Those were the days before flood. The flood came. The line of succession a
old-world Babus, with their lordly habits, could not continue for long. Like a lamp.
many wicks burning, the oil flared away quickly and the light weep out.
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Who were the Babus of Nayanjore?
What do you know about the extravagances of the habits of Nayanjore?
What did Babus of Nayanjore do to turn night into day?
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iv)
What happened after the flood came?
v)
Who is the author of the passage?
B) Read the following poem and answer the questions below it.
Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Answers
Answer:
MACMILLAN COMPANY
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Stories from Tagore
New York
The Macmillan Company
1918
All rights reserved
Copyright 1916 and 1918
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published, October, 1918
PREFACE
Every experienced teacher must have noticed the difficulty of instructing Indian children out of books that are specially intended for use in English schools. It is not merely that the subjects are unfamiliar, but almost every phrase has English associations that are strange to Indian ears. The environment in which they are written is unknown to the Indian school boy and his mind becomes overburdened with its details which he fails to understand. He cannot give his whole attention to the language and thus master it quickly.
The present Indian story-book avoids some at least of these impediments. The surroundings described in it are those of the students' everyday life; the sentiments and characters are familiar. The stories are simply told, and the notes at the end will be sufficient to explain obscure passages. It should be possible for the Indian student to follow the pages of the book easily and intelligently. Those students who have read the stories in the original will have the further advantage of knowing beforehand the whole trend of the narrative and thus they will be able to concentrate their thoughts on the English language itself.
It is proposed to publish together in a single volume the original stories whose English