Punjab State Board PSEB 12th Class English Book Solutions Supplementary Chapter 3 Bholi Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 12 English Supplementary Chapter 3 Bholi
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Ramlal was not worried about his children except Bholi. Why? (Feb. 2017)
रामलाल को भोली के सिवा किसी और बच्चे की चिन्ता नहीं थी। क्यों ?
Answer:
Ramlal had seven children. They were three sons and four daughters. Bholi was the youngest of the four. Ramlal was a prosperous farmer. All the children except Bholi were healthy and strong. The sons had been sent to the city to study in schools and later in colleges.
The eldest daughter Radha had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled. After Mangla’s marriage, he would think of the third Champa. They were good-looking and healthy girls. It was not difficult to find bridegrooms for them. But Ramlal was worried about Bholi. She was neither good-looking nor intelligent. He felt that it would be very difficult to find a bridegroom for Bholi.
रामलाल के सात बच्चे थे। वे थे तीन बेटे और चार बेटियां। भोली चारों बेटियों में से सबसे छोटी थी। रामलाल एक समृद्ध किसान था। भोली के सिवा सब बच्चे स्वस्थ और हष्ट-पुष्ट थे। लड़कों को शहर भेज दिया गया ताकि पहले वे स्कूल में पढ़ें और फिर कॉलिज में। सबसे बड़ी लड़की राधा की पहले ही शादी हो चुकी थी।
दूसरी लड़की मंगला की शादी भी तय हो चुकी थी। मंगला की शादी के बाद, वह तीसरी बेटी चम्पा के बारे विचार करेगा। वे सुन्दर और स्वस्थ लड़कियाँ थीं। उनके लिए दूल्हे ढूंढ लेना कोई मुश्किल नहीं था। परन्तु रामलाल को भोली के बारे बहुत चिन्ता थी। उसने महसूस किया कि भोली के लिए दूल्हा ढूंढ़ लेना बहुत कठिन होगा।
Question 2.
Write in brief a character-sketch of Bholi’s teacher. (V. Imp.) (Feb. 2017)
संक्षेप में भोली की अध्यापिका का चरित्र-चित्रण करें।
Answer:
Bholi’s teacher was a kind lady. She asked Bholi her name. Being a stammerer Bholi said BHO…BHO…BHO. She could not go further than Bho. The school bell rang. Her teacher again called her in a very soothing voice. The kind teacher asked Bholi her name again. For the sake of this kind teacher she decided to make an effort. Bholi knew that she would not laugh at her.
She began to stammer. The teacher encouraged her. She asked Bholi to tell her. full name. At last with the teacher’s sympathetic encouragement, she was able to say her name. She was an ideal teacher.
भोली की टीचर एक दयालु महिला थी। उसने Bholi को उसका नाम पूछा। एक हकलाने वाली होने के नाते Bholi ने Bho…Bho…Bho रुककर कहा। वह Bho कहने के बाद आगे न जा सकी। स्कूल की घंटी बजी। टीचर ने फिर भोली को बुलाया। उसने सन्तोष देने वाली आवाज़ में उसको बुलाया। दयालु टीचर ने भोली को फिर उसका नाम पूछा।
दयालु टीचर की खातिर भोली ने प्रयत्न करने की कोशिश की। भोली जानती थी कि वह उस पर नहीं हंसेगी। टीचर उसको हिम्मत देती थी। टीचर भोली की हिम्मत बढ़ाती थी। यह वह टीचर थी जिसने भोली को आत्मनिर्भर, विश्वस्त और दलेर बनने के लिए तैयार किया जोकि पहले एक गूंगी गाय थी।
वह अपना नाम साफ-2 बोलने में सक्षम हो गई। उसने एक लालची, कमीने, कायर और घृणा योग्य पति के साथ शादी करने से इन्कार कर दिया। उसने उसी स्कूल में टीचर बन कर पढ़ाने का मन बना लिया। उसने इस टीचर से बहुत कुछ सीखा था। वह भी लड़कियों में जागृति पैदा करेगी।
Question 3.
Write in brief a character-sketch of Bishamber.
संक्षेप में बिशम्बर का चरित्र-चित्रण करें।
Answer:
Bishamber was a greedy man. His greed came to be known to Bholi on their wedding day. He had to garland Bholi in the marriage mandap. He sair pockmarks on her face. He asked his friend if he had seen pock-marks on her face.
His friend told him that he was not young either. But he said that Bholi’s father must give him five thousand rupees. Ramlal had to give him the demanded amount. Bishamber felt victorious. Bholi refused to marry such a greedy man. Bishamber had to go back with his marriage party.
बिशम्बर लालची आदमी था। भोली को बिशम्बर के लालच का ज्ञान उनकी शादी के दिन ही पता चल गया। उसको शादी के मंडप में भोली को हार पहनाना था। उसने उसके चेहरे पर चेचक के धब्बे देख लिये। उसने अपने मित्र को पूछा क्या उसने भोली के चेहरे पर चेचक के धब्बे देखे थे।
उसके मित्र ने उसको उत्तर दिया कि वह भी तो नौजवान नहीं था। लेकिन उसने कहा कि भोली के पिता को उसे 5 हज़ार रुपये अवश्य देने चाहिए। रामलाल को उसे मांगी गई धन-राशि देनी पड़ी। बिशम्बर ने अपने आपको विजयी समझा। भोली ने ऐसे लालची आदमी से शादी करने से इन्कार कर दिया। बिशम्बर को अपनी बारात के साथ वापस लौटना पड़ा।
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Describe, in brief, the early childhood of Bholi.
संक्षेप में Bholi के बचपन के प्रारम्भिक दिनों का वर्णन करे।
Answer:
Her real name was Sulekha. But since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi, the simpleton. She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen off the cot on her head. This had damaged some part of her brain. She became a mentally retarded child. So she was called Bholi, the simpleton.
At birth, she was very pretty and fair. At the age of two, she had an attack of smallpox. Her eyes were safe but her entire body got permanently disfigured by deep black pock marks. She could not speak till she was five. Then she used to stammer. The other children often made fun of her. So she talked very little. She was one of the seven siblings.
She had three sisters and three brothers. Her brothers had gone to the city to study in schools and later in colleges. Her sisters were healthy and good-looking. Bholi was neither good-looking nor intelligent.
उसका असली नाम सुलेखा था। लेकिन उसके बचपन से ही सब उसको भोली कह कर बुलाते थे, भोली बुद्ध। वह नम्बरदार रामलाल की चौथी बेटी थी। जब वह दस महीने की हुई तो वह अपनी चारपाई से अपने सिर के बल गिर गई। इसने उसके दिमाग के किसी भाग में क्षति पहुँचाई थी। वह दिमागी तौर पर एक पिछड़ा हुआ बच्चा बन गई।
इस लिए उसको बुद्ध Bholi कहकर पुकारा जाने लगा। अपने जन्म के समय वह बहुत गोरी-चिट्टी थी। दो साल की आयु में उसे चेचक का आक्रमण हो गया। उसकी आँखें तो सुरक्षित रहीं लेकिन सारा शरीर काले चेचक के धब्बों से स्थाई तौर पर बदशक्ल हो गया। पाँच वर्ष की आयु से पहले वह बोल भी नहीं सकती थी।
फिर वह हकलाती थी। दूसरे बच्चे प्रायः उसका मजाक उड़ाते थे। इसलिए वह बहुत कम बातें करती थी। वह सात भाई-बहनों में एक थी। उसके तीन भाई और तीन बहनें थीं। उसके भाई शहर में पहले स्कूल और फिर कॉलिज में पढ़ने के लिए चले गये थे। उसकी बहनें स्वस्थ और देखने में सुन्दर थीं। Bholi न देखने में सुन्दर थी न बुद्धि वाी थी।
Objective Type Questions
This question will consist of 3 objective type questions carrying one mark each. These objective questions will include questions to be answered in one word to one sentence or fill in the blank or true/false or multiple choice type questions.
Question 1.
How many siblings did Bholi have ?
Answer:
Bholi had six siblings-three brothers and three sisters.
Question 2.
Why was Sulekha called Bholi ?
Answer:
Because of damage to her brain, she became a backward child and so was called Bholi, the simpleton.
Question 3.
What was the effect of small-pox on Bholi ?
Answer:
Her body was permanently disfigured.
Question 4.
Why did children make fun of Bholi ?
Answer:
They made fun of her because of her stammering.
Question 5.
Why was Ramlal worried about Bholi ?
Answer:
He was worried about Bholi because she had neither good looks nor intelligence for getting married.
Question 6.
Why did the Tehsildar come to the village ?
Answer:
He came to the village to perform the opening ceremony of the primary school.
Question 7.
Why did the Tehsildar want Ramlal to send his daughters to the school ?
Answer:
He wanted Ramlal to do this as he must set an example to the villagers being an agent of the government in the village.
Question 8.
Why did Ramlal’s wife agree to send Bholi, but not other daughters to school ? (V.V. Imp.)
Answer:
She agreed to send Bholi to school because she had no chance of getting married with her ugly face and lack of sense ; other beautiful daughters had no chance of getting married, if they went to school.
Question 9.
Why was Bholi glad to see so many girls of her own age at school ?
Answer:
She was glad because she hoped that one of these girls would become her friend.
Question 10.
What happened when the teacher asked Bholi her name?
Answer:
Sweat broke out over her whole body but then she stammered her name Bho-Bho Bho.
Question 11.
Why did Bholi’s parents agree to Bishamber’s proposal for Bholi ?
Answer:
They agreed to the proposal fearing if they did not accept it, she may remain unmarried all her life.
Question 12.
How did Bishamber come to wed Bholi ?
Answer:
Bishamber came to wed Bholi with a big party of friends and relatives on a decorated horse and led by a band.
Question 13.
Why did Bishamber demand five thousand rupees as dowry?
Answer:
He wanted five thousand rupees as dowry as his would-be wife Bholi had pock marks on her face.
Question 14.
Why did Bholi refuse to marry Bishamber?
Answer:
She did not want to marry a mean, greedy and hateful coward as Bishamber.
Question 15.
Bishamber was a heartless man. (True/False)
Answer:
True.
Question 16.
An old woman said that Bholi was a ………… girl. (Fill up the blank with a suitable word) (shameless/proud)
Answer:
shameless.
Question 17.
Bishamber demanded a dowry of 5000 rupees from Bholi’s father. (True/False)
Answer:
True.
Question 18.
Bholi’s school teacher felt the satisfaction of …… (Choose the correct option)
(i) a singer
(ii) a dancer
(iii) an artist.
Answer:
(iii) an artist.
Question 19.
Write how Bholi used three pauses in telling her name.
Answer:
Bho-Bho-Bho-Bholi.
Question 20.
Bholi had neither beauty nor intelligence. (True/False)
Answer:
True.
Question 21.
Bishamber was a …………… by profession. (labourer/dancer/grocer)
Answer:
grocer.
Question 22.
Pick up the correct word for Bholi’s trouble in speaking. (stuttering, lisping,stammering).
Answer:
Stammering.
Bholi Summary in English
Bholi Introduction:
This story tells us about a girl named Sulekha who was called Bholi because she was a simpleton. She was a neglected child. She used to stammer. She was disliked and neglected by everyone. So she had an inferiority complex. She was guided by her primary school teacher properly.
Her education gave her the courage and capability to fight against her weakness. She refused to marry an elderly man Bishamber Nath who was a greedy person. Her education helped her to be independent. Her right decision made her respectable in her society.
Bholi Summary in English:
She was called Bholi, the simpleton although her name was Sulekha. She was fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she fell off her cot and received an injury on some part of her brain. She remained a backward child.
She came to be known as Bholi, the simpleton. At her birth, she was very fair and pretty. At the age of two she had an attack of small-pox. Only her eyes were saved. Her entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black pock-marks.
She could not speak till she was five. When she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little. She had three brothers and three sisters. She was the youngest of them all.
Her father was a wealthy farmer. All the children except Bholi were healthy. The brothers had been sent to the city to study in schools and later in colleges. Radha, the eldest girl, was already married.
The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled. The third daughter Champa was waiting to be married. They were good looking girls. They would easily get bridegrooms. Ramlal was worried about Bholi. She had neither good looks nor intelligence.
Mangla was married when Bholi was seven. The same year a primary school was opened in their village. The Tehsildar performed the opening ceremony of the school. He told Ramlal, the Numberdar, to send his daughters to school. His wife did not like this idea.
She was of the view if girls went to school, nobody would marry them. But Ramlal did not have the courage to disobey the Tehsildar. Ramlal and his wife sent Bholi to school as she had no chance to get married. He told his wife to dress Bholi in good clothes and send her to school. Previously she used to wear old clothes worn by her sisters.
Ramlal and. Bholi went to school. She was handed over to the headmistress. Bholi was glad to find so many girls of her own age present there. Bholi saw some pictures in the classroom. She felt fascinated by the colours. The teacher stood by her side.
She was smiling. The teacher asked her name. Since Bholi was a stammerer, she could not go further than Bh-Bh-Bho. She began to cry and tears began to flow from her eyes. She kept her head down. She saw the girls were laughing at her.
The school bell rang. All the girls ran out of their classes. The teacher called her in a very soft voice. She asked her to tell her name. She again said Bho-Bho-Bho-Bho. At last she was able to say Bholi. The teacher patted her affectionately and told her that she had done well.
She told Bholi to put the fear out of her heart and then she would be able to speak like everyone else. Bholi said that she would come to school every day. The teacher then told her to take the book.
The book was full of nice pictures and the pictures were in colour—dog, cat, goat, horse, parrot, tiger and a cow. She assured Bholi that she will be given a bigger book. After finishing she will get a still bigger one. In time she will be learned. Then nobody will laugh at her. She told her to come to school every day.
Bholi feit happy. She thought that she was having a new life. Thus the years passed. The village became a small town. Ramlal and his wife settled the marriage of Bholi with one Bishamber Nath who was an old man. He was a well-to do grocer.
His marriage party came in village. Bishamber told his friend in the marriage mandap that his would-be wife had pock marks on her face. His friend told him that it should not matter as he himself was quite old.
But Bishamber told Bholi’s father if he was to marry Bholi, her father must give him five thousand rupees. Ramlal begged Bishamber Nath not to humiliate him. He offered him two thousand rupees. He told him to be merciful. Bishamber told him to give him five thousand rupees.
Bholi threw a garland of her neck into the fire. She told her father that she was not going to marry this greedy old man who was lame. The guests began to say that she was shameless. Ramlal shouted at Bholi not to disgrace her family. Bholi said that for the sake of her father’s izzat she was willing to marry this lame old man. But now she will not marry such a mean, greedy and hateful coward.
An old woman said that she is a shameless girl. They all thought that she was a dumb cow. She said that the auntie was all right. That is why they had decided to hand her over to that heartless creature. Bishamber. Nath, the grocer, started to go back with his party. Ramlal stood rooted to the ground. His head was bowed low. The flames of the sacred fire slowly died down. Ramlal told Bholi that nobody would marry her.
She told her father not to worry. She said that she will serve her father in her old age. She will teach in the same school. Her teacher was present there. In her smiling eyes there was the light of a deep satisfaction that an artist feels when he sees the completion of his work.
Bholi Summary in Hindi
Bholi Introduction:
यह कहानी हमें एक लड़की के बारे में बताती है जिसका नाम सुलेखा था। उसको Bholi कह कर पुकारते थे क्योंकि वह बुद्ध थी। वह हकलाती थी। वह उपेक्षित बच्ची थी। उसको कोई पसन्द नहीं करता था। इसलिए उसमें हीन भावना थी। उसके प्राईमरी स्कूल की अध्यापिका ने उसको ठीक ढंग से मार्गदर्शन किया।
इसलिए उसकी शिक्षा ने उसको उत्साह और योग्यता प्रदान की ताकि वह अपनी कमज़ोरी के विरुद्ध लड़ सके। उसने एक वृद्ध व्यक्ति बिशम्बर नाथ से विवाह करने से इन्कार कर दिया। वह बहुत लालची आदमी था। उसकी शिक्षा ने उसको अपने पाँव पर खड़ा होने में सहायता की। उसके ठीक निर्णय ने उसको अपनी सोसाईटी में सम्मानित बना दिया।
Bholi Summary in Hindi:
उसको भोली कहते थे, वह बुद्ध थी यद्यपि उसका नाम सुलेखा था। वह नम्बरदार रामलाल की चौथी बंटी थी। जब वह दस मास की थी, वह अपनी चारपाई से गिर गई और उसके दिमाग के किसी भाग में चोट लग गई। वह एक पिछड़ी हुई बच्ची बन गई। उसको भोली, बुद्ध कह कर पुकारा जाने लगा। अपने जन्म के समय वह गोरी चिट्टी थी।
दो साल की आयु में उस पर चेचक का आक्रमण हो गया। केवल उसकी आंखें बची और उसका बाकी शरीर स्थाई तौर पर चेचक के काले निशानों के कारण बदशक्ल हो गया। पाँच साल की आयु तक तो वह बोल भी न सकी। जब वह बोलने लगी तो वह हकलाती थी। दूसरे बच्चे उसका मज़ाक उड़ाते थे और उसकी नकल भी करते थे।
इसका नतीजा यह हुआ कि वह बहुत कम बातें करती थी। उसके तीन भाई और तीन बहनें थीं। वह आयु में सबसे छोटी थी। उसका बाप एक धनी ज़मींदार था। भोली को छोड़कर उसके सब बच्चे स्वस्थ थे। उसके भाइयों को स्कूल में पढ़ने के लिए शहर में भेजा गया और स्कूल के बाद college में।
सबसे बड़ी लड़की राधा की पहले ही शादी हो चुकी थी। दूसरी बेटी मंगला की शादी भी तय हो चुकी थी। तीसरी बेटी चम्पा शादी होने की प्रतीक्षा कर रही थी। वे सुन्दर दिखने वाली लड़कियाँ थीं। उनको आसानी से दूल्हे मिल जाने थे। रामलाल को भोली के बारे में बड़ी चिन्ता थी। न तो उसकी रूपरेखा अच्छी थी और न ही वह बुद्धिमान थी। जब भोली 7 वर्ष की थी तो मंगला की शादी हो गई। उसी वर्ष उनके गांव में एक प्राईमरी स्कूल खुल गया।
स्कूल का उदघाटन समारोह तहसीलदार ने किया। तहसीलदार ने रामलाल नम्बरदार को कहा कि वह अपनी बेटियों को स्कूल भेजे। उसकी पत्नी को यह राय अच्छी नहीं लगी। उसका विचार था कि यदि लड़कियाँ स्कूल पढ़ने जायेंगी तो उनसे कोई विवाह नहीं करेगा। लेकिन रामलाल में इतनी हिम्मत नहीं थी कि वह तहसीलदार का कहना न माने। रामलाल और उसकी पत्नी ने भोली को स्कूल भेज दिया क्योंकि उसके शादी होने का अवसर नहीं था। उसने अपनी पत्नी को कहा कि भोली को अच्छे कपड़े पहनाकर स्कूल भेजे। इससे पहले वह अपनी बहनों के पहने हुए पुराने कपड़े पहना करती थी।
रामलाल और भोली स्कूल गये। उसे headmistress के हवाले कर दिया गया। भोली अपनी आयु की बहुतसी लड़कियां वहां देखकर बहुत खुश हुई। उसने class-room में बहुत से चित्र देखे। वह रंगों को देखकर मन्त्रमुग्ध हो गई। उसकी teacher भी उसके पास खड़ी थी। वह मुस्करा रही थी। Teacher ने उसका नाम पूछा।
चूँकि वह हकलाती थी इसलिए वह अपने नाम को साफ ढंग से बोल नहीं सकी। वह Bho- के आगे न जा सकी। फिर उसने रोना आरम्भ कर दिया और उसकी आंखों से आंसू बहने लगे। उसने अपना सिर नीचे झुका लिया। उसने देखा कि दूसरी लड़कियाँ उस पर हंस रही थीं। इतने में स्कूल की घंटी बजी। सब लड़कियां अपनी classes से बाहर आ गई। भोली की teacher ने उसको बड़ी कोमल आवाज़ में बुलाया। उसने उसको अपना नाम बताने को कहा।
Bho-Bho-Bholi अन्त में वह Bholi कहने में सफल हो गई। टीचर ने बड़े प्यार से उसको थपकी दी और उसको उत्साहित भी किया। टीचर ने भोली को कहा कि वह अपने हृदय से भय को निकाल दे। तब वह सब की तरह साफ-साफ बोल सकेगी। भोली ने यह भी कहा कि वह प्रतिदिन स्कूल आयेगी। Teacher ने उसको कहा कि वह किताब को ले ले।
किताब में अच्छी-अच्छी तस्वीरें थीं और वे सब चित्र रंगीन थे-कुत्ता, बिल्ली, बकरी, घोड़ा, बाघ और गाय। उसने भोली को कहा कि इस किताब को समाप्त करने के बाद उसे इससे बड़ी पुस्तक मिलेगी। उसको समाप्त करने पर उससे भी बड़ी किताब मिलेगी। समय बीतने पर वह काफ़ी कुछ सीख जायेगी। तब कोई भी उसकी हंसी नहीं उड़ायेगा। उसने भोली को कहा कि उसे प्रतिदिन स्कूल आना चाहिए।
भोली प्रसन्न हो गई। उसने सोचा कि उसका नया जीवन आरम्भ हो रहा है। इस प्रकार वर्ष बीतते गये। गांव एक छोटा नगर बन गया। Ramlal ने भोली की शादी वहां के किरयाने के दुकानदार बिश्म्बरनाथ से कर देने का निर्णय कर लिया। शादी के दिन मंडप में बैठे हुए बिश्म्बरनाथ ने देखा कि उसकी होने वाली पत्नी के चेहरे पर चेचक के दाग हैं। बिश्म्बरनाथ के एक मित्र ने उसको बताया कि भोली के चेहरे पर चेचक के दाग थे।
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