English X - Chapter No.11 - Reference To Context

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A VILLAGE FAIR
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters and poems thoroughly for reference to context Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
Lesson Name:A Village Fair
Speakers: Bilal, Zubair

1. "I don't know enough of the fair to tell you where to start from."
(i) Name the speaker, the person spoken to and the lesson?
(ii) What did the speaker see in the village when he got down from the bus?
(iii) How was speaker's cousin welcomed him in the village?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Speaker: Bilal
Listener: Zubair
(ii) He saw that the village was well-decorated with colourful buntings and flags because it was the annual fair in its full swing. The streets were crowded with people in a holiday mood.
(iii) His cousin Zubair, who had been waiting for him, gave him a warm welcome with open arms.

2. "You will not see them again till the next annual fair."
(i) Name the speaker, the person spoken to and the lesson?
(ii) Why was it the best time to visit the village?
(iii) What will they not see again till next year and who did go to the village? and why?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Speaker: Zubair
Listener: Bilal
(ii) It was the best time to visit the village because the villagers were celebrating annual fair which is held only once in a year. It was the time of fun and enjoyment. Bilal luckily experienced the amazing sights of this fair.
(iii)  They will not see Village fair again which is held only once in a year. And Bilal went to village as he had summer vacation. He got tired of the city. He decided to spend a few days with his cousin Zubair, who lived in the village.

3.  "I don't like this cruel game. Let's go somewhere else."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Who is the person spoken to?
(iii) Why does the speaker use the word "cruel"? Or What was the cruel game which speaker did not like?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Speaker: Bilal
(ii) Bilal told this to his cousin Zubair.
(iii) In a village fair, when Bilal and his cousin Zubair moved one of the group and  peeped inside the circle. A bear was tied to a pole. A fight was going on between, the bear and three fierce dogs. Bilal considered it a cruel game and did not like it.

4. All types of goods from handkerchiefs to farming tools were being sold in the shops.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken??
(ii) Where and what kinds of shops had been set up ?
(iii) What was the use of these shops? and for whom?
(iv) What were girls, women, children and men buy from here? Or What sort of shopping were the people able to do from there?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) A large number of temporary shops had been set up for the village fair, where all kinds of goods from handkerchiefs to farming tools were available in these shops.
(iii) These shops are very useful for the villagers because the people came from far off places buy and sell their goods. It was a good time to do business. As most of the villagers do their shopping there, these shops were of great use.
(iv) Girls were buying rings and bangles. Women were interested in household goods, specially pottery milk-churners and toys for the children. Men were buying farming tools and such other articles.

5. Conjurers, jugglers and acrobats gave great joy to the children.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken??
(ii) How did the  conjurer and juggler entertain the people?
(iii) What were the other different entertainments the children?
(iv) How did the acrobat perform his tricks?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) The conjurer performed several unbelievable tricks through his clever skill. He took Bilal’s handkerchief and tore it into pieces. When he returned to him, Bilal was astonished to see it undamaged. While the juggler entertained the people through his funny and amazing tricks. He juggled with seven balls at a time without dropping any of them.
(iii) There were a lot for the children to be entertained in the fair. These entertainments include Marry-go rounds,  the monkey show, swings,  performances of conjurers, jugglers and acrobats. All these provided great joy and fun to the children.
(iv) The acrobat walked on a tight rope to the end. He then started climbing up the pole. He reached, the top end and lay down flat balancing himself on the pole. It was quite a dangerous performance. A little carelessness could result in a fall, but he came down safe and sound and got a big cheer from the crowd.

6. There was a special announcement that horse-races were to start in a few minutes.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken??
(ii) Where had been the special announcement and for what?
(iii) What had been happened in horse-race? Or Why people were exciting for horse-race?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) There was a special announcement that horse-races were to start in a few minutes in a village fair held in Zubair's village annually.
(iii) In horse-race first of all the proud owners of beautiful horses were making them walk and dance to the music of drums. The riders took their positions, the whistle blew and the horses galloped off. The people shouted with joy when their favourite horse won the race.

7. There were still quite a number of things to be seen but the boys were too tired. They turned homeward, tired but happy.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken??
(ii) Who were these boys and from where they were returned?
(iii) What was the different entertainments  for the boys in that place?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: A Village Fair
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) These boys were Bilal and his cousin Zubair, they returned from the village fair that was  held in Zubair's village.
(iii) The Bilal and Zubair in the village fair had a lot of enjoy. A drum-beating competition, shopping of all types, popular music and delicious food, fights between a bear and three fierce dogs, monkey shows, horse races, dog-races, tent-pegging, performance of conjurers, jugglers and acrobats gave them a worth of their time and money.