Question

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the
right alternative.
Sarojini Naidu was educated in her carely years under her father's own care. He wanted her
to become a great mathematician or scientist but she loved to dream and writers poems
She was hardly eleven when she wrote her first poem.
At thirteen she wrote a long poem in the manner of famous English poets. After her
matriculation in India she went to England for higher education in lender She met sir
Edmund cross a distinguished man of letters. He was impressed by her knowledge and
intelligent He was surprised to see that she had written poems in flawless English but felt
disappointed to find that they had nothing of the east in them. They were all about English
sights from this day onwards, she devoted herself to writing verses about India.
Questions:
1. Sarojini Naidu loved to
(a) Become a great mathematician or scientist.
(b) Be an English poet.
(C) Be an English teacher.
(d) Dream and write poems,
2. She wrote her first poem at the age of
(a) Ten
(b) Eleven
(c) Twelve (d) Nine
3. She wrote a long poem like English poets at the age of
(a) Ten
(b) Thirteen
(c) Twelve (d) Eleven
4. Sir Edmund goose is known as a
(a) Intelligent and knowledgeable person
(b) Renowned English poet
(c) Distinguished man of letters
(d) Mentor of Sarojini Naidu
5. The word
means 'distressed'.
(a) Flawless
(b) Disappointed (c) Higher (d) Hardy​

Answer 1

Answer:

1st answer d

2nd answer d

3rd answer a

4th answer b

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Sarojini Naidu loved to dream and write poems.
2. She wrote her first poem at the age of eleven.
3. She wrote a long poem like English poets at the age of thirteen.
4. Sir Edmund Goose is known as a man of letters.
5. The word means 'distressed'. Disappointed

Explanation:

By reading the comprehension, we can understand the following points, enabling us to answer the questions -

1. Sarojini Naidu loved to dream and write poems, despite her father wanting her to become a great mathematician or scientist.
2. Sarojini Naidu wrote her first poem at the young age of eleven.
3. Sarojini Naidu wrote a long poem like the famous English poets in her early teenage (13 years).
4. Sarojini Naidu met Sir Edmund Cross when she went to London for higher education, who was a man of letters.
5. The term 'distressed' means to suffer from anxiety, sorrow, or pain. And, in this comprehension, the closest we get to that term is 'disappointed'.
   
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