Question

I.Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. 1×6=6

There was a time when all house-work was done by the women or girls of the household.

Few husbands ever dreamt of washing up, preparing breakfast or tending the baby. Such

duties were no concern of theirs. And normal school boy assumed that if help were needed

in the home, his sisters would be called on to give it. The whole family supported the view

that the male child could not or should not clean, mend, wash, cook or make beds.

Things are very different today. Doctors or barristers find nothing shameful in putting on an

apron to help in the kitchen or nursery and even boast of being good at washing of clothes

and personal linen.

The school boy is more often now than formerly expected to help his mother. One reason for

the change is the shortage of domestic servants. Girls could once be found to do the hard

work in middle and upper class homes for very moderate wages. Such girls nowadays work in

factories. They earn more money than most householders can afford to pay. Thus the wife

now does the household work herself with the aid of labour saving machines; and she

expects some help from her husband.

1. Who usually did all house work in the past?

2. Mention some household chores that women use to do in their house.How did the whole family view the male child?

4. How are things different now?

5. Mention one reason that has brought this change today?

6.Find words from the above passage that mean the same as:

(c) talk proudly

(e) hopes​

Answer 1

1)The women and girls of the household usually did the household works in the past.

2)Women did house chores like washing, cleaning, cooking, etc.

- The whole family viewed a male child to not cook, wash and make beds.

4)Things are different now as males also do these chores nowadays, along with the women in the house.

5)The one main reason for this change is the shortage of domestic labours.

6)c)Boast

e)Wishes

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