1. Who wrote the story, “ The boy who broke the bank”?
Ruskin Bond
2. Who is the boy who broke the bank?
Nathu
3. What is the name of the son of a washer man?
Sitaram
4. Whom did Nathu speak about his issue?
Sitaram
5. What was Nathu’s matter of concern?
His salary was not been paid for a month/ He did not receive his regular pay
6. Whom did Sitaram tell about Nathu’s plight?
Mrs. Srivastava
7. Name the tree mentioned in the story?
Tamarind Tree
8. Mention the climate as stated in the story?
Hot
9. Who were the two female friends talking to each other as mentioned in the story?
Mrs. Srivastava and Mrs. Bhushan
10. Where was Mr. Bhushan?
In front of Kamal Kishor's Photographic shop
11. What does Sitaram tell Mrs. Srivastava?
That he knows a sweeper boy, working with a bank, they aren't giving his pay and
thus wants to leave
12. What is interesting about the beggar?
Ganpat, the beggar has crooked leg. All were astonished to see leaping his feet
and running
13. How does the rumour spread from the photographer's store?
That the bank has collapsed
14. What really breaks the bank?
The rumour that spread like wildfire
15. Where was Seth Govind Ram holidaying?
Kashmir
16. Who said to whom " the bird has flown away"?
Elderly gentleman to Deep Chand
17. Why was the gentleman unwilling to believe that the owner of the bank was holidaying?
Since they came to know that the bank has collapsed they started assuming he has left
the town
18. What was the reason that certain employs were not paid?
The Cashier was sick and on leave
19. “Goondas, Hooligans! May they suffer a thousand ills.”-Who said this?
Nathu
20. Where was Nathu working?
In Pipalnagar Bank
21. Why was Sitaram glad after talking to Mrs. Shrivastava?
He felt glad that he had been of service to both- a customer and his friend, Nathu.
22. Who informed Nathu that the bank has collapsed?
Sitaram
