Question

Read the following extract and answer the questions.

An unusual Village of Books

Bhilar is a village near Mahabaleshwar, which boasts of the natural beauty and sweetness of strawberries. It is also known as the ‘Village of Books’. Every household in this village maintains a library of its own for the tourists to enjoy. Maharashtra State Government has implemented this scheme with a view to accelerating the ‘Reading Culture’ movement for the reader-tourists to enjoy the beauty of Marathi literature enriched by the works of old and new authors and saints. It includes various types of texts like biographies, autobiographies, fiction, poetry, literature by women, literature on sports, literature for kids, etc. If you go to Mahabaleshwar, make it a point to visit Bhilar as well.

1. Write two natural features of Bhilar.
2. Which is the famous hill station near Bhilar.
3. How Bhilar village adds to the reading culture of Maharashtra.

Answer 1

1. Two natural features of Bhilar are:
   a. Boast of natural beauty
   b. Sweetness of strawberry
2. Bhilar is near Mahabaleshwar, the famous hill station.
3. In Bhilar village every household maintains a library of its own for tourists to enjoy.
   a. Maharashtra State Government has implemented this scheme:
   b. To accelerate the ‘Reading Culture’ movements for the reader-tourist
   c. To enable them to enjoy the beauty of Marathi literature enriched by the works of old and new authors and saints
   d. It includes various types of texts like biographies, autobiographies, fiction, poetry, literature by women, literature on sports, literature for kids, etc.