Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)B1. List the names of at least four characters from whom the rumour was spread : (2) (i) ............................ (ii) ............................ (iii) ............................ (i…

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Q.2 (B) Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks) B1. List the names of at least four characters from whom the rumour was spread : (2) (i) ............................ (ii) ............................ (iii) ............................ (iv) ............................. The news spread through the bazaar with the rapidity of forest fire. From the general merchant’s it travelled to the shop, circulated amongst the customers, and then spread with them in various directions, to the betel-seller, the tailor, the free vendor, the jeweller, the beggar sitting on the pavement. Old Ganpat the beggar, had a crooked leg. He had been squatting on the pavement for years, calling for alms. In the evening someone would come with a barrow and take him away. He had never been known to walk. But now, on learning that the bank was about to collapse, Ganpat astonished everyone, leaping to his feet and actually running at top speed in the direction of the bank. It soon became known that he had a thousand rupees in savings! Men stood in groups at street corners discussing the situation. Pipalnagar seldom had a crisis, seldom or never had floods, earthquakes or drought; and the imminent crash of the Pipalnagar Bank set everyone talking and speculating and rushing about in a frenzy. B2. Rearrange the following events as per their sequence : (2) (i) It soon became known that the beggar had a thousand rupees in saving. (ii) Old Ganpat had been squatting on the pavement for years. (iii) Men stood in groups discussing the situation. (iv) The news spread through the bazaar with rapidity of forest fire. B3. Write the describing words for the following from the passage : (2) (i) ....................... leg (ii) ........................ merchant (iii) ........................ directions (iv) ........................ speed B5. Do you think rumours are harmful ? Support your answer. (2) (B4 is given as two separate questions below.)

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B1. The general merchant, the betel-seller, the tailor, the jeweller (also : the free vendor and the beggar sitting on the pavement). B2. Correct order — (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) : the news spread through the bazaar like a forest fire, old Ganpat had been squatting on the pavement for years, it became known that he had a thousand rupees in savings, and men stood in groups discussing the situation. B3. (i) crooked leg (ii) general merchant (iii) various directions (iv) top speed. B5. Yes, rumours are very harmful. A rumour is a story without proof, and once it starts it spreads like a forest fire. In the passage a single whisper that the Pipalnagar Bank was about to collapse made old Ganpat, who had not walked for years, leap up and run to the bank, and set the whole town talking and rushing about in a frenzy. Rumours destroy reputations, cause panic and can even lead to violence and loss of life. The remedy is to check the facts before repeating anything and to believe only what a reliable source confirms.

Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)B1. List the names of at least four characters from whom the rumour was spread : (2) (i) ............................ (ii) ............................ (iii) ............................ (i…

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