Class 10 || First Flight || SEBA || Lesson 9 : Madam Rides the Bus All the questions answers

A. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) & Answers.

1. What was her favourite pastime?

(a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street.

(b) To stand at the front doorway and look every passenger.

(d) None of the above

Ans: (a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street.

B. Choose the correct answer:

(a) Valliammai was called ____ for short.

(i) Valli (ii) Talli (iii) Valla (iv) Villi

Ans: (i) Valli

(b) Valli favourite pastime was

(i) to write short stories

(ii) to draw paintings.

(iii) standing in the front doorway of her house.

(iv) to play with her friends.

Ans: (iii) standing in the front doorway of her house.

(c) The conductor called Valli as

(i) Lady (ii) Madam (iii) Girl (iv) None of these

Ans: (ii) Madam

2. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) Valliammai was called Valli in short.

Ans: True

(b) Valli's favourite pastime was to draw paintings.

Ans: False

(c) Valli travelled in a lorry.

Ans: False

(d) Valli informed her mother about her journey by bus.

Ans: False

(e) Valli's wish was to ride the bus.

Ans: True

(f) Valli could reach the town in the bus in thirty minutes. (forty-five minutes)

Ans: False

(g) The conductor addressed Valli as Madam.

Ans: True

(h) Valli clapped her hands with joy at seeing a cow running in front of the bus.

Ans: True

3. Who wrote the story, 'Madam Rides the Bus'?

Ans: Vallikkannan wrote the story 'Madam Rides the Bus'.

4. Who was Valliammai?

Ans: She was eight years old girl.

5. What was Valli's favourite pastime?

Ans: Valli's favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house, watching what was happening in the street outside.

6. Did Valli have playmates of her own age?

Ans: No, Valli did not have playmates of her own age.

7. What sight gave her many new unusual experiences?

Ans: Watching the street gave her many new unusual experiences.

8. What was the source of unending joy for Valli!

Ans: The sight of the bus, filled each time with a new set of passengers, was a source of unending joy for Valli.

9. What was Valli's tiny wish?

Ans: Valli's tiny wish was to ride the bus.

10. What was the English term Valli used when she became jealous?

Ans: The English term Valli used when she became jealous was "Proud! proud!"

11. When would Valli be jealous?

Ans: If one of her friends happened to ride the bus and tried to describe the sights of the town to her, then Valli would be jealous.

12. What did Valli listen carefully over many days and months?

Ans: Over many days and months Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus.

13. How did Valli pick up various small details about the bus journey?

Ans: Valli picked up various small details about the bus journey listening to the conventions between the neighbours and people who used to travel in the bus. She also asked a few careful questions here and there.

14. How far was the town from Valli's village?

Ans: The town was six miles away from Valli's village.

15. How much time would the trip to the town take?

Ans: The trip would take forty-five minutes to the town.

16. What was the fare of the bus?

Ans: The fare of the bus was thirty paise one way.

17. When did Valli make her bus journey to the town?

Ans: Valli made her bus journey to the town on one fine spring day the afternoon.

18. How did the conductor address Valli?

Ans: The conductor addressed Valli as Madam.

19. Was the bus that Valli took a new one?

Ans: Yes, the bus that Valli took was a new one.

20. Why does Valli stand up on the seat?

Ans: Valli stood up on the seat to look outside.

21. When did everybody in the bus laugh?

Ans: Everybody in the bus laughed when the conductor mimicked Valli's tone.

22. What was the elderly woman chewing?

Ans: The elderly woman was chewing the betel nut.

23. Was it easy for Valli to save up money for her first journey?

Ans: No, it was not easy for Valli to save up money for her first journey.

24. How much money did Valli save for her first journey?

Ans: Valli saved sixty paise for her first journey.

25. When could Valli ride the bus safely?

Ans: After Valli had got the bus ticket, she could ride the bus safely.

26. When did Valli clap her hands with glee?

Ans: When Valli saw a young cow running very fast in the middle of the road , she clapped her hands with glee.

27. How did the cow die?

Ans:

28. What did Valli

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