CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -THE story was narrated to Ganesh by a young man, Mahendra by name. He was a junior supervisor in a firm which offered on hire supervisors at various types of construction sites: factories, bridges, dams, and so on. Mahendra’s job was to keep an eye on the activities at the work site.

Detailed explanation-2: -What work did Mahendra do? Answer: Mahendra was a junior supervisor in a firm that supplied supervisors on hire at various construction sites, factories, bridges, dams, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. Mahendra was a simple man with simple needs. He was a junior supervisor in a firm which offered to hire supervisors at construction sites like factories, bridges, dams etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -What had Mahendra to do every now and then as part of his job ? (A) He had to go back to his head office to clear his account.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mahendra would be up early in the morning and leave for work after breakfast, carrying some prepared food with him. Meanwhile Iswaran would tidy up the shed, wash the clothes, and have a leisurely bath, pouring several buckets of water over his head, muttering a prayer all the while.