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Madam Rides the Bus Passage Based Questions
Score high in Class 10 English with these 30 official Madam Rides the Bus passage based questions from past UP Board exams. Get expert, board-format answers in a bilingual format for complete mastery.
UP Board Special: Madam Rides the Bus Passage Based Questions
Passage 1
UP Board – 2023Day after day she watched the bus, and gradually a tiny wish crept into her head and grew there: she wanted to ride on that bus, even if just once. This wish became stronger and stronger, until it was an overwhelming desire. Valli would stare wistfully at the people who got on or off the bus when it stopped at the street corner. Their faces would kindle in her longings, dreams, and hopes.
- 1.
Who is ‘she’ in the above passage?
प्रश्न: उपरोक्त गद्यांश में ‘she’ (वह) कौन है?
Ans: ‘She’ in the passage refers to Valliammai, an eight-year-old girl who is the protagonist of the story.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में ‘she’ वल्लिअम्मई को संदर्भित करती है, जो कहानी की मुख्य पात्र आठ वर्षीय लड़की है।
- 2.
What was her overwhelming desire? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: उसकी प्रबल इच्छा क्या थी?
Ans: Her overwhelming desire was to ride on the bus that travelled between her village and the nearest town, even if it was just for a single time.
उत्तर: उसकी प्रबल इच्छा उस बस पर सवारी करने की थी जो उसके गाँव और निकटतम शहर के बीच चलती थी, भले ही वह केवल एक बार के लिए ही क्यों न हो।
- 3.
What did the faces of the passengers do to her?
प्रश्न: यात्रियों के चेहरों ने उस पर क्या प्रभाव डाला?
Ans: The faces of the passengers who got on or off the bus would kindle (arouse) her own longings, dreams, and hopes of one day making the journey herself.
उत्तर: बस में चढ़ने या उतरने वाले यात्रियों के चेहरे एक दिन खुद यात्रा करने की उसकी अपनी लालसा, सपनों और आशाओं को जगाते (किंडल) थे।
- 4.
Find a word in the passage that means “very strong”.
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में एक ऐसा शब्द खोजें जिसका अर्थ “बहुत प्रबल” हो।
Ans: The word in the passage that means “very strong” is “overwhelming”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में “very strong” (बहुत प्रबल) का अर्थ रखने वाला शब्द “overwhelming” है।
Passage 2
UP Board – 2022It was a new bus, its outside painted a gleaming white with some green stripes along the sides. Inside, the overhead bars shone like silver. Directly in front of Valli, above the windshield, there was a beautiful clock. The seats were soft and luxurious. Valli devoured everything with her eyes. But when she started to look outside, she found her view cut off by a canvas blind that covered the lower part of her window. So she stood up on the seat and peered over the blind.
- 1.
Who is Valli and what did she do?
प्रश्न: वल्ली कौन है और उसने क्या किया?
Ans: Valli is an eight-year-old girl who has secretly boarded a bus to travel to the town. She is looking at and observing everything on the bus with great interest.
उत्तर: वल्ली एक आठ वर्षीय लड़की है जो गुप्त रूप से शहर जाने के लिए एक बस में चढ़ी है। वह बस में हर चीज को बड़ी दिलचस्पी से देख और পর্যবেক্ষণ कर रही है।
- 2.
What did she find when she started to look outside? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: जब उसने बाहर देखना शुरू किया तो उसने क्या पाया?
Ans: When she started to look outside, she found that her view was blocked by a canvas blind that was covering the lower part of her window, as she was too short to see over it while sitting.
उत्तर: जब उसने बाहर देखना शुरू किया, तो उसने पाया कि उसका दृश्य एक कैनवास पर्दे से अवरुद्ध था जो उसकी खिड़की के निचले हिस्से को ढके हुए था, क्योंकि वह बैठे हुए उससे ऊपर देखने के लिए बहुत छोटी थी।
- 3.
How has the bus been described in the passage?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में बस का वर्णन कैसे किया गया है?
Ans: The bus is described as new, painted a gleaming white with green stripes. Inside, it had shiny silver overhead bars, a beautiful clock, and soft, luxurious seats.
उत्तर: बस को नए, चमचमाते सफेद रंग का और हरी धारियों वाला बताया गया है। अंदर, इसमें चमकदार चांदी की ऊपरी छड़ें, एक सुंदर घड़ी, और नरम, आरामदायक सीटें थीं।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means the same as “shining brightly”?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ “चमकदार रूप से चमकना” है?
Ans: The word in the passage is “gleaming”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में वह शब्द “gleaming” (चमचमाते) है।
Passage 3
UP Board – Frequent ThemeValli wasn’t bored in the slightest and was greeting everything with the same excitement she’d felt the first time. But suddenly she saw a young cow lying dead by the roadside, just where it had been struck by some fast-moving vehicle. “Isn’t that the same cow that was running in front of the bus on our trip to town?” she asked the conductor. The conductor nodded. She was overcome with sadness. What had been a lovable, beautiful creature just a little while ago had now suddenly lost its charm and its life and looked so horrible, so frightening as it lay there.
- 1.
What did Valli see by the roadside?
प्रश्न: वल्ली ने सड़क के किनारे क्या देखा?
Ans: By the roadside, Valli saw a young cow lying dead. She recognized it as the same cow that had been running happily in front of their bus on the journey to town.
उत्तर: सड़क के किनारे, वल्ली ने एक युवा गाय को मृत पड़ा देखा। उसने उसे उसी गाय के रूप में पहचाना जो शहर की यात्रा के दौरान उनकी बस के सामने खुशी से दौड़ रही थी।
- 2.
Why was she overcome with sadness? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: वह दुःख से क्यों भर गई?
Ans: She was overcome with sadness because the beautiful, lively creature she had laughed at just a little while ago was now lifeless and looked horrible. This sudden and stark contrast between life and death was a shocking experience for her.
उत्तर: वह दुःख से इसलिए भर गई क्योंकि जिस सुंदर, जीवंत प्राणी पर वह कुछ समय पहले ही हंसी थी, वह अब निर्जीव था और भयानक दिख रहा था। जीवन और मृत्यु के बीच यह अचानक और स्पष्ट विपरीतता उसके लिए एक चौंकाने वाला अनुभव था।
- 3.
How had the cow died?
प्रश्न: गाय की मृत्यु कैसे हुई थी?
Ans: The passage suggests that the cow had been struck and killed by some fast-moving vehicle.
उत्तर: गद्यांश से पता चलता है कि गाय किसी तेज गति वाले वाहन से टकराकर मर गई थी।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means “charm”?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ “आकर्षण” है?
Ans: While not a direct synonym, the context of the sentence uses the word “lovable” to convey a similar sense of charm or appeal.
उत्तर: हालांकि सीधे तौर पर पर्यायवाची नहीं, वाक्य के संदर्भ में “lovable” (प्यारा) शब्द आकर्षण या अपील की समान भावना को व्यक्त करने के लिए प्रयोग किया गया है।
Passage 4
UP Board – 2021The conductor nodded, and the girl told him, “I’m not a madam. Please remember that.” And you’ve not yet given me my ticket. “I’ll remember,” the conductor said, mimicking her tone. Everyone laughed, and gradually Valli too joined in the laughter. The conductor punched a ticket and handed it to her. “Just sit back and make yourself comfortable. Why should you stand when you’ve paid for a seat?” “Because I want to,” she answered, standing up again.
- 1.
Who is the ‘girl’ being referred to here?
प्रश्न: यहाँ ‘लड़की’ किसे संदर्भित किया जा रहा है?
Ans: The ‘girl’ referred to here is Valli, the eight-year-old protagonist of the story.
उत्तर: यहाँ संदर्भित ‘लड़की’ वल्ली है, जो कहानी की आठ वर्षीय मुख्य पात्र है।
- 2.
Why does she say “I’m not a madam”? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: वह क्यों कहती है “मैं एक मैडम नहीं हूँ”?
Ans: She says this because the conductor is jokingly calling her ‘madam’ due to her grown-up behaviour. Although she acts mature, she is still a child and asserts her identity by correcting him, showing her self-respect.
उत्तर: वह ऐसा इसलिए कहती है क्योंकि कंडक्टर उसके वयस्क जैसे व्यवहार के कारण मजाक में उसे ‘मैडम’ कह रहा है। हालांकि वह परिपक्व अभिनय करती है, वह अभी भी एक बच्ची है और उसे सुधार कर अपनी पहचान पर जोर देती है, जो उसके स्वाभिमान को दर्शाता है।
- 3.
Why did she stand up again?
प्रश्न: वह फिर से क्यों खड़ी हो गई?
Ans: She stood up again because sitting down obstructed her view of the outside scenery, and she wanted to see everything on her first bus ride.
उत्तर: वह फिर से खड़ी हो गई क्योंकि बैठने से बाहर के दृश्यों को देखने में बाधा आ रही थी, और वह अपनी पहली बस की सवारी में सब कुछ देखना चाहती थी।
- 4.
Find a word in the passage that means ‘to copy someone’.
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में एक ऐसा शब्द खोजें जिसका अर्थ ‘किसी की नकल करना’ हो।
Ans: The word in the passage is “mimicking”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में वह शब्द “mimicking” (नकल करना) है।
Passage 5
Important PassageOver many days and months, Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus, and she also asked a few discreet questions here and there. This way she picked up various small details about the bus journey. The town was six miles from her village. The fare was thirty paise one way — which was almost nothing at all, she heard one well-dressed man say, but to Valli, who scarcely saw that much money from one month to the next, it seemed a fortune.
- 1.
What did Valli do for many days and months?
प्रश्न: वल्ली ने कई दिनों और महीनों तक क्या किया?
Ans: For many days and months, Valli carefully listened to conversations and asked discreet questions to gather details about the bus journey to the town.
उत्तर: कई दिनों और महीनों तक, वल्ली ने शहर तक की बस यात्रा के बारे में विवरण इकट्ठा करने के लिए ध्यान से बातचीत सुनी और विवेकपूर्ण प्रश्न पूछे।
- 2.
What details did she pick up about the bus journey? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: उसने बस यात्रा के बारे में क्या विवरण एकत्र किए?
Ans: She picked up several small but crucial details: that the town was six miles away, and the one-way fare was thirty paise.उत्तर: उसने कई छोटे लेकिन महत्वपूर्ण विवरण एकत्र किए: कि शहर छह मील दूर था, और एक तरफ का किराया तीस पैसे था।
- 3.
Why did the thirty paise fare seem like a fortune to Valli?
प्रश्न: तीस पैसे का किराया वल्ली को एक बड़ी रकम क्यों लगा?
Ans: The thirty paise fare seemed like a fortune to her because she was a small child who rarely handled money. It was an amount she scarcely ever saw in an entire month.
उत्तर: तीस पैसे का किराया उसे एक बड़ी रकम लगा क्योंकि वह एक छोटी बच्ची थी जो शायद ही कभी पैसे संभालती थी। यह एक ऐसी राशि थी जो वह पूरे महीने में शायद ही कभी देखती थी।
- 4.
What does the word “discreet” mean in the context of the passage?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश के संदर्भ में “discreet” शब्द का क्या अर्थ है?
Ans: In this context, “discreet” means careful and cautious, in a way that avoids attracting attention to her planning.
उत्तर: इस संदर्भ में, “discreet” का अर्थ है सावधान और सतर्क, इस तरह से कि उसकी योजना पर ध्यान आकर्षित करने से बचा जा सके।
- A BAKER FROM GOA (5)
- A LETTER TO TO GOD (5)
- MCQS (1)
- SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (1)
- SUMMARY (1)
- BLACK AEROPLANE (5)
- Blog (4)
- COORG (4)
- DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (4)
- Dust of Snow (1)
- FIRST FLIGHT: POETRY (19)
- GLIMPSES OF INDIA (6)
- HIS FIRST FLIGHT (5)
- MADAM RIDES THE BUS (5)
- MIJBIL THE OTTER (5)
- NELSON MANDELA A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (6)
- THE PROPOSAL (5)
- THE SERMON AT BENARES (5)