Question

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7. Read the following extracts and answer the multiple choice questions given below:
1) No one can imagine how sad and monotonous life can appear to such a vagabond, who
plods along the rood, left to his own meditations. But one day this man had fallen into a line
of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining.
i. Who is vagabond here?
a) Miss Williamsons
b) Old crofter
c) Rattrap peddler
d) Mastersmith
ii. What kind of life he used to live?
a) Happy and eventful
b) Sad and monotonous
c) Entertaining
d) None of the above
1. Which word from the above extract means same as 'Dull-
a) Meditation
b) Monotonous
c) Vagabond
d) Plod
iv. What does word 'Plod' mean here?
a) Run along
b) Walk with difficulty
c) Walk casually
d) None of the above
the woods and off​

Answer 1

Answer:

Answers are below:

Explanation:

i. Insufficient data in passage

ii. c). Entertaining

iii. b). Monotonous

iv. Plod means walk casually here.

Answer 2

The given questions can be answered as follows:

• The following extract is from the chapter, "The Rattrap".
• From the given extract, the questions can be answered as follows:

(i) (Option c) Rattrap peddler - The vagabond here refers to the Rattrap peddler.

(ii) (Option b) Sad and monotonous - From the extract, it is clear that the rat peddlers life was sad and monotonous

(iii) (Option b) Monotnous - It is a similar meaning word to the word "dull"

(iv) (Option b) Walk with difficulty - The word "Plod" in the given extract means walking slowly and with difficulty.