Read the following passage. It was midnight when Susruta was awakened

1.	Read the following passage. It was midnight when Susruta was awakened by a frantic knocking at the door. “Who’s out there?” asked the aged doctor, taking a lighted torch from its socket in the wall and approaching the door. “I’m a traveller, my revered Susruta,”was the anguished reply. “A tragedy has befallen me. I need your help….” Susruta opened the door. What he saw was a man kneeling before him, tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose. “Get up, my son, and come in,” said Susruta. “Everything will be all right. But be quiet, now.” He led the stranger to a neat and clean room. Now answer the following questions: a) Who was the aged doctor mentioned in the passage ? b) How was the traveller when Susruta saw him? c) What time of the day did the above incident take place? d) Why did Susruta take the traveller into a room? e) Who helped the traveller?Additional Questions (i): a) When was Susruta awakened? b) What was the profession of Susruta? c) How was the traveller’s nose? d) Where was the lighted torch? e) What did Susruta say to the traveller?Additional Questions (ii): 1) Who was Susruta? 2) Who awakened Susruta at midnight? 3) What do you mean by the word “Frantic”? 4) Why was the traveller anguished? 5) Why were there tears in the eyes of the traveller? 6) What did the traveller ask Susruta? 7) What was the tragedy befallen to him? 8) What help do you think did the traveller needed from Susruta? 9) How did Susruta receive him? 10) What do you understand about Susruta by the way he received the traveller?
Answer» a) Susrutha b) tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose c) It was midnight. d) to treat his disfigured nose e) Susrutha helped the traveller. Additional Answers (i): 1) At midnight 2) Doctor 3) Disfigured 4) It was in a socket in the wall. 5) Susruta told the traveller that everything would be alright and suggested him to be quiet then. Additional Answers (ii): 1) Susruta was an ancient surgeon. 2) A traveller awakened Susruta at midnight. 3) Quick and unorganised 4) Because his nose was disfigured and there was a lot of bleeding. 5) Because his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily. 6) The traveller asked Susnita for his help. 7) The tragedy befallen to him was his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily. 8) The traveller needed the treatment for Susruta. He wanted his nose to be operated. 9) Though it was a midnight, though he was very old he received the traveller with love and he assured him everything would be all right and he would be quite well very soon. 10) By the way he received the traveller we can understand that Susruta was very kind and considerate. He did not frighten the patient but gave him assurance that he Would be quite very soon.

Read the following passage. It was midnight when Susruta was awakened by a frantic knocking at the door. “Who’s out there?” asked the aged doctor, taking a lighted torch from its socket in the wall and approaching the door. “I’m a traveller, my revered Susruta,”was the anguished reply. “A tragedy has befallen me. I need your help….” Susruta opened the door. What he saw was a man kneeling before him, tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose. “Get up, my son, and come in,” said Susruta. “Everything will be all right. But be quiet, now.” He led the stranger to a neat and clean room. Now answer the following questions: a) Who was the aged doctor mentioned in the passage ? b) How was the traveller when Susruta saw him? c) What time of the day did the above incident take place? d) Why did Susruta take the traveller into a room? e) Who helped the traveller?Additional Questions (i): a) When was Susruta awakened? b) What was the profession of Susruta? c) How was the traveller’s nose? d) Where was the lighted torch? e) What did Susruta say to the traveller?Additional Questions (ii): 1) Who was Susruta? 2) Who awakened Susruta at midnight? 3) What do you mean by the word “Frantic”? 4) Why was the traveller anguished? 5) Why were there tears in the eyes of the traveller? 6) What did the traveller ask Susruta? 7) What was the tragedy befallen to him? 8) What help do you think did the traveller needed from Susruta? 9) How did Susruta receive him? 10) What do you understand about Susruta by the way he received the traveller?

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a) Susrutha b) tears flowing from his eyes and blood from his disfigured nose c) It was midnight. d) to treat his disfigured nose e) Susrutha helped the traveller.

Additional Answers (i):

1) At midnight

2) Doctor

3) Disfigured

4) It was in a socket in the wall.

5) Susruta told the traveller that everything would be alright and suggested him to be quiet then.

Additional Answers (ii):

1) Susruta was an ancient surgeon.

2) A traveller awakened Susruta at midnight.

3) Quick and unorganised

4) Because his nose was disfigured and there was a lot of bleeding.

5) Because his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily.

6) The traveller asked Susnita for his help.

7) The tragedy befallen to him was his nose was cut off and it was bleeding heavily.

8) The traveller needed the treatment for Susruta. He wanted his nose to be operated.

9) Though it was a midnight, though he was very old he received the traveller with love and he assured him everything would be all right and he would be quite well very soon.

10) By the way he received the traveller we can understand that Susruta was very kind and considerate. He did not frighten the patient but gave him assurance that he Would be quite very soon.

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