(a) Why did Patol Babu have to pull himself? (b) How did he utter the word “Oh!”? (c) What is the synonym for the word ‘pain’ in the passage?

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

But the next moment, by a supreme effort of will, Patol Babu pulled himself together, and mixing fifty parts of anguish with twenty-five of surprise and twenty-five of irritation, cried ‘Oh!’ and, after a brief pause, resumed his walk.

Questions 

(a) Why did Patol Babu have to pull himself? 

(b) How did he utter the word “Oh!”? 

(c) What is the synonym for the word ‘pain’ in the passage?

Answer 1

(a) Patol Babu had to pull himself as he was hurt when he collided with the hero. 

(b) He uttered the word “Oh!” by mixing 50 parts of anguish, 25 of surprise and 25 of irritation. 

(c) anguish