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Q.1-5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
As I stepped out of the train I felt unusually solitary since I was the only passenger to alight. I was accustomed to arriving in the summer, when holiday-makers throng coastal resorts and this was my first visit when the season was over. My destination was a little village which was eight miles by road. It took only a few minutes for me to come to the foot of the cliff path. When I reached the top I had left all signs of habitation behind me. I was surprised to notice that the sky was already aflame with the sunset. It seemed to be getting dark amazingly quickly. I was at a loss to account for the exceptionally early end of daylight since I did not think I had walked unduly slowly. Then I recollected that on previous visits’ I had walked in high summer and now it was October.
All at once it was night. The track was grassy and even in daylight showed up hardly at all. I was terrified of hurtling over the edge of the cliff to the rocks below. I felt my feet squelching and sticking in something soggy. Then I bumped in to a little clump of trees that loomed up in front of me. I climbed up the nearest trunk and managed to find a tolerably comfortable fork to sit on.
The waiting was spent by my attempts to identify the little stirrings and noises of animal life that I could hear. I grew colder and colder and managed to sleep only In uneasy fitful starts. At last when the moon came up I was on my way again.
Q1. It became darker than the writer expected because
A. the nights are shorter in autumn than in summer.
B. the nights are longer in October than mid summer.
C. the train arrived later than usual.
D. he had walked unduly slowly.
Q2. The writer found it difficult to keep to the path because of
A. the darkness and narrowness of the path.
B. poor visibility and grassy track.
C. the darkness and his slow pace.
D. poor visibility and dew on grass.
Q3. When he settled himself on the fork of the tree the writer ____.
A. had a sound sleep.
B. was disturbed by noises of animals.
C. was too afraid to sleep.
D. tried to sleep but without much success.
Q4. The writer felt unusually solitary because
A. he was feeling very lonely without his family.
B. he was missing the company of other holiday-makers
C. his destination was a little village eight miles away
D. there was no one to meet him.
Q5. I left all signs of habitation behind me.” This means that he
A. came to a place where there were very few houses.
B. was in front of a large collection of cottages.
C. had come very far from places where people lived.
D. had just passed a remote village.
Q.6-10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
It is sad that in country after country, progress should become synonymous with an assault on nature. We who are a part of nature and dependent on her for every need, speak constantly about ‘exploiting’ nature When the highest mountain in the world was climbed in 1953, Jawaharlal Nehru objected to the phrase ‘conquest’ of Everest which he thought was arrogant. Is it surprising that this lack of consideration and the constant need to prove one’s superiority should be projected on to our treatment of our fellowmen ? I remember Edward Thompson, a British writer and a good friend of India, once telling Mr. Gandhi that wildlife was fast disappearing. Remarked Mr. Gandhi : ‘It is decreasing in the jungles but it is increasing in the towns !’
On the one hand the rich look askance at our continuing poverty; on the other they warn us against their own methods. We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further and yet we cannot forget the grim poverty of large numbers of people. Are not poverty and need the great polluters ? For instance, unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily necessities. The tribal people and those who live in and around our jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation.
Q6. Nehru objected to the phrase ‘conquest of Everest’ since
A. it carries a war-like connotation.
B. it sounds pompous and boastful
C. it depicts Everest as a victim.
D. Everest is unconquerable.”
Q7. Gandhi’s statement ‘It is decreasing in the jungles but it is increasing in the towns!”
A. Refers to wild animals’ decrease in the jungle.
B. Refers to flora and fauna.
C. Refers to man’s selfishness.
D. Is a satirical comparison of man’s callousness to the animals.
Q8. The writer is of opinion that tribal people can be prevented from combing forest for food
A. to provide employment
B. to increase purchasing power
C. by deterring them from poaching and despoiling vegetation
D. to provide employment and purchasing power for daily necessities.
Q9. At the beginning of the passage, the writer expresses her opinion that in many countries progress is synonymous with
A. development
B. utmost care for nature
C. a balanced treatment to Nature
D. utmost cruelty to nature
Q10. In the passage the term ‘exploiting’ nature suggests
A. regretfulness
B. sarcasm
C. destructive urge of man.
D. greed of man.
Answers:-
Q.1-(B)
Q.2-(D)
Q.3-(D)
Q.4-(B)
Q.5-(C)
Q.6-(B)
Q.7-(C)
Q.8-(D)
Q.9-(D)
Q.10-(B)
