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Madam Rides the Bus
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What plans did Valli make and why?

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How did Valli plan for her first journey?

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What proves that Valli was a meticulous planner?

Answer

Valli made careful, elaborate and painstaking plans for her first journey or her first ride on the bus. She saved every penny, cut down on her expenses and resisted all the temptations to save sixty paise for the fare. She gathered the information from the passengers and neighbours. She calculated the time required for the trip and found that she could use that time of the afternoon when her mother would take a nap. All this shows that she was a meticulous planner.

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Some More Questions From Madam Rides the Bus Chapter

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Struck dumb with wonder, Valli gaped at everything. Then the bus stopped and everyone got off except Valli.

1. What did Valli gape at?
2. Why didn’t Valli get off the bus?
3. What does ‘struck dumb’ here mean?

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:
She no longer wanted to look out the window.
She sat thus, glued to her seat, until the bus reached her village at three forty.

1. Who does ‘she’ here refer to?
2. Why did she not want to look out of the window?
3. What does the statement ‘She sat thus’ mean?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
“Just a chit of a girl, she is,” said her aunt, “and yet look how she pokes her nose into our conversation, just as though she were a grown lady.”
Valli smiled to herself. She didn’t want them to understand her smile.

1. How did Valli’s aunt find her manner of talking?
2. Why did Valli smile?
3. What does ‘poking her nose’ mean?


 

What kind of a person was Valli?

What was Valli’s favourite pastime?

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

When would Valli get on with her excursion? Why?

Why did Valli want to ride on the bus?

What did Valli require for her first bus journey? How did she arrange that?

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How did Valli arrange for her bus fare?

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Why did Valli need sixty paise? How did she collect them?

What information did Valli require to plan for her first journey? How did she get it?

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Why did Valli take so much interest in the conversations of the passengers?

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Why did Valli ask the passengers and neighbours about the bus journey?