a)Why did Bipin Babu hesitate to visit Mr.Mukerji? Why did he finally decide to phone him?
b) What were the" symbol of reverence" left by members of the team on Everest?
c) How did The East India Company subdue the Indian Princes?
d) What was the King's opinion about his Councillors? Why did he form that opinion?
e) What was Hafeez Contractor's definition of mathematics?
f) Why was the Giant called selfis
Answers
Explanation:
a) Bepin Babu hesitated to visit Mr. Mukerji thinking that it would be ridiculous if he had really visited Ranchi. Mukerji would think Bepin Babu had gone mad. Hence, Bepin babu finally decided to phone him. Mukerji didn't reply clearly.
b) The members of the team on the Everest left the following 'symbols of reverence'. The narrator left a picture of Guru Nanak. Rawat left a picture of Goddess Durga. Phu Dorji left a relic of the Buddha.
c) The East India Company subdued the Indian princes through their policy of 'divide and rule'. First they extended support to the Indian Kings and later took over their kingdom.
d) He has defined mathematics as 'putting design, construction, psychology and sociology together and making a sketch from all that.
e) The Giant is called selfish because he prohibited the children from playing in his garden.