Question

Read the extracts given below and attempt any ONE by answering the question that

follow
. [ 5 X 1 =5]
“Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper,
replied, “Yes, God willing” The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones
were playing near the house until the woman called to them all, “Come for dinner” it was during
the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east,

huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man
went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body and when
her returned he exclaimed, “These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The
big drops are ten-cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”

(i) Lencho’s wife was preparing supper for

(a) Her husband

(b) her children and husband

(c) Her neighbors

(d) her husband’s servants

(ii) When the woman replied, “Yes, God willing”, she means that

(a) It might rain any time

(b) The field would soon dry up

(c) God wanted some water to give them

(d) The rain was necessary

(iii) The statement that is TRUE about Lencho, according to the passage is

(a) He was a rich merchant

(b) He was a lazy person

(c) He was a labourer

(d) He was a hard working person

(iv) Find the word from the passage which means ‘symbol of prosperity’.

(a) Field

(b) drop of rain

(c) new coins

(d) ten-cent pieces
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Answer 1

Answer:

new coins rain drops pieces of ten fields