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Question
Write in your own words a few sentences about the following:
Mrs. Shrivastava
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Solution
Mrs. Srivastava is a housewife who has an ayah and a cook to help her run the household. She is in need of a sweeper and gets to know about Nathu from the washerman’s son, Sitaram. Sitaram also tells her that Nathu is thinking of leaving the bank as they are not paying him. Mrs. Srivastava meets her friend Mrs. Bhushan in the market and starts the rumour about the collapse of the bank.
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| Group A | Group B | ||
| i. | Sitaram was looking out for any job... | (a) | holidaying in Kashmir |
| ii. | According to Mrs.Bhushan.. | (b) | to go home and come back the next day. |
| iii. | Govind Ram was... | (c) | that might suit Nathu. |
| iv. | The manager told the customers... | (d) | it was the hottest summer in the history of Pipalnagar. |
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Cross out the odd man.
Cross out the odd man.
Cross out the odd man.
Find the describing words for the following from the text.
- ____________ tour
- ____________ shop
- ____________ window
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Nathu
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Do you believe in all the news that you come across?
Give one example of a rumour which seemed to be fact in the beginning, later it was proved false.
