Question

At ane station my routine of talking with the people was interrupted.
As soon as I alighted, a group young children gathered around me.
They were selling baskets-hand-woven, reed baskets with s designs and patterns. They held the baskets high shouting words I did not know but conseyin unmistakably their desire These were refugee children When partition between India and Pakistan was decreed, hundred thousands of people pulled up their roots and changed their residences, Nine million people Pakistan and came to India driven by the fear of religious fanaticism. They were poor people to with they were poorer as they began their long trek for all they could carry was a bit of food and a l belongings.
Soon they were out of food. A few days after they started, they began to fall by the way-sic from the weakness of hunger, and died where they fell mnartment?

Question /Answer..

1. What happened when the writer came down from the compartment?

2 Who were the sellers? What were they selling?

3. Who were the refugees? When did they come to India and why ?

4. Describe the journey of the refugees.

5. Find the words in the passage having the same meaning as the words given below:
(a) disturbed. (b)journey.​

Answer 1

1 . a group young children gather around him or her

2. they were selling baskets hands woven

3. refugees were the children