Important Questions for CBSE Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 4 - Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory

A. Very Short Answer Questions – 1 Marks

1. Word – Meaning from the given chapter:

i. Intruder

Ans: Trespasser

ii. Lingered

Ans: Stayed

iii. Nuisance

Ans: Annoyance

iv. Acquaintance

Ans: Familiarity

2. Where would Bepin Choudhury stop every Monday while returning from work?

Ans: Bepin Choudhury while returning from back every Monday would stop to buy Books at Kalicharan in New Market.

3. How many books did he buy at once? 

Ans: He bought at least five books at a time throughout the week.

4. What did Bepin Choudhury feel one day at the books store?

Ans: One day at the book store, Bepin Choudhury felt that someone was staring at him from close quarters.

5. What did he see when he turned around?

Ans: When he turned around, he saw a round-faced, humble-looking man, smiling at him.

B. Short Answer Questions – 2 Marks

1. What does the man tell Bipin, who was he? 

Ans: Bipin did not recognize the man and as a result that he asked him if he knew him. The man was surprised and says that he is Parimal Ghose and they met every day in 1958, Ranchi, for a whole week and he arranged a car to take Bepin to the Hudroo falls.

2. What does Bepin Choudhury reply to him?

Ans: Bipin Choudhury had an idea that the man has some wrong idea, as he has never been to Ranchi. So, he asks the man does he know who he was. To which the man replies that who doesn't know Bepin Choudhury. 

3. What does Bepin Babu do after listening to the whole story by Parimal Ghose?

Ans: Bepin Babu was in dilemma after listening to Parimal Ghose. He immediately paid for the books and left the shop. He sat in his car and asked Sitaram to drive by the Ganga. He wished he hadn't listened to the intruder.

4. What does Bepin Babu remember where he was at the time when the man claimed him to be in Ranchi? 

Ans: Bepin Babu does not recall going to Ranchi, but he recalls visiting his friend Haridas Bagchi in Kanpur during the Pujas in 1958.

5. What did Bepin realize after lunchtime? 

Ans: Bepin babu realized after lunchtime that he was tired. He couldn't hold onto sitting and working at his desk. For the past 25 years, he was known to be a tireless and conscientious worker but that day was unusual as he was feeling wobbly. 

C. Short Answer Questions – 3 Marks

1. What does Bepin think of after reaching home at two-thirty?

Ans: When Bepin Babu reached home at two-thirty, tired, he lay down in bed and tried to collect his intellect together. He was aware that people suffer from memory loss due to a head injury but he didn't know why one would remember everything except one incident.

2. What does Chunilal say when Bepin asked him about having gone to Ranchi at all? What was his reaction? 

Ans: Bepin is questioned by Chunni about whether he has been on drugs or not. He goes on to say that, as far as he knows, Bepin has a spotless record in such matters and that, with such a sharp memory, how could he forget about the Ranchi trip? Chuni was both surprised and concerned to learn that Bepin had completely forgotten about the trip.

3. Why did Chuni ask Bepin about his last job?

Ans: As Bepin couldn't remember anything about the Ranchi trip, Chuni got worried. And to check his memory he asked Bepin if he remembers his previous job as Chuni was the one to fix Bepin's railway booking for Ranchi, and dropping him off at the station.

4. Who was Paresh Chanda? What does Bepin tell him? 

Ans: Paresh Chanda was a physician who had bright eyes and a sharp nose. Bepin told him about his condition and asked him to cure of this terrible illness. He also mentions how it is affecting his work.

5. How does the physician react? What does he tell Bepin? 

Ans: The physician thought about Bepin’s condition and in shock replied that he has never dealt with such an extraordinary illness. He requested that Bepin do as he said, but he wasn't sure if it would work. The doctor advised Bepin to return to Ranchi, hoping that by seeing the sights, he would remember the trip.

D. Long Answer Questions - 5 Marks

1. Who was Dinesh Mukerji? Why Bepin Babu called him up? What does he get to know?

Ans: Dinesh Mukerji was a friend of Bepin Babu.

As Bepin Babu learned from the man, he was in Ranchi with him in ‘58, he called up Dinesh, to know if he had actually visited Ranchi during the said period. 

Bepin questioned Dinesh that if he remembers anything about the 1958 incident and also was he in Calcutta or not at that moment to which Dinesh replied by saying he had to wait while checks all the records in his diary. After some time Dinesh said to Bepin that he did visit Calcutta in the month of February to attend his nephew’s wedding. Dinesh also said that there was a trip to Ranchi in which Bepin also participated. 

2. How did Bepin babu react to hearing the words from Dinesh? 

Ans: Babu was restless after hearing the words from Dinesh. He slammed the receiver down and tightly gripped his head with his hands. He was unaware of what was going on. He felt tired and his head was wobbly. He felt a chill all over his body. The situation was so bad that he had lost his appetite. There were sandwiches in his box and he didn't eat. It happened with him for the first time in twenty-five years of working.

3. Does Bepin Babu follow the physician's advice?

Ans: Bepin babu follows the physician's advice and takes a train to Ranchi. Upon reaching Ranchi, as and as soon he sets his foot on the platform, he comprehends that it is his first visit to that city. He hires a taxi and drives around the city for a while. He sees the buildings, the streets, the hotels, the market, and the Morabadi Hill, but nothing comes to his mind as a previous visit. It is all new for him. Then he decides to visit Hudroo falls with hope it may help him to remember, but he has doubts.

4. Did Bepin go to Hudroo falls? What happened with him there?

Ans: Yes, Bepin did visit the famous Hudroo falls. 

At around five o'clock in the afternoon only, two men found Bepin lying on the ground in an unconscious state beside a boulder. When he regained consciousness, he thought that he was done for and there was no hope left for him. He went back to Calcutta the next morning and was very much upset that he may have lost his memories. Thus, he gave a call to his doctor and asked him to make a house call.

5. Write a summary of the poem "The Last Bargain".

Ans: The poem "The Last Bargain" is a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. In the poem, he mentions the struggle of finding a job. The person desires to be hired without losing his freedom. It is a poem about a daily wager who wants to be hired. A king offers him a job and he rejects it, an old man came with gold coins but he denied his proposal too. Then a lady offers the daily wager a job and he refused it too. In the end, he accepts an offer by a kid playing with shells to play with him and keeps his freedom.