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English Core · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q10
It is said that the 'Face is a mirror of one's emotions.' Why did the poet 'smile and smile'? (My Mother at Sixty-six)
It is said that the 'Face is a mirror of one's emotions.' Why did the poet 'smile and smile'? (My Mother at Sixty-six)
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wanted to hide her own emotions from her mother
reassured herself and her mother
concealed her fear and anxiety of losing her mother
tried to put up a brave front
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