Question

ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once upon a time there was a man who went around selling small rattraps of wire. He made them
himself at odd moments, from the material he got by begging in the stores or at the big farms. But
even so, the business was not especially profitable, so he had to resort to both begging and petty
thlevery to keep body and soul together. Een so, his clothes were in rags, his cheeks were
sunken, and hunger gleamed In his eyes.
No one can imagine how sad and monotonous life can appear to such a vagabond, who plods
along the road, left to his own meditations. But one day this man had fallen into a line of thought,
which really seemed to him entertaining. He had naturally been thinking of his rattraps when
suddenly he was struck by the idea that the whole world about him - the whole world with its land
and seas, It cities and villages - was nothing but a big rattrap. It had never existed for any other
purpose than to set balts for people. It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing,
exactly as the rattrap offered cheese and pork, and as soon as anyone let himself be tempted to
touch the balt, it closed in on him, and then everything came to an end.
The world had, of course, never been very kind to him, so It gave him unwonted joy to think ill of
it in this way. It became a cherished pastime of his, during many dreary ploddings, to think of
people he knew who had let themselves be caught in the dangerous snare, and of others who were
still circling around the balt.
One dark evening as he was trudging along the road he caught sight of a little gray cottage by the
roadside, and he knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. Nor was he refused. Instead of
the sour faces which ordinarily met him, the owner, who was an old man without wife or child,
was happy to get someone to talk to In his loneliness. Immediately he put the porridge pot on the
fire and gave him supper, then he carved off such a big slice from his tobacco roll that it was
enough both for the stranger's pipe and his own. Finally he got out an old pack of cards and
played 'mjolis' with his guest until bedtime.
Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. One - word answer or short
phrases will be accepted.
{3x1=3)
i) plods (line 6)
11) balts (line 11)
iii) unwonted (line 14)
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:
1) Why did the man resort to both begging and petty thievery?
{3}
1) What thought did the man have all of a sudden, that seemed entertaining to him? {3}
it) What experience did he have one evening when he knocked on a stranger's door for shelter?
{3}
In not more than 50 words summarize the life and thoughts of the rattrap seller. {8}
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Answer 1

Answer:

in not to be a word

Explanation:

gajab hai ye to