C10 || Chapter # 2 : Half a Rupee Worth

Chapter # 2 : Half a Rupee Worth 

Ques 1.How did Subbiah manage to get rice during the drought?

Ans.Subbiah managed to get rice from villages. 

Ques 2.Those were the days when Subbiah loathed the rice bags. Which were those days? Why did he dislike the rice then? 

Ans. Subbiah loathed the rice bags when he worked under his father. He disliked the rice because he did not want to stay in the shop. 

Ques 3.What is the meaning of the statement: 'Rice was in his blood'? 

Ans. It means that he knew all about rice. 

Ques 4.How did Subbiah's profits increase during the war? Did he follow the rules laid down by the government? How did he tackle the officers? 

Ans. Subbiah's profit increased because he sold the rice at high price during the war. No, he did not follow the rules. He bribed the officers. 

Ques 5.Besides selling rice, what else did Subbiah do to earn more? 

Ans. Besides selling rice, Subbiah also lent money at high interest.

Ques 6.Who came to buy rice one evening when Subbiah was about to go home? Did he give rice to him? What did he say? 

Ans. A poor man came to buy rice one evening. At first, he told him that he had some other business. But in the end, he agreed to give rice. 

Ques 7.How much rice did Subbiah agree to sell the man and for how much? 

Ans. Subbiah agreed to sell him half seer of rice for half a rupee. 

Ques 8.Why did Subbiah ask the man to wait? What reasons did he give? 

Ans. Subbiah didn’t want to show his secret godown to anyone. So he told the other man that he had to bring rice from another man. 

Ques 9.Where did Subbiah go to get the rice? 

Ans. Subbiah went to his secret godown. 

Ques 10.Did the man wait for Subbiah for long? How do you know? 

Ans. Yes, the man waited for Subbiah for a long time. He waited till morning. 

Ques11.Where did the man go after waiting for Subbiah for a long time? Where was he taken and by whom? 

Ans. The man went to Subbiah’s house. He was taken to the secret godown by Subbiah’s wife. 

Ques 12. How did Subbiah die? 

Ans. Rice bags fell on him. He died under them.

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