CBSE Class 10 English Glimpses of India

I. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

During our childhood in Goa, the baker used to be our friend, companion and guide. He used to come at least twice a 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 jingling thud of his bamboo woke us up from sleep and we ran to meet and greet him. Why was it so? Was it for the love of the loaf? Not at all. The loaves were bought by some Paskine or Bastine, the maid-servant of the house! What we longed for were those bread-bangles which we chose carefully. Sometimes it was sweet bread of special make.(Glimpses of India)

Question. What according to the narrator was the reaction of the children on hearing the baker’s bamboo thud?
1. They avoid the loud noise and would turn around and sleep.
2. They would wake up from their sleep.
3. They would jump out of bed quickly.
4. They would run to meet and greet him.
5. They would go to buy loaves.
Choose the correct option from the following:
(a) (1) and (5)
(b) (2), (3) and (4)
(c) (2) and (3)
(d) (3) (4)and (5)
Answer. B

Question. Select the option which displays an example of ‘’jingling’
(a)The hawker pushed through the crowd in the market.
(b)The little boy ran across the road to fetch the ball.
(c)The ice-cream vendor began ringing a small bell attached to his cart on the beach.
(d) The two old women were strolling in the park
Answer. C

Question. From the options given below, identify the attitude of the children in the extract:
(a) Frightened
(b) Restless
(c) Excited
(d) Hesitant
Answer. C

Question. ' Not at all’ in the above extract means…
Choose one from the following to answer:
(a) Of course
(b) In every respect
(c) By no means
(d) Absolutely
Answer. C

Question. Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2).
(1) Paskine or Bastine were male servants of the house.
(2) The narrator ate only the sweet bread bangles.
(a) (1) is true and (2) is false.
(b) (2) is the opposite of (1).
(c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).
(d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
Answer. D

II. We kids would be pushed aside with a mild rebuke and the loaves would be delivered to the servant. But we would not give up. We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the basket, somehow. I can still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. Loaves for the elders and the bangles for the children.
(Glimpses of India)

Question. Why were the children reproached when the baker arrived?
1. So that the children could not smell the fragrance.
2. So that the loaves would be delivered to the servant.
3. So that the loaves would be delivered to the elders.
4. So that the bangles could be given to the servant.
5. So that the elders get the loaves and the children the bangles.
Choose the correct option from the following:
(a) (1) and (5)
(b) (1), (3) and (4)
(c) Only 2
(d) (2) and (5)
Answer. C

Question. Select the option which displays an example of ‘would not give up’.
(a) Jack trekked along despite injuries and reached the mountain top
(b) I had a lot of losses and can’t bear to lose anymore
(c) People saw the smoke coming from the shop and ran helterskelter.
(d) Raj jumped in to the pool and swam back safely.
Answer. A

Question. Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2).
(1) We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the basket.
(2) The children would yield to the rebuking.
(a) (1) is true and (2) is false.
(b) (2) is the opposite of (1).
(c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).
(d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
Answer. A

Question. From the options given below, identify the attitude of the children in the extract:
(a) Scared
(b) Restless
(c) Determined
(d) Hesitant
Answer. C

Question. What do you understand from the statement when the narrator says the following?
I can still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves.
Choose one from the following to answer:
(a) The narrator is hungry when he sees the loaves.
(b) The narrator remembers the fragrance of the loaves.
(c) The narrator is unsure of the fragrance of the loaves.
(d) The narrator has the memory of the baker.
Answer. B

Question. How was the baking profession in the monetary sense in the good old days?
(a) Roaring
(b) Profitable
(c) Loss
(d) Fruitless
Answer. B

Question. The profession of the baker was so profitable that his family and his servants were:
(a) Greedy and prosperous
(b) Starving and prosperous
(c) Happy and prosperous
(d) Sad and prosperous
Answer. C

Question. Why the children in ‘A Baker from Goa’, did not care to brush their teeth or wash their mouths properly?
(a) The children wanted to take the bangles
(b) The children were afraid they would not get the bangles
(c) The children were enchanted by the fragrance of the bangles.
(d) The children were eager to meet the baker and get the bangles.
Answer. D

Question. In the lesson ‘A Baker from Goa’, relate the words.
children: tiger: mango-leaf: ___________
(a) bangle bread
(b) toothbrush
(c) bol
(d) Loaves
Answer. B

Question. Why does the author not feel the need to brush his teeth?
(a) He was like a tiger
(b) It was troublesome
(c) He was carefree
(d) He was only going to take the bangles
Answer. B

Question. Which among the following can be said to be most disliked by the author as a child?
(a) Children were rebuked by the baker for approaching his basket.
(b) The twigs and the leaves were used for the purpose of brushing the teeth.
(c) A general requirement of brushing teeth.
(d) The virtual disappearance of the concept of the village baker.
Answer. C

Question. What type of trait did the children attribute to in the chapter ‘A Baker from Goa’?
(a) Child like
(b) Carefree
(c) Wild
(d) Caged
Answer. B

Question. Which option correctly replaces the underlined word in the give line from A Baker from Goa? ‘Absolutely essential’.
(a) Necessary
(b) Extremely important
(c) Wanted
(d) Must have
Answer. B

Question. The bakers of the good old Portuguese days had a peculiar dress known as__________
(a) Bolinhas
(b) Pader
(c) Kabai
(d) Bol
Answer. C

Question. What was the main reason for the baker and his family to be prosperous?
(a) The family never starved.
(b) There was round the year demand for bread loaves.
(c)The baker and his servants usually sported a healthy plum body reflecting prosperity.
(d) All of the above.
Answer. B

Question. The narrator says that ‘the fire in the furnaces has not yet been extinguished’ because…
(a) The eaters of loaves have vanished.
(b) The bakers still exist.
(c) The baking tradition doesn’t exist.
(d) the loaves are no more needed.
Answer. B

Question.The purpose of the thud and jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo, might be to _____.
(a) wake the people up.
(b) announce his arrival.
(c) frighten the children.
(d) play with the children.
Answer. B

Question. Our elders think ___________ about those good old Portuguese days.
(a) favourably
(b) fondly
(c) scornfully
(d) casually
Answer. B

Question. In the lesson ‘A Baker from Goa’, what does ‘reminiscing nostalgically’ indicate?
(a) Thinking about the present.
(b) Thinking about the carnival.
(c) Thinking fondly about the past.
(d) Thinking about the improvement.
Answer. C

Question. Identify the apt option that does not describe the making of loaves.
(a) moulders
(b) mixers
(c) furnace
(d) eaters
Answer. D

Question. What was the testimony of the baker in the good old days?
(a) Lean physique
(b) Plump physique
(c) Muscular physique
(d) Thin physique
Answer. B

Question. Even today any person with a ___________physical appearance is easily compared to a baker.
(a) Muskmelon like
(b) Watermelon like
(c) Jackfruit like
(d) Banana like
Answer. C

Question. What does the narrator of the chapter ‘A Baker from Goa’ aptly imply by ‘age-old’ in the line ‘Those age-old, time-tested furnaces still exist’.
(a) Worn out
(b) Ancient
(c) Year old
(d) Exhausted
Answer. B

Question. Other than cake what is a must for Christmas?
(a) Bol
(b) Kabai
(c) Bangles
(d) Bolinhas
Answer. D

Question. What does the word bangles imply in the phrase ‘bangles for the children’ from the chapter ‘A Baker from Goa’?
(a) An ornament
(b) A wrist band
(c) A sweet bread
(d) A toast
Answer. C

Question. Under which category can the lesson ‘A Baker From Goa’ be listed?
(a) Historical
(b) Factual
(c) Descriptive
(d) Nostalgic
Answer. D

Question. What was the famous topic of the elders of Goa according to the narrator?
(a) Portuguese and their rule.
(b) Portuguese and their loaf of bread.
(c) Portuguese and their forts.
(d) Portuguese and their loaves of bread.
Answer. D

Question. What are the bakers known as in Goa?
(a) Pader
(b) Pekar
(c) Portugese
(d) Baker
Answer. A

Question. The word ‘heralding’ aptly means:
(a) Declaring
(b) Pronouncing
(c) Announcing
(d) Yelling
Answer. C

Question. ‘During our childhood in Goa, the baker used to be our friend, companion and guide’. This meant that he was a good___________________.
(a) mentor
(b) foe
(c) attendant
(d) captor
Answer. A

Question. How many times did the baker come every day?
(a) Once
(b) Thrice
(c) Twice
(d) Varies daily
Answer. B

Question. Which amongst the following figure of speech does, ’musical entry‘ denote?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Transferred Epithet
Answer. D

Question. Which among the following poetic device is used in the line---
‘The thud and jingle of the baker’s bamboo’?
(a) Simile
(b) Repetition
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Personification
Answer. C

Question. What did the author actually mean by the line –‘ the fire in the furnace still exists?’
(a) People still buy loaves of bread from the friendly village baker.
(b) The elders gather together to reminiscence nostalgically about Goa.
(c) The author’s fond memory of the fragrance of bread loaves.
(d) The Old Portuguese traditions of Goa are not wholly extinct.
Answer. D

Question. What was the real purpose of the specially made bamboo staff carried by the baker?
(a) Bang the ground to announce his arrival.
(b) Place the basket of loaves on the bamboo staff.
(c) The staff denoted a mark of identity.
(d) It was used to scare away dogs.
Answer. A

Question. The baker would say ‘Good morning’ to the lady of the house. What would that mean?
(a) A mockery
(b) A greeting
(c) A joke
(d) A remark
Answer. B

Question.The baker’s dress was a single-piece long frock. What does the author imply by the underlined word?
(a) A suit
(b) A one piece
(c) A gown
(d) Unscathed
Answer. B

Question. When did the baker usually collect his bills?
(a) End of the week
(b) Every fortnight
(c) End of the month
(d) Beginning of the month
Answer. C

Question. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
(a) In a copy, with a pencil
(b) On a wall, with a pencil
(c) On a board, with a pencil
(d) On a tree trunk, with a pencil
Answer. B

Question. In the lesson ‘A Baker from Goa’, relate the words fruitless: productive: loss: _______.
(a) useless
(b) soaring
(c) profit
(d) vain
Answer. C

Question. ‘But we would not give up’. ‘We’ refers to_____.
(a) The elders
(b) The children
(c) The bakers
(d) The maid-servants
Answer. B

Question. What does ‘would not give up’ imply?
(a) The children were meek.
(b) The children were strong.
(c) The children were determined.
(d) The children were docile.
Answer. C

Question. The early morning entry of the Baker would usher in________
Fill in the appropriate phrase from the options given below.
(a) cackle of activities
(b) bubble of activities
(c) noisy chuckling of kids
(d) babble of activities
Answer. B

Question. According to the author, marriage gifts are meaningless without_______.
(a) baker
(b) bolinhas
(c) bread
(d) bol
Answer. D

Question. What can the symbolism of baker’s furnace be associated to in a Goan village?
(a) All social occasions demanded the presence of baker’s products.
(b) The village women loved the loaves made by the baker.
(c) The children woke up early.
(d)There was a government regulation, which demanded that all villages should have a bakery.
Answer. A

Question. The lady of the house must prepare sandwiches on the occasion of her daughter’s engagement as a.
(a) Compulsion
(d) Tradition
(c) Business
(d) Profession
Answer. B

Question. According to the author the elders think fondly of the Portuguese because of:
(a) their famous movie stars
(b) their famous sports
(c) their famous loaves of bread
(d) their famous buildings
Answer. C

Question. The baker would place his basket on the ______ bamboo.
(a) Horizontal
(b) Parallel
(c) Vertical
(d) Perpendicular
Answer. C

Question. We kids would be pushed aside with __________
(a) A gentle push
(b) A hard stare
(c) A mild rebuke
(d) A warning
Answer. C

Question. We kids would be pushed aside because:
(a) They were in the way
(b) They were teasing
(c) They were stealing
(d) They were naughty
Answer. A

Question. Which option correctly replaces the underlined word in the line
‘Might have vanished’ from the lesson A Baker from Goa?
(a) Unlikely to have
(b) Sure
(c) Confident
(d) Perhaps
Answer. D

Question. With reference to the lesson ‘A Baker from Goa’, relate the given words loaves: baker: furnace___________
(a) bread
(b) mixer
(c) fire
(d) pader
Answer. C

Question. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
Answer. The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.

Question. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Answer. Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. When the narrator says that the sons have carried on the tradition, it means that Goa still has bread makers. Also, we hear of the famous bread making industry in Goa.

Question.What is the baker called?
Answer. The baker is called ‘pader’.

Question. When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
Answer. During the narrator’s childhood, the baker would come everyday. The children ran to meet him to look into his basket for the bread bangles.

Question. Match the following. What is a must:
(i) as marriage gifts?                             (a) cakes and bolinhas
(ii) for a party or a feast?                       (b) sweet bread called bol
(iii) for a daughter’s engagement?        (c) bread
(iv) for Christmas?                                 (d) sandwiches
Answer. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

Question. What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?
Answer.
(i)During the Portuguese days the bakers wore a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees.
(ii)When the author was young, he had seen the bakers wearing shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants.

Question. Who invites the comment — “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?
Answer. Anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knee invites the comment that he is dressed like a pader!

Question. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
Answer. The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in pencil.

Question. What does a ‘jack fruit - like appearance’ mean?
Answer. Jack fruit-like appearance means a plump physique,someone who is not thin but round like a jack fruit.