WBCHSE Board Class 11th KARMA by Khushwant Singh

1. What type of literature is ‘Karma’ and who is its writer ?

Karma is actually a short-story and the writer of the story is Khushwant singh.

2. Who was the main protagonist of the story ‘Karma’ ? 

The main protagonist of the story ‘Karma’ is Sir Mohan Lal.

3. Who was Sir Mohan Lal ?

Sir Mohan Lal was the main character of the short-story ‘Karma’. He was a vizier and a barrister.

4. Where did Sir Mohan Lal wait at the beginning of the story, before the arrival of the train ?

Sir Mohal Lal waited in the first class waiting room of a railway station at the beginning of the story, before the arrival of the train.

5. How was the mirror of the waiting room ?

According to Sir Mohal Lal, the mirror of the waiting room was inefficient, dirty and indifferent like other things in India.

6. What was Sir Mohan Lal doing in the waiting room ?

Sir Mohan Lal was looking at himself in a mirror in the waiting room.

7. What did Mohan Lal’s mirror reveal ?

Sir Mohan Lal’s mirror revealed that he was distinguished, efficient and handsome.

8. Who was ‘old chap’ here and who addressed him as ‘old chap’ ?

Here in the story ‘Karma’, ‘old chap’ refers to Sir Mohan Lal and the mirror addressed him as ‘old chap’.

9. Why did Sir Mohan Lal smile at the mirror ?

Sir Mohan Lal smiled at the mirror by seeing the lack of maintenance as the red-oxide at its back had come off several places and there were several long lines across its surface.

10. Of what of himself Sir Mohan Lal thought as ‘a bit of all right ?

Sir Mohan Lal thought himself so for his neatly trimmed moustache, his suit from Savile Row, his Balliol tie, his perfume ( the aroma of eau de cologne), talcum powder and for the use of scented soap.