Question

A warm Sunday morning was just hotter and hotter. It was a book market. The market which though, was

running on a footpath, seemed really exclusive to many. The unbeatable sweat made the faces glitter. A

running traffic lane and shadows of the buildings across the road seldom provided a helping breeze to the

onlooker.

It was a narrow footpath fenced by a grill on one side and shops on the other. It was a long path which

required good stamina to cover it from one end to the other. The footpath contained all the treasure the

hunters had come for. The already narrow path was filled with four rows of books on either end to make it

even slim. The push from behind was the driving force to keep the people moving.

It seems there is something for everyone who comes to this market that kicks off by 11o’clock in the

morning. The trick that works in such markets, however, is to show no interest in the book at all and you can

then get it at half the price. The prices of religious books are reduced further as there are hardly any buyers

for such books. Books with pictures are the ones that do really well in such markets.

People keep pushing each other, while their eyes are fixed on their favourite books. Delicious ‘kacbodis’ are

a favourite among those who visit this market, through insects are the first ones to taste them. The old

women who is sitting near the signal is selling vegetables and also waiting for buyers to buy some of her

calenders.

75years on her grey hair do not take away her active enthusiasm at grabbing people’s attention by shouting at

the top of her voice.

The wealthy buyers are constantly conscious of their heavy wallets and therefore feel threatened of the

pickpockets in the heavily crowded areas. In markets such as these, one indeed sees the true colours of India.

Questions

1. What is the treasure that the hunters find in the narrow path that has been described in the passage?

2. Why does the author say that one comes across true colours of India in such markets?

3. Which trick becomes useful in markets such as these?

4. Why does the path become further narrower?

5. Use the word ‘trick’ in a sentence of your own.

6. The meaning of the word ‘seldom is______​

Answer 1

Answer:

tell me seriously who have the time to read the question

Answer 2

Answer:

The already narrow path was filled with four rows of books on either end to make it

even slim.

Explanation: