Question

why did the fellow soldiers have a certain respect for private quelch at first?

Answer 1

 “1 first met Private Quelch at the training depot. A man is liable to acquire in his first week of Army life—together with his uniform, rifle, and equipment—a nickname.”
(a) What was the nickname given to Private Quelch? Why did he get his nickname?
Ans. The nickname given to Private Quelch was Professor because of his habit of sermonising.
Where did the narrator meet him?
Ans.- The author met him at the training depot.