Class 9-(ENGLISH)Chapter 1. The Priceless Gift

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                                THE PRICELESS GIFT

Q. 01- What did the writer experience in the restaurant ? 

Ans. The writer went to a vegetarian restaurant  during lunch time. The restaurant was densely crowded as lots of people were eating and drinking there. He found that some of the chairs and tables had been pushed into a corner. He prefered a corner table and sat there for lunch and started skimming through the newspaper.

2.What did he notice there ? 

Ans. The writer noticed a very young girl looking at him. He observed that her eyes were

large and there was a sad expression on her face. The girl while going out asked the

cashier in a low voice something about the writer and wanted to know whether he was

an Indian.


What was the writer's first impression of the girl ?(6msiN6 8a6 ad60 gan ui661

1 ?)

Ans. The way of looking of the girl at the writer repeatedly aroused his curiosity in her. Her

large eyes with sad expression made hinm feel that she was facing some kind of trouble and was

rather poor and unhappy.

What made the writer surprised ? (6msag e'a a1gdy GAAAI ?)

Ans. The girl's enquiry about the writer with the cashier and her looking at him once more

before leaving the restaurant made the writer surprised.

Why did he enquire from the cashier ? (62 a@0 SaAOIg agaNa e6n ?)

Ans. The gir's interest to know about the writer aroused his curiosity in her. So he enquired

from the waiter about the girl.


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What information did he get from the cashier ? (6a @anoig sea/q001 a1n6n ?)

Ans. The writer got the information from the waiter that the girl had her lunch in that

restaurant on Saturdays only. She came to the restaurant on pay day only because she earned very


6.


little.


7.


Where did the writer go on the next Saturday ? (6aGh aan1 AFO960 60901 616 ?)

Ans. The writer went to the same restaurant on the next Saturday where he found the girl

sitting at the same table as before (999A).

Why did he arrange the chair opposite hers?


8.


(6a er (Ea6) agsG6a D2 6aiG1 e6a ?)

Ans, The next Saturday, he went to the same restaurant. He found the girl sitting at the same

table as before and was eating. Then the writer went up to her and took the chair opposite (Ga1e)

hers. He wished her a good afternoon and started talking with her.


9.


What query did the girl make about the writer ?


(6069 anG6A Ca6 ' agaaia GAI ?)


Ans. The query that the girl made about the writer was whether he was an Indian.

10.

What impression did the writer have about the family of the girl?


(Csa a6010 aa6 6MdaSa 06 62nl ?)