Direction(1-15): Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words! phrases have
been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
Sheela and Jairam were a poor old couple. Their only possession was one cow. Once, Jairam
fell very sick. Soon all their money was used up in buying medicines and they
realised that they would have to sell their cow in order to bear the rest of
the expenses. Sheela decided to go to the market and sell the cow. She set off,
leading the cow by a rope. On the way, she met four young men. They were the
local bullies who enjoyed teasing and tormenting old people. When they saw old
Sheela with her cow, they decided to play a trick. One of them sneaked up
behind her, untied the cow and tied a goat in its place. Sheela had been
walking immersed in thought, worried about Jairam Suddenly she heard a goat
bleat behind her. She turned around and was surprised to see that her cow had vanished. She was leading a goat to the
market. The four bullies came up to her and said, "There is magic in the
air these days. See, it turned your cow into a goat." Poor Sheela walked
on with the goat. After a little while, the boys untied the goat and tied a
rooster in its place. The rooster crowed and Sheela was surprised again. The
goat had turned into a rooster ! The four bullies shouted, "Magic in the
air, Grandma." She resumed walking with the rooster in tow. After a few minutes
the boys crept up again, untied the rooster and tied a log of wood in its
place. A few moments later Sheela realised that she was dragging a log of wood
with a rope. Again, the bullies shouted, "Magic in the air, Grandma."
After a few minutes, the boys untied the log of wood too and ran away with it.
When Sheela finally reached the market, she feend4hat-she-had-nothing but a
rope in her hand. She came back home dejected
as she had lost the cow. She told Jairam the whole story. He immediately
understood what had happened. "Make chapatti, vegetable and kheer for
lunch tomorrow," he said. "Cook for atleast four people. I will come
home with some guests. As soon as they come you must say, 'I cooked what the
rabbit told me. Come, eat your lunch.' Leave everything else tome," Jairam
reassured her. The next morning Jairam went and borrowed two identical rabbits
from a friend He left one at home, tied the other one with a string and started
walking towards the market with it. On the way he too met the four bullies.
'Hey Grandfather they yelled, "Your wife's cow vanished yesterday. Where
are you taking this rabbit now ?" Jairam sighed sadly and said, "This
rabbit is like my son. It obeys everything I say. But now I am sick and we need
money, so I am going to sell it in the market." The four bullies were
surprised when they heard this. "Does it really understand what you say,
Grandfather ?" they asked. Jairam replied, "Of course it does. Here,
watch me." Jairam turned towards the rabbit and said, 'Hop home and tell
Sheela to make chapattis, vegetable and kheer for four people." Then he
untied the string and let the rabbit hop away. He turned towards the four boys
and said, "Come home and have lunch with me." When they reached his
house his wife welcomed them and said, "I cooked what the rabbit asked me
to cook. Come, eat your lunch.' She served the chapattis, vegetable and kheer
to all of them. The four bullies were stunned when they saw the rabbit sitting
in the corner. They told Jairam, "We will buy your rabbit." Jairam
pretended to think and said, "It is very precious to me." The four
bullies immediately offered him a higher price. Jairam showed some reluctance.
The moment he agreed to sell the
rabbit they paid him the money and left with the rabbit immediately. The four
bullies decided to test the rabbit's abilities. They had been blackmailing a
landlord for money. So they told the rabbit, "Go and tell the landlord to
bring us the money within ten minutes." The rabbit hopped off. They waited
for an hour but the landlord did not come with the money. They marched to his
house and yelled, "Give us the money and our rabbit." The landlord
had been waiting for a chance to teach these bullies a lesson He ordered his
strongest bodyguard to give them a good thrashing.
Bleeding and bruised they went back to Jairam's house and said, "You
fooled us. Return our money at once." Jairam simply smiled and said, 'The
money has disappeared! There is magic in the air."
1. Why did Sheela and Jairam decide to sell
the cow?
(1) They had spent all their money on
Jairam's sickness and needed more money
(2) Sheela wanted to buy a rooster and they
needed money for that
(3) They were fed up of the four bullies
and wanted to teach them a lesson
(4) They wanted to invite the four bullies
for lunch and needed money for buying the ingredients
(5) They owed money to the landlord
2. Why was Jaram reluctant to soil the
rabbit'
(1) He only pretended to be reluctant m
order to loot the bullies
(2) Ho was fond of the Who rabbit and did
not want to sell it to the billies
(3) He wanted to gift the rabbits to the
Landlord
(4) Ho knew that the bullies would not take
good care of the rabbit
(5) Ho wanted to sell the rabbit in the
market and got a better price for it
3. Which of the following maybe an
appropriate title to the passage?
(1) Magc in the air
(2) Never steal a cow
(3) The strongest bodyguard
(4) The smart bullies
(5) The obedient rabbit
4. What did Shoola do after roach ng the
market empty handed'
(1) De:tenoned to earn money. she managed
to sell the rope that she was left with
(2) She returned home ((elected and
narrated the whole ncidont to her husband
(3) She bought two rabbi's and devised a
plan to get back at the buttes
(4) She went to the landlord and complained
about the betties
(5) She went home and cooked lunch for her
husband and herself
5. What did the low bullies tie to Shoela's
rope immediately after untying the cow?
(I) ikiag of wood
(2)A rooster
(3)A rabba
(4)Agoa
(5) Not mentioned in the passage
6. Why were the four bullies surprised when
they were talking to Jairam?
(1) They knew that Jairam was sick and had
not expected to see him
(2) They had not opectedJairam to invite
them for lunch
(3) They could not behove that the rabbit
could understard and obey Jairam
(4) They know that Jairam did not own a
rabbi and were surprised to see him with one
(5) they ociukl not believe that Jairam
knew the rabbit's language
7. What did the four babes see when they
reached Jairam's house
(1) They saw that two rabbis were sitting
in the corner
(2) They saw that Sheeta had not prepared
any lunch
(3) They saw the cow they had stolen from
Sheela on the previous day
(4) They saw the log of wood taw had bed to
Sheela's rope
(5) They saw that the same rabbit was
sating in the corner
8. Mange the following incidents in a
chronological order as they occurred in the passage.
(A) Jaram and Sheola needed money
(8) The four bullies son: tho rabbit to the
Landlord
(C) Sheela cooked chapattis. vegetable and
Moot
(D) The four bullies tied a log of wood to
the rope
(1) ADBC
(2) ACDB
(3) ADCB
(4) DABC
(5) DACB
9. Which of the following is true according
to the passage ?
(1) The four boys liked to help old people
(2) Jairam asked Stwela to cook lunch for
atleast four people
(3) The rabbit could understand Jairam
(4) Jaiiam could not trick the lour boys
(5) None is :MO
10. What did the landlord do when the four
bullies went to his house and yelled?
Direction(11-13)
:
Choose the word / group of words which is most similar in the meaning to the
word / group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
11. Thrashing :
(1) Garbage
(2) Beating
(3) Shouting
(4) Warning
(5) Rejection
12. Possession :
(1) Control
(2) Power
(3) Custody
(4) Keeping
(5) Belonging
13. Vanished :
(1) Gone missing
(2) Was found
(3) Was killed
(4) Was left behind
(5) Had exchanged
Direction(14-15) :
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold
as used in the passage.
14. Agreed :
(1) Decided
(2) Arranged
(3) Accepted
(4) Declined
(5) Fixed
15. Dejected :
(1) Happy
(2) Hurried
(3) Crestfallen
(4) Slowly
(5) Angrily
Answers
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