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The Blue Bead |
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1 |
The crocodile was………the length of a tall
man. a)
Twice b)
Thrice c)
None of
the above |
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2. |
The story ends on a note of dramatic irony
with the exclamation…………….. a)
Something
accomplished! b)
Wonder
accomplishment! c)
Something
did! |
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3. |
How old is Sibia? a)
11 b)
10 c)
12 |
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4. |
The crocodile came to rest in the glassy
shallows with only his……………….out of the water, and raised….. a)
Eyes
and tail b)
Tail
and head c)
Eyes
and nostrils |
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5. |
Who was flirting and trilling along? a)
Crocodile b)
Sibia c)
Flycatcher
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6. |
The mugger crocodile was NOT one of the
following: a)
Antediluvian
felidae b)
Prehistoric
juggernaut c)
Ferocious
and formidable |
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7. |
As the crocodile lay lapped by ripples, he
had….in his throat. a)
Fish b)
Putrid
meat c)
Throb |
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8. |
The yellow side of the crocodile was tinged
with…….. a)
White b)
Green c)
blue |
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9. |
The mugger crocodile came into existence
probably…….years ago a)
a
century ago b)
a
decade ago c)
five
decades ago |
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10. |
As soon as the mugger crocodile got out of
its shell, it was ready to……. a)
Gather
food b)
Hunt
for food c)
To fend
for himself |
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11. |
How did the mugger crocodile survive? a)
With
brainless craft and ferocity b)
With
ferocity and animosity c)
With
cunningness and greed |
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12. |
The mugger crocodile faced challenges
from…… a)
Birds
and fishes b)
Birds
of prey and carnivorous fishes c)
Gharials
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13. |
…………….and …………………prospered him to his great
length. a)
Fishes
and rotten food b)
Tepid
water and plenty of rotten food c)
Half
burnt bodies of human beings |
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14. |
Gharials are………………….. a)
Carnivorous
fishes b)
Long-snouted
crocodiles c)
Birds
of prey |
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15. |
The mugger crocodile usually did NOT feed
on one of the following: a)
Pi-dogs b)
Skelton
cows c)
Fruits
and leaves |
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16. |
The mugger crocodile was vulnerable in…….. a)
Eyes
and head b)
Eyes
and underarms c)
Underarms
and tail |
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17. |
The mugger crocodile went to the burning
ghats to……… a)
Feed on
animals came to drink water b)
Feed on
half-burned bodies of human beings c)
Feed on
pi-dogs |
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18. |
The blue bead was NOT…………. a)
A gem b)
Bottle
neck c)
Sand-worn
glass |
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19. |
Beside him in the shoals as he lay waiting
glimmered…… a)
A
Turquoise b)
An Opal c)
A blue
gem |
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20. |
The blue bead was perforated right through
because….. a)
It was
a sand-worn glass b)
It was
a bottle neck c)
It was
rolling about in the river |
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21. |
Sibia was NOT ………………… a)
Malnourished b)
Emaciated
c)
Sturdy |
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22. |
Sibia torn the rag into two to make………. a)
Skirt
and sari b)
Sari
and blouse c)
Sari
and Dupatta |
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23. |
Sibia’s meal consisted of………………. a)
Chuppathi
and ghee b)
Chuppathi
and rancid butter c)
Chuppath
with a smear of green chilli and rancid butter |
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24. |
Sibia was a happy immature child-woman
because…. a)
She was
hardworking b)
She was
engaged in work like other grownup women c)
She was
not brought up well |
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25. |
Sibia had the following features: i)
Ebony
hair ii)great eyes iii) brown skin iv) chubby cheeks a)
i, ii,
iii b)
i, ii,
iv c)
i, iii,
iv |
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26. |
The theme of the story, The Blue Bead is…. a)
Wonders
of the world b)
Empowerment
of women c)
Where
there is a will, there is a way |
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27. |
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic
of the mugger crocodile? a)
Blackish
brown colour b)
Small
tail c)
Big
mouth |
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28. |
What was Sibia marked for from her birth? a)
For her
passion for bead making b)
For
enjoyment in the lap of nature c)
For
hard life |
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29. |
Who among the following has been referred
to as a ‘prehistoric juggernaut’? a)
The
Gujar woman b)
Sibia’s
mother c)
The
mugger crocodile |
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30. |
Why has Sibia been described as a
‘child-woman’ in the story? a)
Because
of the maturity she had at the age of 12 b)
Because
of the hard work she had to put in at
the age of twelve c)
Because
of the cliffs she ascended daily |
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31. |
In all her life, she had never owned anything but…. a)
A Pi b)
A pice c)
A rag |
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32. |
Sibia had visited the bazaar………. a)
With
her brothers b)
With
her parents and brothers c)
With
her parents, brothers and sisters |
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33. |
‘Sun-whitened stepping stones.’ Which is
the figure of speech used here? a)
Alliteration b)
Personification c)
Simile |
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34. |
She knew what finery was. It means one of
the following: a)
She
longed for expensive clothes and jewels b)
She was
aware of the expensive clothes and jewels available in the bazaar c)
She
wanted to buy the expensive clothes and jewels |
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35. |
Sibia did NOT encounter one of the
following in the bazaar: a)
Gossiping
humanity b)
Quarrelling
women c)
Milling
people |
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36. |
Bare foot, of course, and often goosey-cold
on a winter morning, and born to toil. The statement substantiates the fact
that… a)
Sibia
was a jungle b)
Sibia
was extremely poor c)
Sibia
was negligent |
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37. |
He lumped along through the dust and
hubbub. Hubbub in the context means…. a)
A crowd of people who are bargaining b)
A
situation in which there is much noise, confusion and activity c)
Accumulated
waste of the bazaar |
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38. |
Where had Sibia paused and amazed in the
bazar? a)
Before the
Kashmiri merchant b)
Before
the sweetmeat stall c)
Before
the cloth stall |
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39. |
What smelled wonderful above the smells of
drains and humanity? a)
Honey
confections b)
Silk
that poured like cream c)
Great
rolls of cotton cloths |
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40. |
The sweets in the sweetmeat stall
were………….and………. a)
Green
and orange b)
Green
and yellowish c)
Green
and magenta |
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41. |
What was the maker’s sign stamped at the
edge of new cotton cloth? a)
An elephants trunk b)
A rose
flower c)
A
tiger’s head |
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42. |
Sibia could have stood by it all day.
Where? a)
Before
the Kashmiri merchant b)
Before
the sweetmeat stall c)
Before
the cloth stall |
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43. |
One of the following is NOT part of the
wonders to be seen in the bazaar. a)
Tin
trays from Birmingham b)
Satin
sewn with real silver thread c)
Cinemas
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44. |
The little locked chest of the Kashmiri
merchant contained………….. a)
Turquoises
and gems b)
Opals
and jewels c)
Turquoises
and Opals |
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45. |
In all her life from birth to death, Sibia
was marked for work. Which option substantiates the statement? Since she could toddle: i)
She had
husked corn ii)
Cut
trees and plants iii) Cooked and weeded iv) Collected honey a)
i, iii b)
i, ii c)
i, iv |
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46. |
Where did Sibia and her mother cut grass
from? a)
From
the valley b)
From
the ford c)
From
the cliffs |
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47. |
After cutting the grass from the cliffs,
the women did the following: i)
Carried
to the railhead ii)
Carried
to the rail head by bullock cart iii)
Sold it
to the agent iv)
Bought
groceries from the bazaar a)
i, iii b)
ii,iii c)
ii,iv |
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48. |
Such thoughts did not trouble Sibia as she
skipped along. What were the thoughts? a)
She had
to toil the whole day b)
The
benefit of their hard work is taken by the agent who sat on silk cushions c)
She
could not go to school |
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49. |
You could skip on the way out, but not on
the way back. Why? i)
Body
aches ii)
Feels
tired iii)
A great
load to carry iv)
Feels
hungry a)
i, ii,
iv b)
i, ii,
iii c)
i, iii,
iv |
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50. |
Lal-lal-beeges did NOT have one of the
following characteristics: a)
shiny b)
grew
everywhere in the jungle c)
completely
red |
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51. |
What made the ‘rattling swish’? a)
sickle
and hayfork b)
necklaces c)
snakes |
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52. |
The gujars lived in ………………. a)
Mud
house b)
Grass
huts c)
Temporary
huts |
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53. |
The Gujars were…… a)
Graziers b)
Nomadic
c)
both |
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54. |
The Gujars leave a place of stay when…… a)
they do
not have land for cultivation b)
their
products do not have demand c)
they do
not have good neighbors |
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55. |
What was the specialty of the trousers that
were worn by the Gujar women? i)
Multicolored
and tight ii)
Large
and colourful iii)
Tight
and Wrinkled at the ankles |
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56. |
The buffaloes that were in the Gujjar
encampment had the following characteristics: i)
Wet
noses ii)
Moving
jaws iii)
Large
and strong tails iv)
Gaunt
black bones a)
i, ii,
iii b)
i, ii,
iv c)
i, iii,
iv |
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57. |
The Gujars were …. i)
Junglis ii)
Procured
their living from animals and grass iii)
Scratched
their food together iv)
Hunted
animals when they troubled them a)
I, ii,
iii b)
I, iii,
iv c)
I,ii,
iv |
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58. |
The Gujars stored their wealth in….. a)
Large
herds b)
Large
herds and gold jewelry c)
Large
herds and silver jewelry |
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59. |
The river below the cliff had …. i)
Turtles ii)
Crocodiles iii)
Large
pythons iv)
Kingfishers
a)
I, ii,
iv b)
I, ii c)
I, iii,
iv |
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60. |
Sibia’s imagination took her in swooping
flight to …….. a)
The
cavelets b)
To the
river bank c)
To the
Gujar encampment |
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61. |
High-water mark of the highest flood
signifies….. a)
The
maximum rise of a body of water over a land b)
Marks
created on the rocks by constant raise and fall of water c)
Destruction
caused by occasional floods |
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62. |
The sharp word- the glare of her mother’s
angry sweating face, pulled Sibia back to work. Which is the sharp word
referred to here? a)
Child! b)
Sibia c)
Be
Careful |
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63. |
Why did Sibia hang back? a)
To play
around b)
To see
if the little clay cups were still in the cave c)
To help
the Gujar woman |
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63. |
The sharp word and………………………………., pulled
Sibia back to work, and they toiled on. a)
Bickering
of women b)
Soothing
wind coming across hundreds of miles
of trees c)
Angry
sweating face of the mother |
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64. |
Norah Burke was a well-known…………novelist. a)Danish b)Swedish c) English |
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65. |
Norah Burke’s early childhood was spent
travelling through Indian forests because…. a)
Her
father was a forest officer b)
Her
family lived near a forest c)
Her
family owned a large estate near a forest |
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She would just dawdle a bit. Dawdle a bit
means….. a)
To take
long time to do something. b)
To
hangout about c)
To act
quickly |
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67. |
Even their voices died away. Which figure
of speech is used here? a)
Personification b)
Simile c)
metaphor |
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68. |
The light of evening was striking up the
gorge, and it resulted in the following change: a)
orange
into the ultraviolet shadows b)
crimson
into the ultraviolet shadows c)
pink
into the ultraviolet shadows |
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69. |
When Sibia was halfway over, where did she
place her load of paper grass? a)
On the
branch of a tree b)
Beside
the cavelet c)
On a
big boulder |
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70. |
Why did the Gujar woman walked into the
stepping-stones? a)
To fill
the gurahs with water b)
To fill
both gurrahs to the top without sand c)
To wash
the gurrahs and collect clean water |
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71. |
How far the Gujar woman was when the
crocodile lunged at her? a)
Within
a yard b)
Within
two yards c)
Within
three yards |
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72. |
Up out of the darkling water heaved the
great reptile, water slushing off him, his livid jaws…………….and all his teeth………..as he
slashed at her leg. One of the following combination of words will suitably
fill the blanks: a)
Yawning
and flashing b)
Pining
and tearing c)
Chilling
and yearning |
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73. |
What did fall on the boulder with a
clatter? a)
Hayfork b)
Sickle c)
Brass
pots |
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74. |
Sibia saw the gurrahs bob away in the
current. What did she say? a)
Oh, the
poor woman b)
Oh, the
precious vessels c)
Oh, the
two good vessels gone. |
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75. |
After the fall, to what did the Gujar woman
cling to in a desperate attempt to save her life? a)
A
boulder b)
Bushes c)
Timber
log |
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76. |
Sibia sprang from boulder to boulder like a
……………….. a)
Jungle b)
rock
goat c)
tiger |
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77. |
The rock jumped under the blow. The blow
here refers to….. a)
The
crocodile’s attack with its tail b)
The
force with which Sibia attacked the crocodile c)
The
force with which the Gujar woman fell to the ground |
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78. |
‘But in the daily heroism of the jungle, as
common as a thorn tree.’ What does the sentence mean? a)
Heroic
deeds a rare b)
Heroic
deeds are part of the daily life of the people dwelling in the jungle c)
Heroic
activities are as dangerous as poisonous thorn trees |
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79. |
In her attempt to save the Gujar woman from
the crocodile attack, Sibia aimed at……………of the crocodile. a)
Underarms b)
Eyes c)
His
long face |
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80. |
With all the force of her little body, she
drove the hayfork at the eyes, and one prong…………………while its pair…………the
horny cheek. Which of the following combination of words will suitably fill
in the blanks: a)
Pierced
and scratched b)
Damaged
and slashed c)
Inflicted
a deep wound and thrust into its face |
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81. |
The crocodile reared up in convulsion.
When? a)
When it
was attacked by carnivores fishes b)
When it
lunged at the Gujar woman c)
When
the prong pierced its eyes |
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82. |
How did Sibia help the wounded Gujar woman? i)
Dragged
her from the water ii) stopped her wounds with sand iii) bound the wound with
rag iv) helped her home to the Gujar encampment a)i, ii, iii b)ii, iii, iv c)I, ii, iii, iv |
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83. |
How did the men of the Gujar encampment
take care of the wounded woman? a)
They
took her to a hospital b)
They
cleaned the wounds and applied herbs c)
They carried
her in a litter for treatment |
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84. |
Once the Gujar woman was taken for
treatment, what did Sibia do? a)
She
went back to her work b)
She
quickly went to pick the blue bead c)
She
went back for her grass and sickle and fork. |
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85. |
How did Sibia notice the blue bead lying in
the river? a)
When
she bent to pick the sickle lying in the water b)
When
she bent to pick the hayfork lying the water c)
When
she bent to pick her bundle of grass |
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86. |
How did the blue bead appear when Sibia
bent to pick it up? i)
Blue
and shiny ii) white-blue iii) its shape wobbling in the movement of water iv)
gold dust appearing inside the bead a)
I, ii, b)
ii, iii c)
i, iv |
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87. |
All her heart went up in flames of joy!
When? a)
As the
blue bead lay on her palm b)
As she
saved the Gujar woman from the crocodile c)
As she
met her mother on the way back home |
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88. |
The jungle track Sibia took to reach home
was frequented by….. i)
An old
makna elephant ii)
A
morose makna elephant iii) The tuskless one A) i, ii B)
ii, iii C)
I, ii,
iii |
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89. |
What did Sibia’s bare feet smudge out? a)
Footprints
of the makna elephant b)
A bear
track c)
Wriggle-mark
of snakes |
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90. |
Sibia heard the thin singing of ………………. a)
Flycatcher b)
Kingfisher c)
Malaria
mosquitoes |
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91. |
The following describes the mother who came
in search of Sibia: i)
Breathless ii)
Rebuking iii)
Annoyed
a)
i, ii b)
ii, iii c)
i, iii |
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Sibia’s mother uttered the following when
she met her in the jungle: i)
I did
not realize that you were not there until I reached home ii)
I was
sure that you were there with us as we walked back home iii)
I
thought something must have happened to you iv)
I knew
you would dawdle a bit a)
iii, iv b)
i, iii c)
ii,iii |
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93. |
Sibia replied to her anxious mother stating
the following: i)
something
accomplished! ii)
Something
did! iii)
I found
a blue bead for my necklace! iv)
I saved
a Gujar woman a)
ii, iii b)
i, ii c)
i, iv |
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94. |
The word closest in meaning to ‘glimmered’. a)
Glimpsed b)
Glittered c)
Half-hidden d)
Glued |
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95. |
What exactly was the blue gem? a)
A blue
diamond b)
A piece
of sand-worn blue glass c)
An
enormous sapphire d)
A shiny
blue bubble |
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96. |
What is the setting of the story ‘The Blue
Bead’? a)
Somewhere
in a deep forest of India where a river flows through it b)
Somewhere
in a deep forest of Africa where a river flows through it c)
Somewhere
in a deep forest of Argentina |
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97. |
What is the colour of the crocodile? a)
Red and
black b)
Blackish
brown and yellowish white c)
Blue
and green d)
Reddish
brown |
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98. |
What does frills of gold shallows refer to? a)
Sandy
bank of the river b)
Dull
light of the sunset c)
Bright sunlight d)
Glimmering
blue bead |
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99. |
How would you describe the crocodile? a)
Ferocious b)
Weak c)
Indifferent d)
clam |
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The role of the antagonist is played
by……………in the story Blue Bead. a)
Sibia b)
The
crocodile c)
The
forest d)
The
Gujar woman |
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101. |
Boiling bloody water is an example of …… a)
Synecdoche b)
Alliteration c)
Simile d)
allusion |
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102 |
Why did the crocodile go into convulsion
when attacked in the eye by Sibia? a)
The
attack was sudden b)
The
attack was rash c)
The
attack was unanticipated d)
All the
above |
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What was the reaction of the crocodile as
its face fastened around the woman’s leg? a)
The
crocodile terrified b)
The
crocodile was ferocious c)
The
crocodile was smiling d)
The
crocodile was expecting a counter-attack. |
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With whom did the crocodile enjoy the heat
of the sun? a)
Anteaters
and long snouted fish eating gharials b)
Muggers
and alligators c)
Muggers
and man eating alligators d)
Muggers
and long snouted fish eating gharials |
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