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  • 1. 
    Who was Johnson?

  • Provost of King’s College
  • Butler
  • Security officer at Whitehall
  • Defence Science Advisor, Her Majesty’s government

  • 2. 
    Where did the envelope tell him to come?

  • London
  • Canada
  • New York
  • India

  • 3. 
    “ There is no __________ whatsoever with the arrival of a comet and the calamities of the earth. ”

  • Correlation
  • Proof
  • Finding
  • None of the above

  • 4. 
    Duttada laughed. “I see that even an MA degree has not cured you of your __________!

  • Dumbness
  • Sarcasm
  • Doubt
  • Superstitions

  • 5. 
    Did he like the publicity he was receiving?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe
  • Not mentioned in the story

  • 6. 
    Duttada was absent-minded about daily chores. How was he with his calculations?

  • Absent-minded
  • Oblivious
  • Meticulous
  • Forgetful

  • 7. 
    Why could professionals not discover a comet?

  • They are busy with pre-assigned programmes
  • They are busy looking at faint stars
  • They are busy looking at nebulous galaxies
  • All of the Above

  • 8. 
    What was Duttada’s secret ambition?

  • To discover an asteroid
  • To buy a telescope
  • To spend nights star-gazing
  • To discover a comet

  • 9. 
    What does his wife think of Dibya?

  • A telescope
  • A designing woman
  • A man
  • His husband’s friend

  • 10. 
    What do you mean by ‘tete-a-tete’?

  • Public meeting
  • Public announcement
  • Private meeting
  • None of the above
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