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Session : 2020-21
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Subject : English
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:-
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PASSAGE-1
The game of monopoly began in 1932 when the United States was suffering the initial years of
the depression. Charles Danow, a hearing equipment salesman, living in the Philadelphia suburt
of a German town, had been out of work for two years. He moved tawns, repaired household
appliances and spent evenings attempting to invent some useful gadgets he could sell
Inventions such as a simplified bridge scoring pad and a combination ball and hat were not
successful. But, inspired by something, one night Danow sat down at the kitchen table and drew
the outlines of what was to become the game of monopoly. Because the table was orcular, the
first monopoly board was also circular; players were issued Money and they could exercise
options to buy, put up houses and hotels, auction or trade assets and mortgage property to raise
cash. The game was over when one player was able to bring on the financial ruin of all has
opponents, a process which can take a long, long time. Though, Parker Brothers did not accept
his game at first, but Danow was convinced that it was good and he staked every cent he could
raise to have 5,000 sets ready. One of these sets was sold to a friend of Salley Barter, daughter
of Parker Brothers' founder, George Parker. Subsequently, she told her father and her husband,
Parker President Barton, about the rare review her friend had given about the game. Changing
their minds, Parker Brothers bought the game agreeing to pay Danow royalties as well. All of a
sudden it was treasure Island, as orders poured in. To date, neither amateur nor any other
professional game designer has devised anything to take Monopoly's place. Why? To that
question, George Parker once replied, "You can't pay someone to sit down to write Gone with
the Wind' either
1. What was Charles Danows profession?
2. Were the Parker Brothers lucky in buying the game? Why?
3. The first monopoly board was circular because
4. Why does George Parker make a reference to the book Gone with the Wind?
5. Describe the game of monopoly,
(Bargain
6. Find the words that mean the same as :
(a) Train
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Answers
Explanation:
1 . Charles Danow, a hearing equipment salesman living in the Philadelphia suburb of a German town had been out of work for two years. He mowed lawns, repaired household appliances and spent evenings attempting to invent some useful gadgets he could sell.
2. After Darrow sent the game to Parker Brothers later in 1934, they rejected the game as "too complicated, too technical, [and it] took too long to play.
3. The first monopoly board was circular. Anyway, this particular set is notable because of its circular shape and the fact that it was hand made by Charles Darrow, the purported inventor of the modern Monopoly. The board is made from oil cloth and is 33 inches in diameter with a hand colored playing surface.
4. Vivien Leigh (/liː/; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947) was a British stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).
5. Monopoly is a board game currently published by Hasbro. In the game, players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.
6. Dont know sorry.