UNSEEN PASSAGE: It rained heavily last winter and the little stream, near our house, became a big river. It burst its banks and the fields all around were full of water. Luckily, the water did not reach, any of the house in our village. But, the river carried away, our beautiful wooden bridge. The bridge was more than a hundred years old and we were sorry to lose it. We are building a new one now, it will never be the same.
Read the above passage carefully, and answer the following questions.
Q-1. Why were the fields full of water?
1 point
There was a flood
A dam broke
It rained heavily
None of these
Q-2. What happened to the wooden bridge?
1 point
It was broken
It did not break
It helped the people to reach to a safer place.
Nothing happened to it
Q-3. Where did the water not reach?
1 point
the shops
the fields
the streets
the houses
Q-4. How old was the bridge?
1 point
more than ten years
more than a hundred years
more than fifty years
more than two hundred years
Q-5. Find a phrase from the passage which means 'washed away'?
1 point
burst
around
carried away
lose
Answers
Explanation:
Q1 Why were the fields full of water?
(a) There was a flood
(b) A dam broke
(c) It rained heavily
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) It rained heavily
Q2 What happened to the wooden bridge?
(а) It was broken
(b) It did not break
(c) It helped the people to reach to a safer place
(d) Nothing happened to it
Answer
Answer: (а) It was broken
Q3 Where did the water not reach?
(a) the shops
(b) the field
(c) the streets
(d) the houses
Answer
Answer: (d) the house
Q4 How old was the bridge?
(a) more than ten years
(b) more than a hundred years
(c) more than fifty years
(d) more than two hundred years
Answer
Answer: (b) more than a hundred years
Q5 Find a phrase from the passage which means ‘washed away’.
(a) burst
(b) around
(c) carried away
(d) lose
Answer
Answer: (c) carried away
Answer:
1.. it rained heavily
2.the wooden bridge was carried away by the river water.
3.Thewater did not reach the houses.
4. The bridge was more than hundred years old.
5. Carried away.