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Understanding the Text
Answer these questions.
1.
Why was Nathu, the sweeper-boy, annoyed?
2.
How did news about the bank change from Mrs Prakash's telling to Mrs Bhushan's?
(para 11; para 13 and 15)
How did the barber and his customer react to the news about the bank? What words
in para 17 tell you that the customer was more worried about his money than his injury?
Seth Govind Ram was known in town as a man of wealth whose haphazard business dealings had
often brought him to the verge of ruin. Answer these questions about him.
a. What made the townspeople think that the Seth had run away because of
the bank's collapse? (para 17)
b. What were the absurd rumours that were spreading about Seth Govind? (para 21)
c. Do you think the Seth's reputation made the rumours easier to believe? Why?
5.
"Everyone seems to have gone mad!" (para 22)
a. Who said these words and why?
b. According to you, what incident in the story reflected the madness of the town
at its peak?
Read paras 24 and 30 again and answer these questions.
a. Do you think the town residents show any concern for workers like Nathu,
the sweeper-boy? How do you say so?
b. Who do you think will be more affected by the collapse of the bank? Businessmen like​

Answer 1

Answer:

Mrs Bhushan concluded that if the bank was failing to pay its sweeper, then it must have gone bankrupt. She then told her husband and others that the bank had not paid its employees for three months. This is how the news about the bank changed from Mrs Prakash's telling to Mrs Bhushan's.

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