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SAI International School
                                                   Class IX- English
                                                Chapter – Kathmandu
                                                  Home Assignment


               1. Read the given extract and answer the following questions

                  A. ‘I find it difficult to tear myself away from the square’


                   i)     Who is the ‘I’ in the above line?
                   ii)    Which square is the writer talking about?
                   iii)   Why does he find it difficult to tear himself away from the
                          square?
                   iv)     Why has the writer used the expression ‘tear myself away’?





               2. Answer the questions in 30-40 words:


               a) Why the devotees are involved in a kind of mad race?
               b) What did the people do when a Nepali Princess appear?
               c) What did the Tibetan immigrants sell?
               d) What did the author eat in his visit to Kathmandu?
               e) How was Bagmati treated by people of Kathmandu?
               f) What was the author’s reaction to the flute seller?
               g) What contrast do you find between Pashupatinath and Baudhnath
               Stupa?
               h) Why does Vikram Seth decide to buy a ticket directly for the
               homeward journey?
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