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

Q1: How did Chunni use his imagination?
Ans: Chunni had a good power of imagination, so he created the story of Bepin Babu’s visit to Ranchi, which helped in the retribution of Bepin Babu’s behaviour.

Q2: What does Chunni make Bepin realize through his letter?
Ans: Through his letter, Chunni made Bepin Babu realize that affluence of money had brought a change in his life. He did not like to help his old friend who was having a bad time. He had become a man of unfeeling behaviour.

Q3: What was Bepin Babu’s hobby? What would he do every Monday?
Ans: Bepin Babu’s hobby was reading books. Every Monday, he would purchase books of crime stories, ghost stories, and thrillers from Kalicharan’s shop.

Q4: What was wrong with Bepin Babu? What did Dr. Chanda suggest him?
Ans: He had completely forgotten about his visit to Ranchi. Dr. Chanda suggested him to go to Ranchi once again to get back his lost memory.

Q5: Why couldn't Bepin Babu ignore what Parimal Ghose had said to him?
Ans: It was because Parimal Ghose knew a great deal about him. He knew about his (Bepin Babu’s) wife’s death, his brother’s insanity… If the man knew so much about him, how could he make such a mistake about the Ranchi trip.

Q6: What all things did Parimal Ghosh tell Bepin Babu to remind him of his visit to Ranchi?
Ans: Parimal Ghosh told Bepin that he had been to Ranchi in 1958. He fell in Hudroo and cut his right knee. The next day, he had to go to Netarhat but due to pain, he couldn't and he stayed at Dinesh Mukherjee’s bungalow.

Q7: What type of man was Bepin Babu?
Ans: Bepin Babu was a loner. He was not a good mixer. He had a few friends and he didn't like spending time in idle chat.

Q8: How did Bepin try to decide whether he was right on Parimal Ghosh?
Ans: Bepin tried to decide whether he was right by confirming it from Dinesh Mukherjee, the person about whom Parimal Ghosh was talking about, and later by going to Ranchi himself.

Q9: What would Bepin Choudhury do every Monday?
Ans: Every Monday, Bepin Choudhury would go to Kalicharan’s shop to buy books.

Q10: How can you say that Bepin Babu’s encounter with Parimal Ghose made him restless?
Ans: Bepin Babu’s encounter with Parimal Ghose made him really restless. Even in the office, he noticed that with every passing hour, his encounter with Parimal Ghose was occupying more and more of his mind.