Thursday, 21 July 2022

N.C.E.R.T CLASS -8 ENGLISH BOOK -HONEY DREW CHAPTER-4 Bepin choudhury memory lapse

 Bepin choudhury memory lapse


It is a story about  Bipin Chaudhary

 who has lost a considerable part

 of his memory.














One very fine day when 

Bipin Chaudhary was returning 

to his home after buying some

 books when a person named 

Parimal Ghose came to meet 

him from Ranchi. In his introduction,

he told Bipin Chandra that bipin

 used to reside in Ranchi and once

 Vipin  arranged a car for him to 

hundru falls, due to his injury Vipin

 was not able to go to hundru falls.


Bipin Chaudhary was not able

 to remember his stay in Ranchi

 and he was  confused and lost 

about his stay in Ranchi and he 

was also not able to recognise Parimal,

 Again he told him another incident 

where he used to live in the bungalow

 of Dinesh Mukherjee and he did not

 like the hotel's food and preferred 

meals cooked by bawarchi. Told him

 he used to carry a bag with him 

with lots of books, especially his  

sightseeing trip's book. Then

 bipin Chaudhary asked him 

about the month and year of 

which he was talking, then 

Parimal replied in 1958 month 

October after listening to the

 reply bipin denied and said 

He was in kanpur.


Once again he said that once

 Bipin Chandra spoke about 

his family to him that he had

 no children and he had lost

 his wife 10 years ago, he als

o lost his brother due to mental

 problem that's why he doesn't

 want to visit any mental hospital

 in Ranchi


यह बिपिन चौधरी की 

कहानी है जो अपनी

 याददाश्त का काफी 

हिस्सा खो चुके हैं।


एक दिन जब विपिन 

चौधरी कुछ किताबें 

खरीदकर अपने घर 

लौट रहे थे, तो परिमल

 घोष नाम का एक 

व्यक्ति रांची से उनसे 

मिलने आया।

अपने परिचय में उन्होंने

 बिपिन चंद्र को बताया

 कि बिपिन रांची में रहते 

थे और एक बार विपिन ने 

उनके लिए हुंडरू फॉल्स के

 लिए एक कार की व्यवस्था

 की, उनकी चोट के कारण 

विपिन हुंडरू फॉल्स नहीं

 जा सके।


बिपिन चौधरी को रांची में 

रहना याद नहीं था और वह 

भ्रमित थे और रांची में 

रहने के बारे में खो गए थे

 और वह परिमल को भी

 नहीं पहचान पा रहे थे,

 फिर उन्होंने उन्हें एक और

 घटना बताई जहां वह दिनेश

 मुखर्जी के बंगले में रहते थे

 और उसे होटल का खाना 

पसंद नहीं था और वह बावर्ची

 का बना खाना पसंद करता था। 

उसे बताया कि वह अपने साथ

 ढेर सारी किताबों वाला बैग

 लेकर जाता है, खासकर 

उसके दर्शनीय स्थलों की

 यात्रा की किताब। फिर 

बिपिन चौधरी ने उनसे 

उस महीने और साल के

 बारे में पूछा, जिसके बारे

 में वह बात कर रहे थे,

 तो परिमल ने 1958

 महीने अक्टूबर में जवाब

 सुनकर बिपिन ने इनकार

 कर दिया और कहा कि वह 

कानपुर में हैं।


एक बार फिर उन्होंने कहा

 कि एक बार बिपिन चंद्र ने

 उन्हें अपने परिवार के बारे

 में बताया कि उनकी कोई 

संतान नहीं है और उन्होंने

 10 साल पहले अपनी 

पत्नी को खो दिया था, 

मानसिक समस्या के कारण

 उन्होंने अपने भाई को भी

 खो दिया था इसलिए वह 

किसी भी मानसिक अस्पताल

 में नहीं जाना चाहते हैं। रांची में


Part-2 


Now after buying books Bipin 

Chaudhary sat in his car and 

going back to home and he 

asked his driver to drive near 

by Ganga then he was suddenly

 thinking about the man who

met him in the book shop and 

he was trying to calm himself 

by giving lots of excuses and 

explanation to himself for not 

losing his mind or memory, like

 he was doing a responsible 

job and half an hour ago,

He had a very important meeting.

how he could forget a stay in Ranchi 

and how that person new intimate 

and my details about his life.


Again he was recalling the

 '58 times that he was in

 Kanpur in Pooja with his

 friend Haridas Bakshi and

 he thought to write a letter

 to ask him to ask about his

 stay in Ranchi, but then he

 realized he went to Japan

 some weeks ago and he

 doesn't have his address. 

Then he folded his trousers

 and saw a cut mark on his

 right knee, what that person 

told him and he got shocked

 by thinking he had forgotten 

the incident when he got this 

cut in his knees whether in

 childhood or in adult age.


Then Vipin Chaudhary 

thought of visiting Danish

Mukherjee who lived near to

 his house, again about whom 

that person told me. He thought to 

ask him about his Ranchi stay but 

he got scared of Danish Mukherjee's

 ruthless sarcasm so he dropped the

 idea of going to his house and went 

back to his house and forgot 

about the person.



भाग 2

अब किताबें खरीदकर 

विपिन चौधरी अपनी कार

 में बैठा और घर वापस जा 

रहा था और उसने अपने 

ड्राइवर को गंगा के पास

 ड्राइव करने के लिए कहा 

तो वह अचानक उस आदमी

 के बारे में सोच रहा था जो

 उससे किताब की दुकान में

 मिला था और वह बहुत कुछ

 देकर खुद को शांत करने की

 कोशिश कर रहा था। अपने 

दिमाग या याददाश्त को न 

खोने के लिए बहाने और

 स्पष्टीकरण, जैसे कि वह 

एक जिम्मेदार काम कर

 रहा था और आधे घंटे पहले 

उसने एक बहुत ही 

महत्वपूर्ण बैठक ली थी 

कि वह रांची में रहने को

 कैसे भूल सकता है और

 वह व्यक्ति कैसे नया 

अंतरंग और मेरे बारे में 

विवरण उसकी जींदगी।


वह फिर से 58 बार याद

 कर रहा था कि वह अपने

 दोस्त हरिदास बख्शी के

 साथ पूजा में कानपुर में 

था और उसने रांची में

 रहने के बारे में पूछने के 

लिए उसे एक पत्र लिखने

 के बारे में सोचा, लेकिन 

तब उसे एहसास हुआ कि

 वह कुछ हफ्ते पहले जापान

 गया था और वह उसका 

पता नहीं है। फिर उसने 

अपनी पतलून मोड़ी और 

उसके दाहिने घुटने पर कटे

 का निशान देखा, उस

 व्यक्ति ने उसे क्या बताया 

और वह यह सोचकर चौंक 

गया कि वह उस घटना को 

भूल गया था जब उसके 

घुटनों में यह कट आया था

 चाहे वह बचपन में हो या 

वयस्क उम्र में।


तब विपिन चौधरी ने अपने 

घर के पास रहने वाले

 दानिश मुखर्जी से मिलने

 का विचार किया, जिसके

 बारे में उस व्यक्ति ने 

फिर बताया। उसने सोचा

 कि उससे उसके रांची 

प्रवास के बारे में पूछो 

लेकिन वह दानिश मुखर्जी

 के निर्मम कटाक्ष से डर

 गया, इसलिए उसने अपने

 घर जाने का विचार छोड़

 दिया और अपने घर वापस 

चला गया और उस व्यक्ति

 के बारे में भूल गया।



Next day, bipin after having lunch

 was not able to continue his

 work due to yesterday's 

conversation with a stranger 

and he thought to ask from 

Danish on the phone so that he

 I can't make fun of him. Bipin 

asked danish whether he ever

 visited ranchi, danish told him 

yes they both visited ranch

i together.this made bipin more

 conscious and tense for 

not remembering the stay in Ranchi.




अगले दिन, दोपहर का 

भोजन करने के बाद, 

एक अजनबी के साथ 

कल की बातचीत के कारण 

बिपिन अपना काम जारी

 नहीं रख पा रहा था और

 उसने सोचा कि वह 

डेनिश से फोन पर पूछ 

ले ताकि वह उसका मज़ाक

 न उड़ा सके। बिपिन ने 

डेनिश से पूछा कि क्या 

वह कभी रांची गया है, 

डेनिश ने उसे बताया कि

 हाँ वे दोनों एक साथ

 रांची गए थे। इससे 

बिपिन को रांची में 

रहने की याद न रखने

 के लिए और अधिक

 जागरूक और परेशान 

हो गया।


Part-3

In Afternoon, after knowing 

that Vipin had visited Ranchi 

and he was not able to recall

 the stay, he got tensed and 

shattered and started

 remembering his reputation 

and hard work in his company 

and was not able to believe

 how he could forget a stay in

 Ranchi. He was not able to

 continue with his work after

 lunch due to this tension.

After returning to his home 

he was continuously stressing

 on himself to remember the

 situation. At the same time,

 one of his friends named

 Chuni lal came to meet him, 

he was expecting support from

 bipin to find a job for him,bipin 

was not in the mood to meet his 

friend so he asked his servant

 told his friend he is not available

 but then he thought to confirm 

again his stay in Ranchi. 














He asked chunni Babu about his

 day in Ranchi and chunni Babu

 got surprised to know Vipin Babu

 forgot to remember his stay in 

Ranchi and chunni Babu 

booked his train tickets to go 

to Ranchi. Afternoon his

 condition chunni Babu left 

his home without asking for 

a job update.


भाग- 3

दोपहर में, यह जानने

 के बाद कि विपिन रांची

 आया है और वह ठहरने

 को याद नहीं कर पा रहा

 है, वह परेशान और 

बिखर गया और अपनी

 कंपनी में अपनी प्रतिष्ठा 

और कड़ी मेहनत को 

याद करना शुरू कर 

दिया और विश्वास नहीं

 कर पा रहा था कि वह

 रांची में रहने को कैसे 

भूल सकता है। इस 

तनाव के कारण वह

 दोपहर के भोजन के

 बाद अपना काम जारी

 नहीं रख पा रहा था।

अपने घर लौटने के बाद

 वह स्थिति को याद रखने

 के लिए लगातार खुद पर 

जोर दे रहा था। उसी समय,

 उसका एक दोस्त

 चुन्नीलाल उससे मिलने

 आया, वह बिपिन से

 उसके लिए नौकरी 

खोजने के लिए समर्थन

 की उम्मीद कर रहा था,

 बिपिन अपने दोस्त से 

मिलने के मूड में नहीं था 

इसलिए उसने अपने

 नौकर से अपने दोस्त

 को बताने के लिए कहा 

वह उपलब्ध नहीं है 

लेकिन फिर उसने रांची

 में अपने प्रवास की पुष्टि

 करने के लिए सोचा।


उन्होंने चुन्नी बाबू से रांची 

में अपने दिन के बारे में पूछा

 और चुन्नी बाबू को यह 

जानकर आश्चर्य हुआ कि

 विपिन बाबू रांची में अपने 

प्रवास को याद करना भूल 

गए और चुन्नी बाबू ने रांची

 जाने के लिए अपने ट्रेन

 टिकट बुक किए। दोपहर 

बाद उनकी हालत चुन्नी 

बाबू बिना नौकरी की जानकारी

 मांगे घर से निकल गए।


Now he visited a physician

 named Dr. Chandra and 

explained his condition. 

Dr Chandra told him that 

He was not experienced in

 this field or treating the memory 

loss so he suggested he should 

visit Ranchi again to remember

 the stay and he gave him some

 nerve tonic and tranquilliser and 

asked him to sleep well. Next 

morning he gave an application

 for holidays to his office to go 

Ranchi to remember things 

and he left for Ranchi in the

 evening.















Next morning Bipin Chandra

 was at Ranchi and he travelled 

to Ranchi's hotels, bazar 

moradabadi hill and building to

 remember his stay but he was

 not able to recall. Now he 

decided to go to hudhu fall

 for some more help, so he 

arranged a taxi for the afternoon

 to visit there but he was not 

able to recall anything due to

 this shock he laying on

 the ground then he got

 back to Kolkata next morning

 and he realized that he had no


 hope for him and out of his

 balanced mind and he called

 Dr Chandra came over to see him.


अब वह डॉ. चंद्रा नामक 

चिकित्सक के पास गया

 और अपनी स्थिति के

 बारे में बताया। डॉ चंद्रा

 ने उन्हें बताया कि उन्हें

 इस क्षेत्र में अनुभव नहीं

 है या स्मृति हानि का 

इलाज नहीं कर रहा है,

 इसलिए उन्होंने सुझाव 

दिया कि उन्हें प्रवास को 

याद करने के लिए फिर 

से रांची जाना चाहिए और

 उन्होंने उन्हें कुछ तंत्रिका 

टॉनिक और ट्रैंक्विलाइज़र

 दिया और उन्हें अच्छी 

नींद लेने के लिए कहा। 

अगले दिन सुबह उसने 

अपने कार्यालय में छुट्टी 

का आवेदन दिया कि वह

 चीजों को याद करने के

 लिए रांची चला जाए और

 शाम को वह रांची के लिए

 निकल गया.


अगली सुबह विपिन चंद्र

 रांची में थे और उन्होंने

 अपने प्रवास को याद

 करने के लिए रांची के 

होटल, बाजार मुरादाबादी

 पहाड़ी और भवन की यात्रा 

की, लेकिन उन्हें याद नहीं

 आया। अब उन्होंने कुछ 

और मदद के लिए हुधू फॉल

 जाने का फैसला किया, 

इसलिए उन्होंने दोपहर के

 लिए वहां जाने के लिए एक

 टैक्सी की व्यवस्था की। फिर

 5 बजे गुजरात के एक 

सज्जन ने खुद को एक

 शिलाखंड के पास बेहोश

 पड़ा पाया, यह जानने के

 बाद अपना सारा घर

 छोड़ दिया और अगली

 सुबह कोलकाता वापस

 आ गए और उन्हें 

एहसास हुआ कि उन्हें

 उनके लिए और अपने

 संतुलित दिमाग से 

कोई उम्मीद नहीं है 

और वह डॉ चंद्रा को उनसे

 मिलने के लिए बुलाया।


Same time he received a

 letter from his friend Chunni

 Babu who was complaining 

about his unresponsiveness

 towards him for not finding 

a job for him. Dr Chandra 

came to meet Bipin Babu 

and he told, that he is fine

 and he remembered

 anything when he get of

 the train at Ranchi on

 this doctor Chandra said

 It is a unique case and he

 will write about in medical 

journal and told him that's

 why he sent him to Ranchi 

so that he can remember all 

his memory.


उसी समय उन्हें अपने 

मित्र चुन्नी बाबू का एक

 पत्र मिला, जो उनके 

लिए नौकरी न मिलने 

पर उनके प्रति उनकी 

असमर्थता के बारे में 

शिकायत कर रहा था। 

डॉ चंद्रा विपिन बाबू से

 मिलने आए और उन्होंने 

बताया, कि वह ठीक हैं 

और रांची में ट्रेन से 

उतरते समय उन्हें कुछ

 भी याद आया, इस पर

 डॉक्टर चंद्रा ने कहा कि

 यह एक अनूठा मामला 

है और वह मेडिकल जर्नल

 में लिखेंगे और उन्हें बताया 

कि क्यों उसने उसे रांची भेज

 दिया ताकि वह उसकी सारी 

यादें याद कर सके।


Comprehension Check 1.

1.Why did the man stare a

t Bepin Babu in disbelief?

Ans-1. The man stared at

 Bepin Babu in disbelief

 because he was shocked

 to know bepin was not able

 to recall his stay at ranchi.


 2.Where did Bepin Babu

 say he went in October '58? 

Ans-2. Bepin Babu said he 

went to kanpur in pooja in

 October '58.


3.Mention any three (or more) 

things that Parimal Ghose

 knew about Bepin Babu?

 Bepin Babu had a fall in

 Hudroo and injured his right knee.

 

Bepin Babu stayed in a

 bungalow at Ranchi and as 

he wasn’t so fond of hotel food; 

He preferred to have his meals

 cooked with bawarchi.

He did not have any children, 

Bepin Babu lost his wife ten

 years ago and his only brother

 had died of insanity

 

Comprehension Check-2 

1.Why did Bepin Babu 

worry about what Parimal 

Ghose had said?

Ans-1 Bepin Babu worried 

about what Parimal Ghose had

 said because he was not able

 to remember even a single

 incident Parimal ghose told

 him plus he knew very 

personal details about him.

2.How did he try to decide 

who was right—his memory 

or Parimal Ghose? 

Ans-2 he decided to check his

 right knee injury and then decided

 to contact Dinesh Mukerji to check

 if the latter remembered the

 incidents that happened in 1958.

 This is the way he decides who

 was right—his memory or Parimal

 Ghose.

3.Why did Bepin Babu hesitate

 to visit Mr Mukerji? Why did he  

finally decide to phone him?

 Ans-3. Bepin Babu hesitated

 to visit Mr. Mukerji because he

 was afraid of Dinesh’s ruthless

 sarcasm that he might need to

 face and he finally decided to

 phone him to avoid embarrassment 

right on his face.

4.What did Mr Mukerji say? Did it 

comfort Bepin Babu, or add to his

 worries?

Ans-4. Mr Mukerji said,yes he

 visited Ranchi, this statement 

adds to his worries.

 

Comprehension Check-3

1.Who was Chunilal? What

 did he want from Bepin Babu?

Ans-1.Chunilal was Bepin Babu’s

 school mate.he had been coming 

to see Bepin Babu for a job. Bepin

 Babu knew he could not do much 

to help Chunilal. However, Chuni

 kept on coming to seek help.

2.Why was Dr Chanda puzzled? 

What was unusual about Bepin 

Babu's loss of memory?

Ans-2 Dr. Chanda became puzzled

 after listening to Bepin Babu because

 his medical condition was typically

 outside his field of experience plus

 the unusual about Bepin Babu's loss

 of memory was  he remembered 

everything related to his past except 

for his Ranchi.

 

 

 

Comprehension Check -4

1.Had Bepin Babu really lost his

 memory and forgotten all about 

a trip to Ranchi?

Ans-1.s, No, Bepin Babu didn’t have

 any loss of memory or forgot all about 

a trip to Ranchi. From the letter sent by

 Chunilal, it seems that he played a trick 

on Bepin Babu who didn’t help him to get

 a job. 

 

2.Why do you think Chunilal did

 what he did? Chunilal says he 

has no money; what is it that he

 does have?

Ans-2. Chunilal had plotted the

 entire incident because Bepin 

Babu never helped him to get a

 decent job and he was money-less.

Chunilal says he has no money but

 he had a strong imaginative power

 which he felt would help him to fight

 the ill phase of his career. Hence,

 he wrote a novel which was being

 considered by a publisher and he

 was hopeful that it would give him

 a source of income.

 

 

Working with the text

1.The author describes Bepin Babu

 as a serious and hardworking man.

What evidence can you find in the

 story to support this? 

ans-1.Bepin Babu was described

 as a serious and hardworking man. 

He was working daily in his office.

 It was a big firm and he was doing

 a responsible job. He had been 

associated in this firm for the past

 twenty-five years and had a

 reputation for being a tireless 

and a conscientious worker.

 

2.Why did Bepin Babu change

 his mind about meeting Chunilal? 

What was the result of this meeting? 

Ans-2.He regularly comes to visit

 Bepin Babu to request him in order 

to get a job. But Bepin Babu refused to

 meet him. However, that day he

 changed his mind and decided to

 meet Chunilal and enquire if the

 latter remembers about his Ranchi

 visit. However, Chunilal confirmed

 Bepin Babu’s visit to Ranchi. Hearing

 this, Bepin Babu in a puzzled state

 decided to consult a specialist doctor 

and get treatment for his memory loss.

3.Bepin Babu lost consciousness 

at Hundru Falls.

 What do you think was the

 the reason for this?

Ans-3. Bepin Babu lost 

consciousness at Hudroo 

Falls because he got very 

tense due to failure in recalling

 his stay at Ranchi. Reason

 behind it,  bepin was not

 interested in helping Chunilal

 in finding a job.

 4.How do you think Bepin Babu

 reacted when he found out that

 Chunilal had tricked him?

Ans4-    Bepin Babu may be

 filled with anger with guilt that

 how his friend tricked him and

 tried to make him mentally

 unstable plus he was practising

 imagination skills on him plus

 also saddened for not helping

 and taking him seriously

 

Question 1:

Fill in the blanks below using 

‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’

Answer:

(i) I have to cut my hair every month.

(ii) We had to go for swimming lessons

 last year.

(iii) She has to tell the principal the truth.

(iv) They had to take the baby to the doctor.

(v) We have to complain to the police 

about the noise.

(vi) Romit had to finish his homework

 before he could come out to play.

(vii) I had to repair my cycle yesterday.

 

Question 2:

Here are a few idioms that you 

will find in the story. Look for

 them in the dictionary in the following way.

First, arrange them in the order

 in which you would find them in a 

dictionary.

(Clue: An idiom is usually listed under 

the first noun, verb, adjective or 

adverb in it. Ignore articles or

 prepositions in the idiom).

To help you, we have put in bold

 the word under which you must 

look for the idiom in the dictionary.)

Ans- i) at/from close quarters – 

This means stay nearby or close by.

(ii) break into a smile – 

This means to smile suddenly.

(iii) carry on – This means to 

continue with some task or work.

(iv) have a clean record – This 

means to have a clean conduct

 or track record.

(v) beat about the bush – This

 means to make rough guesses

 without proper knowledge.

Question 3:

Study the sentences in the 

columns below.

Compare the sentences in the

 two columns, especially the verb

 forms.

Ans- the following questions about

 each pair of sentences-

(i) Which column tells us that 

Bepin Babu is still working at

 the same place-Column B

(ii) Which column suggests that 

Chunilal is now waiting for a reply

 from the publisher-Column A

(iii) Which column suggests that the

 person still remembers the movie

 he saw-Column B

(iv) Which column suggests that the 

experience of visiting Ranchi is

 still fresh in the speaker’s

 mind-Column B

Question 4:

Given below are jumbled

 sentences. Working in groups,

 rearrange the words in each 

sentence to form correct sentences.

You will find that each sentence

 contains an idiomatic expression

 that you have come across in

 the lesson. Underline the idiom

 and write down its meaning. 

Then use your dictionary to 

check the meaning

Ans- (i) Stop beating about the

 bush and tell me what you want.

Idiom: beating about the bush –

 To avoid coming to the main

 point and talk vaguely

(ii) If you don’t pay attention to

 the announcement, you

 might board the wrong train.

Idiom: pay attention – 

To listen carefully

(iii) The villagers tried to pin 

the crime on the young woman.

Idiom: pin the crime – To place

 the blame or responsibility of a 

crime and implicate it on a wrong 

person

(iv) Bepin Babu loved telling people 

that he was under doctor’s orders

 to eat early.

Idiom: under doctor’s orders – To 

follow someone’s instructions

(v) The teacher raised his eyebrows

 when the students said that 

they had revised all their lessons.

Idiom: raised his eyebrows – 

To express surprise or doubt

 

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