Question

used in the last line of the extract?
B. Saheb too is wearing tennis shoes that look strange over his discoloured shirt and
shorts. "Someone gave them to me," he says in the manner of an explanation. The
fact that they are discarded shoes of some rich boy, who perhaps refused to wear them
because of a hole in one of them, does not bother him. For one who has walked
barefoot, even shoes with a hole is a dream come true. But the game he is watching so
intently is out of his reach.
(i) Who is 'Saheb'?
(ii) Why Saheb is happy even when he is wearing shoes with some holes in them?
(iii) Which game Saheb was watching very keenly?
(iv) The phrase 'out of reach' as used in the passage, means.​

Answer 1

(i) Who is 'Saheb'?

Ans: Saheb is a rag-picker living in Seemapuri.

(ii) Why Saheb is happy even when he is wearing shoes with some holes in them?

Ans: He is happy because his long cherished desire of wearing shoes has been fulfilled.

(iii) Which game Saheb was watching very keenly?

Ans: Saheb watching the game of tennis very keenly.

(iv) The phrase 'out of reach' as used in the passage, means.​

Ans: The phrase 'out of reach' as used in the passage, means Saheb can't afford to play the game of tennis.