Question

LITERATURE (20 marks)
3. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY TWO of the three given by answering the questions
(A) Food is more important for survival than an identity. "If at the end of the day we can feed our fan
without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in the fields that gave us no grain," saya
tattered saris when I ask them why they left their beautiful land of green fields and rivers. Wherever
pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners in sur
Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art. Gart
It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even mor
i. The phrase 'transit homes' refer to the dwellings that are
b. inadequate.
c. fragile.
d. temporary
a. unhygienic.
Answer:-.....
ii. In the sentence "Garbage to them is gold” - the writer means to say that
b. garbage is of go
a. garbage is as precious as gold for them
d. they get bread
C.
garbage has gold
answer:-
1. Choose the term which best matches the statement 'Food is more important for survival than
c. obligation
d. ambition
b. necessity
a. immorality
7swer:-..
1. What does 'acquired the proportions of a fine art' mean?
nicking har regained its lost status.​

Answer 1

Answer:

An unnamed poor woman dies from excess alcohol consumption. She had been an outcast in her village due to her addiction but her death brought the villager’s sympathy so they arranged a proper funeral for her. The woman had three children. A farmer decided to adopt the eldest son John, who’s 12 years old, thinking he can help him in his field work. Mrs. Elli begrudgingly adopts Kate, who’s a few years too young to work in any factory, saying she’s much undisciplined.