Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Rehman asked for fifty rupees. Lala Daudayal wished to pay only thirty. Finally both men agreed on a price of thirty-five rupees. As Rehman followed Lala Daudayal, a man offered him thirty-six rupees for the cow and another offered him forty! But Rehman refused both offers.
Lala Daudayal stared at Rehman in amazement. He found it hard to believe that a man so poor could be so concerned about an animal! Lalaji knew many a so-called virtuous man who would unhesitatingly sell his cow to a butcher rather than incur even a fractional loss on the price he paid for it! And here was this poverty-stricken labourer who was willing to take a loss of five valuable rupees, just to ensure that his cow did not fall into the hands of a butcher! Could such magnanimity, such self-denial exist in one so poor?
On reaching home, Lala Daudayal paid Rehman thirty-five rupees for his cow. Looking lovingly at her for the last time, Rehman took his leave.
Muslims in Rehman’s village were going for Haj. Rehman’s aged mother expressed a great desire to go with them.
He began to wonder from where he could borrow some money for his mother’s journey. She would need at least two hundred rupees. The only money-lenders he knew were untrustworthy men. Rehman decided to go to Lala Daudayal. He had heard that the Lala lent money to poor farmers like him, charging an annual interest of twenty-five to thirty rupees on every hundred. He had a reputation for being honest in his dealings. He did not try to cheat the illiterate peasants.
Rehman went to Lala Daudayal and asked him for a loan of two hundred rupees.
Answer the given questions on the basis of your reading of the passage.
(a) Why did Rehman refuse the offer of two other men who were offering higher prices?
(b) Identify a word from the passage that means ‘name.’
(c) Why was Lala Daudayal surprised to see Rehman’s behavior?
(d) What estimate do you form of Rehman after reading this passage?
(e) Comment on the portrayal of different money lenders in the paragraph
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(a)Rehman refused the offers of two men even though they were giving higher price than Lala Daudayal because they were butchers.
(b) REPUTATION
(c)In spite of being poor, Rahman was willing to take a loss of five valuable rupees, just to ensure that his cow did not fall into the hands of a butcher. Lala Daudayal was surprised to see this.
(d)Rehman comes across as a person who is loving and thoughtful. His act of not selling his cow to a butcher in spite of the high price being offered to him shows deep care and sympathy for the animal.
(e)Most of the money lenders in the village were untrustworthy men who would cheat the illiterate villagers. However, there were some honest money lenders like Daudayal too.
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Answer:
(a) Rehman refused the offers of two other men inspite of them offering higher prices for the animal than Lala Daudayal because didn't want to sell the cow to the other men, who were butchers because he had a deep bonding and loved the cow so much he didn't want it to die even if he was offered a large amount cash.
(b) Reputation
(c) Lala Daudayal was amused upon seeing Rahman's kind conduct because even after lingering in the brink of poverty, Rahman had so much kindness and magnanimity in his heart he agreed to suffer a fractional loss of money just to ensure the animal he had been forced to sell did not end up falling into unsafe hands.
(d) Inspite of being poor, Rahman is a kind and honest man who always wants the best for others. We can see this in two instances mentioned in the passage, one when Rahman doesn't sell the cows to the butchers even when they were paying so much cash, just to ensure the cow survives. And when he knew that he was too poor to fulfill his crippled, dying mother's wish of going to Haj, he still tried to fulfill it by taking a loan which also proves that he has an admirable quality of putting other's needs first before seeing his own.
(e) Most of the money lenders were scammers and untrustworthy men who harassed the poor and crippled for getting their money back. They cheated the illiterate weren't honest in their dealings. But one of the only truthful and loyal money lenders was Lala Daudayal, who lent money to poor farmers and was trustworthy.
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