NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Chapter 7 Glimpses of India

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Oral Comprehension Check:

Q . What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?

Ans: The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.

Q Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?

Ans: Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. When the narrator says that the sons have carried on the tradition, it means that Goa still has bread makers. Also, we hear of the famous bread making industry in Goa.

Q What is the baker called?

Ans: The baker is called ‘pader’.

Q Match the following. What is a must?

Ans: During the narrator’s childhood, the baker would come everyday. The children ran to meet him to look into his basket for the bread-bangles.

Q When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?


(i) as marriage gifts?	(a) cakes and bolinhas
(ii) for a party or a feast?	(b) sweet bread called bol
(iii) for a daughter’s engagement?	(c) bread
(iv) for Christmas?	(d) sandwiches

Ans: (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)

Q What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?

Ans: (i) During the Portuguese days, the bakers wore a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees. (ii) When the author was young, he had seen the bakers wearing shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants.

Q Who invites the comment — “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?

Ans: Anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knee invites the comment that he is dressed like a pader!

Q Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?

Ans: The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in pencil.

Q What does a ‘jackfruit - like appearance’ mean?

Ans: Jackfruit-like appearance means a plump physique, someone who is not thin but round like a jackfruit.