Chapter 4. Bepin Choudhurys Lapse of Memory
Comprehension Check
Q1.Why did the man stare at Bepin Babu in disbelief?
Ans: Because Bepin Babu forget about hi Ranchi’s trip.
Q2.Where did Bepin Babu say he went in October '58?
Ans: In Kanpur with his friend.
Q3.Mention any three (or more) things that Parimal Ghose knew
about Bepin Babu.
Ans: (i)He had no childrens.
(ii) His wife lost ten years ago.
(iii) His brother died insance.
(iv) He has a cut in his right knee.
Comprehension Check
Q1.Why did Bepin Babu worry about what Parimal Ghose had said?
Ans: Because all those were intimate details which only a close person could know and Bepin Babu did not know the man.
Q2.How did he try to decide who was right—his memory or
Parimal Ghose?
Ans: He tried by calling Dinesh Mukherji to know about his trip to Ranchi.He found Parimal Ghose was right.
Q3.Why did Bepin Babu hesitate to visit Mr Mukerji? Why did he finally decide to phone him?
Ans: Bepin Babu thinking that it would be ridiculed if he visited Ranchi. Mukherji would think Bepin Babu had really gone mad.He finally decide to phone him because he want to know the truth.
Q4.What did Mr Mukerji say? Did it comfort Bepin Babu, or add
to his worries?
Ans: Mr. Mukherji said that Bepin Babu did go to Ranchi along with him in ’58. This added to him as he was going down luck.
Comprehension Check
Q1.Who was Chunilal? What did he want from Bepin Babu?
Ans: Chunilal was old friend of Bepin Babu. He want a favour in job from Bepin Babu.
Q2.Why was Dr Chanda puzzled? What was unusual about
Bepin Babu's loss of memory?
Ans: Because he had never experinced such type of case. The most unusual thing that Bepin Babu lapse of memory was that he had forgotten only one incident.
Comprehension Check
Q1.Had Bepin Babu really lost his memory and forgotten all
about a trip to Ranchi?
Ans: Perhaps not he finally recollect his memory and admitted that he had visited Ranchi in 1958.
Q2.Why do you think Chunilal did what he did? Chunilal says
he has no money; what is it that he does have?
Ans: Chunilal wanted some money from Bepin Babu his old friend. So he went to hin for help. He assured Bepin that the term of his fortune would be back again chunilal had no money but he had mind in with.