Question

Q. 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow.
Two and half hours later, they found themselves at a tiny, dusty
railway station. They got down and stepped outside. A large well built
men wearing a white dhoti and kurta and sporting a hug turban greeted
them with folded hands. He led them to a bullock cart and much to
Ajit's delight lifted and placed him on the cart. The cart trundled on for
almost an hour till they finally reached the village. They alighted in
front of a large brick house. An elderly man and a woman come out
greeting Nanaji and fussing over the kids. They spoke in a dialect which
Naina and Ajit found difficult to understand.
Question
2 marks
a), Describe the man who greeted them at the station
He was------
He was wearing
head
He-
hands.
He
b) Find the meaning of the words from the dictionary and make a
sentence of your own for each of them.
3 marks
trundled; dialect; alighted:​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) The man who greeted them at the station was a large, well-built man wearing a white dhoti and kurta and sporting a huge turban. He greeted them with folded hands.

b)

•Trundled: moved slowly and heavily, like a vehicle with a lot of weight on it. "The cart trundled on for almost an hour."

•Dialect: a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that is different in some ways from other forms of the same language. "They spoke in a dialect which Naina and Ajit found difficult to understand."

•Alighted: got down from a vehicle or a place that is high up. "They alighted in front of a large brick house."