Extra Questions and Answers

Extract 1

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

“Catch ’em!” he shouted; “catch ’em! We mustn’t lose any of them.” He was quite excited about them. We groveled round for half an hour and found sixteen.

He said he hoped we had got them all, because, if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine. I had put them in safety in my hat. It was not a sensible thing to do I admit.

  1. Who has been referred as ‘he’ in the above lines?

Ans. The author’s friend has been referred as ‘he’ in the above lines.

  1. What were they looking for?

Ans. They were looking for the ball bearings.

  1. …it would make a serious difference to the machine. What has been referred to as ‘machine’ in these lines?

Ans. Author’s bicycle has been referred as machine in the above lines.

  1. “Catch ’em!” he shouted; “catch ’em! Just before this the author’s friend

(a) had unscrewed the ball bearings.

(b) had tightened the chain.

(c) had taken out the gear-case.

(d) had taken out the front wheel.

Ans. (a) had unscrewed the ball bearings.

  1. Find one word from the given lines which is antonym of ‘bored’.

(a) Hopped

(b) Groveled

(c) Thrilled

(d) Excited

Ans. (d) Excited

  1. Why it wasn’t a senşible decision to keep it in the hat?

(a) The hat had holes.

(b) The author wanted to wear the hat.

(c) They got lost in the hat.

(d) The hat was blown away by the wind and some of ball bearings were lost.

Ans. (d) The hat was blown away by the wind and some of ball bearings were lost.

Extract 2

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

He said, “This is dangerous; have you got a hammer?” I ought to have been firm, but I thought that perhaps he really did know something about the business. I went to the tool shed to see what I could find. When I came back he was sitting on the ground front wheel between his legs.

  1. What has been referred to as dangerous in the given lines?

Ans. The wobbling of the front wheel has been described as dangerous in the given lines.

  1. Who has been referred as ‘he’ in the given lines?

Ans. Author’s friend has been referred as ‘he’ in the given lines.

  1. What the person intended to do with the hammer?

Ans. He wanted to repair the wobbling of the front wheel with the hammer.

  1. The author should have been firm about

(a) not allowing his friend to touch his bicycle

(b) not going to the tool shed

(c) going for the ride on bicycle

(d) the opinion of his friend about the bicycle

Ans. (a) not allowing his friend to touch his bicycle.

  1. Find out one word from the given lines that is synonym of the word ‘possibly’.

(a) Mostly              (b) Definitely

(c) Certainly           (d) Perhaps

Ans. (d) Perhaps

  1. What was the author’s friend doing with the front wheel?

(a) He was trying to check the problem in it

(b) He was trying to fix it in its positions

(c) He was playing with it

(d) He was taking a nap keeping the front wheel in that position.

Ans. (c) He was playing with it.