The Scarecrow (Satyajit Ray), Alt. English, by Podmeswar


Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

1.Who has authored the story ‘The Scarecrow’?
Answer:  Satyajit Ray has authored the story ‘The Scarecrow’.

2. What is the name of Satyajit Ray’s first film?
Answer: ‘Pather Panchali’ is the name of Satyajit Ray’s first film.

3.Who was Mriganko Babu?
Answer: Mriganko Babu or Mriganko Mukhopadhyay was a famous and popular writer of India.

4.What was the name of Mringako Babu’s driver?
Answer: ‘Sudheer’ was the name of Mringako Babu’s driver.

5.What was the full name of Mriganko Babu?
Answer: Mrigankoshekhar Mukhopadhyay was the full name of Mriganko Babu.

6.What was the occupation of Mrigangko Babu?
Answer: The occupation of Mrigangko Babu was writer.

7. Was Mriganko Babu superstitious?
Answer: No. Mriganko Babu was not superstitious.

8. Which magazine had asked him for a story?
Answer: Bharat Magazine had asked him (Mriganko) for a story.

9. Was Mriganko Babu really alone in that place?
Answer: Yes. Mriganko Babu was really alone in that place.

10. Whose presence did he perceive in that place?
Answer: He (Mriganko Babu) perceived a scarecrow’s presence in that place.

11. Where was the scarecrow standing?
Answer: The scarecrow was standing right in the middle of the crop land.

12. In the call of the scarecrow, whose voice did he recognize?
Answer:  In the call of the scarecrow, he(Mringanko Babu) recognized Abhiram’s voice.

13. Whom did Mriganko Babu’s father call in to find the lost watch?
Answer: Mriganko Babu’s father called in a witch doctor to find the lost watch.

14. Give the meaning of the following terms:
Answer:
Word-Meaning
Amiable- Good-natured, friendly
Almanac- an annual publication containing a calendar with information about the time of events, like important anniversaries, religious functions, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc.
Barren- (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation
Desolate- isolated, deserted
Weird- unusual, strange
Tremor- shake, tremble

Mustered- assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.


Short Answer Questions Type-I: 2 Marks

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