Question

Patol Babu suddenly felt he could write a whole thesis on that monosyllabic exclamation. Why had he felt so disheartened when this single word containing a gold mine of meaning?

(a) Why was Patol Babu disheartened?

(b) Which was the word that contained a ‘Gold Mine’?

(c) What does the word ‘monosyllabic’ mean?

(d) Give the opposite of ‘whole’.

Answer 1

(a) had only a single syllable as dialogue/expected more/thought he had no chance to display his talent in acting.

(b) the word, ‘Oh!’

(c) word with a single sound.

(d) Part.