CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, she had been able to save sixty paisa for her first bus journey.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fare was thirty paise one way-“which is almost nothing at all, ” “she heard one well-dressed man say, but to Valli, who scarcely saw that much money from onfc month to the next, it seemed a fortune. The trip to the town took forty-five minutes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Listening carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus, Valli found out that the town where the bus used to go was six miles from her village and the trip to the town would take forty-five minutes. The bus fare was thirty paise one way.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why did Valli need sixty paise? How did she collect them? For her first journey outside the village, Valli needed sixty paise for the two way fare of the bus and a time of two hours. She saved the money by cutting her expenses and decided to utilize the time of her mother’s nap for the trip.