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Chapter 4 – Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Solutions

Question - 11 : -
Why do you think Chunilal did what he did? Chunilal says he has no money; what is it that he does have?

Answer - 11 : -

Chunilal did what he did because Bepin Babu did not help him at a time when he had no money and required a job. However, Bepin Babu did not do anything for him.

Chunilal said that he did not have money. However, he had imagination.

Question - 12 : -
The author describes Bepin Babu as a serious and hardworking man. What evidence can you find in the story to support this?

Answer - 12 : -

The author has described Bepin Babu as a serious and hardworking man. He worked daily in his office. It was a big firm and he was doing a responsible job. He had been with the firm for twenty-five years. He had a reputation for being a tireless, conscientious worker.

Question - 13 : -
Why did Bepin Babu change his mind about meeting Chunilal? What was the result of this meeting?

Answer - 13 : -

Bepin Babu changed his mind about meeting Chunilal because he thought that it might be possible that the latter remembered something about the Ranchi trip. When Chunilal confirmed that Bepin Babu had been to Ranchi, Bepin Babu decided to see a specialist doctor.

Question - 14 : -
Bepin Babu lost consciousness at Hudroo Falls. What do you think was the reason for this?

Answer - 14 : -

Bepin Babu lost consciousness at Hudroo Falls because he had a fall. He had broken his hip.

Question - 15 : -
How do you think Bepin Babu reacted when he found out that Chunilal had tricked him?

Answer - 15 : -

After finding out that Chunilal had tricked him, Bepin Babu must have been filled with remorse for his ‘unfeeling behaviour’ towards an ‘old friend down on his luck’. He would have realised that he had indeed been a victim of forgetfulness as he had forgotten the meaning of friendship in a time of ‘affluence’.

Question - 16 : -
Fill in the blanks below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.

(i) I ____________cut my hair every month.

(ii) We _____________ go for swimming lessons last year.

(iii) She ____________tell the principal the truth.

(iv) They ______________take the baby to the doctor.

(v) We _____________ complain to the police about the noise.

(vi) Romit ___________finish his homework before he could come out to play.

(vii) I _______________repair my cycle yesterday.

Answer - 16 : -

(i) I have to cut my hair every month.

(ii) We had to go for swimming lessons last year.

(iii) She has to tell the principal the truth.

(iv) They had to take the baby to the doctor.

(v) We have to complain to the police about the noise.

(vi) Romit had to finish his homework before he could come out to play.

(vii) I had to repair my cycle yesterday.

Question - 17 : - Study the sentences in the columns below.

A

B

I saw this movie yesterday.

I have seen this movie already.

Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year.

Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003.

Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week.

Chunilal has written to a publisher.

I visited Ranchi once, long ago.

I have visited Ranchi once before.
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same the place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?

Answer - 17 : -

(i) Column B

(ii) Column A

(iii) Column B

(iv) Column B

Question - 18 : -
Given below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the words in each sentence to form correct sentences.

You will find that each sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use you dictionary to check the meaning.

(i) Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________

(ii) don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________

(iii) The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________

(iv) Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________

(v) the student/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lessons/raised/they had revised
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________

Answer - 18 : -

(i)Ans. Stopbeating about the bush and tell me what you want.

Idiom: beatingabout the bush − avoiding the main topic, not coming straight to the point

(ii) Ans. If youdon’t pay attention to the announcement, you might board the wrong train.

Idiom: payattention − listen carefully

(iii) Ans. Thevillagers tried to pin the crime on the young woman.

Idiom: pin thecrime − place the responsibility of the crime

(iv) Ans. Bepin Babuloved telling people that he was under doctor’s orders to eat early.

Idiom: underdoctor’s orders − in complete necessity

(v) Ans. The teacherraised his eyebrows when the students said that they had revised all theirlessons.

Idiom: raised hiseyebrows − expressed doubt/surprise

 

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