1. Whose varying moods’, etc. has the author referred to in this passage? 2. Why was the author deeply attached to the Ganga?

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions put thereupon

My ** to have ……………….their flowing waters. [From para 2]

1. Whose varying moods’, etc. has the author referred to in this passage?

2. Why was the author deeply attached to the Ganga?

3. Why did Nehru want a handful of his ashes immersed in the Ganga at Allahabad ?

Answer 1

1. The author has referred to the varying moods of the rivers Ganga and Jamuna.

2. The author was deeply attached to the Ganga because since his childhood he has been watching moods of the Ganga and Jamuna. As the seasons changed he has thought of their history, myth, tradition, song and story.

3. Nehru wanted a handful of his ashes to be immersed in the Ganga at Allahabad because he had been attached to the Ganga and Jamuna since his childhood.