Question

The Baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month

Answer 1

The baker maintained his monthly accounts on some wall. He usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Answer: Yes, bread is an important part of Goan life even today.

Answer 2

Answer:The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly

accounts used to be recorded on some wall in pencil. Baking was indeed a

profitable profession in the old days. The baker and his family never

starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and

prosperous. Their plump physique was an open testimony to this. Even

today any person with a jackfruit-like physical appearance is easily

compared to a baker.

(a) Where did the baker record his accounts ?

(b) Why did the baker and his family never starve ?

(c) Which word in the extract is a synonym of ‘rich’ ?

(d) How can a baker be identified in Goa ?

OR

Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,

And the little gray mouse, she called him Blink,

And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,

But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.

(a) Name the poem and its poet.

(b) What is the colour of Belinda’s dog ?

(c) What were the kitten and the mouse called ?

(d) Which word in the stanza is the antonym of ‘dull’ ?

Explanation: