Mock Questions for English - 5 | English for CLAT PDF Download

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
I laid out two suits of underwear, with socks, shirts, collars and ties, and packed my trunk. I put in everything except my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats, and my books. I carried the books into the sitting-room and stacked them on the table, the ones I had brought from home and the ones  Father said it used to be a gentleman was known by his books; nowadays he is known by the ones he has not returned and locked the trunk and addressed it.
The quarter hour sounded. I stopped and listened to it until the chimes ceased. I bathed and shaved. The water made my finger smart a little, so I painted it again. I put on my new suit and put my watch on and packed the other suit and the accessories and my razor and brushes in my hand bag, and folded the trunk key into a sheet of paper and put it in an envelope and addressed it to Father, and wrote the two notes and sealed them.
The shadow hadn’t quite cleared the stoop. I stopped inside the door, watching the shadow move. It moved almost perceptibly, creeping back inside the door, driving the shadow back into the door. Only she was running already when I heard it. In the mirror she was running before I knew what it was. That quick her train caught up over her arm she ran out of the mirror like a cloud, her veil swirling in long glints her heels brittle and fast clutching her dress onto her shoulder with the other hand, running out of the mirror the smells roses roses the voice that breathed o’er Eden.
Then she was across the porch I couldn’t hear her heels then in the moonlight like a cloud, the floating shadow of the veil running across the grass, into the bellowing. She ran out of her dress, clutching her bridal, running into the bellowing where T. P. in the dew Whooey Sassprilluh Benjy under the box bellowing.
Father had a V-shaped silver cuirass on his running chest Shreve said, ‘Well, you didn’t.… Is it a wedding or a wake?” “I couldn’t make it,” I said. “Not with all that primping. What’s the matter? You think this was Sunday?’ “I reckon the police wont get me for wearing my new suit one time,” I said. “I was thinking about the Square students. They’ll think you go to Harvard. Have you got too proud to attend classes too?” “I’m going to eat first.” The shadow on the stoop was gone. I stepped into sunlight, finding my shadow again. I walked down the steps just ahead of it.
The half hour went. Then the chimes ceased and died away.
[Extracted from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner]
Q1: What is the primary activity described in this passage?
(a) Planning a wedding
(b) Packing for a journey
(c) Attending a funeral
(d) Preparing for a celebration
Ans: (b)
Sol: The passage primarily describes the protagonist meticulously packing his belongings, indicating preparation for a journey. This is evident from details like packing a trunk, arranging books, and addressing a trunk key to his father.

Q2: What can be inferred about the protagonist's emotional state during the events of the passage?
(a) Excited
(b) Indifferent
(c) Nostalgic
(d) Anxious
Ans: (d)
Sol: The detailed and methodical way of packing, along with the careful attention to time ("The quarter hour sounded..."), suggests a sense of anxiety or urgency in the protagonist's actions.

Q3: Which items did the protagonist decide not to pack in the trunk?
(a) New suit, old suit, two pairs of shoes, and two hats
(b) Books, shaving kit, and watch
(c) Underwear, socks, shirts, collars, and ties
(d) Razor, brushes, and handbag
Ans: (a)
Sol: The passage explicitly mentions that the protagonist packed everything except "my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats."

Q4: The phrase “running out of the mirror like a cloud” is an example of:
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Personification
(d) Hyperbole
Ans: (b)
Sol: This phrase compares the action of running out of the mirror to a cloud, using "like" to make the comparison, which is characteristic of a simile.

Q5: What does the phrase “finding my shadow again” most likely signify in the context of this passage?
(a) Discovering a hidden aspect of oneself
(b) Literally seeing one's shadow
(c) Overcoming a difficult situation
(d) Reconnecting with the past
Ans: (b)
Sol: In the context of the passage, where the protagonist steps into sunlight and observes his shadow, this phrase is likely to be interpreted in a literal sense rather than metaphorical, meaning he actually sees his shadow.