Question

‘Rather a peculiar birthday’. Explained Gopal. This is my forty-ninth birthday. Astrologers

have often told me that I might not see this birthday, and if I lived to see this day I should

have nothing to worry about….I have lived in secret terror of this day all my life. Whenever I

saw my wife and children I used to be racked with the thought that I should probably be

leaving them orphans. I came late because we held some propitiatory rites at home for the

planets, and we celebrated my survival with a feast. My astrologer has suggested that I do

nothing unpleasant today. Sir, I wish to treat it as a very auspicious say. Sir’

i) What was Gopal’s profession?

ii) Why was Gopal’s forty-ninth birthday a peculiar one?

iii) Why did Gopal come late for work that day?

iv) What did the astrologer suggest?

v) To whom was Gopal narrating all this?

vi) Write the antonym of ‘auspicious’.​

Answer 1

Answer:

‘Rather a peculiar birthday’. Explained Gopal. This is my forty-ninth birthday. Astrologers

have often told me that I might not see this birthday, and if I lived to see this day I should

have nothing to worry about….I have lived in secret terror of this day all my life. Whenever I

saw my wife and children I used to be racked with the thought that I should probably be

leaving them orphans. I came late because we held some propitiatory rites at home for the

planets, and we celebrated my survival with a feast. My astrologer has suggested that I do

nothing unpleasant today. Sir, I wish to treat it as a very auspicious say. Sir’

i) What was Gopal’s profession?

ii) Why was Gopal’s forty-ninth birthday a peculiar one?

iii) Why did Gopal come late for work that day?

iv) What did the astrologer suggest?

v) To whom was Gopal narrating all this?

vi) Write the antonym of ‘auspicious’.

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