An Astrologer's Day- Activity No.1

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1.1 An Astrologer's Day

 Activity No. 1 

Read the given extract and complete the activity given below:  12 Marks 

A.1 Global Understanding

A1 Read the following statements from the extra and arrange them in the sequential order as they occur in the story.

i. Vendor of fried groundnuts gave his wear a fancy name each day.

ii. The Astrologer sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree.

iii. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.

iv. The place was lit up by shop lights.

Ans-

i. The Astrologer sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree.

ii  The place was lit up by shop lights.

iii .Vendor of fried groundnuts gave his wear a fancy name each day.

iv. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.

A.2 Give Reasons :

i. The gleam of of astrologers eyes was enhanced because of.....

Ans-his continual  searching look for customers.

ii. People always got attracted towards astrologer because....

Ans- he used to wound a saffron- coloured turban round head shade and this turban colour scheme never failed to attract people as bees are  attracted to cosmos or dahlia.

A.3. Interpretation/ Inference

Find out a proof from the extract that shows that initially the astrologer too did not know anything about his profession.

Ans-He had not in the least intended to be an astrologer when he began life; and he knew no more of what was going to happen to himself next minute. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.

A.4 Personal Response:

You also must have visited some weekly bazar or a village fair where you must have come across such different things as told in the extract. 

Describe your experience in 50 words. 

Ans- I had been to my native place during last summer vacation. It was that time only there was a village fair of our village deity. People from and around the villages had been there to perform the Pooja. Many stalls had been there including sweet shops, toys, ice creams and even tattoo designer was there. In the night there was also a drama performance by local boys. It was an altogether different experience to me.

A. 5 Language Study:

i. The place was lit up by the shop lights.

 ( Rewrite your answer beginning with shop lights.....)

Ans-Shop lights lit up the place.

2. He opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment.

(Make it simple)

Ans- After opening his bags,  he spread his professional equipment.

Or

By opening his bags,  he spread his professional equipment.

A.6 Vocabulary:

Make meaningful sentences by using the following words from the extract and rewrite. 

I. Obscure- The teacher explained the chart in the class still the concept was of obscure for students.

ii. Shrewd - He is so shrewd that you cannot cheat him.

Prepared by - Jyoti Walunj- Landge

Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar


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