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#3-a-iii
intruder (line 48)
Ans : intruder . meddler

#3-b
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

#3-b-i [2]
How did Bipin Chowdhury find time to read five books a week?
Ans : Bipin was not very good at mixing with people. Every Monday from his way back from work, he
would buy five books. After having dinner at 8:30, he would rest for half an hour and turn to a
book. This was a routine he had been following for years.

#3-b-ii [2]
How did he get rid of visitors who stayed late?
Ans : If the visitors did not leave by eight, he would tell that his doctor had advised him to have
dinner by 8:30. This would make the visitors leave.

#3-b-iii [2]
Which sentence tells you that Bipin Babu was uncomfortable?
Ans : The sentence .Bipin Babu fell ill at ease. tells us that he was uncomfortable.

#3-b-iv [2]
What strong argument did Bipin Babu give to prove that he was not in Ranchi
at that time?
Ans : The man said that he had met Bipin Babu in Ranchi in October 1958. To this, Bipin strongly
argued that in October nineteen fifty-eight with a friend in Kanpur.

#3-b-v [2]
What does Bipin Babu regret?
Ans : He regretted having paid so much attention to an intruder.

#3-b-vi [2]
What are Bipin Babu's feelings at the end of the passage?
Ans : Bipin Babu is confident of his excellent memory despite all the claims made by the intruder.

#3-c [8]

#3-c-i
What memories of the trip does Parimal Ghose evoke to prove that Bipin Babu was indeed
in Ranchi? Answer in not more than 60 words.
Ans : Parimal Ghose said that Bipin Babu had a fall in Hudroo and he had nursed him. He had fixed
his car and that Bipin stayed in a bungalow with Mr Dinesh Mukherjee. He also said that Bipin
liked to carry a bag of books during sight-seeing. Parimal said that he had tea with Bipin in his
bungalow and was told that Bipin had no children or wife.

#3-c-ii [2]
Give a title to your summary in 3(c)(i). Give a reason to justify your choice of the title.
Ans : Down the memory lane. I chose this title because Parimal Ghosh is trying to make Bipin Babu
remember things from the Ranchi trip.

#4

#4-a [4]
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not
copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank
space.
Example:
Answer: (0) started
My mother (0) _______________ (start) school when she (1) _______________ (he) six
And (2) __________________ (stop) the same term. She was unusual in the village as ____________
she had a father and brother who (3) ________________ (encourage) her to go to school. She was
the only in a class of boys and claims she was brighter than the boys.But every day she (4)
______________ (will) leave behind her girl cousins (5) ____________ (play) at home and she (6)
_____________ (envy) them. There (7) _______________ (seem) to be no point in (8) ______________ (go)
to school just to end up doing housework.
Ans : 1) was
2) stopped
3) encouraged
4) would
5) playing
6) envied
7) seemed
8) going

#4-b [4]
Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:

#4-b-i
She shouted angrily ___________ the disobedient boy.
Ans : at