Question

Exercise-1

Read the following passages and answer the given questions:

A fashionable gentleman was strolling along with a gold-headed cane. A miserable
looking lame came before him. He requested him to give him some-thing. The
gentleman gave him a rupee. Then a man who was standing near him, come up
and said, "How can you be so foolish? Do you not know that fellow is not a cripple
at all? He is a sheer cheat. Just give me your stick so that I may punish him for his
wickedness." The gentleman acceded to the request. The beggar having heard what
was said ran away like a trained horse. The other man rushed after him in hot pursuit
shouting that he would punish him for cheating a gentleman. Both disappeared round
a corner and the gentleman went on waiting. Nobody came back, then he realized
that he was cheated.

Comprehension Questions

1. To whom did the gentleman give a rupee?

2. Who requested him to give his cane?

3. Explain the underlined portions.

4. Give a suitable heading to the passage.

Answer 1

Answer:

1) The gentlemen was give the coin to miserable.

2) A miserable man request him to give his cane

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The gentleman gave a miserable

looking lame a rupee.

2. ...

3. what is underlined here?

4. the gentleman and the lame