Question

Read the given passage and answer the question given below:
voice of love
I was a below average student. Both in schools and colleges, rarely my

teachers knew me by name. I don’t think I was a dunce; just that I didn’t

have an academic bent of mind. Since failures were more a habit than an

exception, a below par performance never disturbed me. Neither were my

teachers proud of me nor did I make my parents feel proud of me.

2.Of course, my parents being noble-hearted, never gave up on me. They

never put me down in the presence of others. In fact, to shield me, they always

projected a positive image of me to the world.

3.In 1984, while pursuing my graduation in Mathematics, I had failed in on of the subjects in my fourth semester. I already had three arrears. For the

first time, hearing about my failure, I saw tears in my father’s eyes. This was

my first experience of seeing my father cry. I couldn’t handle his crying. To

withdraw myself I escaped to the terrace of my apartment. I suffered a fear

like I have never known before. I was trembling. I never wanted my parents

to ever cry again because of my failures. But, I was scared.

”Was it too late to begin in life,

” I doubted. I was already over 18, just about

50% marks in my four semesters, 4 arrears to clear and 3 regular papers to

face in my fifth semester, no talent, no special abilities, never won a prize in

my life, not a single certificate. I truly wanted to make it very big in life, if not

for my sake, just to make up for all that I had put my parents through. My

thoughts were haunting me,

“Rajan, you don’t have any taste of success. You

just don’t know what it is to succeed.” With tears flooding, I cried,

“Can I still

make it big in life or have I missed the bus?”

4. My neighbour, Vijayaraghavan, who learnt about the sobbing of my soul,

casually said,

“Rajan, the harder you press the spring the faster it will

bounce back. So what if your life has been pressed by failures for 18 years.

Decide to bounce back and bounce back big in life. Even God will not stop

you.” Bounce back I did! I bounced back big to clear all the 7 papers in first

class and ever since I smile at my failures.

5.After all what is resilience: To get up one more time when you have fallen?

I do not remember the times when life has pushed me down, but every time I

have bounced back big, for, I can hear the message lingering from within me

even louder,

“The harder you press the spring, the faster it will bounce back.

Bounce back and bounce back big.” 6. Ever since, I have given enough

opportunities for my parents to cry; cry they do, glad they have a son like me
Q Choose the correct option

(i) Speaking about his parents the author says – “They never put me down

in presence of others”. To put someone down meansa) denigrate

b) commend

c) record something in writing

d) suppress

(ii) The phrase ‘miss the bus means’

a) Too late to catch the bus

b) Miss an opportunity

c) Unable to succeed

d) Lacking confidence to set an objective

(iii) Which expression conveys the author’s intense suffering and torment?

a) couldn’t handle his crying

b) I was trembling

c) With tears flooding

d) Sobbing of my soul

(iv) Choose the correct synonym of lingering –

a) ephemeral

b) incurable

c) recurring

d) yielding

(v) Choose the correct synonym of dunce –

a) fool

b) sluggish

c) dowdyblunt

(vi) Choose the correct antonym of resilience –

a) rigidity

b) tenaciousness

c) self determination

d) inadequacy

(vii) Another word for pursue as used in the passage is –

a) continue to do

b) chase

c) seek

d) engage

3-(C) Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate

options from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet

against the correct blank numbers.

Before alighting, the Wild Pigeon, like the Carolina Parrot (a) _________ a

few other species of birds, breaks the force of its flight by repeated flappings,

(b) ________ apprehensive of receiving injury from coming too suddenly (c)

__________ contact, either with the branch, (d) ________ the spot of ground

on which it intends to settle. Today this species faces (e) ________ serious

threat of extinction.

a(i) and (ii) but (iii) because (iv) or

b(i) so (ii) although (iii) even (iv) as if

c(i) with (ii) into (iii) inside (iv) at

d(i) or (ii) and (iii) neither (iv) nor

e(i) for (ii) the (iii) an (iv) a​

Answer 1

Answer:

dunce –

a) fool

b) sluggish

c) dowdyblunt

(vi) Choose the correct antonym of resilience –

a) rigidity

b) tenaciousness

c) self determination

d) inadequacy

(vii) Another word for pursue as used in the passage is –

a) continue to do

b) chase

c) seek

d) engage

3-(C) Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate

options from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet

against the correct blank numbers.

Before alighting, the Wild Pigeon, like the Carolina Parrot (a) a

few other species of birds, breaks the force of its flight by repeated flappings,

(b) apprehensive of receiving injury from coming too suddenly (c)