The Price Of Bananas
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. The author was on his way
from Faizabad railway station to –
(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow
(d) Ahmedabad
Ans: (c) Lucknow
2. From the water pump the
passengers were filing up their -
(a) water bottles
(b) earthen pitchers
(c) brass jugs
(d) steel buckets
Ans: (b) earthen pitchers
3. The gentlemen who came up to
the author’s compartment looked like a -
(a) businessman
(b) doctor
(c) teacher
(d) postman
Ans: (a) businessman
4. The prince vendor asked for
the bananas was -
(a) two annas
(b) four annas
(c) six annas
(d) eight annas
Ans: (a) two annas
5. The author drew the cartoon
of –
(a) fruit vendor
(b) monkey
(c) porter
(d) Sethji
Ans: (d) Sethji
Exercise 2
Answer the following question within fifteen words:
(1) Where did the young monkeys
sit?
Ans: The young monkeys sat
on the boughs of neem and tamarind trees.
(2) What did the monkey do to
the loin cloth of the pious person?
Ans: The monkeys snatched away the loin cloth of the pious person
while he was bathing.
(3) What did Sethji’s luggage
include
Ans: Sethji’s luggage included a big steel trunk, several small
baskets and a brass jug.
(4) Why, accordingly to the
fruit vendor, were the monkeys disturbing the passengers?
Ans: According to the fruit vendor, the monkeys were disturbing
the passengers because they were hungry.
Exercise 3
Answer the following question within twenty-five words:
(1) What was the business
wearing?
Ans: The businessman wore a white muslin dhoti, a delicate tunic
and an embroidered cap on his head.
(2) What did the monkey do
after accepting the fruit vendor’s bargain?
Ans: After accepting the fruit vendor’s bargain, the monkey took
over the bananas with his right hand and released the embroidered cap, slightly
crumpled with its left hand.
(3) How did the whole amusing
episode end?
Ans: Sethji was unjustifiably hard to the generous-hearted
fruit-vendor. So, the whole amusing episode ended in a bitter sense of
grievance against him.
Exercise 4
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:
(a) ____ sun rises in the east.
Ans: The sun rises in the east.
(b) The dog jumped ____ the
log.
Ans: The dog jumped over the log.
(c) I love to watch ____
one-day match.
Ans: I love to watch a one-day match.
(d) ____ a pen, Tiya also has
an eraser.
Ans: Besides a pen, Tiya also has an eraser.
Exercise 5
Change the voice of the following sentence:
(a) Mr. Khan is known to me.
Ans: I know Mr. Khan.
(b) Trina had composed a poem.
Ans: A poem had been composed by Trina.
(c) I will always remember you.
Ans: You will always be remembered by me.
(d) They have made the
president of the club.
Ans: He has been made the president of the club by them.
Exercise 6
Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the given verbs
brackets:
(a) They ____ their puja
vacation in the hills. (spend)
Ans: They have spent their puja vacation in the hills.
(b) We ____ in this city for
over ten years. (live)
Ans: We have been living in this city for over ten years.
(c) I ____ just ____ reading
the book. (finish)
Ans: I have just finished reading the book.
(d) The project ____ by June
next year. (complete)
Ans: The project will be completed by June next year.
Exercise 7
Change the mode of narration in the following sentences:
(a) Rahul said, “Alas! Brazil
has lost the match.”
Ans: Rahul exclaimed with sorrow that Brazil had lost the match.
(b) “Let us go for a walk.” said
Sabnam to Chandni.
Ans: Sabnam proposed Chandni that they should go for a walk.
(c) “Good morning, madam.” said
the students to the teacher.
Ans: Addressing madam, the students wished good morning. / The
students wished their madam good morning.
(d) My father said to me, “Do
not pluck flowers.”
Ans: My father advised me not to pluck flowers.