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English I · End Term · 31 Aug 2025 · May 2025 term

Question 31: Why did Munshi Ramsevak carry on the legal practice?

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In the village of Chandpur, Munshi Ramsevak was a very rich man and he was full of all the special qualities of very rich men. The foibles of human nature provided the foundation of his living. He could be seen every day seated on a broken bench under a neem tree within the precincts of the open-air small-pleas court, his satchel crammed with papers opened up in front of him. Nobody had ever seen him presenting a brief before the tribunal or arguing a case; but everyone called him ‘attorney’. It might blow up a storm, rain or hail, but the attorney could not be budged from his bench. Whenever he made his way to the open court the villagers crowded after him. He was regarded by everyone with respect and trust, and he was renowned for possessing the eloquence of the divine Saraswati herself. Call it an attorneyship or a legal practice, but it was only maintaining a family tradition. He had no very great income; people might talk about silver coins but even copper coins rarely came his way. Though there was no doubt about Ramsevak’s legal knowledge, he was compelled by complications to forgo a real lawyer’s job. Anyway, whatever it was, his profession was kept up only for the sake of continuing the family tradition. In actual fact his real means of livelihood was provided by widows without family but rich in the good things of life and by old men with lots of money and little sense. The widows handed over their money to him for safe-keeping and old men who feared their wastrel sons entrusted their wealth to him. But once any money went into his fist it forgot the way to come out again. When the need arose he himself would borrow — after all, without borrowing whose work would make any headway? He borrowed in the morning to give back by evening, but the evening never came. In brief, Munshi Ramsevak knew how to borrow but not to give.
(From The Power of a Curse, by Munshi Premchand)

Why did Munshi Ramsevak carry on the legal practice?

  1. A

    To earn a living

  2. B

    To help people in need

  3. C

    To continue the family tradition

  4. D

    All of these

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  • C

    To continue the family tradition

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Question 31 of 60 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) End Term paper sat on 31 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M FOUNDATION FN EXAM QDF1 31 Aug 2025). It carries 2 marks.

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