BHOLI - SSC - Std.10 (Semi-English) Margin answers

1. Ramlal's wife opposed sending Bholi to school because according to her if girls went to school, who would marry them. 2. Bholi's shouting in terror and pulling her hand away from her father's grip, shows that she was unwilling to go to school. 3. Bholi was bathed and oil was rubbed into her dry and matted hair. She received a clean dress which had shrunk after many washing. 4. The pictures on the wall, the colours fascinated her, the brown horse, the black goat and the green parrot made the class attractive to Bholi. 5. Bholi felt ashamed because when the teacher asked her name, she stammered and could not complete saying her name. The girls in the class laughed at Bholi. 6. The teacher's voice was soft and soothing. She was friendly. She encouraged her and patted her affectionately. 7. Bholi could utter only her name completely. 8. The teacher encouraged Bholi to overcome her stammering by putting the fear out of her heart. 9. The drawbacks of Bishamber as a bridegroom was that he was almost the same age as Ramlal, his children from his first wife were quite grown up and he limped. 10. Bholi's parents were eager to accept Bishamber's proposal because he had a big shop, a house of his own and several thousands in the bank and since he was from another village he didn't know about her pockmarks and her lack of sense. 11. The bridegroom refused to garland Bholi because he realised that she had pockmarks on her face. 12. The expression on Bholi's face was neither anger not hate, only cold contempt. 13. When Bholi said, "Pitaji" In a clear loud voice the family members were shocked to hear her speak without even the slightest stammer. 14. Besides the humiliation and grief Ramlal was afraid that no one would marry Bholi. 15. Bholi was the artist and her smiling eyes was the light of a deep satisfaction an artist feels when contemplating the completion of the masterpiece. Brian 92232 03441