Section A Read the following passage and answer the questions follows. This was hardly what I intended what I had meant or course was that I should boss the job and that Harris and George should Potter about under my directions I pushing them aside every now and then with in oh you hear let me do it there you are simple enough" really eaching them as you might way. They are taking it in the way they did irritated me there is nothing dedded me more than seeing other people sitting about doing nothing when I'm what had narator intended to want touch and what? what was it about George and Harris that irritated the narrator? It that irritates the writer more than anything else.
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Answer:
Explanation:
Question 1:
What is the theme of the passage?
A. Leading
B. Narrating
C. Packing
D. Irritating
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
In the passage we find that all the discussion is going around packing. It is mentioned in the first and second lines of the passage that how the author proposed to do the packing which he is proud of. Even in the last the author describes how he likes to superintend while Packing. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
Question 2: What does the word uncanny mean?
A. Strange
B. Convincing
C. Non-metallic
D. Usual
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
The word uncanny means mysterious or strange. Convincing and usual are, somehow, opposite in meaning of uncanny. Option c is totally out of the context. Hence, option A is the correct answer.
Question 3: What does the phrasal verb potter about mean?
A. To spend time making clay-pots
B. To do small jobs
C. To consult with a potter
D. To break the hurdles
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
The mention of the words ‘potter about’ make the phrasal verb refer to anything about pottery. So, option a and b are wrong. Option d is something opposite in meaning of the phrasal verb. It means going around and doing small jobs in a relaxed way. Hence, option B is the correct answer.
Question 4: How did the man, whom the author lived with once, irritate him?
A. Admiring
B. Sitting lazy
C. Advising
D. Quarrelling
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
The author has mentioned that the man, he lived with once, used to loll on the sofa. Lolling means standing or sitting in a lazy pose. Nobody would stand lazy on a sofa. It definitely means the man used to sitting lazy on the sofa. Hence, option B is the correct answer.
Question 5: What could the narrator not get rid of?
A. Bossing around
B. Pushing aside
C. Bragging about
D. Energetic nature
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
“I can’t help it” means “I cannot but do so / I cannot get rid of”. The author mentions his energetic nature just before. The ‘it’, in the last sentence of the passage also, is also a pronoun used for this energetic nature. Hence, option D is the correct answer.