Question

The poor man was taken aback; but with great presence of mind and much to Grandfather's annoyance, he said. "Sir, you have a dog with you. You'll have to pay for it accordingly".
Questions
a) Who is the poor man referred to here? b) Why was he taken aback?
c) Why is grandfather annoyed?
d) Find the phrase/words from the above lines that mean the same as 'shocked'.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) the poor man was the ticket checker at saharanpur railway station

b) he had taken his pet Toto with him and made him stay in a bag but he didn't co-operate with the grandfather and tried to come out of the bag and when he came out the ticket checker cost him for Toto , the monkey by calling him a dog

c) shocked - taken aback