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GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (NOVEL)
Lahore Board Paper 2013 (Group – I)
1. Describe Katherine Bridges ideas.
Answer: In politics, Katherine was radical. She liked the views of Bernard Shaw and William Morris.
2. What kind of professions were generally adopted by the students of Brookfield.
Answer: The students of Brookfield became judges, members of parliament, colonial administrators, peers and bishops. Mostly, it produced merchants, manufacturers and parson.
3. When did Mr. Chips join Brookfield school?
Answer: Mr Chips joined Brookfield school in July 1870.
4. What kind of books were read by Mr. Chips?
Answer: Mr Chips read detective novels. Sometimes, he read vigil or xenophon.
5. How did Mr. Chips' entertain his guests at Mrs Wickett’s house?
Answer: He served them with Walnut - Cake and tea.
6. What was the effect of Katherine’s Bridges death on Mr. Chips?
Answer: At the death of his wife Mr. Chips was horrified. He was lost in his sad thoughts.
7. Give an account of the dispute between Chips and the Ralston.
Answer: One day, Ralston asked Mr Chips to retire. He said that Chips' methods of teaching were old. His habits was slovenly. His pronunciation was wrong. Chips became angry to hear this. He refused to retire.
8. What did the Chairman of the governors tell Mr. Chips about his retirement?
Answer: He told Chips that he could stay in Brookfield till he was a hundred.
9. How did Mr. Chips serve Ralston?
Answer: Though Chips did not like Ralston, he served him loyally.
10. Why did Mr. Chips not want to be the official head of Brookfield?
Answer: Mr Chips was an old man. He did not want to be the official head of the Brookfield School as he felt himself unequal to it.
11. How did Mr. Chips take his class during the shelling?
Answer: Mr Chips remained calm during the shelling. He kept on teaching his class.
12. Where was Mrs Wickett on the day of Mr. Chips' death?
Answer: She had gone out to see her relatives in a neighbouring village.