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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. ‘……….The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones, reciting a father’s gnarled disease, His lesson, from his desk. At the back of the dim class One unnoted, sweet and young.’(a) Who is the unlucky heir? (b) What has he inherited?(c) Who is sitting at the back of the dim class? (d) Explain, “reciting a father’s gnarled disease.” OR(a) Who is the ‘unlucky heir’ and what has he inherited? (b) What is the stunted boy reciting? (c) Who is sitting at the back of the dim class? (d) How has the ‘unlucky heir’ been depicted here? |
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Answer» (a) The boy with stunted growth and twisted bones is the ‘unlucky heir’. (b) He has inherited the gnarled disease of his father, and as a result, his growth remains stunted. (c) An unnoted, sweet young boy is sitting at the back of the dim class. He is dreaming of squirrels playing games on trees. (d) The boy with stunted growth has inherited a disease from his father, which makes him a living example of his father’s poverty and suffering. OR (a) The boy with stunted growth and twisted bones sitting at the desk, is referred to as ‘unlucky heir’ because he has inherited the gnarled disease of his father that makes him a living example of his father’s sufferings. (b) The stunted boy is reciting his lessons, but due to his knotty disease, his voice is weak and sick. (c) At the back of the dim class, a boy is sitting who has a sweet nature. He is dreaming of squirrels playing games on trees. ‘ (d) The ‘unlucky heir’ has been depicted here as one with stunted growth and twisted bones. |
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