Home Literature Class ix Mulk Raj Anand The Price of Bananas WBBSE
Updated on: July 22, 2020

Questions and answers from "The Price of Bananas" by Mulk Raj Anand.

Exercise 1:

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

1. The author was on his way from Faizabad railway station to -----

c) Lucknow

2. From the water pump the passengers were filling up their ----

b) earthen pitchers

3. The gentleman who came up to the author's compartment looked like a ----

a) businessman

4. The price the vendor asked for the bananas was----

a) two Anna's

5. The author drew the cartoon of----

d) Sethji

Exercise 2:

Answer the following questions within fifteen words:

1) Where did the young monkeys sit?

Ans. The younger monkeys sat on the boughs of been and tamarind trees.

2) What did the monkey do to the loin cloth of the pious person?

Ans. The monkey had snatched away the loin cloth of the pious person who was taking bath under the pump.

3) What did Shetji's luggage include?

Ans. Sethji's luggage included a big steel trunk, several small baskets and a brass jug.

4) Why, according to the fruit vendor,were the monkeys disturbing the passengers?

Ans. According to the fruit vendor, the monkeys were disturbing the passengers because they were hungry.

Exercise 3:

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

1) What was the businessman wearing?

Ans. According to the author, the person who was looking like a businessman was wearing a white muslin dhoti, a delicate tunic and an embroidered cap on his head.

2) What did the monkey do after accepting the fruit vendor's bargain?

Ans. To return the Sethji's cap, the fruit vendor offered two bananas to the monkey. After accepting the bargain, it took over the bananas with its right hand and gave the embroidered cap with its left hand.

3) How did the whole amusing episode end?

Ans.The whole episode of amusement ended in a sad note. Everybody in the compartment was annoyed with Sethji and they had a bitter sense of grievance against him because he was very rude to the generous-hearted fruit vendor.

Exercise 4:

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:

a) THE sun rises in the east.

b) The dog jumped ON the log.

c) I love to watch A/ THE one-day match.

d) WITH a pen, Tiya also has an eraser.

Exercise 5:

Change the voice of the following sentences:

a) Mr. Khan is Known to me.

= I know Mr. Khan.

b) Trina had composed a poem.

= A poem had been composed by Trina.

c) I will always remember you.

= You will always be remembered by me.

d) They have made him the President of the club.

= He has been made the President of the club by them.

Exercise 6:

Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the given Verbs in brackets.

a) They HAVE SPENT their puja vacation in the hills. ( spend)

b) We HAVE BEEN LIVING in this city for over ten years. ( live)

c) I HAVE just FINISHED reading the book. (finish)

d) The project HAS BEEN COMPLETED by June next year. (complete)

Exercise 7:

Change the mode of narration in the following sentences:

a) Rahul said, "Alas! Brazil has lost the match."

Ans. Rahul exclaimed in sorrow that Brazil had lost the match.

b) "Let us go for a walk," said Shabnam to Chandni.

Ans. Shabnam asked Chandni to go for a walk.

c) "Good morning, madam," said the students to the teacher.

Ans. The students welcomed madam by saying good morning.

d) My father said to me, "Do not pluck flowers."

Ans. My father ordered me not to pluck flowers.

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