Ranga’s Marriage Question answers, NCERT Snapshots

Ans. Hosahalli has no mention in the geography book because it was written by Sahibs in England and even forgotten by Indian writers also. The narrator says that Hosahalli is a village in Mysore and he highlights its importance by comparing it to the filling of the Karigadabu (a festival meal).

The two special things of Hosahalli is the raw mango. the sourness of its bite surely gets straight to the Brahmarandhra. The second speciality is creeper growing in the water of the village pond. Its flowers are a feast to behold and its leaves can be used to serve the afternoon meal.

Ans. Ranga was the accountant’s son whose father had coverage to sent him to city.

When Ranga returned to his village from the city, the around milled around his house to see whether he has changed or not. Everyone was surprised to see that Ranga was the same as he had been earlier.

Ans. During British rule, hundreds of person were kept inside a single room. The next morning most of them were found wet due to suffocation. The narrator uses the expression black hole of Calcutta to suggest a large number of people who had turned out to see Ranga.

Ans. Ranga did not want to get married at an early age. he wanted to find the right girl. She should be mature enough to understand him and his feelings. He also wished to marry a girl whom he admired.

Ans. The narrator was friendly with Rama Rao’s family. He knew that Ratna would be a suitable wife for Ranga. First, he created an opportunity where Ranga might listen to Ratna’s song and have a glimpse of her. He arranged this sudden encounter of the two strangers at home. Ranga feet interested in her. In order to test the intensity of Rang’s feelings towards Ratna, the narrator said that she had been married a year ago. Ranga looked crestfallen. Then the narrator tutored an astrologer and took Ranga to him. the astrologer gave sufficient assurance that Ranga was thinking about a girl whose name was related to the thing found in the ocean while returning from astrologer’s house the narrator went in Rama Rao’s house for a moment and brought the news that Ratna was not married. After ascertaining Ranga’s views the marriage was settled.

Ans. Ranga named his son after the narrator’s name because the narrator was the important person who arranged their marriage and it was the English custom to name his son after a person whom he liked the most.