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✉️ Chapter 7: Carrier of Words • Answer the Following Questions

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Check Your Understanding 5Critical Reflection 2Answer the Following Questions 5All Exercises 12
Q1

1. Justify the statement made by Postmaster-General, Rajasthan Western Region stating that the role of GDS is 'invaluable'.

1. Answer: The role of Gramin Dak Sewaks is invaluable because they deliver mail, money orders, and essential communication to the country's most inaccessible corners—such as desert hamlets, high Himalayan terrains, and riverine islands—where no vehicles or roads can reach, and where delivery is possible only on foot

Q2

2. How was the purpose of India Post different from that of the British postal system?

2. Answer: The British postal system was designed strictly to relay administrative dak between government headquarters and military centers. In contrast, post-independence India Post was mandated to bring the entire citizen population within the postal ambit, connecting every remote village and fostering rural savings.

Q3

3. People trusted Gramin Dak Sewaks. Support this statement with any two instances from the text.

3. Answer: First, villagers readily welcome Khetaram across their thresholds and rely on him to read their personal letters and write sensitive replies. Second, when a proposal was made to scrap the GDS and transfer duties to patwaris, village elders outright rejected it because their absolute faith lay in the postman.

Q4

4. Infer the most likely reason that Khetaram was grateful to continue as GDS, even after the age of 60.

4. Answer: Farming in the Thar desert provides almost no reliable yield, making other job opportunities non-existent in his old age. Being allowed to serve until age 65 ensures continuous financial stability to feed his family.

Q5

5. Explain why the author pays tribute to people like Khetaram.

5. Answer: The author pays tribute because workers like Khetaram brave extreme heat, sandstorms, and physically exhausting terrains on foot to connect separated families, acting as pillars of our social fabric.