Q 9. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Mother believed that food cooked over smoky firewood in the mud oven was healthful while kerosene flame caused throat trouble. To prove it she blew her nose and sneezed when Charu lit her kerosene stove. Charu ignored these symptoms and said,' mother, a wood fire leads to cold and eye disease, that's s what my mother used to say.... and she managed without going in for wood fuel but used only kerosene or charcoal, thus tactfully puncturing her mother-in-law's notions about the kerosene stove. If mother-in-law asked, "what are you preparing? "Charu only mumbled without turning round, and if f the e mother-in-law repeated her question, she mumbled again persistently. After the first few days she ignored all queries and communicated only when it pleased her. If her mood was right, Charu would fetch her husbandf from the room to join the family at the meal. His sitting plank would be placed beside the door and there he always sat, after throwing a word of greeting to his mother, which was enough to thrill her, seeing so little of him all day. His father sat always at his allotted seat below the first window. Mother served them. Nagraj had his position of vantage below the second window. Being the Junior most, he was served last, but being Mother's pet, she served vegetables and rice liberally until he protested and father came to his rescue saying "Just give him what he wants, he is old enough, don't overload his plate."
a. What was the mother's belief about the fuel used for cooking
b. What were charu's views about fuel? Whose opinion did she quote in support of her views?
C. How did Charu prevent her husband from spending time with his family? How did the mother react when he greeted her?
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Answer:
Is more by coolie A than by B
The questions from the passage are answered as follows.
- a. What was the mother's belief about the fuel used for cooking
The mother believed that the food cooked over smoky firewood in the mud is healthful while the food cooked using kerosene caused throat trouble.
- b. What were Charu's views about fuel? Whose opinion did she quote in support of her views?
According to Charu's opinion kerosene used as fuel for preparing food was the correct alternative to a smoky wood fire. She quoted in support of her mother. In her mother's opinion, a wood fire leads to cold and eye disease.
- C. How did Charu prevent her husband from spending time with his family? How did the mother react when he greeted her?
Charu would fetch her husband from the room to join the family at a meal, His sitting plank would be placed beside the door, after throwing a word of greeting to his mother, Charu gets thrilled.