CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

MADAM RIDES THE BUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of the lesson “Madam rides the Bus”?
A
Gavin Maxwell
B
Vallikkannan
C
Paulo Coehlo
D
Arup Kumar Dutta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Class 10 English Chapter-Madam Rides The Bus is written by author Vallikkannan. The prose is a sensitive story that revolves around an eight-year-old girl and her first very adventurous bus ride into a new and different world outside her village. Her journey to the world teaches her about life and death.

Detailed explanation-2: -About the author-Vallikannan is pseudonym of R.S Krishnasamy’s. He is an Indian Tamil writer, journalist, critic, translator. Theme of the story-Through Valli in Madam Rides the Bus, Vallikannan depicts the curious nature of the children.

Detailed explanation-3: -THERE was a girl named Valliammai who was called Valli for short. She was eight years old and very curious about things. Her favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was happening in the street outside.

Detailed explanation-4: -Madam rides the bus: The moral of story can be that sometimes we should listen to our elders and what other people are saying to us. The given story is about an eight year old girl named Valli who wanted to travel bus and she does it all alone but in the process she experience something which changes her perception.

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