Question

3. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY TWO of the three given by

answering the questions that follow. (4+4=8)

(A)

Food is more important for survival than an identity. “If at the end of the day we can feed

our families and go to bed without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in

the fields that gave us no grain,” say a group of women in tattered saris when I ask them

why they left their beautiful land of green fields and rivers. Wherever they find food, they
pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners

in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has

acquired the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof

over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even more.

i. The phrase ‘transit homes’ refer to the dwellings that are

a. unhygienic.

b. inadequate.

c. fragile.

d. temporary.

ii. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence “Garbage to them is gold”.

a. hyperbole

b. simile

c. synecdoche

d. personification

iii. Choose the term which best matches the statement ‘Food is more important for survival

than an identity.”?

a. immorality

b. necessity

c. obligation

d. ambition

iv. What does ‘acquired the proportions of a fine art’ mean?

a. Rag-picking has regained its lost status.

b. A segment of ragpickers are skilled in fine arts.

c. Rag-picking has attained the position of a skill.

d. Only a few people are experts in rag-picking.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

i. (d) temporary

ii. (a) hyperbole

iii. (b) necessity

iv. (c) Rag picking has attained the position of a skill.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1 temporary

2 hyperbole

3 necessity

4 A segment of ragpickers are skilled in fine arts