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Chapter 8: The Hack Driver
📖 Story
Class 10
✍️ Sinclair Lewis
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This is a humorous story about a young lawyer who goes to a village to serve a summons on Oliver Lutkins. He meets a cheerful hack driver who offers to help him find Lutkins. The driver takes him around all day, but they never find Lutkins. Later, the lawyer discovers that the hack driver himself was Oliver Lutkins. The story shows how a cunning man can trick an educated lawyer.
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Read and Find Out
4 Q
Q1.
Why did the lawyer go to the village?
Ans: To serve a summons on Oliver Lutkins, who was a witness in a case.
Q2.
Who was the hack driver?
Ans: The hack driver was actually Oliver Lutkins himself.
Q3.
How did the driver help the lawyer?
Ans: He pretended to help him search for Lutkins, but actually kept him busy all day.
Q4.
What did the lawyer discover at the end?
Ans: He discovered that the friendly hack driver was Oliver Lutkins, the very man he was looking for.
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Thinking about the Text
2 Q
Q1.
Who was smarter — the lawyer or Lutkins?
Ans: Lutkins. He tricked the educated lawyer very cleverly.
Q2.
What is the theme of the story?
Ans: Cleverness matters more than education. We should not judge by appearances.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. How did Lutkins trick the lawyer?
He pretended to be a hack driver, took the lawyer around the village, and made him believe they were searching for Lutkins.
Q2. What is the message of the story?
We should be careful of strangers. Smartness can defeat even the most educated person.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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2024
Q1. Who was the hack driver?
The hack driver was Oliver Lutkins himself, disguised.
2023
Q2. Why did the lawyer fail?
Because he trusted the hack driver who was actually the person he was looking for.
2022
Q3. What is the theme of the story?
Cleverness matters more than education. Appearances can deceive.
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A young lawyer went to a village to serve a summons.
एक युवा वकील एक गाँव में सम्मन देने गया।
He had to find a man named Oliver Lutkins.
उसे ओलिवर लटकिंस नाम के व्यक्ति को ढूंढना था।
A cheerful hack driver offered to help.
एक हँसमुख टैंगा ड्राइवर ने मदद की पेशकश की।
They searched all day but never found Lutkins.
वे पूरे दिन ढूंढते रहे पर लटकिंस नहीं मिला।
The lawyer later discovered the driver was Lutkins.
वकील को बाद में पता चला कि ड्राइवर ही लटकिंस था।
The clever Lutkins had tricked the lawyer.
चतुर लटकिंस ने वकील को बेवकूफ बनाया था।