SSC Quiz | English Knowledge | 15 - 07 - 17

Passage

Renuka was the wife of the great sage Jamadagni. With him, she had five sons, one of whom was Parasurama, sixth avatara of Vishnu. Renuka was known for her wifely virtues and her fidelity to her conjugal vows — these had given her the unique power to carry water in a pot made of unbaked clay. Even a pot made of sand, porous as it was, would do. Some said she could roll up water itself into a ball and carry it on her head. Each day, Renuka went to the river and carried water back for her husband’s sacred rituals and for her household needs.

One day, as she was returning home, she saw Chitrangada, the king of the gandharvas, at play in the water with his women and his companions. Renuka noticed how handsome he was and admired him from a distance. At once, the pot of sand she carried on her head dissolved and she was drenched with the water that it held. She reached home empty-handed and when Jamadagni saw the wet clothes clinging to her body, he thought that she had lost the powers that her conjugal fidelity had bestowed upon her.

Q.1 How was Renuka drenched with water?
(a) Parasurama threw a stone at the pot and the pot was broken at once.

(b) at once, Chitrangada saw her, the pot of sand dissolved.

(c) she started shivering and the pot dissolved.

(d) she admired Chitrangada from a distance and at once, the pot of sand dissolved.

Ans-d

Q.2 Who was the sixth avatar of Vishnu?

(a) Gandharvas

(b) Chitrangada

(c) Parasurama

(d) Renuka

Ans-c

Q.3 Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title of the passage?

(a) Power of Chitrangada

(b) Renuka and her fidelity

(c) Children of Jamadagni

(d) Gandharvas and Parasurama

Ans-b

Q.4 How was Renuka described here?

(a) Renuka admired Jamadagni but her husband didn’t like her.

(b) Chitrangada and Renuka both were the childhood friends

(c) Renuka was known for her wifely virtues and her fidelity to her conjugal vows

(d) Renuka was known for her fidelity to her family

Ans-c

Q.5 why did Jamadagni think that her wife had lost the conjugal fidelity?

(a) because the post she was carrying dissolved.

(b) because she admired Chitrangada and his women.

(c) because she killed all her sons

(d) because she drenched with oil completely.

Ans-a

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.
6. A winding sheet of a corpse.

(a) preface     (b) shroud

(c) electorate (d) vulnerable

Ans- b

7. A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry, etc.

(a) exodus (b) destitute

(c) fold     (d) trivial

Ans- c

8. A song to put babies to sleep

(a) lullaby (b) anthem

(c) dotage (d) parvenu

Ans- a

9. The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed.

(a) eternal      (b) animate

(c) inexplicity (d) armistice

Ans- d

10. A man who has no money

(a) impecunious (b) nostrum

(c) innuendo (d) indict

Ans- a