Kanthapura-Raja Rao-Questions-Answers-Short Answer-Type Questions

Kanthapura-Raja Rao-Questions-Answers-Short Answer-Type Questions- 31 to 40

 Q31. Who is Bade Khan?

Ans. Bade Khan is the policeman sent to the village Kanthapura by the British Govt. He has been sent there to keep an eye on Moorthy’s activities of spreading the Gandhian Movement in Kanthapura. He collects the information and sends it to the British Govt.

 

Q32. Why does Bade Khan find it difficult to find a house in the village?

Ans. Kanthapura is divided in caste groups. The people here do not get mixed up with the people of other castes. Bade Khan was a Muslim by caste. So no one in the village Kanthapura is ready to give him a house to live in.

Q33. What conversation takes place between Bade Khan and Patel Range Gowda?

Ans. Bade Khan was not able to find a house in the village Kanthapura. Then he went to Patel Range Gowda. He hoped that Patel would surely help him get a house to live in. But Bade Khan tried to scare and influence Patel Range Gowda. Bade Khan said that Patel was a Govt employee and it is his duty to help another Govt employee. Patel reacted strongly and told him that Govt does not pay him salary for finding houses. Then he left Kanthapura and went to a nearby Coffee Estate.

Q34. Where does the policeman Bade Khan finally find a place to live in?

Ans. No one in the village Kanthapura was ready to give shelter to Bade Khan. So he went straight to the Skeffington Coffee Estate. There he started living in tin shed with a lonel woman.

 

Q35.What Economics does Moorthy tell Nanjamma?

Ans. Nanjamma is unable to understand why charkhas are distributed in the village free of cost. Then Moorthy tells her about the cheating done to the poor people by the mill-owners.

 

Q36. Why is Congress distributing Charkhas free of cost among the masses?

Ans. Congress is distributing Charkhas free of cost in order to popularise among the people of rural areas Gandhiji’s Movement for India’s Freedom from the foreign rule. By using charkhas, they will not only make some money but also use ‘Swadesi’ clothes.

 

Q37.What objections did the Brahmins initially have in spinning the Charkhas?

Ans. The Brahmins had some objections in spinning the charkhas in the beginning. First, they had never spun the charkhas in their life. Second, they knew that it was the weavers’ job. They were also not able to understand the Congress party’s logic behind distributing charkhas to the people free of cost.

 

Q38.What kind of reception does Moorthy himself a Brahmin get in the Pariah quarter?

Ans. Moorthy gets a warm welcome at the Pariah quarter. In those days, the Brahmins did not visit the Pariahs’ house due to the caste divide. But Moorthy wanted to change society. He was also doing a lot for the uplift of the poor and the down-trodden. So the Pariahs were very much happy at his visit.

 Q39.Who is the bearded man, sitting on the village platform, smoking a cigarette? What is he doing in the village?

Ans. The bearded man is the policeman, who wanted a house to live in Kanthapura. But he did not get it. It seems that he has been sent as a govt. spy to keep an eye on the people who were spreading Gandhiji's movements.              

Q.40. Who suggests the holding of Harikatha and what does he do to have them regularly?

Ans. Moorthy suggested to the narrator that there should be ‘Harikatha’ festivals about lords Rama, Krishna, and Ganesha in the village. He also tells her about the procedure of raising funds for them. After getting the nod from her, Moorthy goes from one house to the other to raise funds. He even goes to the potters’ the weavers’ and the Sudras’ quarters too.