Question 5.
Why does the narrator refer to the Black Hole of Calcutta?
Question 6.
Did Ranga select his bride according to the views he held on the subject of marriage?
Question 7.
Ranga possessed certain qualities that endeared him to Shyama, the narrator. Mention those qualities.
Question 8.
How did the author make the marriage of Ranga and Ratna possible?
Answers
Answer 5:
The narrator in the story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’ talks of Ranga’s house as ‘the Black Hole of Calcutta’ because of the large crowd that had gathered to see Ranga when he came home after completing his studies. If all the people had gone inside, the house would have become as crowded as the Black Hole of Calcutta.
Answer 6:
No. Ranga did not select his bride according to the new fangled ideas on marriage he had acquired. He fell in love for an eleven-year-old girl Ratna and married her.
Answer 7:
Ranga possessed certain qualities that endeared him to Shyama, the narrator. Ranga was well educated, he respected the traditions. He bent low to touch Shyama’s feet. He did not remove his sacred thread.
Answer 8:
The narrator decided Ranga should marry Ratna. He arranged that Ranga should hear Ratna sing and get a glimpse of her. He made Ranga think she was out of reach for him. Then he arranged with the astrologer to tell him that he could get the girl he liked. Ranga and Ratna were married.
Answer:
please refer the above answer................................
Explanation: