Q1. MCQ
2) When did Nishad go to see Mr. Nath?
(a) on his birthday to see Mr. Nath (b) on his mother’s birthday
(c) on Mr. Nath birthday (d) never
3) Who play ‘Hide and Seek’ behind the trees?
(a) birds (b) children (c) passersby (d) all of these
4) What does ‘whirling’ mean?
(a) gargling (b) calm (c) swift (d)slow
Answers
Answer:
1.Name the speaker in the above lines.
Ans. Maya is the speaker in the above lines.
2.Who is being referred as ‘crook’ in the above lines?
Ans. Mr Nath has been referred as a crook in the above lines.
3.Where the speaker believed the person has got so much money from?
Ans. Maya thought that Mr Nath would have earned a lot of money from his illegal activities.
4.Who has been referred as ‘Seven’ in the above lines?
(a) Maya (b) Nishad
(c) Mr Nath (d) Ramesh
Ans. (b) Nishad
5.Why does the speaker think that the man is starving?
(a) He doesn’t have money
(b) He doesn’t go out of his house
(c) He is very lean and thin
(d) He only eats two times a day
Ans. (c) He is very lean and thin.
6.Find word from the above lines that is synonym of ‘hide’.
(a) Stash (b) On Run
(c) Starving (d) Secret
Ans. (a) Stash
Extract 2
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
When they returned, Nishad told me he’d been to see Mr Nath and I felt most annoyed that I hadn’t been there. Seven had been quite upset about Mr Nath’s gaunt appearance and was sure that he was starving.
He told me that he knocked loudly on Mr Nath’s door that evening and said, “Open the door quickly, Mr Nath.”
1.Who has been referred as ‘they’ in the above lines?
Ans. Nishad and his mother have been referred as ‘they’ in the above lines.
2.Where ‘they’ have been?
Ans. They have been to Nishad’s mother’s clinic.
3.Why Maya didn’t go there?
Ans. Maya was spending her evening with a school friend so, she didn’t go there.
4.Why Nishad went to Mr Nath’s place for?
(a) To look for his marbles
(b) To look in to the trunk in his room
(c) To give him a bar of chocolate
(d) To befriend with him
Ans. (c) To give him a bar of chocolate.
5.Find one word from the above lines which is antonym of fat.
(a) starved
(b) haggard
(c) gaunt
(d) lean
Ans. Both ‘c’ and ‘d’
6.What was Nishad’s reaction after returning from Mr Nath’s place?
(a) He was pleased for being there
(b) He didn’t give any reaction
(c) He was disappointed for not being invited in
(d) He was thrilled for being able to look into the trunk
Ans. (c) He was disappointed for not being invited in.
c. on his mother's birthday party