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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:Back home at two-thirty, Bepin Babu lay down In bed and tried to gather his wits together. He knew that it was possible to lose one’s memory through an injury in the head, but he didn’t know of a single instance of someone remembering everything except one particular incident-and a fairly recent and significant one at that. He had always wanted to go to Ranchi; to have gone there, done things, and not to remember was something utterly impossible.At seven-thirty, Bepin Babu’s servant came and announced, “Chuni Babu, sir. Says it’s very important.” Bepin Babu knew what Chuni had come for. Chunilal had been at school with him. He’d been having a rough time lately and had been coming to see him about a job. Bepin Babu knew it was not possible to do anything for him and, in fact, told him so. But Chuni kept turning up like a bad penny.(1) What did Bepin Babu do lying in his bed?(2) What possibility about losing memory did Bepin Babu think of?(3) Who was Chunilal? What favour did he want from Bepin Babu?(4) What does the phrase ‘turn up like a bad penny suggest? |
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Answer» 1. Bepin Babu was trying to make an effort to become calm and think clearly lying in his bed. 2. Bepin Babu thought that it was possible to lose one’s memory through an injury in the head. But that was not the case with him. 3. Chunilal was Bepin Babu’s schoolmate. He wanted Bepin Babu to find him a job. 4. The phrase ‘turn up like a bad penny’ suggests ‘appearing at a place where one is not welcome’. |
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