Page No 46:
Question 1:
What
was Vijay Singh’s weakness? Which awkward situation did it push
him into?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh’s weakness was that he was fond of boasting. This
weakness put him into the awkward situation
of going alone into the Haunted Desert at night to meet a ghost.
Question 2:
Was
the old woman’s gift to Vijay Singh eccentric? Why?
Answer:
The
old woman’s
gift to Vijay Singh was eccentric or unusual because it contained
nothing but a lump of salt and an egg. Both of these were not enough
for one travelling through a desert.
Question 3:
Why
did Vijay Singh ask the ghost disguised as Natwar to come closer?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh asked the ghost disguised as Natwar to come closer because he
had
realized that he was not his friend, but a ghost. He wanted to have a
better look at the ghost, and like all good wrestlers, he wanted to
size up his opponent.
Question 4:
What
made the ghost speechless? Why?
Answer:
The
ghost was speechless because Vijay Singh had called him a “plain,
lying ghost”. The ghost was used to people starting back
in horror when they met him; but Vijay Singh had insulted him.
Question 5:
Why
did Vijay Singh say “Appearances can be deceptive”?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh said “appearances can be deceptive” because both he
and the ghost were pretending to be someone else. Vijay Singh was
pretending to be a brave
and fearless wrestler and the ghost had pretended to be Natwar Singh.
Page No 51:
Question 1:
How did Vijay Singh
use the egg? How did he use the lump of salt?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh demonstrated his strength to the ghost by making him believe
that the egg was a lump of rock filled with fluid, which he could
crush. He did the same with the lump of salt,
which the ghost thought was a rock containing salt. The ghost was
mesmerised by this show of the pahalwan’s strength.
Question 2:
Why
did Vijay Singh conclude that the ghost would not be a worthy
opponent to him? Was he fair in his judgement?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh concluded that the ghost would not be a worthy opponent to him
because the ghost was not strong enough to be able to crush the
fluid-filled and salt-filled rocks. He was not fair in his judgement
because he had fooled the ghost into believing that the things he had
crushed were rocks.
Question 3:
Why
did Vijay Singh ask the ghost to accompany him to town next day?
Answer:
Vijay
Singh asked the ghost to accompany him to town the
next day because he wanted to display the ghost as his trophy of
victory.
Question 4:
What made the ghost
believe Vijay Singh was dead?
Answer:
When the ghost hit
the bolster on the bed with a stout club, he did not hear even a
groan. This made him believe that Vijay Singh was dead.
Question 5:
Vijay
Singh complained of insects in the cave. What was he referring to,
and why?
Answer:
When
Vijay Singh complained of insects in the cave he was referring to the
blows which the ghost had given to the bolster kept on the bed. He
did this to make the ghost accept
that he was a strong and formidable wrestler.
Question 6:
Was
it really a ghost who Vijay Singh befooled? Who do you think it was?
Answer:
The
ghost’s cave contained the wealth that he had collected by
looting and killing the people travelling through the Haunted Desert.
So in reality, he could have been a robber who had disguised himself
as a ghost for scaring and over powering innocent travellers.
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