Question

A marriage as early as that was the last thing on her mind. She threatened her parents

that she would never marry if she did not get proper education. She left home and got herself

enrolled in a school in Delhi. When her parents refused to pay for her education, she politely

informed them of her plans to earn money by working part time to pay her school fees. Her

parents then agreed to pay for her education.

(1) What was her threat to her parents?

(2) Why did she leave home?

(3) What did she tell her parents when they refused to pay for her education?

(4) What opinion do you form of Santosh Yadav from the above passage?

(5) What did Santosh want to do before marriage?

(6) What did her parents refuse?

(7) How did she plan to pay her school fees?

(8) Find a word in the passage that means ‘became a member’.​

Answer 1

Answer:  (i)When Santosh informed her parents about her plan to do a part time job to support her education, they agreed to pay for her schooling in Delhi.

(ii) she left home to get education.

(iii) That she would earn money by doing part-time jobs.

(iv)This incident shows that Santosh was a strong headed and determined girl who knew her way towards her goal.

(v)She wanted to get good education.

(vi) Her parents first they refused to pay her fees.

(vii)She wanted to earn money by working part-time job.

(viii)enrolled is the word which means "became a member".

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