Question

Read the following story and answer the questions that follow it:
One lazy Sunday afternoon Mala and her friends Shankar, Jehangir and Rehana were playing a game of cricket in the street.
Shankar had bowled a good over and although he nearly managed to get Rehana out, she was still batting. Frustrated, he bowled a short ball and hoped she would hit it for an easy catch. Instead, Rehana hit the ball so hard and so high that the street light broke. Rehana screamed, “Oh no, look what I’ve done!” Shankar said, “Yes! we forgot to make a rule that if you break the street light you are automatically out.” But Mala, Jehangir and Rehana were more worried about what had happened and they told Shankar he’d better stop thinking about the wicket.
Last week they had broken Nirmala Mausi’s window and had spent their pocket money to have it replaced.

1. Would they have to dish out money again from their pockets?
2. But who would they pay this to?
3. To whom did the lights on the streets belong?
4. Who changed them?

Answer 1

1. Yes, they would have to dish out money again from their pockets.
2. But they would not pay this to any person, as there is no rule for the damage caused to light on the streets.
3. The lights on the streets belong to the civic body (Municipal Corporation).
4. The electricity department of the civic body changed them. In Pune, it is the Municipal Corporation.