Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
1. There came to our town some years ago a showman who owned an institution called the Gaiety Land. Overnight, our Gymkhana Grounds became resplendent with banners and streamers and coloured lamps. From all over the district, crowds poured into the show. Within a week of opening in gate money, they collected five hundred rupees a day. Galety Land provided us with all sorts of fun and gambling and side shows. For a couple of annas, in each booth, we could watch anything from performing parrots to crack motor cyclist. In addition to this, there were lotteries and shooting galleries, where, for an anna, you always stood a chance of winning a hundred rupees.

2. There was a particular comer of the show which was in great favour. Here, for a ticket costing eight annas, you could be lucky enough to acquire a variety of articles - pin cushions, sewing machines or even a road engine. One evening they drew a ticket, number 1005, and I happened to own the other half of the ticket. Glancing down the list of articles, they declared that I had become the owner of a road engine!

3. I looked stunned. People gathered around and gazed at me as if I were some sort of a curious

animal. Some people muttered and giggled, "Fancy anyone becoming the owner of a road engine!"

4. It was not the sort of prize one could carry home at short notice. I asked the showman if he could

help me to transport it. He merely pointed at a notice which decreed that all the winners should

remove their prizes immediately after the draw and by their own effort. However, they had to

make an exception in my case. They agreed to keep the engine at the Gymkhana Grounds till the

end of the season, and then, I would have to make my own arrangements to take it out.

5. When I asked the showman if he could find me a driver, he just smiled and said, "The fellow who brought it here had to be paid a hundred rupees for the job and five rupees a day. I sent him away and made up my mind that if no one was going to draw it, I would just leave it to its fate." "Can't I sell it to some municipality ?" I asked innocently. He burst into a laugh. "As a showman I have enough trouble with municipal people. I would rather keep out of the

way."

6. My friends and relatives poured in to congratulate me on my latest acquisition. No one knew precisely how much a road engine would fetch all the same they felt that there was a lot of money in it. "Even if you sell it as scrap iron, you can make a few thousands," some of my friends declared. Everyday I made a trip to the Gymkhana Grounds to have a look at my engine. I grew very fond of it. I loved its shining brass parts. I stood near it and patted it affectionately, hovered about it, and returned home everyday only at the close of the show. I thought all my troubles were coming to an end. How ignorant I was ! How little did I guess that my troubles had just begun!

(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it using headings and sub-headings. Use abbreviations wherever possible (minimum 4). Also supply a suitable title to it.

(b) Make a summary of the above passage in about 80 words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

itna big yah kya hai?? English sub

Answer 2

Answer:

make a summary of the above passage in about 80 word