Question

Extract based questions
1.When the gong sounds ten in the morning and
I walk to school by our lane,
Every day I meet the hawker crying, “Bangles,
crystal bangles!”
There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no
road he must take, no place he must go to, no
time when he must come home.
I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in
the road, crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”
(i) Who wrote the poem?
(ii) At what time does the poet go to school?
(iii) What does the hawker cry to sell bangles?
(iv) What does the poet say about the life of the hawker?
(v) Give the meaning of‘crystal’.

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Rabindranath Tagore wrote the poem.

(ii) The poet goes to school at 10 a.m.

(iii) The hawker cries “Bangles, crystal bangles” to sell his bangles.

(iv) The poet says that the hawker has freedom.

(v) Highly transparent glass.