Question

On the way to Stok, there is a suspension bridge that spans the Indus. From the distance, it looks like

a circus tent, it is so covered with prayer flags of every colour. I am sitting on the seat next to the driver,

a young Ladakhi, and I ask him, “Why are there so many prayer flags?” He looks at me as if I am mad. “If

there were no prayer flags, the river would get angry.” Then he adds, “The bridge is nearly at the middle

of the valley. The wind there is very strong. The prayers can be carried down the wind on the back of

the river all over this country.” It is such a festive and exuberant gesture, covering the steel lines of the

bridge with scarves and mantras and holy dragons, that I want to sing.

2. As the bus crosses the bridge, the prayer flags flap against it. The driver turns to me and

smiles.”Every time I am crossing this bridge I am saying my prayers. It is holy, this bridge.” How old is

the bridge? He does not know. It is as if it had always been there like the piles of stones in the

mountains, like the stupas, like the small wayside shrines. The spirit of Ladakh has changed it into a

shrine, an object of worship. Does the bridge have its guardian Buddha? The driver smiled and did not

answer.

Q.1 Questions :-

a) Why is the suspension bridge covered with a number of flags? (2)

b) What stimulates the narrator to sing a song? (2)

c) How does the bus driver express his reverence for the bridge? (2)

d) What response does the bus driver give when the narrator asks how old is the bridge? (2)

e) The synonym of ‘heaps’ as given in para 2 is _____ (1)

f) The antonym of ‘gloomy’ as given in para 1 is ____ (1)​

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