Question

Food is more important for survival than an identity. “If at the end of the day we can feed our

families and go to bed without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in the fields that

gave us no grain,” say a group of women in tattered saris when I ask them why they left their

beautiful land of green fields and rivers. Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become

transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri

means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is

gold. It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even

more.

i. The phrase ‘transit homes’ refer to the dwellings that are

a. unhygienic

. b. inadequate

. c. fragile.

d. temporary

ii. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence “Garbage to them is gold”.

a. hyperbole

b. simile

c. synecdoche

d. personification

iii. Choose the term which best matches the statement ‘Food is more important for survival than an

identity.”?

a. immorality

b. necessity

c. obligation

d. ambition

iv. What does ‘acquired the proportions of a fine art’ mean?

a. Rag-picking has regained its lost status.

b. A segment of ragpickers are skilled in fine arts​

Answer 1

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