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    The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sangfroid. He continued to sip his Scotch and ordered the bearer to tell him when he had moved the luggage to a first class compartment. Excitement, bustle and hurry were exhibitions of bad breeding, and Sir Mohan was eminently well-bred. He wanted everything ‘tickety-boo’ and orderly. In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the manners and attitudes of the upper class. He rarely spoke Hindustani. When he did, it was like an Englishman’s, only the very necessary words and properly anglicized. But he fancied his English, finished and refined at no less a place than the University of Oxford, he was fond of conversation and like a cultured Englishman he could talk on almost any subject-books, politics or people. How frequently had he heard English people say that he spoke like an Englishman?

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Sir Mohan Lal was not badly bred because

  • Solution

    The passage here provides us with the information about a man, ‘Sir Mohan Lal’, and his English upbringing. We also find an account of the criterion he applies for differentiating the well-bred from the badly-bred people. In his view, the people who exhibited traits of excitement, bustle and hurry were badly bred; since he stayed calm and composed as the train arrived at the platform, and didn’t display any such trait, he was not badly bred. Among the options provided, the last option is the one that explains this position properly, therefore, is the correct answer.

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The Hindustani that he spoke was like that of an Englishman’s in the sense that

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    The passage provides us with an account of the language skills adopted by Sir Mohan Lal. We are told, how, even though he is an Indian, he spoke in English only and made rare use of Hindustani; that too in an anglicized accent. Going by this description in the passage, the only suitable option is option ‘B’, therefore is the correct answer.

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He conversed like a cultured Englishman for the reason that

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    The passage informs us that Sir Mohan Lal had adopted the English culture and mannerisms so well that like the British, he had the capacity to carry out a conversation on almost any topic whether it was books, politics or people. Thus, the first option is the correct answer.

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