CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

BHOLI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Yes, Aunty, you I are right. You all thought I was a dumb driven cow . That’s why you wanted to hand me over to this heartless creature.”Who is the speaker? And who is she referring through the phrase ‘heartless creature’?
A
Bholi’s mother ; Ramlal
B
Bholi ; Tehsildar
C
Sulekha ; Bishamber Nath
D
Sulekha ; Tehsildar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -I will take you to school.” Bholi was frightened. She did not Bholi 55 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-2: -She was reminded of their cow Lakshmi who had been turned out of the house and sold off. It was when for the first time in her life that she was bathed, her hair washed and oiled and was dressed in clean clothes, that she felt that she was going to some better place than her home.

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