Qstnid -3-a- Give The Meaning Of The Following Words As Used In The Passage: One Word Answers Or Short Phrases Will Be Accepted. (A) Persisted (Line 9) (A) Decade (Line 42) (A) Intruder (Line 48) (B) Answer The Following Questions Briefly In Your Own Words. (B) How Did Bipin Chowdhury Find Time To Read Five Books A Week? (B) How Did He Get Rid Of Visitors Who Stayed Late? (B) Which Sentence Tells You That Bipin Babu Was Uncomfortable? (B) What Strong Argument Did Bipin Babu Give To Prove That He Was Not In Ranchi At That Time? (B) What Does Bipin Babu Regret? (B) What Are Bipin Babu's Feelings At The End Of The Passage? (C) (C) 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. (C) Give A Title To Your Summary In 3(c)(i). Give A Reason To Justify Your Choice Of The Title. - Previous Year Paper Year:2017

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#3-a [3]
Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage:
One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. (a) persisted (line 9) (a) decade (line 42) (a) intruder (line 48) (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (b) How did Bipin Chowdhury find time to read five books a week? (b) How did he get rid of visitors who stayed late? (b) Which sentence tells you that Bipin Babu was uncomfortable? (b) What strong argument did Bipin Babu give to prove that he was not in Ranchi
at that time? (b) What does Bipin Babu regret? (b) What are Bipin Babu's feelings at the end of the passage? (c) (c) 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. (c) Give a title to your summary in 3(c)(i). Give a reason to justify your choice of the title.
Ans : (a) persisted . continued (a) decade . ten years (a) intruder . meddler (b) (b) 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. (b) 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. (b) The sentence .Bipin Babu fell ill at ease. tells us that he was uncomfortable. (b) 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. (b) He regretted having paid so much attention to an intruder. (b) Bipin Babu is confident of his excellent memory despite all the claims made by the intruder. (c) (c) 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. (c) Down the memory lane. I chose this title because Parimal Ghosh is trying to make Bipin Babu
remember things from the Ranchi trip.

#3-a-i
persisted (line 9)
Ans : persisted . continued

#3-a-ii
decade (line 42)
Ans : decade . ten years

#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.