Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by
choosing the correct options. Attempt any one extract :
"So, in order not to shake the writer's faith on God, the postmaster came up with an idea : answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than good will, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution. He asked money from his employees."
(a) Whose letter is being talked about here ?
(b) How did the postmaster help the writer of the letter ?
(c) Which word in the extract means the same as 'firm decision' ?
Or
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :
"If you ever should go by chance
To jungles in the east :
And if there should to you advance
A large and tawny beast,
If he roars at you as you're dyin'
You'll know it is the Asian Lion
(a) Who is the large and tawny beast talked about here ?
(b) 'Beast here means
(c) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is

Answer 1

ababcc is the rhyme scheme of c

Answer 2

(a) Lencho’s letter is being talked about here.
(b) The postmaster helped the writer of the letter by asking the other employees to contribute from
their salary.
(c) ‘Resolution’ means ‘Firm decision’.

                                           Or

(a) The Asian lion is the large and tawny beast talked about here.
(b) a cruel creature.
(c) ababcd