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.
