Read the passage I may never have become a cricketer and this book would certainly not have been written, if an eagle-eyed relation, Mr Narayan Masurekar, had not come into my life the day I was born (10 July 1949). It seems that Nan-kaka (as I call him), who had come to see me in the hospital on my first day in this world, noticed a little hole near the top of my left ear-lobe. The next day he came again and picked up the baby lying in the crib next to my mother. To his utter horror, he discovered that the baby did not have the hole on the left ear-lobe. A frantic search of all the cribs in the hospital followed, and I was eventually located sleeping blissfully beside a fisherwoman, totally oblivious of the commotion I had caused! The mix-up, it appears, followed after the babies had been given their bath. Providence had helped me to retain my true identity, and, in the process, charted the course of my life. I have often wondered what would have happened if nature had not ‘marked’ me out, and given me my ‘guard’ by giving me that small hole on my left ear-lobe; and if Nan-kaka had not noticed this abnormality. Perhaps, I would have grown up to be an obscure fisherman, toiling somewhere along the west coast. And, what about the baby, who for a spell, took my place? I do not know if he is interested in cricket, or whether he will ever read this book. I can only hope that, if he does, he will start taking a little more interest in Sunil Gavaskar. from Sunny Days by Sunil Gavaskar Tick the most appropriate answers.
(1) Sunil Gavaskar has mentioned a true incident in his life. The text is about
(a) how Sunil Gavaskar began playing cricket. (b) Sunil Gavaskar’s relative, Mr Narayan Masurekar.
(c) Sunil Gavaskar’s birth.
(d) the exchange of babies in the hospital.
(2) When Mr Narayan Masurekar came the next day, he was surprised to see
(a) A number of newly-born babies in the hospital.
(b) A baby who was not lying in the crib.
(c) A baby who did not have a hole on the left ear-lobe.
(d) A baby crying in the crib.
(3) All the cribs were searched to
(a) find the one-month old baby.
(b) look for the baby with a small hole on the left-lobe.
(c) find a fisherwoman.
(d) locate Mr Narayan Masurekar.
(4) What does Sunil Gavaskar mean by the words ‘If nature had not ‘marked’ me out’ ?
(a) if nature had not made him a cricketer.
(b) if nature had not given him a hole on the left ear-lobe.
(c) if nature had not distinguished him from other cricketers.
(d) if nature had not made him a heavier baby as compared to the other babies.
(5) When did the ‘mix-up’ happen ?
(a) At birth
(b) When Nan-kaka picked the baby lying in the crib.
(c) After the babies were bathed.
(d) None of these.
(6) Who does Sunil Gavaskar call Nan-Kaka ?
(a) His father
(b) Mr Narayan Masurekar
(c) Some hospital staff
(d) Some fisherman
(7) What does the baby referred to in the passage grows up to become ?
(a) A fisherman
(b) A guard
(c) A cricketer
(d) An eagle-eyed relation
(8) Find a word in the passage which means ‘noisy excitement’.
(a) utter
(b) frantic
(c) commotion
(d) providence
(9) When was the writer born ?
(a) 10 July 1947
(b) 19 June 1949
(c) 10 June 1949
(d) 10 July 1949
10) Whether he will ever read this book”. Who is he ?
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Mr Narayan Masurekar
(c) The baby of the fisherman
(d) The fisherman
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