Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that

follow. Do not copy the passage.

The Geography Master was absent and the boys of the First A had a free period

between three and three forty-five on Wednesday.

Somehow Swaminathan had missed his friends and found himself alone. He

wandered along the corridor of the kindergarten section. To Swaminathan, who

did not stand over four feet, the children of the kindergarten seemed ridiculously

tiny. He felt vastly superior and old. He was filled with contempt when he saw

them dabbling in wet clay, trying to shape models. It seemed such a meaningless

thing to do at school! Why, they could as well do those things resembling

elephants, mangoes and snakes, in the backyards of their houses. Why did they

come all the way to a school to do this sort of thing? Schools were meant for

more serious things like Geography, Arithmetic, Science and English.

In one room he found all the children engaged in repeating simultaneously the

first two letters of the Tamil alphabet. He covered his ears and wondered how the

teacher was able to stand it. He passed on. In another room he found an ill-clad,

noisy crowd of children. The noise that they made, sitting on their benches and

swinging their legs got on his nerves. He wrinkled his brow and twisted his mouth

in the hope of making the teacher feel his resentment but unfortunately, the

teacher was sitting with his back to Swaminathan.

He paused at the foot of the staircase leading to the senior classes – the second

and the third forms. He wanted to go up and inspect those classed which heeagerly looked forward to joining. He took two or three steps up and changed his

mind. The Headmaster might be up there, he always handled those classes. The

teachers too were formidable, not to speak of the boys themselves, who were

snobs and bullies. He heard the creak-creak of sandals far off and recognized the

footsteps of the Headmaster. He did not want to be caught there – that would

mean a lot of unsatisfactory explanations.

He was happily surprised when he stumbled upon his own gang whom he had

thought was not at school. Except Rajam and Mani all the rest were there. They

were playing some game under the huge tamarind tree. Swaminathan joined

them with a low, ecstatic cry. Their response disappointed him. They turned their

faces to him with a forced smile, and returned to their game. What surprised

Swaminathan most was that even the genial Somu was grim. Something seemed

to be wrong somewhere.

(i) Which phrase in the passage tells you that the noise of the children irritated Swaminathan​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The two main features of Turks are given below.

Turks have good family ties and they spend a lot of time with the family. The closeness and love between family members if great. Turks are nationalist and feel proud of the achievements of their country. They have been this way since the beginning.