Question

Section - A Reading Skills
Q.1 Read the given passage and answer the following questions.
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There was a time when all house work was done by the women or girls of the household. Few
husbands ever dreamt of washing up, preparing breakfast or tending the baby. Such duties were
no concern of theirs. And normal school boy assumed that it help were needed in the home, his
sisters would be called on to give it. The whole family supported the view that the male child could
not or should not clean, mend, wash, cook or make beds.
Things are very different today. Doctors or barristers find nothing shameful in putting on an apron
to help in the kitchen or nursery and even boast of being good at washing of clothes and personal
linen,
The school boy is more often now than formerly expected to help his mother. One reason for the
change is the shortage of domestic servants. Girls could once be found to do the hard work in
middle and upper class homes for very moderate wages. Such girls nowadays work in factories.
They earn more money than most householders can afford to pay. Thus the wife now does the
househeld work herself with the aid of labour saving machines, and she expects some help from
her husband,
(a) Who usually did all house work in the past?
(b) Mention some household chores that women use to do in their house.
(c) How did the whole family view the male child?
(d) How are things different now?
(e) Find words from the above passage that mean the same as:
(1) taking care of (11) not excessive
following noom carefully:
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nd give the answer ​

Answer 1

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