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question 1 _

  What did William C. Douglas do to know about the real feeling of 
the people in India?

answer ___  
  To know about the real feeling of the people in India, William C. douglas talked to the English- knowing Indians on his journey. He talked about the world politics and the current topics of the day.


Ques2 __ 
  Mention  the scene and thing the writer saw on his way from Delhi to Ranikhet?

Ans ___   

  On his way from Delhi to Ranikhet the writer saw the flooded Ganga, rice fields , jungles, grass, trees, monkeys, villages, hunts, pumpkins, the refugee children, the baskets, the fans and the girl of nine years.

QUES3  __ 

  What disturbed the continuity of the write's conversations at one of the stations?(imp)

Ans __

 At one station a group of refugee  children surrounded the writer. They were selling baskets. This disturbed the continuity of the writer's conversation at station .

Ques4 __

   why were these children described as refugee ?(imp)

Ans __   

  These children were described as refugee because their parents had been driven out of Pakistan. Having left all their all their property and houses they had come to India as refugee.

Ques5 __ 

 Why did the refugee children descend like locusts on the writer? ( imp)

Ans ____ 

 The poor children thought that the American writer was a good customer. Therefore they descended like locusts on him to sell their baskets.

Ques 6

  What made the writer realize that he had given offence by extending the gratuilty to the girl as a substitute for not buying the baskets?

Ans __  

 The girl did not accept the writer gratuity and returned the money with pride and grace. This made the writer think that his gratuity had offended her.

Ques 7 _

 What picture did the author carry back in his mind of India and her people as a whole?(imp)

Ans __  

  The writer thought that the people of India were full of self-respects and dignity, They were full of decency, a  sense of citizenship and desire for freedom. Thus he carried back in his mind a noble picxture of uor country and the people.


QUES8 _

 What did he see on the platforms?

ANS __  

He found the platforms packed with people of different religions and occupations. The people were barefoot and dressed in loose white garments.


QUES 9 __ 

 why diid the writer realize that he had hurt the little girl's feelings?

ANS _____

  The girl were rags. She was in semi-starvation. Even then she returned the gratuity of the writer with all the seriousness, pride and graciousness of a lady. This type of reaction made the writer realize that he had hurt the little girl's feelings.

QUES 10_

_ WHY DID MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LEAVE PAKISTAN FOR INDIA ?(imp)

ANS ___   

   MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LEFT PAKISTAN FOR INDIA DUE TO THE FEAR OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.

QUES 11 __

 Where was the writer going ? or Where was he travelling to ?

ANS _____ 
 The writer was going from New Delhi to Bareilly by train on his way to Renikhet.


QUES 12 __ 
 What did the writer do to get a feel of the pulse of the nation?(imp)

ANS______  To get a feel od the pulse of the nation, the writer talking to English_knowing Indians on his journey. He talking about the world politics and current topics of the day.


QUES 13 __
 Who were those children selling baskets ? What information does the writer give you about them? (imp) 

ANS __ The choldreN selling baskets were refugee children. After partition between India and Pakistan their parents came to India from Pakistan as poor refugees.



QUES 14 __ What was the plight of the refugee? What were they doing for a living ? (imp) 

ANS __  
 The plight of the refugee was very miserable. They were poor, hungry, homeless and jobless. For their living they sold cheap hand_made articles.


QUES15 __  What facts did the writer discover about the peasant refugees ?

ANS __     
   The writer discovered that the peasant refugee were very poor. Their income was very low. It did not exceed one hundred dollars a year. They got one meal a day. They did not get tea, coffee, fat,sweets or meat.  


QUES16__

  Which vendor among the children drew the writer's attention most and why? 

ANS_____  A beautiful girl of nine years drew the writer's attention most. She did so because she was beautiful , diligent, aggressive and earnest. Her tears and voice impressed him the most. 


QUES17 __    What forced the writer to buy the little girl's basket? (imp)

ANS______   To please the little girl the writer gave her a handful of change. She refused to accept the  money from the writer's to buy her basket . 


QUES 18 __
   What one reason did the writer give Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for his having fallen in love with India. 

ANS __   The pride and high sense of self-respect of the little girl was one reason which the writer gave Pt . Nehru for his having fallen in love with India. 


QUES19 __  Why did the author refugee to buy the basket of the little girl? 

ANS ______  He refugee to buy the little girl's basket because he had already bought too many of them from others . 


QUES 20 __   What was the mode of the travel of the writer ? 

ANS______  The writer was going from New Delhi upto Bareilly by train . From there he was to  travel by car upto Ranikhet? 


QUES 21 __   What did the writer do whenever the train stopped? 

ANS _____    Whenever the train stopped , the writer would get down and walked the platform. 


QUES22__

  What did the writer discuss with people he met in his journey? 

ANS _____  With them he discussed world affairs and the current topics of the day. 


QUES 23 ___

 What was the writer's purpose behind his conversation with the common people of India? 

ANS __      
   The purpose behind this conversation was to get a feel of the pulse of the nation . 

QUES 24 __ 
 What were the children selling at a railway station according to William C. Douglas? Why were they doing so ? (imp )

ANS ___       They were selling hand_made reed baskets for their livelihood . 


QUES 25 __ 

 What did the writer buy from them? 
ANS ______  The writer bought the basket of the little girl. 


QUES 26 __ What did the writer buy from them? 

ANS ______   Then the writer bought the basket of the little girl . 


QUES 27 __    What was the story told to the Prime Minister by William C. Douglas? 


ANS ______    William C. Douglas saw a little girl on the platform she was selling baskets. She was poor. She did not accept any money in charity . The writer  bought her basket . Only then she took money and ran away happily . This story was told to the Prime minister by the writer. 


QUES28 -

-  What sort of houses did the author see in the villages he passed? 
ANS ___    
  The house therein were made of mud mixed with water and cow_dung. Their roofs were thatched with grass and bamboo poles. 


QUES29___

 What did the author do to help the little girl? 

ANS _____  To help the little girl the author deposited a gratuity of a handful of coins in her basket . 



QUES30 ___  Why was she offended ? 

ANS ______  She was offended because the gratuity thus offered hurt her sense of self_respect . 



QUES31  ____  What is unique about India culture? (imp )

ANS _____  The sense of self respect and good behavior is unique about Indian culture. 


यह पूरा प्रश्न और उत्तर है A girl with a basket पाठ का , इसे आप कही भी नोट कर ले क्योंकि बोर्ड परीक्षा में हमेशा इस पाठ से पूछा जाता है।  जो प्रश्न महत्तपूर्ण हैं उनके आगे imp लिखा हुआ है।  इस बार परीक्षा में पूछे जाने की सम्भावना ज्यादा हैं।