ENGLISH STORY 1 AN ASTROLOGER'S DAY (R.K. Narayan) Important Question for exam Complete Solution Class 11th

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                 AN ASTROLOGER'S DAY

                                                    (R.K. Narayan) 

Important Question

Q. What professional equipment would the astrologer spread out? 

Ans. The astrologer had all the professional equipment with him. A dozen cowrie she a square piece of cloth with a strange chart on it, a notebook, and some other little thin were included in his articles. He would spread out all these things to attract the attention the people passing that way. 

Q. Describe the street where the astrologer sat for his. business. 

Ans. The astrologer would sit under a tree on a public road. It was a busy road. A cro of people always kept moving up and down, from morning till night. All kinds of peo passed that way. Among them were magicians, medicine-sellers,sellers of stolen goods, etc. 

Q. Why had the astrologer run away from his village 

Ans. Why had the astrologer run away from his village ? Ans. The astrologer was a young man when he had to leave his village. He wa silly youth. One day he drank, gambled and quarrelled badly. He stabbed a ma Guru Nayak. He pushed the man into a well and left him for dead. For fear of being for murder, he ran away from his village. 

Q. How was the astrologer able to answer all the questions of the stranger correctly : 

Ans. When the stranger lit a cheroot, the astrologer saw his face by the match light. He found that that the stranger was the same man he had stabbed some years ago in his village and him for dead. Naturally, he knew all about the man and answered all his questions correctly

Q. How can you say that the astrologer was very tactful ? 

Ans. The astrologer always said things that pleased his customers. He would look at the Palm of his customer and say, "You are not getting the fullest results of your efforts." And not your fault, but that of your stars." Such answers at once endeared the astrologer to Customers. Thus we can say that he was a very tactful person. 

Long Answer Type Important Question

Q. What pact was agreed upon by the astrologer and the stranger?

Ans. It had become dark and the astrologer prepared to bundle up. Just then a man cam and stood betore the astrologer. The astrologer took him for a customer and started gIving him the usual answers. But the man at once stopped him. "Tell me something worthwhile he said. The astrologer felt cut up. He said that he would charge three pies per question he man took out an anna and threw it to the astrologer. But he said that the astrologer would have to return it with interest if the answers were wrong. At this the astrologer said t the man, "If you find my answers satisfactory, will you give me five rupees. The ma refused to give this much amount. However after much argument, it was agreed that th nan would give eight annas if the answers were correct. And if the answers were wrong astrologer would have to return twice as much. 

Q. How did the astrologer answer the question of the stranger

Ans. It had become quite dark when Guru Nayak came to the astrologer. The astrologer ok him for a common customer. But when Guru Nayak lit a cheroot, the astrologer saw his ving that he was getting late. But the man did not let him go. He said that the astrologer say. wOuld have to answer his questions. Finding himself helpless, the astrologer agreed to answer e mans questions. But he said that he would charge one rupee for it. The man agreed t it, Now the astrologer told the man how he was once stabbed and left for dead. The astrologer addressed the man by his name and said that he knew everything about him. He added that there was once again a grave danger to his life and so he must go back to his village at once and never travel southward. He also said that the man who had stabbed him had been crushed to death under a lorry. The man felt satisfied,gave the astrologer a handful of coins and went away in the night. 

Q. What made the astrologer leave his village all of a sudden ? 

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Why had the astrologer run away from his village 

Ans. The astrologer belonged to a village. His forefathers were farmers. He, too, would have become a farmer if he had continued living in the village. But that was not to be. In his youth, he fell into bad ways. One day, he drank, gambled and quarrelled badly. He stabbed a man named Guru Nayak. He pushed the man into a well and left him for dead. Now he feared that he would' be arrested for murder. He could be hanged for it. So without telling anyone, he ran away from his village. He went to a tar-oft city and started living there. To arn his living, he became an astrologer though he knew nothing of this profession. 

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