Fill in the blanks and answer questions about a poem and concepts like money and trade.

Q.N. 1.A. Fill in the blanks.

a. Rikshaw Ride is a poem composed by John Hill.
b. The rickshaw puller pulls his rickshaw for a dollar.
c. His folded face of the rickshaw puller is compared to a sandbar.
d. The puller is very old with folded face.
e. "That man" refers to the rickshaw puller in the first line.

Q.N. 2.A. Find the words for given meanings from the text.

a. The stage of human social and cultural development. * civilization b. Exchange for other goods or services without using money. * barter c. Come before in time. * precede d. An invertebrate of a large phylum which includes snail, slugs. * mollusks e. Happening without method or conscious decision. * random

Q.N. 2.B. Answer the following questions.

a. What is money?
Money is basically a means of exchange; coins and notes are just items of exchange.
b. How did people use to make trade before the invention of money?
Before the invention of money, people used barter, which was a system of direct exchange of one product for another.
c. What was the oldest form of money?
According to the text, cattle are probably the oldest form of money.