CLASS 9
ISWARAN THE STORYTELLER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Distribute salaries to the workers at the work site.
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Keep moving from place to place as ordered by his head office
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Keep an eye on the activities at the work site
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Go to the market to find raw materials for cooking
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahendra’s job was to keep an eye on the activities at the work site. He had to keep moving from place to place every now and then as ordered by his head office: from a coal mining area to a railway bridge construction site, from there after a few months to a chemical plant which was coming up somewhere.
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: -Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination as he did not believe in ghosts. One day Iswaran told him about a female ghost holding a foetus in her arms. On a full-moon night, he woke up from his sleep and looked outside the window. He was shocked to see the same figure and began to sweat profusely.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Iswaran was the cook of Mahendra. He would follow him uncomplainingly wherever he was posted. He would cook for him, wash his clothes and chat away with him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : Mahendra was convinced that there were ghosts around his house. He was scared and did not want to live there any longer and so, he resigned his job.