Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I entered the second class compartment and took a corner seat. A few minutes later, a large, noisy family rushed in and spread themselves all over the compartment.The parents arranged and rearranged their belongings on the luggage racks. A suitcase fell on the grandmother’s feet and she shouted at them. The children quarrelled and the baby cried.Suddenly the whistle blew and with much clanging and groaning the train moved out of the station. It soon gathered speed and rushed on through the night.My companions opened large tiffin-carriers and settled down to their meal. But the baby’s cries became howls. Then the grandmother hung a sari from the chain on the side wall of the carriage. She put the baby in this cradle and the baby stopped crying almost at once.At the same time the train came to a stop. There was a great commotion. I looked out of the window and found that a large crowd had gathered outside and everyone was asked who had pulled the chain. Suddenly, I saw that the grandmother had hung the cradle on the alarm chain. I smiled.
11. Why did the grandmother shout? *
The children were quarrelling loudly.
The parents were shifting luggage continuously.
She was hurt by a piece of luggage.
The small baby started crying.
12. ‘clanging and groaning’ in the passage refers to *
the sound of the whistle.
the sound of the moving train.
the noise of the children.
the noise at the station.
13. Why did the grandmother hang a sari from the side wall of the carriage? *
to keep her tiffin
to make a cradle
to make the train stop
to climb the upper berth
14. Why did the train come to a stop? *
because there was a lot of commotion inside
because it had reached a station
because someone had pulled the chain
because a huge crowd had gathered outside
15. What is the main purpose of the passage? *
to encourage people to travel by train
to encourage large families to travel by train
to describe the author’s journey
to describe how to stop a train
Answers
Answer:
moved out of the station. It soon gathered speed and rushed on through the night.My companions opened large tiffin-carriers and settled down to their meal. But the baby’s cries became howls. Then the grandmother hung a sari from the chain on the side wall of the carriage. She put the baby in this cradle and the baby stopped crying almost at once.At the same time the train came to a stop. There was a great commotion. I looked out of the window and found that a large crowd had gathered outside and everyone was asked who had pulled the chain. Suddenly, I saw that the grandmother had hung the cradle on the alarm chain. I smiled.
11. Why did the grandmother shout? *
The children were quarrelling loudly.
The parents were shifting luggage continuously.
She was hurt by a piece of luggage.
The small baby started crying.
12. ‘clanging and groaning’ in the passage refers to *
11.She was hurt by a piece of luggage.
12.The noise at the station.
13.To make a cradle
14.Because there was a lot of commosion inside.
15.To describe the authors journey