Sample QuestionsUNIT - 7 - Packing questions
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Harris said I encouraged him. I didn’t encourage him. A dog like that doesn’t want any encouragement. It’s the natural, original sin that is born in him that makes him do things like that.The packing was done at $12.50;$ and Harris sat on the big hamper, and said he hoped nothing would be found broken. George said that if anything was broken it was broken, which reflection seemed to comfort him. He also said he was ready for bed. We were all ready for bed. Harris was to sleep with us that night, and we went upstairs.
We tossed for beds, and Harris had to sleep with me. He said:
“Do you prefer the inside or the outside, J: ?”
I said I generally preferred to sleep inside a bed,
Harris said it was odd.
George said:
“What time shall I wake you fellows ?”
Harris said:
“Seven.”
I said:
“No – six,” because I wanted to write some letters.
Harris and I had a bit of a row over it, but at last split the difference, and said half-past six.
“Wake up at $6.30$, George,” we said.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ What was the blame on the writer ?
$A.$ That he never worked.
$B.$ That he did not know packing.
$C.$ That he encouraged the dog.
$D.$ That he could not control the dog.
$Q.2.$ Their bedroom was ……………….
$A.$ in the same room where they were doing the packing..
$B.$ on the same floor.
$C.$ upstairs.
$D.$ in the basement.
$Q.3.$ What, according to Harris ‘it was odd’ ?
$A.$ That he prefers to sleep outside the bed.
$B.$ That Jerome prefers to sleep inside a bed.
$C.$ That Jerome prefers to sleep outside the bed.
$D.$ That Jerome prefers to stay inside the bed.
$Q.4.$ The phrase ‘to have a row over’ means…
$A.$ ‘to have argument over’.
$B.$ ‘to have deep thinking over’.
$C.$ ‘to have a conclusion over’.
$D.$ ‘to have agreement over’.
View full solution →Montmorency was in it all, of course. Montmorency’s ambition in life is to get in the way and be sworn at. If he can squirm in anywhere where he particularly is not wanted and be a perfect nuisance, and make people mad, and have things thrown at his head, then he feels his day has not been wasted.To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
He, came and sat down on things, just when they were wanted to be packed; and he laboured under the fixed belief that, whenever Harris or George reached out their hand for anything; it was his cold damp nose that they wanted. He put his leg into the jam, and he worried the teaspoons, and he pretended that the lemons were rats; and got into the hamper and killed three of them before Harris could land him with the frying pan.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Who is Montmorency?
$A.$ One of their friends. $B.$ Another name of Harris.
$C.$ Their pet dog. $D.$ George
$Q.2.$ Montmorency’s conceit becomes unbearable when ………………..
$A.$ he squirms in anywhere. $B.$ makes people ma$D.$
$C.$ somebody has to stumble over him. $D.$ he accomplishes what he has aimed at.
$Q.3.$ What does Montmorency usually do when others are working ?
$A.$ He pokes his nose in. $B.$ He upsets things.
$C.$ He does not let them do the things. $D.$ None of these three
$Q.4.$ The phrase ‘squirms in’ means ……………….
$A.$ ‘disturbs’. $B.$ ‘makes noise’.
$C.$ ‘squeezes into the confined space’. $D.$ ‘leave the place soon’.
View full solution →Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it. I rummaged the things up into much the same state that they must have been before the world was created, and when chaos reigned. Of course, I found George’s and Harris’s eighteen times over, but I couldn’t find my own. I put the things back one by one, and held everything up and shook it. Then I found it inside a boot. i I repacked once more.When I had finished, George asked if the soap was in. I said I didn’t care a hang whether the soap was in or whether it wasn’t; and I slammed the bag shut and strapped it, and found that I had packed my spectacles in it, and had to re-open it. It got shut up finally at $10.05 p.m$., and then there remained the hampers to do. Harris said that we should be wanting to start in less than twelve hours’ time and thought that he and George had better do the rest; and I agreed and sat down, and they had a go.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ The meaning of ‘rummaged’ is ………………..
$A.$ ‘searched’. $B.$‘broken’. $C.$Tost’. $D.$‘forgot’.
$Q.2.$ The search was over when ……………..
$A.$ he rummaged the things. $B.$ he created a chaos.
$C.$ he held everything up and shook it. $D.$ he found it inside a boot.
$Q.3.$ The phrase ‘care a hang’ means …………………
$A.$ ‘take more interest in’. $B.$ ‘show no concern or interest’.
$C.$ ‘be more careful about’. $D.$ Both $‘A’$ and $‘C’$
$Q.4.$ ‘They had a go’ means ……………..
$A.$ ‘They started their journey’. $B.$ ‘They started their work’.
$C.$ ‘They went to take rest’. $D.$ ‘They finished their packing’. View full solution →
| Montmorency was in it all, of course. Montmorency’s ambition in life is to get in the way and be sworn at. If he can squirm in anywhere where he particularly is not wanted, and be a perfect nuisance, and make people mad, and have things thrown at his head, then he feels his day has not been waste$D.$ To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable. He came and sat down on things, just when they were wanted to be packed; and he laboured under the fixed belief that, whenever Harris or George reached out their hand for anything, it was his cold damp nose that they wante$D.$ He put his leg into the jam, and he worried the teaspoons, and he pretended that, the lemons were rats, and got into the hamper and killed three of them before Harris could !and him with the frying-pan. |
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| $Q.1.$ Who is Montmorency? |
| $A.$ George’s brother |
$B.$ Jerome’s cousin |
$C.$ Jerome’s dog |
$D.$ George's friend |
| $Q.2.$ Montmorency felt his day was not wasted when . (Which one is correct?) |
| $i.$ He was a perfect nuisance |
$ii.$ He made people mad |
| $iii.$ He got things thrown at his head |
$iv.$ He ran after the people of the house |
| $A. i, ii$ and $iii$ |
$B.$ only $iv$ |
$C. ii$ and $iii$ |
$D. i$ and $iii$ |
| $Q.3.$ What was Montmorency’s highest aim and object? (Which of the following are true?) |
| $i.$ To get someone to stumble over him. |
$ii.$ To get someone to curse him steadily for an hour. |
| $iii.$ To worry the teaspoons in the hamper. |
$iv.$ To put his leg into the jam. |
| $A.$ $i$ and $iv$ |
$B.$ $i$ and $ii$ |
$C. ii$ and $iii$ |
$D. iii$ and $iv$ |
| $Q.4.$ Whom did Harris land with the frying pan? |
| $A.$ George |
$B.$ The rats |
$C.$ Jerome |
$D.$ Montmorency |
Had I packed my toothbrush? I don’t know how it is, but I never do know whether I’ve packed my toothbrush. My toothbrush is a thing that haunts me when I'm travelling, and makes my life a misery. I dream that I haven't packed it, and wake up in a cold perspiration, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get It, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and then I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs for it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it. I rummaged the things up into much the same state that they must have been before the world was created, and when chaos reigned.
Question:
$Q.1.$ Who thinks that he has forgotten to pack his toothbrush?
$A.$ George $B.$ Harris
$C.$ Jerome $D.$ Montmorency
$Q.2.$ What makes the narrator’s life a misery?
$A.$ His friends $B.$ His toothbrush
$C.$ His boots $D.$ His bag
$Q.3.$ When did the narrator remember his toothbrush?
$A.$ After the boots were packed in and he was about to close the bag.
$B.$ When he got up at night to check his bag.
$C.$ When he got up in the morning.
$D.$ When he was about to leave for the trip.
$Q.4.$ Which word in the passage means ‘confusion’?
$A.$ haunts $B.$ misery
$C.$ mortal $D.$ chaos
View full solution →(chaos, rummaged, world, same)
$I ……………a………….$ the things up into much the $……………b…………. $ state that they must have been before the $……………..c…………….$ was created, and when $……………d…………….$ reigned.
View full solution →(meant, hardly, boss, intended)
This was $…………….a………….$ what I $…………….b…………. .$ What I had $…………..c………… ,$ of course was that I should $………….d……………$ the job.
View full solution →What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag ?
Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush ?
What ‘horrible idea’ occurred to Jerome a little later ?
What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think, he waited till then to ask ?
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| Now Harris packed the strawberry jam on |
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| shut and strapped it, and found if I had packed my spectacles in it, and had to re open it. It got shut |
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$(2)$ To get somebody to stumble ……………$a$…………… him, …………..$b$………….. curse him steadily ………..$c$………….. an hour, is his highest aim ……………$d$………….. object; and, ……………$e$…………… he has succeeded ………….$f$…………….. accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
View full solution →$(1)$ My toothbrush is …………..$a$………….. thing …………$b$…………… haunts me ………….$c$…………. I’m travelling, ……………$d$………. makes me life …………$e$……….. misery. I dream ………….$f$…………. I haven’t packed it.
View full solution →(2) To get somebody to stumble ……………$a$…………… him, …………..$b$………….. curse him steadily ………..$c$………….. an hour, is his highest aim ……………$d$………….. object; and, ……………$e$…………… he has succeeded ………….$f$…………….. accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
View full solution →$(1)$ My toothbrush is …………..$a$………….. thing …………$b$…………… haunts me ………….$c$…………. I’m travelling, ……………$d$………. makes me life …………$e$……….. misery. I dream ………….$f$…………. I haven’t packed it.
View full solution →To get somebody to stumble ……………$a$…………… him, …………..$b$………….. curse him steadily ………..$c$………….. an hour, is his highest aim ……………$d$………….. object; and, ……………$e$…………… he has succeeded ………….$f$…………….. accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
View full solution →Oh you here let me do it there you are simple enough really teaching them as you might say their taking it in the way they did irritated me.
Oh you here let me do it there you are simple enough really teaching them as you might say their taking it in the way they did irritated me.
Answer:
“Oh, you!” “Here, let me do it.”
“There you are, simple enough!”- really teaching them, as you might say. Their taking it in the way they did irritated me.
Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
“I’ll take my oath I put it down on that chair,”
said George, staring at the empty seat.
“I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago,”
said Harris.
“Most extraordinary thing I ever heard of,”
said George.
“So mysterious !” said Harris.
$(7)$ Harris could land him with the frying-pan. (Turn into a Question.)
View full solution →$(6)$ If he can squirm in anywhere, he feels his day has not been wasted. (Use ‘Unless’.)
View full solution →$(5)$ They stepped on a banana. (Change the Voice.)
View full solution →$(4)$ I opened the bag and packed the boots in. (Turn into Simple.)
View full solution →$(3)$ Harris is the worst packer in the world. (Change the Degree.)
View full solution →You have seen how Jerome, George an Harris mess up their packing, especially d the hamper. From their mistakes you mus have thought of some dos and don'ts fo packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the paragraph below?
First pack all the heavy items, especially
the ones you don't need right away. Then.. Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentence with:
- Then
- Next
- Now
- Remember
- Don't forget
- At last / Finally