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  I knew then that my student had passed with flying colours. (i )Identify the student and the teacher. (ii) Explain 'flying colours'. (iii) How can you say that she had learnt the Kannada alphabet? or (i) Who are T and 'my student' in the above line? (ii) What test had 'the student' passed? (iii) What quality of the student is revealed in the above lines?              

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                  (i) The student and teacher refer to the grandmother and Sudha Murty respectively. (ii) "Flying colours' means 'done very well'. Here it means that the grandmother could read the Kannada alphabet flawlessly. (iii) She had learnt the Kannada alphabet because read the title KashiYatre and the publisher's name on her own. or (i)'I' refers to the narrator, Sudha Murty; 'my student' refers to the grandmother, Krishtakka. (ii) The test that the student had passed was that she had learnt to read and write. (iii) The qualities of the student revealed in the form lines are that she is diligent, determined and dedicated.