12th English Elective Novel 2. The Financial Expert - R.K. Narayan
12th English Elective Novel 2. The Financial Expert - R.K. Narayan
प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class - 12 English Elective 2.
The Financial Expert - R.K. Narayan Q-1 Write a character sketch of Margayya. Ans-
Margayya had been named after enchanting God Krishna by his parents but the
people did not know his real name and called him Margayya. 'Marg' meant the way
and 'Ayya' meant the man who showed the way. Margayya and his elder brother
were living and sharing their ancestral house in Vinayaka Street. He was
married to Meenakshi and had a son named Balu. He was blindly obsessed with
money. Margayya
was running a roadside counter opposite to the Co-operative Bank in Malgudi. He
used to charge a fee for writing loan application forms on behalf of illiterate
and ignorant villagers who came to take loans from the bank. He abandoned the
business and entered into an agreement with Madan Lal. The book, 'Domestic
Harmony' was printed in partnership. Then he launched an attractive deposit
scheme and accept…