CLASS 9
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her grandmother
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her family
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her parents
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Santoshs parents refused to pay for her education she politely informed them of her plans to earn money by working part time to pay her school fees. Then her parents also agreed to pay for her schooling in Delhi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Her parents got ready because she informed them of her plans to earn money by working part-time to pay for her school fees. The parents realised her determination and interest and agreed.
Detailed explanation-3: -She was under pressure to get married when she was sixteen. Santosh threatened her parents that she would never marry if she did not have a proper education.
Detailed explanation-4: -Theory: 3. Santosh’s parents were affluent landowners who could afford to send their children to the best schools, even to the country’s capital, New Delhi, which was quite close by.
Detailed explanation-5: -Instead of giving in, she opposed her parents’ decision to marry her off at the early age of sixteen and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi. When her parents refused to pay for her education in the city, she told them politely that she would earn money for her fees by working part-time.