Question

Read the following passage and choose the correct option. [04]

One winter morning I see Saheb standing by the fenced gate of the neighbourhood

club, watching two young men dressed in white, playing tennis. “I like the game,” he

hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is

around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.” Saheb too is wearing

tennis shoes that look strange over his discoloured shirt and shorts. “Someone gave

them to me,” he says in the manner of an explanation. The fact they are discarded

shoes of some rich boy, who perhaps refused to wear them because of a hole in one of

them, does not bother him. For one who has walked barefoot, even shoes with a hole

is a dream come true. But the game he is watching so intently is out of his reach.

Questions:

1. What did Saheb watch keenly?

[a] the fenced gate

[b] the generous gatekeeper

[c] the young men playing tennis

[d] the swing in the neighbourhood club
2. _______ was common in the outer appearance of the two young men and Saheb.

[a] White shirt [b] Discoloured shirt [c] Fancy shorts [d] Tennis shoes

3. For Saheb even the shoes with a hole were a dream come true because _____.

[a] Saheb couldn‟t afford to buy a new pair of shoes for himself

[b] Saheb liked to wear discarded shoes

[c] Saheb was crazy about tennis shoes

[d] Saheb often dreamt about wearing worn out tennis shoes

4. The phrase, „out of his reach‟ means _____________.

[a ] outstretched [b] unattainable [c ] accessible [d] unobservable​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.b

2.c

3.a

4.b

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. (c) young men playing tennis

2. (d) Tennis shoes

3. (a) Saheb couldn't afford to buy a new pair of shoes for himself

4. (b) unattainable

Explanation:

• The excerpt is from "The Lost Spring Story of a Stolen Childhood" by Anees Jung. The story focuses on children who have lost their childhood due to work.
• In the first story, the author talks about a ragpicker named Saheb and one of his meetings with him in a neighborhood club.
• Saheb loved tennis, so he watched young men play the game carefully.
• The author further mentions that even Saheb had tennis shoes on his feet like the young men playing tennis, except that his shoes had a hole.
• But the author thinks that even those discarded shoes with a hole would be a dream come true for Saheb who couldn't afford a pair on his own.
• Saheb's tennis dream has not yet been achieved, even though the shoe dream has come true.

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