CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

BHOLI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At what age did Bholi have an attack of small pox?
A
10 months
B
12 months
C
2 years
D
4 years
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -But when she was two years old, she had an attack of small-pox. Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black pock-marks.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1715, Lady Montague suffered from an episode of smallpox, which severely disfigured her beautiful face.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bholi started speaking at the age of 5. However because of injury in her brain, she could not speak properly. Instead, she stammered badly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The narrator then tells his readers that Bholi looked very fair and beautiful when she was a newborn. Then he says that when she became two years old, she was affected by smallpox (a viral disease with a fever that usually leaves permanent scars).

Detailed explanation-5: -HER name was Sulekha, but since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi, the simpleton. She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal.

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