Comprehension : Comprehension

Q 457 / 466

UPSC CSE Prelims 2011

I opened the bag and packed the boots in; and then, just as I was going to close it, a horrible idea occurred to me. Had I packed my toothbrush? I don't know how it is, but I never do know whether I've packed my toothbrush.
My toothbrush is a thing that haunts me when I'm travelling, and makes my life a misery. I dream that I haven't packed it, and wake up in a cold perspiration, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and it is always -the last, thing I turn out of the bag; and then I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs for it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief.
His toothbrush is finally

EXPLANATION

Correct Option (3)

The passage explicitly states in its concluding sentence that the toothbrush is carried to the railway station "wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief". This directly indicates its final location.

Incorrect Options:

Option (1) "in his bag": The narrative details the protagonist's repeated failure to pack the toothbrush in the bag, indicating it is not its final location.

Option (2) "in his bed": The protagonist wakes up in bed after dreaming about the toothbrush, but the toothbrush itself is not stated to be in the bed.

Option (4) "lost": The passage concludes with the protagonist locating the toothbrush and carrying it, thus it is not lost.