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ROLL NO. I. A BAKER FROM GOA (LUCIO RODRIGUES) (A) Read the extracis given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct options, (1) I can still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. Loaves for the elders and the bangles for the children. Then we did not even care to brush our teeth or wash our mouths properly. And why should we? Who would take the trouble of plucking the mango-leaf for the toothbrush? And why was it necessary at all? The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all! (a) Option 1 (c) Option 3 3 O Option 2 (d) Option 4 (iii) Which of the following can be the BEST replacement for the word 'fragrance' in the extract without changing the meaning? (a) odour (c) incense (b) aroma (d) perfume (iv) The word 'everything in the expression "...wash and clean up everything so nicely" refers to which of the following? (i) 1. toothbrushes 2. remnants of food The author uses a string of questions in this extract. Such questions do not often require an answer but create a special effect or serve a special purpose. What are such questions called in the art of writing? (a) quick questions (b) unanswerable questions (c) rhetorical questions (d) irrelevant questions 3. mouth, teeth and gums 4. mango-leaves (ii) The word 'bangles' as used in the extract refers to which of the following? (a) Options 1 and 2 (c) Options 3 and 4 (6) Options 2 and 4 (d) Options 2 and 3 (u) So far as oral hygiene is concerned, the children described in the extract can be called (a) sensitive (c) obedient (6) concerned (d) careless
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Part I A Baker from Goa

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