CLASS 10
BHOLI
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She had black pock-marks on her face
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She was a backward child
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She spoke with halts and stammered
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -She damaged a part of her brain when she fell off from her cot just when she was 10 months old. when she was 2 years she had an attack of smallpox. The fair and pretty child was disfigured with the pockmarks. Hence, Sulekha was thought to be a simpleton and a backward child and was called Bholi.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word Sulekha means ‘a person with a beautiful sense of letters’. In this story, this word has a larger meaning of being a literate, intelligent, and mature individual.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: (a) Sulekha later on came to be known as’Bholi’.
Detailed explanation-4: -This story is about a young girl named Sulekha who was popularly referred to as ‘Bholi’ for her simple nature. At ten months, she fell from her cot which caused some severe damage on her brain and she used to stammer when she learnt to talk.