Extract Based Questions: A Question of Trust | English Class 10 PDF Download

Q1. So he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
(a) Who is ‘he’ in the above extract?
(b) Why did ‘he’ rob only one safe every year?
(c) Find the word from the extract that means the opposite of ‘openly’.
(d) What is the present tense of ‘stole’?
Ans: 
(a) 'He' in the extract refers to Horace Danby. 
(b) He robbed only one safe every year because he robbed just enough to satisfy his hobby of buying and collecting rare and expensive books. Otherwise, he was just an honest lock-maker.
(c) The word that means the opposite of 'openly' is 'secretly'. 
(d) The present tense of 'stole' is 'steal'.

Q2. A small dog was lying in the kitchen. It stirred, made a noise, and moved its tail in a friendly way. [CBSE 2014]
(a) What is the name of the dog mentioned in the above extract?
(b) In which house is the kitchen referred to located?
(c) Find a word from the passage that means the same as ‘cordial’.
(d) What is the opposite of ‘friendly’? [Old NCERT]
Ans: 
(a) The name of the dog mentioned in the extract is Sherry. 
(b) The kitchen is located in Shotover Grange. 
(c) The word that means the same as cordial is friendly. 
(d) The opposite of friendly is hostile.

Q3. The voice went on, “You can cure it with a special treatment, you know, if you find out just what plant gives you the disease. I think you’d better see a doctor, if you’re serious about your work.”
(a) Whose voice is referred to in the above extract?
(b) What disease was the voice referring to?
(c) Find a word from the passage that means the same as ‘ailment’.
(d) What part Of speech is the word ‘it’ in the extract?
Ans: 
(a) The voice in the extract belongs to a young lady who pretended to be part of the household.
(b) The disease mentioned is hay fever, which Horace Danby suffers from. 
(c) The word that means the same as ‘ailment’ is disease. 
(d) The word ‘it’ functions as a pronoun in the extract.

Q4. She laughed, and he begged, thinking that he had persuaded her, “Look, I have no right to ask you for anything, but I’m desperate.”
(a) Who are 'she' and ‘he’ in the above extract?
(b) Why did ‘he’ say that he was desperate?
(c) Find a word in the passage that means the same as ‘convinced1.
(d) What is the opposite of ‘persuaded’?
Ans: 
(a) 'She' refers to a young lady whom Horace met in the house, while 'he' is Horace Danby.
(b) Horace felt desperate because he had been caught stealing and wanted to avoid going to prison. 
(c) The word that means the same as 'convinced' is persuaded. 
(d) The opposite of 'persuaded' is dissuaded.