Question

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the question that follow by choosing the most

appropriate option. 20

My father has always been a passionate man. He has always been passionate about the people of the Everest

region — so much so that in 1960, he began the first of the many projects aimed at improving their lives. In

1975, he had begun building his second hospital in the Himalayas when tragedy struck our family. My mother

and my youngest sister Belinda were flying into the mountains to join him when their small aeroplane crashed

soon after take-off from Kathmandu. I was in Assam (now Asom) when I first heard of the accident. I flew

straight to Kathmandu and met my father and oldest sister Sarah on a narrow lane on the outskirts of the city.

Any hope I had clung to, that my mother and sister were still alive, was extinguished the moment I saw my

father — bowed and broken. I knew then that Mum and Belinda would never return.

It was years before Dad fully came out of this Period of darkness. Only by plunging himself into more

adventures and ever more projects in Nepal, could he get through it. He has built 42 schools and hospitals there.

As I grew up, some of Dad's restlessness rubbed off on me. I know many people think there must be some

compulsion for the son of Sir Edmund Hillary to climb mountains. They assume that there was some imperative

etched in stone that says, "Thou shalt climb mountains” — and in particular Everest, whether you like it or not.

But for me, it's simpler than that I think families are like factories : the Hillary family is a limited production

mountaineering establishment.

i) The narrator’s father has been passionate …………… .

a) about travelling b) about climbing

c) about going to new places d) about the people of the Everest region.

ii) The narrator’s mother and youngest sister died of ………….. .

a) long illness b) fatigue c) the plane-crash d) road accident.

iii) The narrator’s father fully came out this period of darkness ……………. .

a) by working hard b) with the help of his friends

c) by his will-power d) by indulging in more adventures.

iv) The narrator’s father worked in …………… .

a) India b) Australia c) Burma d) Nepal.

v) Hillary family is a limited production mountaineering establishment because …….

a) it is situated in Nepal b) they are from mountains

c) they love mountains d) they have produced many famous mountaineers.

vi) What did the narrator’s father do in 1960?

a) He began first of the many projects aimed at improving his life.

b) He began first of many projects aimed at improving the lives of the people of

the Everest region.

c) He began the first of many projects aimed at improving the life of his son.

d) None of these.

vii) What had the narrator’s father begun in 1975 ?

a) Building his first hospital b) Building his second hospital.

c) Both (a) & (b) d) None of these

viii) The crashed aeroplane had taken off from -

a) Karnataka b) Kathmandu c) Keral d) None of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

the narrator mother and younger sister died in aeroplane crash