Test: Iswaran The Storyteller - 1

Mulk Raj Anand

Ruskin Bond

Laxman

A.K. Ramanujan

Mahendra

Mahendra’s cook

Ganesh’s mother

Ganesh’s cook

An engineer in a construction company

A doctor in a hospital

A cook attached to Iswaran

A junior supervisor in a firm

Arranged for security officers on hire

Offered on hire supervisors at various construction sites

Provided trained men for the construction of bridges

Undertook the construction of chemical plant

Keep an eye on the activities at the work site

Arrange for the materials required at the work site

Distribute salaries to the workers at the work site 

Keep an account of all the amount spent at the work site

He had to go back to his head office to clear his account

He had to keep moving from place to place as ordered by his head office

He had to send a detailed report to the head office whenever he was asked to do so

He had to go to the market for the purchase of raw materials

He was a bachelor

His needs were simple

He could adjust himself to all kinds of odd conditions

All the above

His cook, Iswaran

His canvas tent 

His stone quarry 

His house in the village

The clerk who kept Mahendra’s accounts

The washerman who washed Mahendra’s clothes 

The sweeper who swept Mahendra’s office 

The cook who was attached to Mahendra

Cooked food for Mahendra

Washed Mahendra’s clothes

Both A and B above

Neither A  nor  B

He could produce delicious dishes

He could weave endless stories on varied subjects

Both A and B above

Neither A nor B

Very early in the morning 

After breakfast 

After lunch

After sunset

Some fruit 

Some cooked food

Both A and B above 

Neither A nor B

Tidy up the shed 

Wash the clothes 

Have a leisurely bath 

All the above

He would have a nap

He would read for a while and then doze off

He would tidy up the shed and wash the clothes

He would sit down and write stories in Tamil