PASSAGE 2
Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions given below :
When Mr. Jones went to a restaurant one day, he left his
coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat
when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat
after his meal and found the pockets full of jewellery !
There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to
him, 'Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some
jewellery in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give
it to him'. The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly,
another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones. 'I am
sorry,' said the man, 'I made a mistake. I took your coat and
you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewellery.'
Mr. Jones answered, 'I gave the jewellery to the waiter. He
will give it to you.'
Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant; but the
manager said, “We have no waiters here. We have only
waitresses.' You gave the jewellery to a thief !' shouted the
other man. 'I shall send for the police !' Mr. Jones was
frightened and paid the man a lot of money for the jewellery.
1. Jones really gave the jewellery to
(A) a waiter.
(B) a thief.
(C) the owner.
(D) the manager.
2. Jones wanted the other man to —
(A) send for the police.
(B) call the manager.
(C) get the jewellery from the waiter.
(D) take back his coat and jewellery.
3. You gave the jewellery to a thief ! 'You' here refers to
(A) the manager
(B) the waiter.
(C) the waitresses.
(D) Jones.
4. Who was the owner of the jewellery ?
5. What did Jones think about the jewellery in the pockets?
6. Why did Jones go to the restaurant ?
7. What did the other man want Jones to do?
8. What mistake did the other man make ?
9. Why did he make the mistake?
10. When did Jones know he was in trouble?
11. What did Jones do to save himself?
12. Write from the passage the sentence which shows that started all the trouble.
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1) a
2)a
3) d
4) other man was the owner of the jewellery
5) he think that somebody had kept money and jewellery in his coat
6) jone went to the restaurant one day
7) jone want to return his money and jewellerys to other man
8) other man left his coat and he took other man's coat
9) because his coat and Jones coat are same
10) when other man ask him to give his money
11) he gave lot of money for jwellers
12)when other said to jone that 'that I made mistake I took your coat ' from that line all the trouble started
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