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- RANGA’S MARRIAGE

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Q.1 Use the given words / phrases to fill in the given blanks and complete the story:

of the opinion well-versed in exchange pleasantries with

demeanour shrewd contriver irrespective of
tastes extremely sour to have a glimpse of trend of using English words stringed with
flabbergasted can have your meals second baby
makes fun of mute your senses a feast to behold

Ranga’s Marriage by Masti Venkatesh Iyengar is the story of a young man who had returned
from Bangalore after higher studies. Set in Karnataka, the story is a light satire that a) ______
many things. The writer, though a civil servant by profession and a writer in English language, is
critical in his views about English language and English rule. He satirizes people’s respect for
English and the b)____________Kannada words.
The author begins by praising his village, Hosahalli, a village in Karnataka. It is a wonderful
village indeed. Some of its attractions are the mangoes that grow here and the leaves of a certain
creeper. If we believe the author, the mango c)_________that its sourness may d)_________ !
The leaf of this particular creeper is so huge that you e)___________ on it. Its flowers are f)
__________and the leaves can be used to serve afternoon meals.
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar expresses extreme aversion for his countrymen’s slave attitude to the
Western culture. He is g)___________ that Indians are like a flock of sheep who blindly believe
that the British were always right.
The story revolves around a boy namely Ranga, an accountant’s son, who returns from
Bangalore after six months, having completed his higher studies. A huge crowd of people gathers
around his home h) _________him to see whether there is any changes occurred in him or not
and to see how fluently he speaks in English. They were disappointed as he had remained
unchanged. Shyama, the narrator is impressed by his i) __________and j) _______him. He asks
Ranga about his view of marriage. To his surprise, Ranga has different view about marriages.
According to him, one should get married to a girl who is mature enough to understand the
things and couple should look good together.
The narrator resolves that he will try his level best to get Ranga married. For that, he
purposefully introduces Ratna, Rama Rao’s niece, an-eleven-year-old girl who is k) ________
singing and playing musical instruments to Ratna. When Ranga sees her, he falls in love and
starts enquiring about the girl. The narrator, Shyama, deliberately says that she is married to
make Ranga realize and feel the importance of marriage and to change his view about marriage.
Having known that Ratna is married, Ranga feels depressed. Then, the narrator takes him to
Shashtri ji, who is already foretold everything by the narrator about the girl Ranga loves and the
things which Shastri ji has to tell Ranga in order to win his confidence. When they meet Shastri,
the priest tells him that he seems to have fallen in love with a girl namely Ratna. Ranga is l)
_________when he hears all about that but regrets as Ratna is already married.
But the narrator soon tells Ranga that he was unaware of the fact that Ratna is unmarried and
soon they get married m) ________their age. Now they have a son who is named after the
narrator and they are expecting their n)___________. In this way, the narrator, a o) __________
gets both of them married.

MALVIKA MATHUR
PGT ENGLISH