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I was first quite disappointed when I heard Baba say, 'Let's have a holiday in Lucknow this year. Dhiru has been asking us for a long time to go and visit him.' It was my belief that Lucknow was dull and boring. Baba did say we'd include a trip to Haridwar and Laxmanjhoola, and the latter was in the hills but that would be just for a few days. We generally went to either Dajeeling or Puri. I liked both the sea and the mountains. Lucknow had neither. So I said to Baba, 'Couldn't we ask Feluda to come with us ?'
Feluda has a theory about himself. No matter where he goes, he says, mysterious things start happening around him. And true enough, the last time he went with us to Darjeeling, all those strange things happened to Rajen Babu. If Lucknow could offer somthing similar, it wouldn't matter too much if the place itself was boring.
Baba said, 'Felu would be most welcome, but can he get away ?' Feluda appeared quite enthusiastic when I told him. 'Went there in 1958 to play a cricket match,' he said. It's not a bad place at all. If you went inside the Bhoolbhulaia in the Burra Imambara, I'm sure your eyes would pop out. What an imagination those Nawabs had - My God! 'You'll get leave, won't you?
Feluda ignored my question and continued to speak: ' And it's not just the Bhoolbhulaia. You'll get to see the monkey bridge over the Gomti, and of course the battered Residency.' 'What's the Residency ?'
'It was the center of the British forces during the Mutiny. They couldn't do a thing. The sepoys tore it apart.'
Feluda had been at his job for two years. Since he hadn't taken any leave in the first year it wasn't difficult for him now to get a couple of weeks off.
Perhaps I should explain here that Feluda is my cousin. I am fourteen and he is twentyseven. Some people think him crazy, some say he is only eccentric, others call him just plain lazy. But I happen to know that few men of his age possess his intelligence. And, if he finds a job that interests him, he can work harder than anyone I know.
(The Emperor's Ring-Satyajit Ray)
'Feluda has a theory about himself, no matter where he goes, he says mystenious things start happening around him.'
'Theory' in this extract means :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → belief
A theory, in everyday use, is an idea or belief that someone holds about something, not yet proved. Feluda's "theory" is his belief that mysterious things happen wherever he goes, so here theory means belief.
Example: My grandmother has a theory that rain always follows a hot afternoon.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: order — Incorrect. Wrong meaning: an order is a command, or the way things are arranged; Feluda is not commanding anything.
Example: The soldiers waited for the captain's order.
Option 2: lyric — Incorrect. Wrong meaning: a lyric is a short poem expressing feelings, or the words of a song.
Example: She wrote the lyrics for the school song.
Option 3: novel — Incorrect. Wrong meaning: a novel is a long written story; as an adjective it means new and unusual. Neither sense fits Feluda's idea about himself.
Example: He is reading a novel by Satyajit Ray.