children, three sons and four daughters and the youngest of them was Bholi. It was a prosperous farmer’s household and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children except Bholi were healthy and strong. The sons had been sent to
the city to study in schools and later in colleges. Of the daughters Radha, the eldest had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled Ramlal would think of third Champa. They were good looking, healthy girls. And
it was not difficult to find bridegrooms for them.
But Ramlal was worried about Bholi. She had neither good looks nor intelligence.
Bholi was seven years old when Mangla was married. The same year a primary school for girls was opened in their village. The Tehsildar sahib came to perform its opening ceremony. He said to Ramlal, ‘‘As a revenue official you are the representative of the government in the village and so you must set an example to the villagers. You
must send your daughter to school.’’
That night when Ramlal consulted his wife. She cried, ‘‘Are you crazy? If girls go to school, who will marry them?’’
But Ramlal had not the courage to disobey the Tehsildar. At last his wife said, ‘‘I will tell you what to do. Send Bholi to school. As it is there is little chance of her getting married, with her ugly face and lack of sense. Let the teachers at school worry about her.’’
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(1) Describe the appearance of Bholi.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Find out from the passage opposites for the following words:
(1) first
(2) unsaved
(3) temporarily
(4) figured
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Name the Tenses:
(1) I will tell you what to do.
(2) Ramlal consulted his wife.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) What do you think about your school?
