Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions which follow Question:


SANTINIKETAN, Aug. 17, 1998: The rainy season has returned, and the man is back at his work. He is Pannalal

Patel, the man who has completed 96 years, and is still going strong.

Pannalal was once a 'terrorist'. Then he turned into a Gandhian. At present his mission is "'Meen Mangal” or "the

well-being of fish”, as he calls it.

Come the rains, and Pannalal would release millions of young salmons into rivers following through the

neighborhood. He says that water without fish is just as absurd as fish without water.
On Independence Day Eve, he had, as if, an appointment with the Ajoy, the river he loves and adores.

Choked up with silt sand from bank to bank, the river remains almost dry throughout the year except in the rainy

season. Once called the ‘crazy river' for often changing its course, Ajoy is now better known for the great floods, at

intervals of some years, by flooding the villages on its banks. It then washes away people and cattle and houses, and

brings great misery.

The appointed day arrived. It was a cloudy afternoon at Palitpur, the venue of the programme where a new bridge

has been built across the river.

Short speeches were made. Songs were sung. Mr. Patel took a handful of the young salmon and throw into the

water - once, twice, thrice. Others followed him. The hero of the day looked happy, and a smile lit up his wrinkled

face.

But some fisherman in the crowd were rather sceptical about the usefulness of the programme. Will the fish, when

grown up, return to the same waters and be caught in their nets? Perhaps not. They talked among themselves.

Mr. Patel, however, does not bother himself about who catches how much fish in which waters. H. is a complete

vegetarian. His only concern is the well-being of fish.



1. Mr. Patel, in spite of being very old, is still :

A. strong

B. fond of fishing

C. very alert

D. can walk fast.


2. Pannalal had an appointment with the river Aioy:

A. On 15th August

B. On 14th August

C. On 15th August morning

D. On 14th August evening


3. The Ajoy floods its banks :

A. Every rainy season

B. Very rarely

C. Every few years

D. Quite often.


4. According to Pannalal, water without fish is :
A. Unthinkable

B. Tasteless

C. Impure

D. Unprofitable


5. The object of Pannalal's programme at Palitpur was the welfare of :

A. the fishermen.

B. the Ajoy

C. society

D. fish​

Answer 1

Answer:

i) Strong

ii) on 14 th August evening

iii) every few years

iv) Unthinkable

v) fish