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प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Patol Babu suddenly felt that he could write a whole thesis on that monosyllabic exclamation. Why had he felt so disheartened when this single word contained a gold-mine of meaning?
(a) Why was Patol Babu disheartened?
(b) Which was the word that contained a 'gold-mine'?
(c) What does the word 'monosyllabic' mean?
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उत्तर
a) Patol Babu had been initially disheartened because the part he had to play was much smaller than he had been led on to believe.
b) The word that contained a 'gold-mine' was ‘oh’.
c) The word 'monosyllabic' refers to words that consist of only one syllable, such as ‘oh’.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did the dialogue given to him disappoint Patol Babu?
Who was Mr. Pakrashi and how did he instill the value of being true to one's work in Patol Babu?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
'Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax ? A meek harmless man like him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.'
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Why does he think that he is being made a 'laughing stock'?
(c) What does the word 'hoax' mean?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication?
(a) Why was Patol Babu badly in need of money?
(b) What was the small job which gave him intense satisfaction?
(c) What does the word 'measured' mean in the above context?
Answer the following question briefly :
How did Patol Babu react? Why?
Answer the following question briefly :
Why did Patol Babu lose his first job in Calcutta*?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :
Why does Patol Babu walk away before he can be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?
Listen to the talk on character actors and as you listen, complete the exercise, as directed.
Supporting roles are those roles that do not affect the plot or the subject of the film (True/False)
Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.
'star quality' refers to things like……………..(Tick the right choice)
Ten minutes or so later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the paan shop and found that he was not there. “That’s odd the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow !”
(a) Where had Patol Babu gone ?
(b) Why did Patol Babu leave without informing anyone ?
(c) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu ?
(d) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu ?
