Extra Questions and Answers
Extract 1
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Then they dragged him out oft doors, taking a spade and hoe with them. No sooner had the dog got near a pine tree growing in the garden than he began to paw and scratch the ground, as if a mighty treasure lay beneath.
1.In the above lines who have been referred as ‘they’?
Ans. The wicked old couple has been referred as ‘they’ in the above lines.
2.Whom did they drag out of doors?
Ans. They dragged the good old couple’s dog from the doors.
3.Why they did so?
Ans. They did so to find way to the treasure.
4.What lay beneath the ground?
(a) Gold coins
(b) A vast treasure
(c) A dead kitten
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) A dead kitten
5.Why did they carry spade and hoe with them?
(a) To kill the dog
(b) To dig the Earth
(c) To plough the field
(d) To chase the birds
Ans. (b) To dig the Earth
6.What follows immediately after this?
(a) They begin to dig the ground
(b) They killed the dog
(c) They found a cast treasure
(d) They ran away with fear
Ans. (b) They killed the dog
Extract 2
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
“Goody me!’ cried the old hag, as she saw each dripping of sauce turning into yellow gold, until in a few minutes the tub under the mill was full of shining mass of gold. So the old couple was rich again.
1.Who has been referred as ‘old hag’ in the above lines?
Ans. The wicked old man’s wife has been referred as ‘old hag’ in the above lines.
2.From where was she watching the above incident?
Ans. She was peeping from the window to watch the incident.
3….each dripping of sauce….which sauce has been referred here?
Ans. Bean sauce has been referred in above lines.
4.At what time during the year the above incidence is taking place?
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) New Year
(d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
Ans. (d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
5.Find a word from the given lines that means ‘witch’
(a) Drip
(b) Hag
(c) Wicked
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Hag
6.What is the process that is taking place in the above lines?
(a) Baking of pastry
(b) Preparing of dough
(c) Boiling of rice
(d) Making of bean sauce
Ans. (d) Making of bean sauce
Extract 3
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
He sprinkled a pinch of ashes on it, and lo! It sprouted blossoms until it became a cloud of pink blooms which perfumed the air. The news of this filled the village and everyone ran out to see the wonder. The covetous couple also heard the story and gathering up the ashes….
1.Who has been referred as ‘he’ in the above lines?
Ans. The kind old farmer has been referred in these lines as ‘he’.
2.’It’ sprouted blossoms. What has been referred as ‘it’ in the given lines?
Ans. The cherry tree has been referred as ‘it’ in the given lines.
3.What is the wonder that has been referred to in the given lines?
Ans. The withered bare cherry tree has been transformed into a blossom with the ashes of mill and mortar sprinkled over it. This wonder has been referred in the given lines.
4.In the given lines what has been burnt down to form the ashes?
(a) The dog
(b) The pine tree
(c) The cherry tree
(d) The mortar and the mill
Ans. (d) The mortar and the mill
5.Find synonym of ‘jealous’ from the given lines.
(a) Pinch
(b) Sprinkled
(c) Blooms
(d) Envious
Ans. (d) Envious
6.Find a word from the given lines that means ‘flower’.
(a) Blossom
(b) Bloom
(c) Sprouted
(d) Sprinkled
Ans. (b) Bloom