Q-2 (A) Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1×5)
A lovely old lady, he told me, a bit muddle headed but at her age she was entitled to be, wasn't she? A hundred
and one years old. She had been in the house when it caught fire. No one really knew the fire had started, but it
could well have been candles. She used candles rather than electricity, because she always thought electricity
was too expensive. The Fireman had got her out just in time. She was in a nursing home now, he told me,
Burlington House, on the Dorchester road, on the other side of town.
16) Who is this old lady in this passage?
17) How old was Mrs. Macpherson?
18) Why did Mrs. Macpherson use candles in place of electricity?
19) Where was Mrs. Macpherson after the accident?
20) What do you understand by the word ‘muddle headed’ ?
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16. Mrs. Macpherson.
17. Hundred and one years old.
18. She always thought electricity was too expensive.
19. Nursing home.
20. confused or not thinking in an organized manner.
Explanation:
16. The old lady in this passage is Mrs. Macpherson.
17. Mrs. Macpherson was a hundred
and one years old.
18. Mrs. Macpherson used candles in place of electricity because she always thought electricity
was too expensive.
19. Mrs. Macpherson was in the nursing home after the accident.
20. muddle headed’ means confused or not thinking in an organized manner.
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