Chapter 9 

                                                         The White Visitor


Q:1 Where is the office located in the play The White Visitor?

Ans: The office is located in Kali Ghat, Kolkata.

Q:2 Who visits Mr. Choudhary’s office?

Ans: Doctor Dass visits Mr. Choudhary’s office.

Q:3 Why did Doctor Dass come to Mr. Choudhary?

Ans: He wanted to buy or rent a house to live and work in Kali Ghat.

Q:4 What problem did Mr. Choudhary mention about buying a house?

Ans: He said houses were expensive, many people were coming to live there, and prices were going up every week.

Q:5 Which house did Mr. Choudhary first show to Doctor Dass?

Ans: He first showed a house that was priced at ten lakh rupees, which was too expensive for Dass.

Q:6 What price was Doctor Dass ready to pay for a house?

Ans: Dass was ready to pay around five lakh rupees or a little more.

Q:7 Which house did Dass finally show interest in?

Ans: He showed interest in Shanti Bhawan, which was priced at only three lakh rupees.

Q:8 Why was the price of Shanti Bhawan so low?

Ans: Because nobody wanted to buy it due to strange stories about the house.

Q:9 What stories were associated with Shanti Bhawan?

Ans: People said the dead owner, Mrs. Ghosh, came back as a ghost to visit the house at night.

Q:10 How long after her death did people claim she visited the house?

Ans: People claimed she visited two years after her death.

Q:11 How did Doctor Dass respond to the stories about the ghost?

Ans: He said he did not believe in such stories.

Q:12 What did Dass request before buying the house?

Ans: He requested to spend one night in Shanti Bhawan to see the house himself.

Q:13 How did Dass plan to spend the night in the house?

Ans: He planned to take a small cot and a small lamp with him.

Q:14 What time did Dass prepare for the ghost to appear?

Ans: He waited until midnight, one minute to twelve.

Q:15 How did the Visitor first appear to Dass?

Ans: The Visitor appeared slowly, dressed in white from head to foot, standing at the end of the room.

Q:16 What did Dass do when he first saw the Visitor?

Ans: He tried to ignore it, saying he was busy reading, and even threw his book at the Visitor.

Q:17 How did Dass discover the Visitor was not a ghost?

Ans: He pulled the white cloth off the Visitor’s face and realized it was Mr. Choudhary.

Q:18 Why did Mr. Choudhary pretend to be the White Visitor?

Ans: He wanted to buy the house for himself and used the ghost stories to lower the price.

Q:19 How much did Mr. Choudhary need to buy the house?

Ans: He had one and a half lakh rupees and could get a loan of one lakh, totaling two and a half lakh, but the house price was three lakh.

Q:20 How did the ghost stories help Mr. Choudhary?

Ans: They scared people away, reducing competition and keeping the house price low for him.

Q:21 What does “several” mean as used in the text?

Ans: “Several” means more than two but not many; a few.

Q:22 Explain the phrase “by the light of.”

Ans: It means using some source of light, like Dass reading by the light of a small lamp.

Q:23 What does “at the end of” refer to in the story?

Ans: It refers to the position of the Visitor standing at the end of the bedroom.

Q:24 What does “in a bad state” mean?

Ans: It means in poor condition or not properly maintained.

Q:25 What quality of Dass is described by the word “soldier”?

Ans: Dass is brave and disciplined like a soldier.

Q:26 What does “afraid of” mean?

Ans: It means feeling fear of something.

Q:27 What does “warn” mean?

Ans: It means to tell someone about possible danger or trouble.

Q:28 Explain “long pause” as used in dialogues.

Ans: It means a significant silence between words while speaking, used to create suspense.

Q:29 What does “prices are going up” imply in the context of the houses?

Ans: It means the cost of houses is increasing week by week.

Q:30 What does “in good order” mean?

Ans: It means well-maintained and in proper condition.

Q:31 Fill in the blank: “All my records are ___.”

Ans: All my records are in good order.

Q:32 Fill in the blank: “His grandmother is very old, she is ___ of health.”

Ans: His grandmother is very old, she is in a bad state of health.

Q:33 Fill in the blank: “Sohan went ___ his sister last month.”

Ans: Sohan went to visit his sister last month.

Q:34 Fill in the blank: “He is working ___ the moon.”

Ans: He is working by the light of the moon.

Q:35 Fill in the blank: “Suman was a khadi saree ___ to act as a leader.”

Ans: Suman was a khadi saree dressed in to act as a leader.

Q:36 Fill in the blank: “The sick child gets cured ___ the story.”

Ans: The sick child gets cured of the story.

Q:37 Fill in the blank: “She was wearing black clothes ___.”

Ans: She was wearing black clothes from head to foot.

Q:38 Fill in the blank: “I am not ___ ghosts.”

Ans: I am not afraid of ghosts.

Q:39 Convert into indirect narration: Geeta said, “I am going to my grandmother's place.”

Ans: Geeta said that she was going to her grandmother’s place.

Q:40 Convert into indirect narration: Seema asked, “How far is your grandmother’s house?”

Ans: Seema asked how far Geeta’s grandmother’s house was.

Answer by Mrinmoee