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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :“Oh why does not our child return ?Too long he surely stays.”Thus to the Muni, blind and stern,His partner gently says.“For fruits and water when he goesHe never stays so long,Oh can it be, beset by foes,He suffers cruel wrong?“Some distance he has gone, I fear,A more circuitous round,Yet why should he? The fruits are near,The river near our bound.“I die of thirst,- it matters notIf Sindhu be but safe,What if he leave us, and this spot”,Poor birds in cages chafe.[The poem describes the agony of the parents when their son Sindhu (Sharvan Kumar) does not return. The blind parents are not worried about their thirst and hunger. They are worried about his safety.]1. Why did the child leave his parents ?2. Which word in the extract means the same as “roundabout or deviating from a straight course”?3. Mention two fears which trouble the mother.4. Who do you think are the poor birds ?5. Which line tells you about the physical disability of the child’s father? |
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Answer» 1. The child left his parents to fetch fruits and water. 2. Circuitous round. 3. The two fears in the mother’s mind are.
4. Here the poor birds are Sindhu’s parents. 5. Thus to the Muni, blind and stern. |
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