Question

Authored by Isaac Asimov, this story takes us to the world of future where computers will play a major role. Margie and Tommy aged 11 and 13 are the students in the year 2157. Tommy finds an old book about school in the attic. They are surprised to see the still words in the book as they are used to only moving words of telebooks.

Tommy thinks of it as wastage of resources because the telebooks lasts longer and contains many books together. But Margie hates school as she is getting tests after tests and she is performing badly in Geography. Her mother calls for County Inspector who repairs it and tells them that it was due to some faulty setting in her teacher (computer).

Margie is curious and interested to know more about the old school. Then Tommy explains that centuries ago there used to be a man as a teacher. He taught the students of same age same things. He taught different subjects, asked questions and gave homework also in a separate building called school.

Tommy and Margie attend school in their homes only, at a fixed time from Monday to Friday. While submitting her homework to her teacher she thinks about the old schools where the kids had a lot of fun studying together and playing, helping each other in studies, sharing and caring for each other. She is lost in the thoughts of the old school.

On the basis of the given passage answer the following questions:

1) The author of the story is:

a)

Robert Frost

b) Katherine Mansfield

2) How old are Margie and Tommy?

a)

b) 9 and 11

11 and 13

3) They were

a) Happy

b)

4)

c)Deborah Cowley

c) Same age

to see the still words in the book.

b) Surprised

c) Sad

d) Isaac Asimov

d) 7 and 10

d) Angry

d) She played all the time

Margie was getting test after tests and she was performing badly in Geography due to a) Some fault in her teacher (computer) She could not understand the subject c) She did not study

5) Tommy and Margie used to attend school at

a) Playground

b) City

only,

c) Home

6) Tommy explains that centuries ago there used to be a man as a

a) Tailor

b) Teacher

c) Doctor

7)

Which word in the passage means 'space just below the roof, used as a storeroom"? a) Building b) School c) Home

d) Office

d) Shopkeeper

d) Attic

8) Which part of the speech does the underline words belong to in an old book', 'an old school and a fixed time"?

a) Verbs

b) Adjectives

c) Nouns

d) Prepositions​

Answer 1

Answer:

Authored by Isaac Asimov, this story takes us to the world of future where computers will play a major role. Margie and Tommy aged 11 and 13 are the students in the year 2157