Class 8 English Chapter 4 Question Answers - Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory

Q1: 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.

Q2: 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.

Q3: 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.

Q4: 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.

Q5: 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.

Q6: 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.

Q7: 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 this terrible illness. He also mentions how it is affecting his work.

Q8: What does the man tell Bipin, who was he?
Ans: Bipin did not recognize the man and as a result, 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 Bipin to the Hudroo falls.

Q9: 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.

Q10: What does Bepin Babu do after listening to the whole story by Parimal Ghose?
Ans: Bepin Babu was in a 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.