Question

1. As a novelist and storyteller, I have always drawn up on my memories of places that I

have known and lived in over the years. More than most writers perhaps, I find myself

drawing inspiration from the past- my childhood, my adolescence, youth, early manhood…

but to talk of my early inspiration I must go back to my beginnings, to the then small,

princely state of Jamnagar, tucked away in Gulf of Kutch. Here my father started a small

palace school for the princesses. I was there till the age of six, and I treasure vivid

memories of Jamnagar‟s beautiful palaces and sandy beaches.

2. Some of these landmarks are reserved for me in photographs taken by my father, which I

have to this day. An old palace with pretty windows of coloured glass remained fixed in my

memory and many years later give me the story, "The Room of Many Colours", which also

inspired an episode TV serial called Ek Tha Rusty. I spent a memorable year and a half

with him in New Delhi, then still very new city- just the capital area designed by Edwin

Lutyens and Connaught Place, with its gleaming new shops and restaurants and cinemas. I

saw Laurel and Hardy films and devoured milkshakes at the milk bar, even as the Quit India

Movement gathered momentum.

3. When I was seventeen, I was shipped off to the UK to "better my prospects" as my

mother put it. Out of a longing for India and the friends I had made in Dehra camemy first

novel- The Room on TheRoof- featuring the life and loves of Rusty, my alter ego. In the

1950s everyone travelled by sea as air services were still in their infancy. A passenger liner

took about the weeks from Southampton to Bombay (now Mumbai). After docking in

Bombay, I took a train to Dehra, where I stepped into the platform of the small railway

station and embarked on the hazardous journey of a freelance writer. Railway stations!

Trains! Platforms! I knew as long as these were there I would never run out of stories.

4. I also looked for inspiration in tombs and monuments and the ever-expanding city, but

did not find it, and my productivity dropped. Escape from Delhi had become a priority for

me. I felt drawn to the hills above Dehra. On the outskirts of Mussoorie I found a small

cottage, surrounded by oak and maple trees where the rent, thankfully, was nominal.

5. I am of the opinion that every writer needs a window. Preferably two. Is the house, the

room, the situation....important for a writer? A good wordsmith should be able to work

anywhere. But to me, the room you live in day after day, is all-important. The stories and

poems float in through my window, float in from the magic mountains, and the words

appear on the page without much effort on my part. Planet Earth belongs to me. And at

night, the stars are almost within reach.

On the basis of your reading the passage, answer any ten of thefollowing(a) Escape from Delhi had become his priority because_______________

(i) tombs monuments of Delhi did not inspire him

(ii) he missed Jamnagaiii) he did not find time to write

(iv) he wanted to go back to UK

(b) The landmarks refer to________________

(i) an old palace with pretty windows

(ii) Connaught Place

(iii) Jamnagar beautiful palaces and Sandy beaches

(iv) tombs and monuments of Delhi

(c) The word which is the antonym of 'Safe' in para 3 is-

(i) alter (ii) hazardous

(iii) embarked (iv) docket

(d) What does the writer remember about Jamnagar?

(i) a small palace school

(ii) beautiful palaces and Sandy beaches

(iii) railway stations

(iv) market place of Jamnagar

(e) When in Delhi, the writer spent his time _________________

(i) writing his first book

(ii) devouring milkshakes

(iii) watching Laurel and Hardy films

(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

(f) From where did the writer get his inspiration to write his first novel?

(i) his shifting to UK

(ii) railway stations and platforms

(iii) longing for India and his friends

(iv) market complexes in UK

(g) What do these words “my productivity dropped” convey?

(i) That the writer wants to write more often

(ii) That he missed his family

(iii) That he couldn‟t produce work as efficiently as he could

(iv)None of the above

(h) What was the importance of a window in the writer‟s life?

(i) the magic mountains acted as an inspiration for writing

(ii) he was inspired by everyday lives of people he could see through the window

(iii)The sound of the vehicles coming from outside inspired him

(iv)The day sky inspired him

(i) A synonym for „protect‟ in para 2 is_______

(i) memorable (ii) devoured

(iii) preserved (iv) gleaming

(j) In para 3, which word means „to include someone or something as an important

part‟?

(i) longing (ii) featuring

(iii) infancy (iv) journey​

Answer 1

Answer:

plz ansk 1 question at time

(i am answering few below)

Explanation:

a=(i)

b=(ii)

c=(iv)

d=(ii)

e=(iii)

f=(i)

g=(ii)

h=(iii)

j(i)

Answer 2

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