CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dileep Vishwakarma. ‘Materia Medica’ was the book titled that the doctor opened..

Detailed explanation-2: -He came back to his room and sat on a chair. And he opened the box under the table and took out a book named ‘Materia Medica’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Ans: He took out the book to while away some time reading it, as he could not sleep because it was hot and still, and there was no electricity in his room.

Detailed explanation-4: -One hot summer night, a doctor returned home late at night. He heard a familiar scuttling sound of rats from above while opening the door. He heard the sound thrice. The doctor was sitting at a table-on which stood a lamp and a mirror-when he heard a dull thud as if a rubber tube had fallen to the ground.

Detailed explanation-5: -He remained calm and didn’t jump, or tremble or cry out. He did not try to either catch the snake to throw it away or to loosen its hold on his arm. Fear had gripped him but he kept his cool. Thus the snake left the doctor unharmed and got busy admiring its image in the mirror.