CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

MADAM RIDES THE BUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘She enjoys her first bus journey’-who does the underlined word refer to in the chapter ‘Madam Rides the Bus’?
A
Valli
B
Driver
C
Conductor
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -She saw so many things on her way-a canal, palm trees, grasslands, distant mountains. Oh! it was all so wonderful, that’s what she felt. Sometimes the bus seemed on the point of gobbling up another vehicle that was coming towards them or a pedestrian crossing the road.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did Valli see out of the window on her first journey? Valli enjoyed the nature’s beauty out of the bus window. She saw the bus going along the bank of a canal with the palm trees and mountains in the background and the blue sky. On the other side, she saw a deep ditch and large green fields spread across acres.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: (a) ‘Her’ refers to Valli. (b) Her first journey was till the next town. (c) She had resisted all temptations to save money for a bus ride.

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