Question

Q1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been

aware, tormented and insulted her. The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do

the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her

mind. She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit by

torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in knee-breeches sleeping in

large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove. She imagined vast

saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless

ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of

intimate friends, men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused

every other woman's envious longings.

Questions:

(i) What kind dream she imagined for her house? 2

(ii) Give word used in above passage for “a small room used as entry way for a large

room ”…………………. 1

(iii)Find out the similar meaning words from extract of “old”……………. 1

(iv) The word used in the passage in place of “jealous” ………………………: 1 ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation

Ans No: 1 She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit by  torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in knee-breeches sleeping in   large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove. She imagined vast  saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless  ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of  intimate friends, men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused   every other woman's envious longings. ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove.

Ans No: 2 The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do  the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her  mind.

Ans No: 3 (Antique)

Ans No: 4 (Envious)

Answer 2

Answer:

Famous points mentioned in the passage are ................... . *

2 points