Question

10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions.
David Livingstone was born many years ago at a small village in Scottland. His father was a poor man. So David was sent to work in a cotton mill at the age of ten. After a long day at the loom he would read books at home at night until his mother ordered him to bed. As he grew older, David began to go to school in the evening. In this way he learnt a good deal of Latin, Greek and Medicind. And there he gave up his work in the cotton mill and went to Africa to find rivers and lakes in the dark land and to teach the people there the store of the Bible
. Questions:
a) Where was Livingstone born?
1
b) How old was Livingstone when he was sent to work in a cotton mill? Why?
2
c) Why did Livingstone went to Africa?
2
d) How did he learn a good deal of Latin, Greek and medicine?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Livingstone was born in a small village in Scotland.

2. Livingstone was sent to work at the age of ten as his father was a poor man.

3. Livingstone went to Africa to find rivers and lakes in the dark land and to teach the people the store of the Bible.

4. As Livingstone grew older, he went to school and learnt Latin, Greek and Medicine.

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Answer 2

Answer:

a) At a small village in Scotland

b) At the age of ten

c) To find rivers and lake's in the dark land and to teach the people there the store of the Bible

d) He began to go to school in the evening and reading books at home at night after a long day at loom