APEEJAY SCHOOL, NOIDA

QUESTION BANK

Iswaran the Storyteller

Reference to Context

“The road was deserted and I was all alone. Suddenly, I spotted something that looked like an
enormous beast bushy beast lying sprawled across the road. I was half inclined to turn and go
back. But as I came closer I saw it was a fallen tree.”

i. The given lines are being said by-

a. Mahendra

b. Iswaran

c. Ganesh

d. Supervisor

ii. The speaker of the given lines is

a. reading aloud a Tamil thriller

b. giving a stage performance

c. telling a story

d. narrating an incident

iii. Which of the following characteristics cannot be related to the speaker of the given lines?

a. Imaginative

b. Dramatic

c. Quiet

d. Humorous

iv. Select the option that makes correct use of ‘deserted’ as used in the given extract.

a. She glanced around at the deserted area beside the creek.

b. He first kindly reproached me for having so slyly deserted him the evening before.
c. All poor Mike's pride and valour seemed to have deserted him since Peter's threat.

d. We were lying at anchor in the Bay and every man had deserted to the gold-mines except the
commissioned officers.

Answer the given questions in 40-50 words:

1. Who was Mahendra? Why he had to keep moving from one place to another?

2. Why was Mahendra able to acclimatize easily?

3. How did Iswaran prove to be an asset to the junior supervisor?

4. How did Iswaran spend his day after his master left for work?

5. Why did Mahendra listen to Iswaran’s tales uncritically?

6. What qualities of Iswaran make him a fascinating story teller?

7. How did Iswaran manage to make even the simplest incident interesting? Give an example.

Answer the given questions in about 100-120 words:

1. Describe the anecdote involving the elephant as told by Iswaran.

2. What did Iswaran tell Mahendra about a ghost? Describe Mahendra’s horrible experience one
night.