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CBSE Class 10 English - Glimpses of India (Questions and Answers)

Q1. Where is Coorg located? Which plantations is it home too?

Answer: Coorg is located in Karnataka midway between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore. It is evergreen rainforest, with spices and coffee plantations.

Q2. Name two distinct traits of the people of Coorg.

Answer: 

1. fiercely independent and brave.

2. tradition of hospitality

Coorg Regiment is the most decorated in the Indian army feel proud in sharing the courageous tales of their sons and fathers.

Q3. What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent?

Answer: It is believed that the Kodavu people are of Arabic origin. It is said that some of Alexander’s army moved to the south and settled there. Their costume, martial practices and marriage rituals also point to the fact that they are of Arabic origin.

Q4. Mention any one story about the origin of ‘tea’?

Answer: The first one is about a Chinese emperor who used to drink boiled water. One day a few leaves of the twigs fell into the boiling water and they gave it a delicious flavour. It is said that they were tea leaves. 

Indian legend says, Bodhidharma, felt sleep during meditations. So he cut off his eyelids. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids

Q5. What are the sports the Coorg offers to tourists?

Answer:  The sports that Coorg offers to tourists are river rafting, canoeing, rappelling, rock

climbing, mountain biking, and trekking.

Q6. When would the baker come every day? Why did the children run to meet him?

Answer: The baker used to come at least twice a day- when he was on his selling round and again when he returned after selling all the items. The children ran to meet him because they longed for bread

Q7. What is the story regarding the Greek origin of the people of Coorg?

Answer: A part of Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled here when return became impractical. These people married amongst the locals and expanded their family

Q8. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?

Answer: The elders in Goa were nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese, and their famous loaves of bread.

Q9. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?

Answer: Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. The author has described the existence of time-old furnaces and their still-burning fire. The Goan society is still having moulders, bread mixers and bakers.

Q10. What is the baker called?

Answer: The baker is known as pader

Q11. When would the baker come every day? Why did the children run to meet him?

Answer: The baker came twice every day, once when he set out in the morning on his selling round, and then again when he returned after emptying his huge basket. The children ran to meet him not because of their love of the loaf, which was bought by the maid-servant of the house. They actually longed for the bread-bangles, which they chose carefully. Sometimes, it was a sweet bread of special make.

Q12. What did the bakers wear: 

(i) in the Portuguese days? 

(ii) when the author was young?

Answer:

(i) In the Portuguese days, the bakers had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long: rock reaching down to the knees.

(ii) When the author was young, he saw the bakers wearing a shirt and trousers, which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants.

Q13. Who invites the comment − “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?

Answer: Anyone who wears a half-pant that reaches just below the knees invites the comment that “he is dressed like a pader”. This was so because the bakers were known as pader and they wore such half pants.

Q14. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?

Answer: The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in pencil.

Q15. What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?

Answer: A ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ means a plump physique. Such a physique was linked to the bakers because they never starved. Baking was a profitable profession. The baker, his family, and his servants always looked happy and prosperous and had a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’.

Q16. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?

Answer: Bread is an important part of Goan life. Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol. For a party, bread is a must, while for Christmas, cakes and bolinhas (Goan Cookies) are a must. Sandwiches must be prepared by the lady of the house on her daughter’s engagement. The author says that everybody loves the fragrance of loaves. The elders were given loaves and the children were given bread-bangles, which they longed for. Also, the fact that a bakery is a profitable profession shows that the love for bread is enormous in Goa.

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