Question

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE



However, I finally did decide to go. I did not have much to carry by way of luggage – just a trunk. Ours is a

hilly terrain, without any motorable roads – and there is no certainty that we are ever going to have any roads. In

any case, while coming home we do not carry bedding. Besides, I had come home this time round for a special

purpose: to get married. My parents had arranged my marriage, according to the customs of our tribal society.

Time flew, and five months into my marriage I realized it. Initially I thought of extending my leave – even taking

unpaid leave. But after some dilly-dallying, I finally decided against it because marriage had increased my

responsibilities and I had got into debt.

On my way home from the bus stop, my trunk had been carried by a porter. The problem now was we

couldn’t find anyone who could help me carry the trunk to the bus stop. At another time of the year, we would

have easily found someone to help me, but now most of the villagers were busy in the fields. Nobody had time to

spare for me. In fact, carrying the trunk should not have been such a worry for me except that my education had

made me shun physical labour. After all, I was a government officer and the idea of people seeing me carry my own

luggage was not at all amusing. Otherwise, for a young man like me it should not have been an issue to carry a 20-

kilo chest on my back. ( The Journey)

Now answer the question in three to four sentences

1. I finally did decide to go- what did the narrator want to do first? What did he do finally?


2. Time flew- what did this mean to the narrator? How did he feel in the end?


3. What problem did the narrator face?


4. How did the narrator’s job change his behaviour?


5. Do you think status is more important than values? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. 1. the narrator finally want to go to bomdila he want To carry the trunk but finally his father carry the trunk.