ENGLISH STORY 1 A ASTROLOGER'S Day (R.K. Narayan) LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION COMPLETE SOLUTION CLASS 11th

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                  AN ASTROLOGER'S DAY

                                              (R.K. Narayan) 

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

Q. Explain briefly the 'sting-in-the-tail' contained in the story. 

Ans. A sting in the tail' is an idiom that means an unpleasant feature or event that comes at the end of the story and spoils it. From this point of view, I dont think there is any 'sting in the tail' in this story. Rather at the end of the story, its main character is filled with relief He has been relieved of a great burden. Yes, there is an unexpected event in the story when the astrologer is encountered with Guru Nayak.Guru Nayak was the same man whom the astrologer had stabbed a few years ago. It had become quite dark when a man came to the- astrologer.As the man lit a cheroot, the astrologers aw his face by the match light. He tried  of him. But the man didn't let him go. Finding himself helpless, the astrologer agreed to answer his questions. He told the man how he was once stabbed and left for dead He warned the man that there was again a great danger to his life and so he should neve= travel away from his home. He also told him that the man, who had stabbed him, had bee crushed to death under a lorry. The man gave the astrologer a handful of coins and wen away satisfied. 

Q. How did the astrologer finally have his day? Explain. 

Ans. It had become quite dark when a man came to the astrologer. He was Guru Nayak whom the astrologer had stabbed a few years ago. The astrologer took him for a common Customer. But when the man lit a cheroot, the astrologer saw his face by the match light. He at once knew who that man was. He tried to get rid of him saying that he was getting But the man did But the man did not let him go. He said that the astrologer would have to answer his 271 n. Finding himself helpless,the astrologer agreed to answer the man's questions. But question that he would charge one rupee for it. The man agreed to it. Now the astrologer told sai n how he was once stabbed and left for dead. The astrologer addressed the man by me and said that he knew everything about him. He added that there was once again his name and danger to his life and so he must go back to his village at once and never travel danger to his a Lard He also said that the man who had stabbed him had been crushed to death Ser al sorry. The man felt satisfied, gave the astrologer a handful of coins and went away in he night. Thus the astrologer finally had his day. 

Q. Summarise the relationship between the astrologer and his clients. 

Ans. The astrologer did not know anything of the stars or astrology. He knew as little of T as his clients. It was only a matter of practice and guesswork for him. He would always say things which pleased his clients. First he would let a client speak for at least ten minutes. It gave him enough stuff for the answers. He would gaze at the palm of his customers and 3y:"In many ways you are not getting the fullest results of your efforts." It is a thing that ain one feels to be true. When he said this, nine out of the ten clients agreed with him. Or E would try to hold some woman in the client's family responsible for his troubles.He ould say, "Is there a woman in your family, may be a distant relative, who is not well posed towards you ?" Sometimes he would put the blame on the man's stars. He would 1s not your fault, but that of your stars." Such answers would at once endear the astrologer to his client. 

Q. What a few lines on : An Astrologer by the Roadside. 

Ans. We often see some astrologers sitting on the roadside near the public placee it as the ces. he  a roadside astrologers are not the astrologers in the true sense, but quacks. They, as as we Know, do not know anything about the stars or astrology. They know as little of it customers. An astrologer by the roadside does his job through guesswork and through understanding of human psychology. He is very tactkul also. He always says suchthi which please his customers. First he lets his customers speak for some time. lt gives enough stuff for the answers. Then he gazes at the palm of his customers and tells his m e says: n many ways you are not getting the fullest results of your efforts." h thing that each one feels to be true. And sometimes he holds some woman in the custoe family responsible for his troubles. Sometimes he puts the blame on the man's stars. Su answers at once endear him to his customers. And thus an astrologer by the roadside carie on his job very successfully, though he knows as little of it as his customers. 

Object Type question

Q. Who wrote the story, 'An Astrologer's Day

Ans. R.K. Narayan. 

Q. Where did the astrologer carry on his job ? 

Ans. Under a tree on a busy public road. 

Q. What did the astrologer wear round his head? 

Ans. A saffron-coloured turban. 

Q. What did he mark his forehead with? 

Ans. With sacred ash and vermilion. 

Q. What did the vendor sell who passed the way where the astrologer carried on his work 

Ans. He sold fried groundnuts. 

Q. How did the vendor attract the customers ? 

Ans. He would give his nuts some fancy names to attract the customers. 

Q. The astrologer had to leave his village without telling anyone. Why? 

Ans. Because he had stabbed a man

Q. Who had the astrologer stabbed in his village? 

Ans. Guru Nayak. 

Q. Could Guru Nayak recognize the astrologer 

Ans. No

Q. What did the astrologer tell his wife when he came back home that night? 

Ans. He told her that he had been relieved of a great burden. 

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