92. The Testament of a Walker (10)

1. Who is the author of 'The Testament of a Walker '?
Ans:- R. K. Narayan is the writer of 'The Testament of a Walker'.

2. What is the writing all about?
Ans:- 'The Testament of a Walker ' is taken from Narayan's essay collection 'A Writer's Nightmare'. This essay looks at the problems faced by the author who owns an imported car. He likes to walk and makes a strong stand on the necessity of using our own legs to walk rather than use car. Our legs function without petrol or gears whereas his car incurred a lot of expenses and also killed his valuable time while maintaining it.

3. What is an automobile to the author?
Ans :- For the author, an automobile served as a means to attain his purpose of reaching a particular place.

4. What caused ecstasy in every auto pundit?
Ans:- R. K. Narayan's newly imported car which had sophisticated features caused ecstatic reactions in every auto pundit who saw his car.

5. In Narayan's opinion what does he lack?
Ans:- As per Narayan he lacks automobile sensibility. He is indifferent to the sophisticated features in a car. He started believing that man is destined to walk because he has been given a pair of legs.

6. What name does the author propose for his most ambitious work?
Ans:- The author R. K. Narayan has been planning his most ambitious work since several years. He has titled it 'The Testament of a Walker '.

7. Who fell on Narayan's car when it was parked in front of the hospital?
Ans:- Two cyclists collided and fell on Narayan's car when it was parked in front of the hospital. This led to the smashing of the left sides's parking light.

8. Which part of the author's car could not be ordinarily replaced?
Ans:- The parking light on the left side of the imported car could not be easily replaced in india.

9. For how long during the ten years he used the car, was the air-conditioners switched on?
Ans:- During ten years' using of the imported car, the air-conditioner was switched on for a total of thirty minutes only.

10. Why was the author indifferent at the mention of any petrol 'hike'?
Ans:- The author was indifferent at the mention of any petrol 'hike' because he preferred to walk and firmly believed that man is destined to walk. Man has been provided with a pair of legs for the sole purpose of walking and standing. The author felt that the petrol price hiking may end when man starts using public transport more.

11. Why did the author regard himself a 'fanatic' in the context of walking?
12. How according to Narayan did his friend spend his leisure hours? 
13. In Narayan's opinion what does he lack? 

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