Extra Questions
Extract Based Questions
Read the following extract carefully and choose the correct option.
1. Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of her and mimicked her.
(i) What did Sulekha later on come to be known as?
(a) Baby
(b) Sweety
(c) Mental
(d) Bholi
(ii) Why did children make fun of her?
(a) because she was poor
(b) because she was innocent
(c) because she stammered while speaking
(d) because she did not complete her homework
(iii) What does the word ‘mimicked’ mean?
(a) to copy the way in which a machine is made
(b) to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves
(c) to copy the drawings made by others
(d) to copy the written work of others
(iv) What part of speech is ‘often’?
(a) Verb
(b) Adverb
(c) Noun
(d) Pronoun
Answer: (i) (d) Bholi
(ii) (c) because she stammered while speaking
(iii) (b) to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves
(iv) (b) Adverb
2. She remembered how a few days ago their old cow Lakshmi had been turned out of the house and sold.
“N-n-n-n No, no-no-no,” she shouted in terror and pulled her hand away from her father’s grip.
(i) Why did Bholi shout in terror?
(a) because she thought that her mother was turning her out of her house
(b) because she thought that her teacher was sending her out of the school
(c) because she thought that her father was sending her to school
(d) because she thought that her father was turning her out of his house
(ii) Why did she remember Lakshmi?
(a) Because she missed her a lot
(b) Because she wanted to go with her
(c) Because Lakshmi had also been turned out of the house a year ago
(d) Because Lakshmi had also been turned out of the house a few days ago
(iii) What is the opposite word of ‘forgotten’ in the extract?
(a) Reframed
(b) Recalled
(c) Remembered
(d) Remembers
(iv) The present tense of ‘sold’ is
(a) sells
(b) sell
(c) selling
(d) sale
Answer: (i) (d) Because she thought that her father was turning her out of his house
(ii) (d) Because Lakshmi had also been turned out of the house a few days ago
(iii) (c) Remembered
(iv) (b) sell
3 .The lady teacher who was in class was saying something to the girls but Bholi could understand nothing.
(i) Where was Bholi?
(a) Bholi was in the principal’s room in the village school
(b) Bholi was in her house
(c) Bholi was in the playground
(d) Bholi was in the classroom in the village school
(ii) Why could she understand nothing?
(a) because the teacher was not teaching properly
(b) because it was her second day at school
(c) because it was her first day at school
(d) because the teacher was teaching in English and she did not know English
(iii) What is the opposite word of ‘everything’ in the extract?
(a) something
(b) nothing
(c) anything
(d) none of these
(iv) The opposite of ‘lady teacher’ would be
(a) male teacher
(b) Professor
(c) lady teacher
(d) guest teacher
Answer: (i) (d) Bholi was in the classroom in the village school
(ii) (c) because it was her first day at school
(iii) (b) nothing
(iv) (a) male teacher
4. He said to Ramlal, “As a revenue official you are the representative of the government in the village and so you must set an example to the villagers. You must send your daughters to school.”
(i) Who is ‘he’?
(a) The Tehsildar
(b) Bholi’s brother
(c) Bishamber
(d) Boli’s teacher
(ii) What example does ‘he’ want Ramlal to set?
(a) To send his daughters to school so that other in the village will follow
(b) To send his son’s to school so that others in the village will follow
(c) To send his wife to school
(d) To send his daughters to the opening ceremony of a primary school of girls
(iii) What does the word ‘revenue’ mean?
(a) Income
(b) Expenditure
(c) Tax
(d) Government
(iv) What part of speech is the world ‘an’ in the extract?
(a) Article
(b) Noun
(c) Pronoun
(d) Verb
Answer: (i) (a) The tehsildar
(ii) (a) To send his daughters to school so that others in the village will follow
(iii) (c) Tax
(iv) (a) Article
5. Then she began to cry and tears flowed from her eyes in a helpless flood. She kept her head as she sat in her corner, not daring to look up at the girls, who, she knew were still laughing at her.
(i) Who is ‘she’?
(a) Bholi’s teacher
(b) Bholi’s mother
(c) Sulekha
(d) Bholi’s friend
(ii) Why were the girls laughing at her?
(a) Because she had made mistake
(b) Because she could not solve the sum given by her teacher
(c) Because she did not come in proper uniform
(d) Because she had stammered while seeing her name when asked by the teacher
(iii) What does the word ‘daring’ mean?
(a) Wanting
(b) Showing
(c) Teasing
(d) Seeking
(iv) What is the opposite of ‘laughing’?
(a) Smiling
(b) Crying
(c) Complaining
(d) Teasing
Answer: (i) (c) Sulekha
(ii) (d) Because she had stamina while seeing her name when asked by the teacher
(iii) (a) Wanted
(iv) (b) Crying