(a) Did Patol Babu expect such a news? (b) Why was the news beyond his wildest dreams? (c) What is the synonym for ‘hoped’ in the passage?

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Patol Babu hadn’t expected such news at the start of the day. That an offer to act in a film could come to a 52-year-old nonentity like him was beyond his wildest dreams.

Questions 

(a) Did Patol Babu expect such a news?

(b) Why was the news beyond his wildest dreams? 

(c) What is the synonym for ‘hoped’ in the passage?

Answer 1

(a) No, Patol Babu hadn’t expected such a good news at the start of the day. 

(b) Patol Babu was a 52-year old nonentity and an offer to act in a film was beyond his wildest dreams. 

(c) expected