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Ashima Bath, Saswati Dasgupta, OXFORD

ICSEClass 7
English

The Blue Umbrella

Ruskin Bond

About Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli, India, in the year 1934.

He wrote his first novel 'The Room on the Roof' when he was seventeen years old and won the 'John Llewellyn Rhys Prize'. He has written over a hundred short stories, poems and essays and about thirty books for children. 

A few of his known works are - 'The Room on the Roof', 'Panther's Moon' and 'Time Stops at Shamli'. He has received 'Sahitya Akademy Award' for English writing in India. He has also been honoured with the 'Padma Shree'. 

He has got his education from Bishop Cotton School, Simla. Presently he lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. 

Indian Council of Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of childrens' education in India.

Summary
Binya a little girl belonged to the part of the Himalayas known as Garhwal She was born in a small village called Tehri Road One day she chanced upon a group of picnickers one of whom gave her a pretty blue umbrella It was a pretty little umbrella made of silk and sky blue in colour Binya grew very fond of it Binya used to love her umbrella a lot It has become a part and parcel of her life She used to keep it lying open in the corner of the room She would carry it everywhere she went be it in the field or to carry the milk to the tea shop The patch of sky blue silk of the umbrella could be ...

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    Binya ran to the edge of the cliff. Going down on her hands and knees, she peered down the cliff-face.

    1. Why was Binya at the edge of the cliff?
    2. Which word means looked with difficulty or concentration at someone or something? Why has the narrator used this word?
    3. What did Binya see?
  2. 2.

    As agile as a mountain-goat, she did not take more than five minutes to reach the crooked cherry tree. But the most difficult task remained.

    1. Identify and explain the comparison in the given lines.
    2. Where was the cherry tree?
    3. What was the difficult task that remained?
  3. 3.

    She could not crawl back with it in her hands.

    1. Who is the narrator speaking about in this line?
    2. What is the person holding?
    3. Why could the person not crawl back with the thing in her hands?
  4. 4.

    Descrribe Binya's life in the village.

  5. 5.

    How do we know that the blue unbrella was something that Binya treasured?

  6. 6.

    Give a brief description of how the umbrella came to be stuck in the branches of the cherry tree.

4 more answer(s) available.

Comments
How can I get answers of the above questions?
26 Feb 2021Nikki S.
poor answers. Question no. 1- the blue umbrella had struck. It should be stuck. answer of Q1.a is also wrong. The answer should be otherway round
08 Oct 2022Suvendu M.
Q3.c - stiff cliff. should be steep. Please don't make fun of english.
08 Oct 2022Suvendu M.
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