Question

Seeing me sitting at my desk tearing up newspapers day in and day out, most people thought I was doing next to nothing. It is likely that the Boss thought likewise too. So anyone who felt I should be given some occupation would barge into my cubicle and deliver an extended lecture. The ‘boy’ in the make-up department had decided I should be enlightened on how great literary talent was being allowed to go waste. Soon I was praying for crowd-shooting all the time. Nothing short of it could save me from his epics. Questions: 1. In the opinion of most of the people, the writer was occupied with no __________ task. a. tearing c. newspaper b. significant d. happy 2. The writer wished for crowd-shooting in order to avoid ______ mutterings from the boy in the make-up department. a. inspiring c. realistic b. bashful d. bragful 3. ‘Day in and day out’ implies to be busy with a task _________. a. continuously over a long period of time b. incessantly for a short period of time c. concomitantly for a lesser time d. approximately for a long period of time​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)b. significant

2)b. bashful

3)a long period of time

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. b. significant

2. c. realistic

3. a. 'continuously over a long period of time.'

• The given exercise belongs to the chapter on 'Comprehensions.'

• A passage is provided, and questions need to be answered from that passage. It can be of two types- 'Seen Comprehension' and 'Unseen comprehension.'

• The challenge in the 'unseen comprehension' is that one needs to comprehend the passage by herself and answer the questions according to her understanding.