Question

(A) Read the above passage and answer the questions that follow: (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
(i) What reasons does the author offer for the people taking risks on the road ?
(ii) Why didn’t the electrician carry out the work properly ?
(iii) Why were the people in the Metro doubtful about the bag ?
(iv) Why were the passengers stunned ?
(v) Explain the term ‘earphone addicts’?

(B) Find words from the paragraph indicated which are similar in meaning to the words given below: (1 x 3 = 3 marks)  (Board Term-12012, Set EC2,046)
(i) inspite of (para 1)
(ii) absorbed (para 4)
(iii) picked (para 3)​

Answer 1

Answer:

) (i)  They take risks because they want to exude a sense of independence or to tell the world to stop bothering them.                                                                                            (ii)     He did not hear the instructions carefully and so did not do the work properly.   (iii)   Nobody came forward to take the bag so, they thought it to be a bomb scare. (iv)    They were stunned at the carelessness and behaviour of the young boy. (v)     Persons who always wear earphones and keep listening to music. (B) (i)           regardless. (ii)     immersed (iii)   lifted  

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

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