Question

4 1. A Baker from Goa
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
1. During our childhood in Goa, the baker used to be our friend companion and guide. He used to come at least twice a day.
Once when he set out in the morning on his selling round, and then again, when he retumed after emptying
his huge basket.
The jingling thrud of his bamboo woke us up from sleep and we ran to meet and greet him. Why was it so? Was it for the love of
the lost? Not at all. The loaves were bought by some Paskine or Bastine, the maid-servant of the house! What we longed for
were those bread-bangles which we chose carefully Sometimes it was sweet bread of special make.
(a) How did the children regard the baker in their childhood?
What did the children long for?
(6) Which word in the passage means the same as wished for / desired eamestly'?
(d) What was the routine of the baker?
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5 II. COORG Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Coorgi homes have a tradition of hospitality, and they are more than willing to recount numerous tales of valour related to their
sons and fathers. The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated in the Indian Army, and the first Chief of the Indian Army.
General Cariappa, was a Coorgi. Even now, Kodavus are the only people in India permitted to carry firearms without a licence.
(a) What are the tales that the Coorgi people are always ready to tell?
(b) What is the special favour granted only to them even now?
(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as 'courage and bravery, usually in war.
(d) What was the tradition of Coorgi homes?
6 III. TEA FROM ASSAM
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
They sipped the steaming hot liquid. Almost everyone in their compartment was drinking tea too. "Do you know that over eighty
crore cups of tea are drunk every day throughout the world?" Rajvir said.
Whew!" exclaimed Pranjol. "Tea really is very popular."
The train pulled out of the station. Pranjol buried his nose in his detective book again.
(a) Who are They referred to here? Where are they going to?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The theme of the Story

The writer presents a pen-portrait of a traditional Goan village baker

who still has an important place in its society. Elders still think fondly of the famous Portuguese loaves of bread. The family tradition is still carried on even today by the new generation of bakers or pads in Goa. Even today, marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread or the bol, just as a party or a feast loses its charm without Goan bread.