CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -He described a simple incident in such detail, along with actions that it would create suspense in the listener’s mind. Once he told Mahendra the story of an elephant that had escaped from the jungle and entered the town.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Iswaran told Mahendra that entire factory area where he worked was once a burial ground. lswaran told Mahendra that he often saw ghosts at night. Sometimes, there appeared a horrible ghost of woman.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Solution : One day an elephant went mad, stamping oh bushes, breaking fences, smashing fruit stalls, mud pots and clothes. He even entered a school ground breaking through the brick wall.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first incident Iswaran narrated to Mahendra was about a mad elephant. At that time Iswaran was studying in high school. One day, while the students were playing on the ground, a wild elephant entered the school campus by breaking the walls. Children and teachers ran to the roof of the building to save their lives.