CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Every day after lunch her mother would nap from about one to four or so. Valli always used these hours for her ‘excursions’ as she stood looking from the doorway of her house or sometimes even ventured out into the village; today, these same hours could be used for her first excursion outside the village.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Valli planned that she would take the one o’clock afternoon bus, reach the town at one forty-five, and be back home by about two forty-five. She found out that the town was six miles from her village. The fare was thirty paise one way. The trip to the town took forty-five minutes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Valli used to watch the bus on its hourly rounds through her street everyday. The sight of the bus filled with new passengers every time gave her unending joy. She was curious and wished to ride it once.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans: The following lines in the text show that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus: (i) “Valli devoured everything with her eyes.” (ii) “On the one side there was the canal and, beyond it, palm trees, grassland, distant mountains, and the blue, blue sky.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over many days and months, Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus and asked a few discreet questions here and there. She came to know that the town was six miles from her village, the bus fare was thirty paise and the bus trip took forty-five minutes.