Question

3. The author was a
before he lost his eyesight.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Qus 1:How did the author lose his eyesight ?

Ans:The author lost his eyes in an accident .

Qus 2: What did the author do before he lost his eyesight ?

Ans:He was a painter and paint pictures before lost his eyesight.

Qus 3: Who did the author meet in the hospital ward ? Why was he there?

Ans:The author met ‘Naeem’ in the hospital ward.Naeem was also blind

and admitted for operation of his eyes.

Qus 4:When did the author regain his confidence and how ?

Ans: Nameen urged him to start painting again. Naeem highly paise the

paintings. Thus author regain his confidence.

Qus 5:What happened when the author’s second operation failed ? Who consoled him then ?

Ans: The author was very disappointed. it was Naeem who consoled him

and offered him help.

Qus 6:How did the author get the money to get operated the third time ?

Who helped him?

Ans: Naeem helped him. He buy each painting made by author and spent

all his money.

Qus 7:Where was Naeem when the author regained his eyesight ?

Ans: Naeem buy each painting made by author and spent all his money. So he had leave the hospital.

Qus 8:Did the author know that Naeem was also blind like him? Give

reasons to support your answer.

Ans: The author did not know that Naeem was also blind like him. Naeem

would describe the scene and highly praise the painting. So author could

never imagine that.

Qus 9:Why could Naeem not get his treatment done?

Ans:Naeem buy each painting made by author and spent all his money.

Now he had no money for his treatment.

Qus 10:How did the author feel when he learnt that Naeem had left Hospital because he had no money for the treatment ?

Ans: The author was deeply shocked, stuck and his eyes were filled with tears.

Qus 11:How could Naeem describe different seasons in detail ?

Ans: Naeem was also an artist. He had painted four paintings of different seasons. He had described the colours of these paintings.

Qus 12:What does the message’The godess of hope smiled on me ………… then it vanished’ mean ?

Ans: Author regained his eyesight. He wanted to see Naeem. When he read Naeem letter all his hope was dashed.

Answer 2

The author was a painter before he lost his eyesight.

• The question has been asked from the story Bed Number 29 by Tariq Rahman.
• The author was a painter, he had met with an accident and lost his eyesight.
• He was admitted to a hospital with other patient Naeem who was also blind.
• Naeem had bought all the author's paintings and helped him arrange funds for his operation.
• When the author regained his eyesight. Naeem was not there. The author was unaware all the while that Naeem couldn't see, when he got to know about it he got upset and cried.