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Why does the conductor call Valli ‘madam’?

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When the conductor stretched out his hand to help her get on the bus, Valli said commandingly that she could get on by herself, and that she did not require his help. She did not act like a child, but as a grown-up girl and therefore, the conductor called her ‘madam’.

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Madam Rides the Bus
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पाठ 9.1: Madam Rides the Bus - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ १२२]

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पाठ 9.1 Madam Rides the Bus
Exercise 2 | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १२२

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

How did Valli react when she saw the dead cow by the roadside?


What was Valli’s favourite pastime?


What was a source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?


What does Valli tell the elderly man when he calls her a child?


Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?


How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up the fare?


What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“Yes, I ____________ go to town,” said Valli, still standing outside the bus.


What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“Never mind,” she said, “I can ___________. You don’t have to help me. “I’m not a child, I tell you,” she said, _____________.


What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“You needn’t bother about me. I _____________,” Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.


What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

Then she turned to the conductor and said, “Well, sir, I hope ______________.”


Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.


The author describes the things that Valii sees from an eight-year-old’s point of view. Can you find evidence from the text for this statement?


Answer the following question in 80-100 words : 
Whenever we want to achieve something difficulties always come in our way. What did Valli have to do to go and ride in a bus?


Valli’s unique maiden bus ride experience could be possible because she belonged to a small village. Do you agree? Why?/Why not? (2 reasons)


Answer the following in about 40-50 words:

How did Valli gather the details of the bus journey?


Answer the following in about 40-50 words:

Why did Valli spend her time all alone and what became her favourite pastime.


You have been chosen to address the school assembly on the occasion of Women’s Day. You choose to speak on the resilience and indomitable spirit of the young girls: Anne Frank and Valli. Prepare the speech draft, with reference to the commonality and contrast in the situations and circumstances of both the girls. (Madam Rides the Bus and From the Diary of Anne Frank)

You may begin like this: Good morning everyone. Today, I’d like to express my insights on the resilience of two young girls ______.
You may end this way: To conclude I’d like to say that ______.
Thank you.


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