Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
From the strong we get to know that workers who works in bangle industry don’t have eye gears, proper equipments which directly costs their lives they work in intemelly high temperature, with no ventilation room full of darkness in which sometime the dust causes their eyes for blindness and cuts, scratches, burns are quite common for them.
Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.
Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?
From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
Strike out what is not true in the following.
a. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) a sharecropper.
(ii) a politician.
(iii) delegate.
(iv) a landlord.
b. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) poor.
(ii) physically strong.
(iii) illiterate.
What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?
What are some of the positive views on interviews?
Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
Why was he amused by this idea?
Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List four of his special abilities.
Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?
How did the author discover who the English visitor to the studios was?
The author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how this serves to make the piece interesting.
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
Who was Subbu’s principal?
Why did the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?