CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
who was Mrs.Pumphrey’s gardener?
A
humbago
B
mygabo
C
hodgkin
D
none of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hodgkin was the gardener at Mrs. Pumphrey’s house.

Detailed explanation-2: -No, Mrs. Pumphrey didn’t give Tricki plenty of exercise. She said that Tricki had little walks with him. The gardener, Hodgkin used to play ring-throw with him but he had to stop playing with as he suffered with muscular pain in the back.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: hodgkin was the gardener of mrs pumphrey. he had fallen ill so he couldn’t play with tricky.

Detailed explanation-4: -Expert-Verified Answer Hodgkin is the b) gardener. The question is in reference to the story ‘A Triumph of Surgery’ written by James Herriot. The story revolves around teaching a lesson that excess of everything is bad.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin’s disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832.

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