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Sadao stopped Hana at his side, and turned the man’s head. They saw the face. ‘A white man!’ Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man.
Q. What did Dr. Sadao see when he turned the face of the man?
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Sadao stopped Hana at his side, and turned the man’s head. They saw the face. ‘A white man!’ Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man.
Q. Which part of the body of the young man was wounded?
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Sadao stopped Hana at his side, and turned the man’s head. They saw the face. ‘A white man!’ Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man.
Q. In what state was the white man lying?
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Sadao stopped Hana at his side, and turned the man’s head. They saw the face. ‘A white man!’ Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man.
Q. To which of these the white man belonged to?
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It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man.
Q. Who are ‘both’ here?
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It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man.
Q. Who was the man who had come out of the mists?
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It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man.
Q. From where was the man flung up?
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It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man.
Q. Who did the doctor initially mistake him for?
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But at this moment the door opened and she looked out, a dark–blue woollen haori over her kimono. She came to him affectionately and put her arm through his as he stood, smiled and said nothing.
Q. Who is ‘she‘ in the above lines?
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But at this moment the door opened and she looked out, a dark–blue woollen haori over her kimono. She came to him affectionately and put her arm through his as he stood, smiled and said nothing.
Q. Where were two standing?
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But at this moment the door opened and she looked out, a dark–blue woollen haori over her kimono. She came to him affectionately and put her arm through his as he stood, smiled and said nothing.
Q. What are ‘kimono’?
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But at this moment the door opened and she looked out, a dark–blue woollen haori over her kimono. She came to him affectionately and put her arm through his as he stood, smiled and said nothing.
Q. Where had they first met?
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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured. “It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not a lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
Q. “Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence, he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”
Pick the option that best describes the word ‘dereliction’ as used in the passage.
1. Evasion 2. Deterioration
3. negligence 4. Carelessness
5. Dilapidation 6. Management
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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured. “It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not a lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence, he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”
Read the analysis of the General based on the given extract. Choose the option that fills in the given blanks most appropriately:
Q. The General (i) _____________ power but is (ii) ___________ of the obligations of his job. He is so (iii) _____________ with his health that he forgets to send the assassins to kill the prisoner. Due to his (iv) ____________ interests, he doesn’t want to expose Sadao and agrees to keep the prisoner’s escape a secret.
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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured. “It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not a lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence, he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”
Q. At the end of the conversation with the General, Sadao felt :
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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured. “It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not a lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence, he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”
Pick the option that best matches the idioms with ‘hand’ with their meanings.
Q. Idioms Meanings
1. hand in glove A) in the care of somebody good and knowledgeable
2. in good hands B) to reveal a secret about one’s plans
3. tip one’s hand C) do harm to someone who has been kind to you
4. bite the hand that feeds you D) two or more people who are in collusion
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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken. “The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding has stopped for the moment, he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.
Q. In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?
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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken. “The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding has stopped for the moment, he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.
Q. Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.
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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken. “The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding has stopped for the moment, he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.
Q. Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.
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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken. “The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding has stopped for the moment, he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
Q. “The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.
Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an injured soldier, who could be an American.
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