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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:Was he losing his mind? But how could that be? He was working daily in his office. It was a big firm, and he was doing a responsible job. He wasn’t aware of anything ever going seriously wrong. Only today he spoke for half an hour at an important meeting. And yet… And yet the man knew a great deal about him. How? He even seemed to know some intimate details.The bag of books, wife’s death, brother’s insanity… The only mistake was about his having gone to Ranch!. Not a mistake; a deliberate 11e. In ‘58, during the Pujas, he was in Kanpur at his friend Haridas Bagchi’s place. All Bepin Babu had to, do was write to – no, there was no way of writing to Haridas. Bepin Babu suddenly remembered that Haridas had left with his wife for Japan some weeks ago, and he didn’t have his address.(1 ) What do the words ‘And yet …‘ express? How?(2) What Intimate detail. of Bepln Choudhury did the other man know?(3) Where, according to Bepin Choudhury was he during Durga Puja In ‘58?(4) Why did Bepin Choudhary drop the Idea of writing to Haridas Bagchi? |
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Answer» 1. The words And yet …‘ express surprise. Bepin Choudhury himself knew that he was working quite responsibly in a big firm where nothing had gone wrong so far for his forgetfulness that the other man wanted to prove. 2. The other man knew that Bepin Choudhury always carried a bag of books on his shoulder. He also knew that his wife had died and his brother was Insane. 3. According to Bepin Choudhury, during Durga Puja In ‘58 he was In Kanpur at his friend Haridas Bagchl’s place. 4. Bepin Choudhury dropped the Idea of writing to Haridas Bagchi because he remembered that Haridas had left with his wife for Japan some weeks ago, and he didn’t have his address. |
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