Question

QUESTION 1. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.



I was born in the small but beautiful mountain village of Nakhuri near Uttarkashi in Garhwal, with the gurgling, playful Bhagirathi river flowing nearby. My parents were a hard-working and extremely self-contained couple. Even though our family was poor, barely managing the essentials, my father taught us how to live and maintain dignity and self-respect –the most treasured family value till today. At the same time my parents also practiced the creed, "Kindness is the essence of all religion." They were large-hearted, inviting village folk passing by to have tea at our home, and gave grain to the sadhus and pandits who came to the house. This characteristic has been ingrained in me so deeply that I am able to reach out to others and make a difference in their lives - whether it is in my home, in society or at the workplace.

I was the third child in the family - girl, boy, girl, girl and boy in that order and quite a rebel. I developed a tendency to ask questions and was not satisfied with the customary way of life for a girl-child. When I found my elder brother, Bachchan, encouraging our youngest brother, Raju, to take up mountaineering I thought, why not me? I found that my brothers were always getting preferential treatment and all opportunities and options were open to them. This made me even more determined to not only do what the boys were doing, but to do it better.



The general thinking of mountain people was that mountaineering as a sport was not for them. They considered themselves to be born mountaineers as they had to go up and down mountain slopes for their daily livelihood and even for routine work. On the other hand, as a student, I would look curiously at foreign backpackers passing by my village and wonder where they were going. I would even invite them to my house and talk to them to learn more about their travels. The full significance of this came to me later when I started working. The foreigners took the trouble to come all the way to the Himalayas in order to educate themselves on social, cultural and scientific aspects of mountaineering, as well as to seek peace in nature's gigantic scheme of things.



1.1 Here the author tells us about the financial condition of her parents. They are-

a) Poor, begging for their living

b) Poor, barely managing their essentials

c) Poor, dying of hunger

d) Poor, can’t afford their essentials



1.2 The most treasured value of the author’s family is?

a) How to live and maintain dignity and self-respect

b) How to beg for leading a comfortable life

c) How to live and maintain dignity and self-respect

d) How to survive in adverse conditions



1.3 The example, which shows that the author’s parents were very hospitable, is:

a) They looted grains from Sadhus and Pandits who came to their house

b) They invited village folks passing by to have tea at their home

c) They gave money to the village folks who used to come to their house

d) They did not invite the village folks passing by to have tea at their home



1.4 What kind of a girl was the author?

a) She was curious

b) She was a rebel

c) She was innocent

d) She was satisfied



1.5 Which option shows that the author’s parents discriminated between sons and daughters?

a) All opportunities and options were open to her sisters

b) All opportunities and options were open to all brothers and sisters

c) All opportunities and options were not open to all brothers and sisters.

d) All opportunities and options were open to her brothers



1.6 The mountain people consider themselves to be born mountaineers because:

a) They had to go up and down plateaus

b) They had to swim for their livelihood

c) They had to go to the plains

d) They had to go up and down the mountain slopes



1.7 The author invited foreign mountaineers to her house:

a) To tell about her brother’s travels

b) To listen to the stories of their countries

c) To talk to them to learn more about their travels

d) To tell them about her travels



1.8 What was the order of children in the author’s family?

a) Boy, girl, girl, boy and boy

b) Girl, boy, girl, boy and girl

c) Girl, boy, girl, boy and girl

d) Girl, boy, girl, girl and boy

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Answer 1

1.1 a

1.2 c

1.3 b

1.4 a

1.5 d

1.6 a

1.7 d

1.8 a