Time: 2.30 Hours
SECTION - A Reading)
1.
(A Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions:
(10x1-10)
There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The
sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacked around me and adjusted my
binoculars
"You won't need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow." village leader Hitesh
Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were
perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. "It seems to be coming from
the riverside," he said. "You will see it any moment. Stay still and don't make any noise or
you'll invite trouble," Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a
leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a
tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten meters, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow.
However, what I saw was something else - totally baffling. As if enacting a character from
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow's neck, stretched out lazily and
began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline's
playful nudges and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow's
belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and
slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behavior? It turned out that, about three years ago, a
female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the
family and had brought it to the Notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female
leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The
people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with
the cow might be one of the two cubs. "It's possible that this leopard cub would have seen the
cow, and became imprinted on it," Hitesh Patel suggested.7.Give suitable title with reason.
Answers
There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The
sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacked around me and adjusted my
binoculars
"You won't need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow." village leader Hitesh
Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were
perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. "It seems to be coming from
the riverside," he said. "You will see it any moment. Stay still and don't make any noise or
you'll invite trouble," Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a
leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a
tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten meters, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow.
However, what I saw was something else - totally baffling. As if enacting a character from
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow's neck, stretched out lazily and
began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline's
playful nudges and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow's
belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and
slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behavior? It turned out that, about three years ago, a
female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the
family and had brought it to the Notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female
leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The
people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with
the cow might be one of the two cubs. "It's possible that this leopard cub would have seen the
cow, and became imprinted on it," Hitesh Patel suggested.7.Give suitable title with reason.
you are an idiot
Explanation:
idiot means mad