VI. A. Prose Comprehension - Multiple Choice Questions Read the passage and answer the questions “If I start a school, will you come?” I ask, half-joking, “Yes,” he says, smiling broadly. A few days later I see him running up to me. “Is your school ready?” : “It takes longer to build a school,” I say, embarrassed at having made a promise that was not meant. But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world. Questions What was promised to the boy? A. A school B. A job C. Some food D. A pair of shoes Where does the scene take place? A. Faridabad B. Firozabad C. Alkapuri D. Seemapuri What activity was done by the boys? A, bangle making B. working at tea-stall C. rag picking D. studying in a school Give the adjective form of ‘school’ A. scholastic B. schooled C. schooling D. schools “I now work in a tea stall down the road,” he says, pointing in the distance. "I am paid 800 rupees and all my meals.” Does he like the job? I ask. His face, I see, has lost the carefree look The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would Carry so lightly over his shoulder. The bag was his. The canister belongs to the man who owns the tea shop. English Comprehensive Study Book [ 24]rf a 4 “ 1 ; 2 question e new job done by the boy involve? hat | ll. wt at a tea stal working q 800 rupees. i Bei a steel canister all day. ii. an eals. / i Being given all B.i,ii, iv Ci, i, iy oy Al iii i effect of the job on the boy? what was ong happiness to his family. B. He was now a mature person A Me had lost his carefree look, D. He had last alot of wean” enned the story? vines hang B. Kamala Das C.AR Barton D. Asokamitran ive the adjective form of ‘face’, face B. facing C. faces D. facial “Itis his karma, his destiny,” says Mukesh’s go blind with the dust from broken?” she implies. Questions What was the old woman's belief? A. That your destiny is chosen by you, 8. That a man does what is written in his destiny C. That destiny has no place in one’s life. D. That their destiny has always been bad. grandmother, who has wate! hed her own husband Polishing the glass of bangles. "Can s God-gi ven lineage ever be and lineage, What suffering did the old woman witness? Behe has been making bangles from the time she was married, B. She has had a bad karma, ¢- Her husband did the horrible work of bangle making. D. Her husband went blind making bangles, Where was Mukesh from? A. Firozabad B, Faridabad C. Ferozabad D. Faizabad What is not meant by ‘lineage’? A heredity vuness roots C.original D. family "Even If we ill be hauled up by the police, beaten and ct organised, we are the ones who will be hau Gr299ed to jai for doing things aren Gal” they say. There is no leader among them, no one reccud help them see things differently. Riestions © need jing to the narrator? A.The test ed according B, The rag pickers ©The bas D. The slum dwellers lat ‘Would hi i A ‘aPPen if they o: janised? 8 my mould Be booked by the police for doing something wrong. [25] English Comprehensive Study BookWhat is the title of the story? A.Going Places —_B. The Interview C. Last Lesson What is the antonym of ‘differently’? A. otherwise B. similarly C. inversely Answers: a. 1-A 2D 3-C 4A b.1-B 2-C © 1B 2D 3-A 4-C d. 1-C 2-A Fill in the Blanks with the words given in the hractat. D. Lost Spring D. contrary