Leela’s Friend — R K Narayan
SAQ TEST : MODEL SET
1️⃣ What was Mr. Sivasanker brooding over, standing in the font veranda of his house?
[WBCHSE : Class-XI Annual Examination 2018]
👉👉Standing in the front veranda of his house, Mr. Sivasanker was brooding over the servant problem.
2️⃣ What is Mr. Sivasanker’s first impression of Sidda?
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👉👉Mr. Sivasanker’s first impression of Sidda is that Sidda does not seem to be ‘a bad sort’ to him.
3️⃣ Who according to Sidda was his previous master?
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👉👉According to Sidda, a doctor, in whose house Sidda previously worked, was his previous master.
4️⃣ Where did the doctor live?
👉👉The doctor lived near the market.
5️⃣ Why did Sidda leave the old master’s house?
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👉👉Sidda left the old master’s house because his old master, the doctor had left the town.
6️⃣ Why did Mr. Sivasanker call his wife?
👉👉As Mr. Sivasanker was unable to make up his mind about the employment of Sidda, he called his wife.
7️⃣ What was Mrs. Sivasanker’s opinion regarding Sidda?
👉👉Mrs. Sivasanker’s opinion regarding Sidda was that Sidda did not seem to her worse than the others they had in their house.
8️⃣ “I like him. Don’t send him away.” Who said this?
👉👉Leela said this to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sivasanker.
9️⃣ “And that decided it.” What was decided?
👉👉The employment of Sidda as their servant in their house following Leela’s recommendation was decided by her parents.
1️⃣0️⃣ What kind of job did Sidda do in the Sivasanker’s household?
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👉👉 In the Sivasanker’s household Sidda washed clothes, tended the garden, chopped wood and looked after Leela.
Related Question
What did Sidda do at Mr. Sivasanker’s house?
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1️⃣1️⃣ What was Sidda given in return of his service in the house of Mr. Sivasanker?
👉👉In return of his service in the house of Mr. Sivasanker Sidda was given two meals a day and four rupees a month.
Related Questions
1️⃣ What were given to Sidda for his work?
2️⃣ How much was Sidda given for a month?
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1️⃣2️⃣ Who asked Sidda to throw the ball into the sky?
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👉👉Leela asked Sidda to throw the ball into the sky.
1️⃣3️⃣ What did Sidda say to Leela when the ball came down?
👉👉When the ball came down, Sidda told Leela that the ball had touched the moon and come.
Related Question
What did Sidda say when the ball thrown by him into the sky came down?
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👉👉When the ball thrown by Sidda into the sky came down, he told Leela that the ball had touched the moon and come.
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1️⃣4️⃣ Why didn’t Leela see the traces of the moon on the ball?
👉👉Leela didn’t see the traces of the moon on the ball, because, actually, the ball had not touched the moon and come.
1️⃣5️⃣ How did Leela able to see the traces of the moon?
👉👉Leela abled to see the traces of the moon if she would peep through a little gap between Sidda’s fingers.
1️⃣6️⃣ How, according to Sidda, could Leela touch the sky?
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👉👉According to Sidda, Leela could touch the sky if she would stand on a coconut tree.
1️⃣7️⃣ When did Sidda touch the moon?
👉👉Whenever there was a moon in the sky, Sidda climbed a coconut tree and touched sky.
1️⃣8️⃣ Why did Leela clap her hands and scream in wonder?
👉👉When Sidda showed Leela the moon everywhere wherever they went, seeing the moon everywhere, Leela clapped her hands and screamed in wonder.
1️⃣9️⃣ When did Leela hold a class for Sidda?
👉👉At dusk when Sidda carried Leela in, she held a class for Sidda.
2️⃣0️⃣ What was Leela’s box filled with?
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👉👉Leela’s box was filled with catalogues, illustrated books and stumps of pencils.
2️⃣1️⃣ What did Leela ask Sidda to draw?
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👉👉Leela asked Sidda to draw the crow and the letter ‘B’ drawn by her in the pages of her catalogue.
2️⃣2️⃣ What did Leela ask Sidda to copy?
👉👉Leela asked Sidda to copy whatever she wrote in the pages of her catalogue.
2️⃣3️⃣ How many letters of alphabet did Leela know to write?
👉👉Leela knew two or three letters of the alphabet and could draw a kind of cat and crow.
Related Question
How many letters of alphabet did Leela know?
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2️⃣4️⃣ Why did Leela pity Sidda?
👉👉Leela pitied Sidda because he could not be able to copy whatever Leela wrote in the pages of her catalogue though he tried hard.
2️⃣5️⃣ How did Sidda seek relief from Leela’s class?
👉👉Sidda sought relief from Leela’s class by saying that supposedly Leela’s mother was calling Leela into dinner. And then Leela would drop the pencil and run out of the room, and the school hour would end.
Related Question
How would the school hour end?
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2️⃣6️⃣ What stories did Sidda tell to Leela after dinner?
👉👉After dinner Sidda told Leela incomparable stories : of animals in the jungle, of gods in heaven, of magicians who could conjure up golden castles and fill them with little princesses and their pets.
2️⃣7️⃣ Who noticed that the gold chain of Leela was missing?
👉👉Leela’s mother first noticed that the gold chain of Leela was missing.
2️⃣8️⃣ “Her mother gave her a slap.”
Whose mother gave her slap?
👉👉Leela’s mother gave her slap.
2️⃣9️⃣ “I told you to take it off and put it in the box.”
What was ‘it’ referred to here?
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👉👉Here ‘it’ referred to the Leela’s gold chain which went missing.
3️⃣0️⃣ “His throat went dry.”
Whose throat went dry and why?
👉👉Sidda’s throat went dry because he was fearful about the police.
3️⃣1️⃣ When did Sidda flee from the house?
👉👉Sidda fled from the house at night.
3️⃣2️⃣ Why had Sidda vanished into the night?
👉👉Sidda had vanished into the night because he was fearful about the police.
3️⃣3️⃣ Who went to the police station and lodged a complaint?
👉👉Mr. Sivasanker, Leela’s father went to the police station and lodged a complaint.
3️⃣4️⃣ Why did Leela refuse to go to bed?
👉👉Leela refused to go to bed because she wanted to listen stories from Sidda who had vanished into the night.
3️⃣5️⃣ Why, according to Leela, was her mother rough?
👉👉According to Leela, her mother was rough because she was always abusing and worrying Sidda.
Related Question
What was Leela’s complaint against her mother?
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3️⃣6️⃣ What made Leela’s mother panicky?
👉👉The thought of Sidda made Leela’s mother panicky.
3️⃣7️⃣ What did Leela think about Sidda’s escape?
👉👉Leela thought that Sidda escaped because her mother was always abusing and worrying Sidda and so he was angry with them and escaped from the house.
3️⃣8️⃣ What did Mr. Sivasanker come to know from the inspector?
👉👉Mr. Sivasanker came to know from the inspector that Sidda had been in jail half a dozen times for stealing jewellery from children.
Related Question
How many times was Sidda in jail?
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3️⃣9️⃣ Why was the inspector furious on Mr. Sivasanker?
👉👉The inspector was furious on Mr. Sivasanker because he [Mr. Sivasanker] did not consult with him before employing Sidda as their servant in the house.
4️⃣0️⃣ After how many days of stealing was Sidda arrested?
👉👉After four days later of stealing, Sidda was arrested.
4️⃣1️⃣ Why was Leela overjoyed?
👉👉Leela was overjoyed to see Sidda been brought back to their house.
4️⃣2️⃣ Who brought Sidda in the house of Mr. Sivasanker?
👉👉A police inspector and a constable brought Sidda in the house of Mr. Sivasanker.
4️⃣3️⃣ Who addressed Sidda a few words of treachery?
👉👉Mrs. Sivasanker, Leela’s mother addressed Sidda a few words of treachery.
4️⃣4️⃣ What was Sidda’s answer when he was asked about the chain?
👉👉When Sidda was asked about the chain, he answered that he had not taken it.
4️⃣5️⃣ “Leave him alone, he hasn’t taken the chain.”
Who said this? Why did Leela think that she had not taken the chain?
👉👉Leela said this because she knew that Sidda was innocent and trustworthy.
4️⃣6️⃣ “Take him to the station. I think I shall have to sit with him to night.”
Why did the inspector wish to sit with Sidda?
👉👉As Sidda did not confess to steal the chain, the inspector wished to sit with Sidda that night. The line actually indicates the physical punishment of Sidda.
4️⃣7️⃣ Who was not a reliable prosecution witness?
👉👉According to the police inspector, Leela was not a reliable prosecution witness for Sidda.
4️⃣8️⃣ “He looked at her mutely, like an animal.”
Who looked at and to whom?
👉👉Here Sidda looked at Leela.
4️⃣9️⃣ Why was Leela in tears?
👉👉Leela was in tears because the police inspector took Sidda to the police station.
5️⃣0️⃣ Where did Leela’s mother find the chain?
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👉👉Leela’s mother found the chain in the tamarind pot in the kitchen.
Related Question
Where was Leela’s gold chain found?
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5️⃣1️⃣ Who put the chain in the tamarind pot?
👉👉Leela unknowingly put the chain in the tamarind pot.
5️⃣2️⃣ What was Mr. Sivasanker’s reaction when the chain was recovered?
👉👉When the chain was recovered, Mr. Sivasanker made her daughter responsible for all this botheration, but he did not utter a single word of sympathy for Sidda, rather he surprisingly dismissed Sidda.
5️⃣2️⃣ “Nothing can make them confess.” Who are referred to as ‘them’?
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👉👉Here ‘them’ refers to those who had been in jail once or twice loosing all fears.
5️⃣2️⃣ When did Leela run to her bed?
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👉👉After dinner Leela ran to her bed.
5️⃣2️⃣ “Don’t go near him.” Who said this?
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👉👉The police inspector said this to Leela in R K Narayan’s story “Leela’s Friend”.
