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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :]On their slag heap, these childrenWear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.Extract Based Questions(a) What is their slag heap?(b) Why are their bones peeping through their skins?(c) What does ‘with mended glass’ mean? |
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Answer» (a) Slag heap is a large of waste material which is the world of these children. (b) ‘Bones peeping through their skins ‘is indicative of their weak, skinny and malnourished bodies. (c) ‘Mended glass’ here refers to the slum children wearing spectacles with repaired or probably broken glasses which have been discarded by the rich. Sadly, this remains their lot. |
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