CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Here in the given sentence, we have been instructed to find out the meaning of the word repulsive. Here, It has been said that the protagonist of the given sentence ‘Vali’ is repulsive of women that is he does not like women at all.

Detailed explanation-2: -Valli found the old woman, who sat beside her in the bus ‘absolutely repulsive’ because the woman was having big earholes, even also she was wearing big ugly earrings which Valli didn’t like at all. The woman was also chewing betel as her mouth was fully filled with betel juice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alida Maria Laura, Freiin Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, spanning from the 1930s to the early 2000s.

Detailed explanation-4: -She was chewing betel nut and the betel juice was about to spill over her lips. So, Valli found her repulsive.

Detailed explanation-5: -after reading story about valli you realise that such a small desire and demanded nothing from her mother. After reflecting on this you decided to wrote a diary entry on how you feel you have been unreasonably about the demand you have posed to your parents.