Class 9,
Ch- The little girl
answer in 20 words:
Q. What did the father ask her?
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Answer:
The Little Girl
NCERT Solution
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences
Question 1: Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Answer: Kezia’s father was a strict person, who always used to give commands to everybody else in the house. He never seemed to smile. He was having an overpowering personality. So Kezia was always in awe of him.
Question 2: Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Answer: Apart from Kezia and her father, there was Kezia’s mother, grandmother and a cook in the family.
Question 3: What was Kezia’s father’s routine?
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
Answer: (i) Before going to office the father used to give a casual kiss and asked her to say goodbye.
(ii) After coming back from office he would ask for newspaper and a cup of tea.
(iii) On Sundays he would sleep on the sofa with his face covered with his favourite cushion.
Question 4: In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
Answer: Kezia’s grandmother used to encourage Kezia to serve tea and to fetch spectacles for her father, so that she could get opportunity to interact with him.
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