Question

1. Read the following passage and choose the correct option. [5Qx1m=5m]

"It should be somewhere here," he said. He shipped the paddle and held his

arms out straight before him.

The other man had a sheet of yellow paper on his knee.

"Come and look at this, Evans," he said.

Both men, looking tired, spoke in low tones and their lips were hard and dry.

The man called Evans came swaying along the canoe until he could look over

his companion's shoulder.

The paper had the appearance of a rough map. By much folding, it was creased

and worn to the pitch of separation, and the second man held the discoloured

fragments together where they had parted.

"Here," said Evans, "is the reef and here is the gap."

"This curved and twisting line is the river--I could do with a drink now!--and this

star is the place."

"You see this dotted line," said the man with the map; "it is a straight line and

runs from the opening of the reef to a clump of palm-trees. The star comes just

where it cuts the river. We must mark the place as we go into the lagoon."

"It's queer," said Evans, after a pause, "what these little marks down here are

for? It looks like the plan of a house or something. And what's the writing?"

"Chinese," said the man with the map.

"Of course! He was Chinese," said Evans.

"They all were," said the man with the map.

They both sat for some minutes staring at the land, while the canoe drifted

slowly. Then, Evans looked towards the paddle.

Choose the correct option.

a. Choose one word from the passage that means the same as ‘odd.’

i.
discoloured

ii.
curved

iii.
queer

iv.
drifted

b. Which of the following best describes the condition of the two men?

i.
energetic and cheerful

ii. tired and thirsty

iii.
bored and lazy

iv.
scared and confused

c. Why was the map on the pitch of separation?

i.
It had been folded many times.

ii.
The two men pulled it apart.

iii.
It got soaked in the rain.

iv.
It had been handled by many people.

d. What did the twisting and curving line indicate on the map?

i.
a house

ii.
a mountain

iii.
a river

iv.
a forest

e. In what language was the writing on the map?


i.
Portuguese

ii.
Spanish

iii.
Japanese

iv.
Chinese
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Answer 1

Answer:

a. iii

b. ii

c. I

d. iii. a river

e. iv

Explanation:

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