Question

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“As a five-year old, Bismillah Khan played gilli-danda near a pond in the ancient estate of

Dumraon in Bihar. He would regularly go to the nearby Bihariji temple to sing the Bhojpuri Chaita,

at the end of which he would earn a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg, a prize given by the local

Maharaja.

For years to come the temple of Balaji and Mangala Maiya and the banks of the Ganga became the

young apprentice’s favourite haunts where he could practise in solitude. The flowing waters of the

Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent raagas that were earlier considered to be beyond the

range of the shehnai.”

On the basis of your understanding of the extract, answer the questions that follow.

(a) Where did Bismillah Khan grow up?

(b) How did Bismillah Khan spend his childhood?

(c) Why did Bismillah Khan go to the nearby Bihariji temple daily?

(d) Which musical instrument did Bismillah Khan play? From whom did he learn it?

(e) Who does “the young apprentice” refer to​

Answer 1

Answer:

answer a) Dumraon

B ) Dumraon

c)to sing the Bhojpuri Chaita,

D)He started learning to play the shehnai from his maternal uncle, Ali Baksh. He had talent and was a keen learner.

e)it refers to Bismillah Khan

Answer 2

Explanation:

find in the passage a word which is the opposite of 'modern'