Gandhi protested against the delay. He read a statement pleading …

In those days the Ramsjo iron mill was owned by a very prominent ironmaster, whose greatest ambition was to ship out good iron to the market. He watched both night and day to see that the work was done as well as possible, and at this very moment, he came into the forge on one of his nightly rounds of inspection.

Naturally, the first thing he saw was the tall ragamuffin who had eased his way so close to the furnace that steam rose from his wet rags. The ironmaster did not follow the example of the blacksmiths, who had hardly deigned to look at the stranger. He walked close up to him, looked him over very carefully, then tore off his slouch hat to get a better view of his face.

“But of course it is you, Nils Olof!” he said. “How you do look!” The man with the rattraps had never before seen the ironmaster at Ramsjo and did not even know what his name was. But it occurred to him that if the fine gentleman thought he was an old acquaintance, he might perhaps throw him a couple of kronor. Therefore he did not want to undeceive him all at once.
Questions:
Q.1. The ambition of the ironmaster was to …
A. start an iron mill on a large scale.
B. work out huge production.
C. send good iron to the market.
D. All of these three

Q.2. Other blacksmiths usually did not pay attention to strangers because…
A. they kept very busy with their work.
B. they considered it below their status.
C. they thought that strangers are not reliable people.
D. they did not want to promote strangers.

Q.3. The rattrap man did not want to reveal his identity because ……………………. .
A. he wanted shelter for that night at someplace where nobody knew him.
B. he did not want to be caught as he had stolen money.
C. he did not want to disclose his occupation as a rattrap maker.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’.

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It is a marked departure from a regular academic style- which is invariably depersonalised and often dry and boring. Have you consciously adopted an informal approach or is it something that just came naturally to you. Questions Q.1. Who is speaking the above lines?
A. Umberto Eco	B. Christopher Silvester	C. Mukund Padmanabhan	D. V S Naipaul
Q.2. Who Is being Interviewed?
A. Umberto Eco	B. Christopher Silvester	C. Mukund Padmanabhan	D. V S Naipaul
Q.3. What style was the specialty of the interviewee?
A. Writing in the academic manner.		B. Writing in an informal and narrative manner.
C. Writing in a depersonalized manner.		D. Writing in a dry and boring manner.

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Gandhi protested against the delay. He read a statement pleading guilty. He was involved, he told the court, in a “conflict of duties” – on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a lawbreaker; on the other hand, to render the “humanitarian and national service” for which he had come.

He disregarded the order to leave, “not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience”. He asked the penalty due. The magistrate announced that he would pronounce sentence after a two-hour recess and asked Gandhi to furnish bail for those 120 minutes. Gandhi refused. The judge released him without bail. When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgment for several days. Meanwhile, he allowed Gandhi to remain at liberty.
Questions :
Q.1. What was Gandhiji involved in?
A. Lawbreaking with the indigo farmers.
B. Rendering humanitarian and national service.
C. Ignoring his duties.
D. Not setting a bad example as a lawbreaker.

Q.2. One of these sentences is false :
A. Gandhiji protested against the delay.
B. He set a bad example as a lawbreaker.
C. He did not want to follow the voice of conscience.
D. He did not obey the order to leave.

Q.3. What do the words ‘the higher law of our being’ mean?
A. Law of his superior. B. What his conscience dictates.
C. Law of court. D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B

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When I read the editor's name, I heard a bell ringing in my shrunken heart. It was the poet who had visited the Gemini Studios - I felt like I had found a long lost brother and I sang as I sealed the envelope and wrote out his address. I felt that he too would be singing the same song at the same time - long lost brothers of Indian films discover each other by singing the same song in the first reel and in the final reel of the film. Questions Q.1. Who read the editor's name?
A. Kothamangalam Subbu	B. Asokamitran	C. Vasan	D. Krishna Sastry
Q.2. Give a word from the passage which means 'spool'.
A. reel	B. envelope	C. ringing	D. shrunken
Q.3. The above passage is an excerpt from................
A. The Boss and me		B. Ananda Vikatan
C. My Years with Boss		D. My stint with Gemini Studio

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One dark evening as he was trudging along the road he caught sight of a little grey cottage by the roadside, and he knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. Nor was he refused. Instead of the sour faces which ordinarily met him, the owner, who was an old man without wife or child, was happy to get someone to talk to in his loneliness.

Immediately he put the porridge pot on the lire and gave him supper; then he carved off such a big slice from his tobacco roll that it was enough both for the stranger’s pipe and his own. Finally, he got out an old pack of cards and played ‘mjolis’ with his guest until bedtime.

The old man was just as generous with his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco. The guest was informed at once that in his days of prosperity his host had been a crofter at Ramsjo Ironworks and had worked on the land. Now that he was no longer able to do day labour, it was his cow which supported him. Yes, that bossy was extraordinary. She could give milk for the creamery every day, and last month he had received all of thirty kronor in payment.
Questions:
Q.1. The writer saw ……………………….. while trudging along the road.
A. an old man B. a little grey cottage C. a cave D. a huge house

Q.2. In this passage ‘sour faces’ means ………………… .
A. Unlikable faces. B. Faces with warm feelings.
C. Fearful faces. D. Unhappy faces.

Q.3. The old man showed his hospitability by ………………….. .
A. offering him wine.
B. serving him supper of porridge.
C. offering him tobacco and pipe to smoke.
D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’

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Then the poet spoke, He couldn't have addressed a more dazed and silent audience - no one knew what he was talking about and his accent defeated any attempt to understand what he was saying. Questions Q.1. Where had the poet come from?
A. America	B. Ireland	C. England	D. Sweden
Q.2. Which of the following is not the synonym of 'dazed'?
A. watchful	B. bewildered	C. confused	D. muddled
Q.3. Where did the poet give his address?
A. In an annexe Building	B. At Gemini Studio	C. At the Town Hall	D. In the Parliament Building

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The great prose-writers of the world may not admit it, but my conviction grows stronger day after day that prose-writing is not and cannot be the true pursuit of a genius. It is for the patient, persistent, persevering drudge with a heart so shrunken that nothing can break it; rejection slips don't mean a thing to him; he at once sets about making a fresh copy of the long prose piece and sends it on to another editor enclosing postage for the return of the manuscript. Questions Q.1. Who according to the narrator can be a prose-writer?
A. One who is a drudge and possess a shrunken heart.		B. One who is patient but is highly emotional.
C. One who can persist but cannot accept rejection.		D. One who has contacts with Editors.
Q.2. How does a prose-writer deal with rejection?
A. He remembers that he is not a genius.		B. He allows his heart to shrink.
C. He patiently accepts the outcome.		D. He sends his manuscript to another editor.
Q.3. Which word in the passage means 'hunt'?
A. drudge	B. rejection	C. pursuit	D. shrunken

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I participate in academic conferences and not meetings of Pen Clubs and writers. I identify myself with the academic community. Questions Q.1. Who is saying the above lines?
A. Umberto Eco	B. Christopher Silvester	C. Mukund Padmanabhan	D. V S Naipaul
Q.2. Why did he say the above lines?
A. People identified him as an academician.		B. People identified him as a novelist.
C. People read only his novels.		D. People only read his fictional words.
Q.3. Who is interviewing him?
A. Umberto Eco	B. Christopher Silvester	C. Mukund Padmanabhan	D. V S Naipaul

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M. Hamel went on to talk of the French language, Saying that it was the most beautiful language in the world - the clearest, the most logical; that we must guard it, because when a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.
Questions
Q.1. Which of the following superlatives is not used for the French language?
A. most logical	B. most beautiful	C. clearest	D. most unforgettable
Q.2. What is the French language compared to in the Passage?
A. Key to logical thinking.		B. A guard for protection.
C. Key to their imprisonment		D. Clarity and beauty.
Q.3. When did M. Hamel speak the above words?
A. When the Prussians were attacking Lorraine.		B. During his last French lesson.
C. When Alsace was taken over by the French.		D. When he was going on a holiday.

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Health conditions were miserable. Gandhi got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months. Three medicines were available – castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Anybody who showed a coated tongue was given a dose of castor oil; anybody with malaria fever received quinine plus castor oil; anybody with skin eruptions received ointment plus castor oil.

Gandhi noticed the filthy state of women’s clothes. He asked Kasturbai to talk to them about it. One woman took Kasturbai into her hut and said, “Look, there is no box or cupboard here for clothes. The sari I am wearing is the only one I have.” During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhi kept a long-distance watch on the ashram. He sent regular instructions by mail and asked for financial accounts. Once he wrote to the residents that it was time to fill in the old latrine trenches and dig new ones otherwise the old ones would begin to smell bad.
Questions :
Q.1. Castor oil was given to the patient who …
A. was suffering from Malaria.
B. had some gastric problem.
C. had some skin problem.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The clothes of the women in Champaran kept filthy because ……………………. .
A. they were illiterate.
B. they did not have the sense of cleanliness.
C. they had only one sari to wear.
D. they had no time to wash the clothes.

Q.3. One of the following sentences is not true: During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhiji ………………….. .
A. lived in the Ashram.
B. kept on travelling all through region.
C. sent regular instructions to Ashram by mail.
D. kept on demanding financial accounts.

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