Question

Q.1. Read the passage carefully: (10 marks)
Every year about two million people visit Mount Rushmore, where the faces of
four U.S. presidents were carved in granite by sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his son, the
late Lincoln Borglum. The creation of Mount Rushmore monument took 14 years – from
1927 to 1941- and nearly a million dollars. These were times when money was difficult to
come by and many people were jobless. To move the more than 400,000 tons of rock,
Borglum hired laid-off workers from the closed- down mines in the Black Hills area. He
taught these men to dynamite, drill, carve, and finish the granite as they were hanging in
midair in hisspecially devised chairs, which had many safety features. Borglum was proud
of the fact that no workers were killed or severely injured during the years of blasting and
carving.
During the carving, many changes in the original design had to be made to keep
the carved heads free of large fissures that were uncovered. However, not all the cracks
could be avoided, so Borglum concocted a mixture of granite dust, white lead, and linseed
oil to fill them.

Every winter, water from melting snows gets into the fissures and expands as it
freezes, making the fissures bigger. Consequently, every autumn maintenance work is
done to refill the cracks. The repairers swing out in space over a 500- foot drop and fix
the monument with the same mixture that Borglum used to preserve this national
monument for future generations.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions.
A. This passage is mainly about
(i) the visitors to the Mount Rushmore monument.
(ii) four American Presidents.
(iii) the creation of the Mount Rushmore monument.
B. According to the passage, Borglum’s son
(i) was dead
(ii) was a president
(iii) was the chief sculptor Contd…….2.
(2)
C. The men who Borglum hired were
(i) trained sculptors
(ii) Black Hills volunteers
(iii) unemployed miners
D. Borglum’s mixture for filling cracks was
(i) very expensive
(ii) bought at the Black Hills miners
(iii) invented by the sculptor himself.
E. Today, Mount Rushmore needs to be
(i) polished for tourists
(ii) restored after the winter
(iii) repaired periodically.
F. It can be inferred from the passage that
(i) the heads are not as originally planned
(ii) the workers made mistakes when blasting.
(iii) the cracks caused serious injuries
G. How many workers were killed during the construction of the monument
(i) 500
(ii) No one
(iii) 700
H. The word ‘fissures’ refers to
(i) designs
(ii) cracks
(iii) heads
I. The word ‘avoided’ is closest in meaning to
(i) circumvented
(ii) prevented
(iii) improvised
J. The word ‘devised’ is closest in meaning to
(i) designed
(ii) described
(iii) elevated​

Answer 1

A. iii

B. ii

C. ii

D. iii

E. iiii

F. i

G. ii

H. ii

J. ii

ADDITIONAL FACT: Devised means plan.

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Answer 2

Answer:

I think so the first answer would be 700 and 2nd answer would be cracks third answer would be in provide and the last answer would be elevated

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