Lesson 6 Bholi
Short & Long Qus . Answer
Question 1
Why is Bholi's father worried about her ?
Answer
Bholi was Ramlal 's youngest daughter . She had two problems. She had got pock marks on her face due to small pox that made her looks ugly . Secondly, she had fallen down from the cot and got injury in her brain . So she was a slow learner . These two problems made Ramlal worried about her .
Question 2
How Sulekha become Bholi ? What was the reason behind that ?
Answer
When she was two years old, Bholi had an attack of small pox and when she was ten months old, she fell from cot and injured some part of her brain and became a backward child .
Question 3
Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school ?
Answer
In the beginning, Bholi was very scared of this new place . But she saw the girl of her age studying there . She even liked her teacher who spoke lovingly and gently to Bholi . Thus, she enjoyed her first day at school .
Question 4
Why was Sulekha nicknamed Bholi ?
Answer
Sulekha was nicknamed Bholi the simpleton or a foolish girl in her childhood . This was because she had fallen off the cot , and damaged some part of her brain . She was dull headed . Secondly, she had pock marks all over her body . Thirdly , she spoke haltingly .
Question 5
Why did Sulekha start stammering?
Answer
Sulekha began to speak late, after she was five years old. She spoke haltingly. The other children make fun of her and mimicked her. So she talked very little.
Question 6
Why was Ramlal worried about Bholi and not about his other children ?
Answer
Ramlal had three sons and four daughters. All except Bholi were quite normal. They were sent to school and later to colleges. But Ramlal was worried about Bholi Who was neither good looking nor intelligent. He thought that nobody would marry her .
Question 7
Why did the Tahsildar come to Ramlal' s village ? What did he ask Ramlal to do ?
Answer
The Tahsildar visited Ramlal' s village to perform the opening ceremony of a primary school for girls. He told Ramlal, a revenue official, to send her daughters to school. That way he would set a example to the village .
Question 8
What was Ramlal' s wife reaction?
Answer
Ramlal had no courage to disobey the Tahsildar. So he discussed the matter with his wife. She shouted that if girls went to school, nobody would marry them. At last she proposed a way out. Send Bholi to school, she said.
Question 8
Why did she agree to send Bholi to school ?
Answer
She suggested the idea of sending Bholi to school because there was no chance of her getting married. The girl was ugly looking and dull headed. The teacher would worry about her.
Question 9
Why was Bholi reluctant to go to school with her father?
Answer
Bholi was unwilling to go to school because of her terror that she too was being sold like her cow Lakshmi. She feared of being turned out of the house.
Question 10
What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home ?
Answer
Ramlal proposed that Bholi should wear some good clothes that day. She was given a bath and her hair was oiled. All that made her believe that she was being taken to some place better than her home.
Question 11
Did she enjoy her first day in school? What made her happy on this very day?
Answer
Bholi did not know what exactly a school was like and what happened there. But she became happy to see so many girls of her own age present there. She hoped to make some friends there.
Question 12
Which incident touched her heart?
Answer
When the school bell rang, all the girls ran out of the class room. But Bholi did not leave her corner. She was sobbing. The teacher came to her and called her name in a very soft voice. She had never been called like that . This incident touched her heart.
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