SECTION A: READING
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given:
(10 Marks )
An Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru
1. In May 1905, when I was fifteen, we set sail for England. Father, Mother and I all went
together. On a May day towards the end of the month, we reached London. While I was
in the train from Dover to London, I read about the great sea victory at Tushima. I was in
high spirits because the very next day happened to be Derby Day and we went to see
the race. I remember meeting M.A. Ansari soon after our arrival at London. He was then
a smart and clever young man with a record of brilliant academic achievement behind
him. He was a surgeon at that time in a hospital in London.
He
2. I was a little fortunate in finding a vacancy at Harrow, for I was slightly above the usual
age for entry, being 15.My family returned to India after some months.
His
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Harrow, for I was slightly above the usual
age for entry, being 15.My family returned to India after some months.
His
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An Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru
1. In May 1905, when I was fifteen, we set sail for England. Father, Mother and I all went together. On a May day towards the end of the month, we reached London. While I was in the train from Dover to London, I read about the great sea victory at Tushima. I was in high spirits because the very next day happened to be Derby Day and we went to see the race. I remember meeting M.A. Ansari soon after our arrival at London. He was then a smart and clever young man with a record of brilliant academic achievement behind him. He was a surgeon at that time in a hospital in London.