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Very Short Question :-

Question : Where from is the lesson "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib" extracted ?

Ans : The lesson "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib is extracted from John Rowntree's famous book "A chota Sahib: Memoirs of a Forest Officer".

Question : In "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib" the writer mentions about an Island. What is it ?

Ans : Peacock Island is mentioned in Memoirs of chota Sahib. 

Question : Where is Peacock Island situated ?

Ans : Peacock Island is situated in Guwahati.

Qquestion : Where were the two bungalows situated ?

Ans: One at Kulsi and another at Rajapara.

Question : What type of trees surrounded the bungalow at Kulsi ?

Ans : Teak trees are surrounded the bungalow at Kulsi.

Short Question :-

Question : Give an account of the author's experiences of the floods on the North Bank of the Brahmaputra during the monsoon. Or

     Relate the author's experiences of the road accident during the monsoon on the North Bank. Or

      What happened with the author when he toured with his family on the North Bank of the river?

Ans : As the author expresses, there was utmost probability of road accident during the monsoon in the muddy roads of the North Bank. When the author was touring with his family on the North Bank during the rainy season, and they returned late. Although the roads could be still used by motors, driving became distinctly dicy. The road, they used became greasy in which one skid would definitely lead to the other one. Finally, they slithered over the edge into a paddy field some six feet below the road. Before finding a way back onto the road, this journey was full of bumpy rides.

Question : What is a mar? Relate the author's observation on the use of mar as a mode of river transport in Assam.

Ans : Mar is a kind of boat. The mar, which was a ferry, consisted of plank platform covering two open boats placed alongside one another. These were either paddled across the river or connected by a running cable to another stretched across the river, were propelled from one side to the other by the force of the current.

Question : Give the author's description of a sal forest.

Ans : According to the author, the South Bank was more homely and full of sal trees. The reserve forests were mostly in one block. It was a country of low hills and valleys, the trees interspersed with villages and cultivation, and the forests itself, mostly of sal trees Like English wood land. There were two comfortable forest bungalows - one at Kulsi and the other was at Rajapara served their needs.

Question : Describe the author's experience with bats in the Rajapara forest bungalow.

Ans : The author gives a description of the bats in the Rajapara forest bungalow. The bungalow was beautiful and charming but the bats were lived in the roof of the bungalow. Their droppings were a constant reminder of their presence and the fusty smell of bats were ever with them. There were less smell of larger, which were the huge fruit-eating bats, with a wing span of five feet, which lived in a tree outside the bungalow and came out at dusk in search of food. They looked ghostly gliding through the air on silent wings.