CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen off the cot on her head and perhaps it had damaged some part of her brain. That was why she remained a backward child and came to be known as Bholi, the simpleton.

Detailed explanation-2: -(b) She remembered her cow Lakshmi because Lakshmi had also been turned out of the house a few days ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -The next day Ramlal caught Bholi by the hand and said, “Come with me. I will take you to school.” Bholi was frightened. She did not Bholi 55 2022-23 Page 3 Footprints without Feet 56 know what a school was like. She remembered how a few days ago their old cow, Lakshmi, had been turned out of the house and sold.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bholi refused to marry Bishamber because after seeing her pock-marked face, he demanded five thousand from her father to marry her. Bholi did not want to marry a greedy, mean and contemptible coward for a husband and therefore calls off the wedding.