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English Core · 2023 · 5 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q12
Firozabad presents a strange paradox - the beauty of the glass bangles and the misery of the people who make bangles. Discuss.
Firozabad presents a strange paradox - the beauty of the glass bangles and the misery of the people who make bangles. Discuss.
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miserable, impoverished, sub-human living conditions
work in glass furnaces with high temperatures, in dingy cells, without air and light
eyes more adjusted to darkness, lose eyesight
spirals of bangles in different hues kept in unkempt yards, their own life lacks colour
bangles - symbolic of auspiciousness yet their lives are drained of joy, reference to Savita
social stigma suppresses their life
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2023board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.