Question

The second World War broke out in 1939, when I was eight years old. For
reasons I have never been able to understand, a sudden demand for tamarind
seeds erupted in the market. I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a
provision shop on mosque street. A day's collection would fetch me the princely
sum of one anna. My brother-in-law Jallaluddin would tell me stories about the
war which I would later attempt to trace in the headlines in 'Dinamani'. Our area,
being isolated, was completely unaffected by the war. But soon India was forced
to join the Allied forces and something like a state of emergency was declared.
The first casuality came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at
Rameswaram station. The newspapers now had to be bundled and thrown out
from the moving train on the Rameswaram road between Rameswaram and
Dhanushkodi that forced my cousin Samsuddin, who distributed newpapers in
Rameswaram, to look for a helping hand to catch the bundles and, as if naturally,
I filled the slot. Samsuddin helped me earn my first wages. Half a century later,
I can still feel the surge of pride in earning my own money for the first time.
(My childhood)

Now, answer the following questions
1) Give the name of the newspaper mentioned in the passage.
2) What did the speaker do with the tamarind seeds ?
3) How did the speaker feel about his first earning ? ( )
a) Proud b) Active c) courageous

4) 'I filled the slot' mean ( )
a) He collected tamarind seeds
b) The speaker worked as a helping hand to Samsuddin
c) He sold the tamarind seeds
5) When did the second world war start ? ( )
a) In 1939 b) In 1941 c) In 1937

Answer 1

Answers:

1. Dinamani
2. Sold it at a provision store
3. (a) Proud
4. (b)The speaker worked as a helping hand to Samsuddin
5. a) In 1939

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Dinamani.

2.The speaker used to collect those tamarind seeds and sell it to the provision shop in mosque street .

3.a. Proud

4.b. The speaker worked as a helping hand to samsuddin .

5.a. In 1939.