Answer
the following questions briefly.
(a) What
is a ‘nickname’? Can you suggest another one for Private
Quelch?
(b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when the
author first met him at the training depot. Why?
(c) What
does the dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggest about
him?
(d) How was Private Quelch’s knowledge exposed even further as
the Sergeant’s classes went on?
(e) What did the Professor mean by “intelligent reading”?
(f) What were the Professor’s ambitions in the army?
(g) Did Private Quelch’s day to day practices take him closer
towards his goal? How can you make out?
(h) Describe Corporal Turnbull.
(i) How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?
(j) Do you think Private Quelch learnt a lesson when he was chosen
for cookhouse duties? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) What is a ‘nickname’? Can you suggest another one for Private Quelch?
(b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when the author first met him at the training depot. Why?
(c) What does the dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggest about him?
(d) How was Private Quelch’s knowledge exposed even further as the Sergeant’s classes went on?
(e) What did the Professor mean by “intelligent reading”?
(f) What were the Professor’s ambitions in the army?
(g) Did Private Quelch’s day to day practices take him closer towards his goal? How can you make out?
(h) Describe Corporal Turnbull.
(i) How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?
(j) Do you think Private Quelch learnt a lesson when he was chosen for cookhouse duties? Give reasons for your answer.
(a) A nickname is a name lovingly given to a person by his
acquaintances and friends. It is often based on the predominant
character trait of a person.
(b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when
the author first met him at the training depot because he was lanky,
stooping, frowning and wore horn-rimmed spectacles.
(c) The dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggested
that he had served the army for a long time and had been posted to
various difficult locations having very hot and harsh climatic
conditions.
(d) Private Quelch’s knowledge was exposed further in
the Sergeant’s class when he correctly and accurately answered
all the questions put across to him by the Sergeant.
(e) Intelligent reading, according to the Professor, meant
learning everything by heart and not leaving even the minutest of
details.
(f) The Professor’s ambition in the army was to first
get a stripe followed by a commission in a short span of time.
(g) Yes, Private Quelch relentlessly worked hard towards his
goal. He read training manuals, drilled with enthusiasm and tried to
be a perfect army man by strictly adhering to the rules.
(h) Corporal Turnbull was a young army officer. He was a
strict disciplinarian and entertained no frivolous behaviour from the
trainees. He was very tough and strongly built.
(i) Private Quelch made Corporal Turnbull angry by
interrupting him during his lecture. He not only corrected the
Corporal but also suggested to him as to how he should deliver his
lecture.
(j) No, Private Quelch didn’t learn any lesson even when
he was assigned the cookhouse duty. He kept on complaining about the
way the food was cooked and burdened the cooks with his bland
lectures about the method in which potatoes must be peeled.
(a) A nickname is a name lovingly given to a person by his acquaintances and friends. It is often based on the predominant character trait of a person.
(b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when the author first met him at the training depot because he was lanky, stooping, frowning and wore horn-rimmed spectacles.
(c) The dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggested that he had served the army for a long time and had been posted to various difficult locations having very hot and harsh climatic conditions.
(d) Private Quelch’s knowledge was exposed further in the Sergeant’s class when he correctly and accurately answered all the questions put across to him by the Sergeant.
(e) Intelligent reading, according to the Professor, meant learning everything by heart and not leaving even the minutest of details.
(f) The Professor’s ambition in the army was to first get a stripe followed by a commission in a short span of time.
(g) Yes, Private Quelch relentlessly worked hard towards his goal. He read training manuals, drilled with enthusiasm and tried to be a perfect army man by strictly adhering to the rules.
(h) Corporal Turnbull was a young army officer. He was a strict disciplinarian and entertained no frivolous behaviour from the trainees. He was very tough and strongly built.
(i) Private Quelch made Corporal Turnbull angry by interrupting him during his lecture. He not only corrected the Corporal but also suggested to him as to how he should deliver his lecture.
(j) No, Private Quelch didn’t learn any lesson even when he was assigned the cookhouse duty. He kept on complaining about the way the food was cooked and burdened the cooks with his bland lectures about the method in which potatoes must be peeled.
