Q.28. Why did the writer go abroad ?
0.29. What was the favorite past time of grand mother?
Q.30. (a) What was the happiest hour of the grand mother?
(b) Who is the author of the above passage ?
(c) Make a sentence of your own words using the word 'chirrupings'
Q.31. What evidence proves that “Tuts’ body was cremated in March o
April ?
Q.32. What do your gather about Taplow after reading the play?
Q.33. What happened to pruf Gaitonde after the accident ?
Q.34. Who is Mrs. Dorling? Is her behaviour justified ?
0.35. What opinion do you form about Ranga after reading the story Ranga
marriage ?
Q.36. Explain the title “The Ghat of the only world.
Answers
The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are:
childhood – when he went to the village school and the grandmother helped him to get ready and went to school with him.
boyhood – when he went to the city school in a bus. He shared a room with grandmother but she could no longer help him in his studies.
early youth – when he went to the university and was given a room of him own. The common link of friendship was snapped.
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The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are given below.
The first phase was the period of the author’s early childhood. During this phase, he used to live with his grandmother in the village. The grandmother used to take care of him from waking him up and getting him ready to accompanying him to the school. Both shared a good friendship with each other.
The second phase was the time when the author and the grandmother moved to the city to live with author’s parents. This was a turning-point in their friendship because now they ‘saw less of each other’.
The third phase was the time the author joined University. He was given a room of his own and the common link of their friendship was snapped. The grandmother turns to wheel-spinning and reciting prayers all day long. She accepts her seclusion with silence.