Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Short Questions Over Coat 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th
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Q 1. What was the colour of the overcoat of young man?
Ans. It was brown.
Q 2. How did he look like?
Ans. He seemed a well-groomed young man. His hair was sleek and shinning and he wore side burns. He had thin mustache. He wore a brown overcoat with a cream coloured half opened rose in his button hole and a green felt hat at a rakish angle. A white silk scarf was knotted at his neck. One of his hands was in a pocket and in the other he held a short polished cane. He twirled it jauntily now and then.
Q 3. Why did the people come out on the Mall?
Ans. The cold induced people to seek comfort in pleasure. They gathered on the Mall where they amused themselves among the variety of hotels, restaurants, cafes and snack bars, each according to his means.
Q 4. Who were the people wearing such dress and had come on the Mall?
Ans. Every type of people including the fun lovers, wanderers and the isolated had come on the Mall to join the cheerfulness of the streets.
Q 5. Why was the cat shivering?
Ans. The cat was shivering with cold.
Q 6. Why did the driver of the truck speed away after the accident?
Ans. The truck driver speeds away because he had a fear of being caught.
Q 7. Who took the young man to the hospital?
Ans. A car was stopped and he was loaded into it and taken to a nearby hospital by the passers by.
Q 8. What kind of music was played in one of the restaurants?
Ans. An orchestra was being played in one of the restaurants.
Q 9. Give the list of the articles, which were found from the coat of the young man.
Ans. The young man was lying on a white marble table in the operating theatre. The assistant surgeon and the two nurses with their faces concealed behind masks were attending to the young man. His clothes were being taken off. When the overcoat was removed it was found that the young man had the following things which were found in the various pockets of his overcoat. A small black comb, a handkerchief, six annas and a few pies, a half smoked cigarette, a little diary in which the names and addresses of a few people were noted, a list of gramophone records and a few handbills which distributors had thrust upon him during his evening promenade.
Q 10. What is the moral of the story?
Ans. The story is a pungent satire upon the society. The rich look down upon the poor. The poor try to hide their property by many ways. Sometimes they become vindictive and revengeful. They adopt unlawful methods to become respectable in the society. They hide their real characters in the guise of wealth. Sometimes the poor try to look good by hiding their miserable condition under the veil of old and repaired clothes. This story is about a young man who conceals his poverty by wearing an overcoat. He seems to a respectable young man going out for a walk on the Mall. Everybody takes him as a well-off gentleman. The story teaches us a moral that human beings should be judged by their characters and not by their appearances.
Q 11. Write a gist of the story in ten lines.
Ans. One evening in January a well-groomed young man was walking on the Mall. It was a cold evening. He was wearing a brown overcoat. He had such a dandy look that tonga wallas and taxi drivers thought him a fare. The young man was seated on the cement bench and watched the people with interest. He bought a cigarette and smoked it with relish. Then he went into a large western music shop aimlessly and had a chat with the salesman. Then he stopped at a book stall. A few yards further ha had a glance of large Persian carpet and then moved on. He was following a young couple when a truck full of bricks crushed him. In the hospital it was found that he was a destitute hiding his poverty under the overcoat.
Q 12. What is the theme of the story?
Ans. The writer has inflicted a satire upon society. Sometimes a poor man disguises his poverty under false layers. He wants to be respected and honoured. But unfortunately this society judges a man on the basis of his wealth and appearance. The character has become the least important thing for getting a higher place in the society. In this story a young man tries his best to hide his abject poverty by using an overcoat which proved quite successful for him during the walk. His poverty is revealed only when his overcoat is removed. His sweater is all in holes. Layers of dirt cover his body. He could not have had a bath for at least two months. We should try to create an environment that can absorb the poor in it.
Q 13. How much rush was there on the Mall Road?
Ans. There was great hustle and bustle on the Mall. The people wanted to seek comfort in pleasure and amused themselves among the variety of hotels, restaurants, cafes and snack bars.
Q 14. What was the young man doing when he was sitting on the bench?
Ans. The young man sat on the cement bench and watched the people passing on the pavement before him.
Q 15. What did people do on the Mall?
Ans. They amused themselves among the variety of hotels, restaurants, cafes and snack bars.
Q 16. What did the young man do with the German Piano?
Ans. He lifted the cover of the keyboard and played a few notes and closed it again.
Q 17. What did the young man do at a book stall?
Ans. He picked up one or two magazines and after a hurried glance at the contents carefully replaced them.
Q 18. Why did the young man follow the couple closely?
Ans. He followed the couple closely hoping to get a glimpse of their faces and to hear more of their talk.
Q 19. What happened when the young man reached half was across the road?
Ans. A truck full of bricks came from behind and crushing the young man speeded off towards Mcleod Road.
Q 20. What did they find beneath the scarf?
Ans. There was neither a tie nor a collar and not even a short beneath the scarf.
Q 21. What was the condition of the young man’s body when they put off his clothes?
Ans. Layers of dirt covered his body. He could not have had a bath for at least two months.
Q 22. What was the condition of the socks?
Ans. The one was quite different from the other in colour and pattern. There were holes at the heels.
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