Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 16

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 16 2nd Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 12th

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Q 1. Write a note on Chips’ humour. / Why was Chips called a jester?

Ans. Chips had earned the reputation of being a great jester due to his humour. He often used jokes and witty sentences to explain different things. Jokes were expected of him. Whenever he rose to speak at a meeting, or even when he talked across table, people prepared their minds and faces for a joke.

Q 2. What was meant by Chips’ latest?

Ans. By Chips’ latest the students meant his latest joke. The students liked and waited for his new jokes because he often used jokes and jolly sentences at different occasions.

Q 3. What kind of life did Chips live after his retirement?

Ans. He lived a very calm and placid life after his retirement. His income was more then he needed to spend. He also helped the needy people. He generously served his visitors and new students.

Q 4. Where had Chips invested his small capital?

Ans. He had invested his small capital in gilt-edged stocks which did not suffer a lot when the slump set in.

Q 5. What was Chips’ will? / When Chips make his will and what was it?

Ans. In 1930, he made his will. He gave some part of his legacies to Poplar Mission and to Mrs. Wickett. He left his remaining money to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.

Q 6. Why did people ask questions from Chips?

Ans. They all asked him as if he were some kind of prophet and encyclopedia combined. Besides, they liked their answers to be dished up as a joke.

Q 7. Who was Gregson?

Ans. Gregson was a student who was always late for everything. He was a tall boy with spectacles. He got a job with the League of Nations.

Q 8. Why did Chips not leave Brookfield after 1929?

Ans. After 1929, Chips did not leave Brookfield even of Old Boys’ dinners in London because he was afraid of child and late nights also began to tire him.

Q 9. What did Chips comment about Wurlitzer in the new cinema?

Ans. Chips had never been to a cinema. He thought that Wurlitzer, on organ in cinema, was actually a sausage.

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