Extra Questions and Answers

Extract 1

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

I remember well my shy remarks, I day, while stretching out to him my youthfull foot. “Isn’t it awfully hard to do, Mr Gessler?” And his answer given with a sudden smile from out of the redness of his beard: “id is an ardt!”

  1. Whom does ‘I’ refer to in the above lines?

Ans. In the above lines ‘I’ refers to the author.

  1. Why is he feeling awkward?

Ans. Mr Gessler was many years elder than him, he felt awkward in stretching his feet before him and allowing him to touch them.

  1. What is the art Mr Gessler refers to?

Ans. Mr Gessler refers to the art of bootmaking.

  1. Find a word from the above lines that means ‘introvert’.

(a) Awful     (b) Shy                  (c) Redness                        (d) Ardt

Ans. (b) Shy

  1. Mr Gessler smiled while replying the question because he

(a) agreed with the speaker

(b) felt proud of his work

(c) was pleased that someone had praised him

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b) felt proud of his work.

  1. Find out one word from the list below that means “terrible’.

(a) Shy                          (b) Youthfull                       (c) Awful                              (d) Hard

Ans. (c) Awful

Extract 2

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

But his face and voice made so deep an impression that during the next few minutes I ordered many pairs. They lasted longer than ever. And I was not able to go to him for nearly 2 years.

It was many months before my next visit to his shop.

  1. Name the speaker in the above lines.

Ans. The author of the lesson John Galsworthy is the speaker of the above lines.

  1. Whom does ‘his’ refers to in the above lines?

Ans. ‘His’ in the above lines refers to Mr Gessler.

  1. Why his voice and face made such an impact?

Ans. The author was moved after realising the hard times Mr Gessler was going through. The truth about Mr Gessler’s hardship has made such an impact over the author.

  1. What did the author placed the order for?

(a) Gloves                   (b) Boots             (c) Socks              (d) None of these

Ans. (b) Boots

  1. What has caused such reaction from ‘him’?

(a) The author had bought shoes from a big fir

(b) The author’s shoe didn’t last long

(c) The fact that the Mr Gessler was losing on business and was having a difficult time

(d) The author had not visited Mr Gessler’s shop for long

Ans. (c) The fact that the Mr Gessler was losing on business and was having a difficult time.

  1. The above lines show that the author was

(a) a kind person

(b) careless about other’s emotions

(c) avoiding going to the shop

(d) a busy man

Ans. (a) a kind person