Question

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

In May 1905, when I was fifteen, we set sail for England. Father, Mother and I all went together. On a May day towards the end of the month, we reached London. While I was in the train from Dover to London, I read about the great sea victory at Tushima. I was in high spirits because the very next day happened to be Derby Day and we went to see the race. I remember meeting M.A. Ansari soon after our arrival at London. He was then a smart and clever young man with a record of brilliant academic achievement behind him. He was a surgeon at that time in a hospital in London. I was a little fortunate in finding a vacancy at Harrow, for I was slightly above the usual age for entry, being 15. My family returned to India after some months.

Never before had I been left among strangers all by myself and I felt lonely and homesick, but not for long. I managed to fit myself to some extent in the life at school and work and play kept me busy. I was never an exact fit. Always I had a feeling that I was not one of them, and the others must have felt the same way about me. I was left a little to myself. But on the whole I took my full share in the games, without in any way shining at them. I believe, it was recognized that I was no shirker.

To begin with, I was put in a lower grade because of my poor knowledge of Latin, but I was pushed higher up soon. In many subjects probably and especially in general knowledge I was ahead of those of my age.

Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.

a) One who does operations: (Para 1) *

1 point

Your answer

b) A person whom you do not know (Para 2) *

1 point

Your answer

c) the feeling of being unhappy because of being away from home for a long period ((Para 2) *

1 point

Your answer

6) At Harrow he felt ______ and _____. *

2 points

Your answer

7) What had kept Nehru busy at Harrow? 

Your answer


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Answer 1

Explanation:

mother

life

homesick

started and beginning

no busy at Harrow