Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
- Banker from Goa
- Coorg
- Tea from Assam
- Banker from Goa
Question 1:
What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 2:
Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 3:
What is the baker called?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 4:
When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 5:
Match the following. What is a must
(i) as marriage gifts? – cakes and bolinhas
(ii) for a party or a feast? – sweet bread called bol
(iii) for a daughter’s engagement? – bread
(iv) for Christmas? – sandwiches
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 6:
What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 7:
Who invites the comment — “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 8:
Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 9:
What does a ‘jackfruit -like appearance’ mean?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 10:
Which of these statements are correct?
(i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times.
(ii) Paders still exist in Goan villages.
(iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.
(iv) The paders continue to wear a single-piece long frock.
(v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.
(vi) Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.
(vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 11:
Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 12:
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following?
(i) The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo can still be heard in some places. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(ii) Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(iii) I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
(iv) The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny)
(v) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter-of-fact)
(vi) The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
- Coorg
Question 1:
Where is Coorg?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 2:
What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 3:
What are some of the things you now know about
(i) the people of Coorg?
(ii) the main crop of Coorg?
(iii) the sports it offers to tourists?
(iv) the animals you are likely to see in Coorg?
(v) its distance from Bangalore, and how to get there?
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
- Tea from Assam
Question 1:
1. Look at these words: upkeep, downpour, undergo, dropout, walk-in. They are built up from a verb (keep, pour, go, drop, walk) and an adverb or a particle (up, down, under, out, in).
Use these words appropriately in the sentences below. You may consult a dictionary.
(i) A heavy has been forecast due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.
(ii) Rakesh will major surgery tomorrow morning.
(iii) My brother is responsible for the of our family property.
(iv) The rate for this accountancy course is very high.
(v) She went to the Enterprise Company to attend a interview.
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
Question 2:
Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below by combining the verb given in brackets with one of the words from the box as appropriate. over by through out up down
(i) The Army attempted unsuccessfully to the Government. (throw)
(ii) Scientists are on the brink of a major in cancer research. (break)
(iii) The State Government plans to build a for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)
(iv) Gautama’s on life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)
(v) Rakesh seemed unusually after the game. (cast)
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Class 10 English Chapter 5 Glimpses of India
