A Girl With A Basket

Lesson -1                                                            A Girl With A Basket 

                                              -William C. Douglas

 Short answer types questions:

Q. 1) Where was Douglas going? From where did he start? And how did he travel?

Ans.) The writer was going from New Delhi to Bareilly by train and then by car to Ranikhet. He left new Delhi for the Himalayas.


Q .2) What writer did to know the feelings of the people of India?

Ans.) The writer talked to the people on world affairs and every major topic and the news of that day. It was the routine of the writer.


Q .3) What did the writer do at every stoppage and why?

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        What did the writer do to get a feel for the pulse of the nation?

Ans.) At every stoppage the writer got down from the train and talked to English knowing people. In this way, he was trying to get a feel of the pulse of the nation.


Q .4) Describe the scenes and things, the writer saw on his way from New Delhi to Ranikhet?

Ans.)The writer saw the fields, Ganga river, forests, the home of the tigers, cobras, banyan trees, monkeys, villages, and the pumpkin vine over the walls.


Q .5) Describe the route through which the writer’s train passed?

Ans.) The writer’s train passed from near the Ganga river, forest, Banyan trees, and the home of tigers, elephants, pythons.


Q .6) Who were the children selling baskets?

Ans.) The children selling baskets were the sons and daughters of the refugees.


Q .7) Why are the children described as refugees?

Ans.) After the partition between India and Pakistan, many people came to India. They were homeless and jobless in the country. Their parents were very poor. They wanted to take shelter. So they were described as refugees.


Q .8) What disturbed the continuity of the writer’s conversation at one of the stations?

Ans.) At one station a group of small children selling baskets gathered around the writer. This group disturbed the conversation with the people.


Q .9) Why did the children descend like locusts on the writer?

Ans.) The refugee children were very poor. In the beginning, they were selling baskets and fans for their living. They saw that the writer was an American and a rich person, he may buy their baskets in a high price. So they descended on him like locusts.


Q .10) What was the condition of refugees? What were they doing for a living?

Ans.) The conditions of the refugees were very miserable. They were very poor. They were homeless and workless. They sold baskets and fans for their living.


Q .11) Why did the refugees leave their houses in Pakistan?

Ans.) The refugees left their houses in Pakistan due to the fear of religious madness.


Q .12) What forced the writer to buy the little girls basket?

Ans.) When the writer saw the poverty, girls small age, self-pride, touching voice, tearful eyes, and graceful return of money he was forced to buy the basket.


Q .13) What was the reason by which the author had fallen in love with India?

Ans.) The writer found that the Indians are very honest and hard working. They are full of self-respect and decency. The pride and graciousness of the little girl was one reason by which he had fallen in love with India.


Q .14) Which vendor among the children drew the writer’s attention most and why?

Ans.) A small girl of nine years drew the writer’s attention most. She requested the writer to buy her basket in a touching voice. There were tears in her eyes. Her tears and voice impressed him the most.


Explanation-


The people………………………………………………………………………..Warm soul of India.


Reference- These lines have been taken from the lesson ‘A Girl with a Basket’ written by ‘W.C. Douglas’.


Context: Here the writer says that Indian is a very loving country. had come to India for a visit. It is his own way. He described India and some refugee children. Who surrounds the writers. And at last, he told all the stories to P.T Nehru.


Explanation- In these lines, the writer sums up his views about Indians. The writer noted that Indians had a high sense of self-respect, dignity, and citizenship. They were sincere, honest, and hardworking. He found these qualities in the people of rural as well as urban areas. The Indians were very anxious about their independence also. Even poor people were honest. They earned money only by working hard. The little girl was the symbol of all these things.


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