Directions: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives given. Bansilal's train was late and it reached Mumbai a little after midnight. It was…

Directions: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives given.

Bansilal's train was late and it reached Mumbai a little after midnight. It was his first visit to the city, and he didn't know where to go. He thought he would go to a choultry where he would not have to pay rent, but he did not know how to find one at that hour. He asked a porter to take him to a choultry, but the porter asked him for three rupees to take him at once. But Bansilal waved him away and walked out of the station. He wondered through the streets and asked a number of people, but could not find a room cheap enough for him. He sat down on a park bench to think of what he should do next. He was very tired and fell asleep on the bench. He woke up the next morning, stiff in every limb, but he smiled when he realised that it was the cheapest night's lodging that he had ever had.

In the passage, the word 'choultry' should mean