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Vistas Chapter 7 Evans Tries an O-level English Core - Vistas Chapter 7 Evans Tries an O-level

CBSE - STD 12 Commerce - English Core (CBSE - English Medium). 34 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1Read the given extracts and give answer. (Vistas Prose) (4M)4 Marks
“No,” said the Governor quietly. “No, he is on his way to Newbury.” He explained his reasons for believing so and left it at that. It was a police job now…. Not his. He was just another good-for-a-giggle, gullible Governor.
“By the way, Carter. I hope you managed to get McLeery to the hospital all right.” “Yes. He is in the Radcliffe now. Really groggy, he was, when we got to the Examination office, and they rang for the ambulance from there. The Governor rang the Radcliffe a few minutes later and asked for
the accident department.
“McLeery, you say?” “Yes, he is a parson.”
“I don’t think there is anyone—"
(a) What was a police job now and not the Governor’s?
(i) Catching Evans
(ii) Doing the investigation
(iii) Finding out Evans’ accomplices
(iv) all the above
(b) The last statement signify___________.
(c) How did Evans outwit the Governor?
(d) What do you think this detective narrative by Colin Dexter is about
(i) about a comic theme
(ii) a battle of wits between a prisoner and jail officials
(iii) a battle of nerves among prisoners
(iv) none
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Q 2Read the given extracts and give answer. (Vistas Prose) (4M)4 Marks
Detective Superintendent Carter swung himself out of the passenger seat and saluted the Governor, “What the hell’s happening, sir?”And, turning to McLeery: Christ! Who’s hit him?”
But McLeery cut across whatever explanation the Governor might have given. “Elsfield Way, officer! I know where Evans…” He was breathing heavily, and leaned for support against the side of the car, where the imprint of his hand was left in tarnished crimson.
In bewilderment Carter looked to the Governor for guidance. What--?”
“Take him with you, if you think he will be all right. He’s the only one who seems to know what’s happening?

(a) Who was Carter?
(b) Who was left in the cell apparently wounded whom Stephens saw?
(i) Evans
(ii) another police man
(iii) McLeery
(iv) all
(c) McLeery cut across the Governor’s talk and urged Carter to take ____________ as he was sure, Evans had taken that route.
(d) If the person talking to Carter and the Governor was McLeery, Then, who had Stephens accompanied personally to the gate?
(i) Jackson
(ii) governor
(iii) 1 and 2 both
(iv) Evans
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Q 3Read the given extracts and give answer. (Vistas Prose) (4M)4 Marks

He re-entered D Wing, made his way along to Evans’s cell, and opened the peep-hole once more. Oh, no! CHRIST NO! There, sprawled back in Evans’s chair was a man (for a semi second Stephens Thought it must be Evans), a grey regulation blanket slipping from his shoulders, the front of his closely cropped, irregularly tufted hair awash with fierce red blood which had dripped already through the small black beard, and was even now spreading horribly over the white clerical collar and down into the black clerical front.

(a) What made him re-enter the D wing although he was headed straight for a belated cup of coffee?
(i) It was a routine check-up.
(ii) He wanted to be in the good books of the Governor.
(iii) It was his habit.
(iv) He wanted to take just one last look to make sure everything had gone smooth.
(b) There was a slight irregularity mentioned in the passage but it went unreported. What was it?
(i) There was none.
(ii) The peep-hole was too big.
(iii) A regulation blanket was provided to Evans without permission.
(iv) none of the above
(c) The cell had been checked thoroughly yet this blunder happened. Who had checked the cell minutely?
(i) Stephens
(ii) the junior staff of the prison
(iii) the Governor
(iv) Jackson and Stephen
(d) Seeing the horrible condition of the man in the chair, with blood flowing down his beard, who did Stephens shout for help immediately?
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Q 4Read the given extracts and give answer. (Vistas Prose) (4M)4 Marks
Evans: How am I suppose to concentrate on my exam… with someone breathin’ down my neck? Christ!
Sorry, Sir I didn’t mean—” The Governor reached for the phone,” Jackson? Ah, good. Get Stephens out of that cell, will you? I think perhaps, we are overdoing things.”
“As you wish, sir.”
The governor heard the exchanges in the cell, heard the door clang once more, and heard McLeery announce that the examination had begun at last.

(a) Who was breathing down whose neck?
(i) Stephens was breathing down Evans’ neck.
(ii) Jackson was breathing down Evans’ neck.
(iii) McLeery too was hanging around there.
(iv) None of these
(b) What did the Governor mean by saying that they were perhaps overdoing things? Was he right in thinking so?
(i) No, he wasn’t
(ii) Evans track record was an indication
(iii) both (i) and (ii)
(iv) None of the above
(c) What time did the examination begin?
(d) The Governor had got Evans’ cell ----------- because Evans had broken the Jail thrice before. He was extra cautious.
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Q 5Read the given extracts and give answer. (Vistas Prose) (4M)4 Marks
“Do you mind telling me why you’ve brought this Sir?” He held up a smallish semi-inflated rubber ring, such as a young child with a waist of about twelve inches might have struggled into. “ You thinking of going for a swim, sir?”
McLeery’s hitherto amiable demeanour was slightly ruffled by this tasteless little pleasantry and he answered Jackson sourly. “If you must know, I suffer from haemorrhoids, and when I am sitting down for any length o’ time—”.

(a) Why was McLeery being searched and asked about the semi-inflated ring?
(i) protocol was being followed
(ii) Governor’s orders
(iii) security was stricter this time
(iv) All the above
(b) What was the tasteless little pleasantry not taken well by McLeery? The remark made by Jackson….
(c) Which meaning is closest to the word ‘demeanour’ used in the passage.
(i) temperament
(ii) violent behaviour
(iii) displayed behaviour
(iv) commanding behaviour
(d) Which disease did McLeery irritatingly say he was suffering from?
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