Extract 1

Directions ( Q. Nos. 1-6 ) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

“Bepin, have you taken to drugs or something? As far as I know, you had a clean record where such things were concerned.

I know that old friendship don’t mean much to you, but at least  you had a good memory. You can’t really mean that you have forgotten about the Ranchi trip.”

1. Who is the speaker of these lines?

(a) Bepin Choudhury
(b) Chunilal
(c) Parimal Ghose
(d) Dinesh Mukherji

Ans. (b) Chunilal

2. What was the purpose of his visit at Bepin Babu’s residence ?

(a) To seek medical help
(b) To seek help to find a job
(c) To sell an investment policy
(d) To lend him books

Ans. (b) To seek help to find a job

3. What was the nature of his last job ?

(a) Teacher
(b) Tourist guide
(c) Travel agent
(d) Investment banker

Ans. (c) Travel agent

4. Discuss the theme of friendship as it emerges in the story.

Ans. The friendship between Chunilal and Bepin Choudhury witnesses changing dynamics. Bepin Choudhury refuses to help his friend in need and Chunilal almost proves his friend to have gone mad.

5. Describe the tone of the speaker.

Ans. In the above lines, the tone of the speaker has mixed reactions like anger, frustration, pity and sarcasm.

6. Why was the speaker alarmed?

Ans. The speaker gets alarmed because he thinks that Bepin Choudhury had started taking drugs.

Extract 2

Directions ( Q. Nos. 1-6 ) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

When Dr Chanda came, Bepin Babu said, “I’m fine. It all came back as soon as I got off the train at Ranchi.” ‘A unique case,’ said Dr Chanda. “I shall certainly write about it in a medical journal.”

“The reason why I sent for you,” said Bepin Babu, “is that I have a pain in the hip from a fall I had in Ranchi. If you could prescribe a pain killer”.

1. Why was Dr Chanda surprised?

(a) Because Bepin Babu’s case was a unique one
(b) Because Bepin Babu had become will without medication
(c) Because Bepin Babu needed a painkiller
(d) Because Bepin Babu had hurt his hip

Ans. (a) Because Bepin Babu’s case was a unique one

2. Why does Bipin Babu choose to tell a le to Dr Chanda?

(a) Bepin Babu was too embarrassed to tell Dr Chanda the truth
(b) Bepin Babu thought Dr Chanda was an ally of Chunilal
(c) Bepin Babu wanted to confuse Dr Chanda
(d) Bepin Babu had lost it completely

Ans. (a) Bepin Babu was too embarrassed to tell Dr Chanda the truth

3. Dr Chanda thinks of writing about Bepin Babu’s case in a ……….

(a) newspaper
(b) health magazine
(c) medical journal
(d) anthology

Ans. (c) medical journal

4. Did Bepin Babu need a painkiller ?

Ans. No, Bepin Babu did not need the painkiller. He was asking Dr Chanda to treat his hip since, prior to his reading Chunilal’s letter he had sent for the doctor.

5. Does Bepin Babu share details of this incident with anyone ?

Ans. No, Bepin Babu would not have shared the details of this incident with anybody. He did not wish to make himself an object of humiliation.

6. What had happened to Bepin Babu?

Ans. Nothing was wrong with Bepin Babu. He had merely been tricked by Chunilal. There was no lapse of memory to Bepin Babu.