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Question
Read the given extracts to attempt the questions with reference to context.
| It is in the news that all these pitiful kin Are to be bought out and mercifully gathered in To live in villages, next to the theatre and the store, Where they won’t have to think for themselves anymore, While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey, Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits, And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day, Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way. |
(i) What is the tone of the poet in the above lines? (1)
- aggressive
- tolerant
- sarcastic
- resigned
- sentimental
Choose the most appropriate option.
- Only (i)
- (ii) and (iii)
- (i), (iv) and (v)
- Only (iii)
(ii) Identify the phrase from the extract, that suggests the following: (1)
No one bothers to take ‘their’ consent before pushing the promise of a better life, their way.
(iii) What quality of the villagers can be inferred through these lines? (1)
- gullible
- futuristic
- hypocritical
- ambitious
(iv) Complete the following analogy correctly. Do NOT repeat from used example. (1)
greedy good doers: alliteration :: ______ oxymoron.
(v) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given below. (1)
(1) The city dwellers make promises for the betterment of the villagers.
(2) The city dwellers have ulterior motives.
- (1) is true but (2) is false.
- (2) is true but (1) is false.
- (2) is the reason for (1).
- Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
(vi) Fill the blank with an appropriate word, with reference to the extract. (1)
‘… calculated to soothe them out of their wits’ implies that ‘them’ are being ______.
Solution
(i) Only (iii)
(ii) enforcing benefits
(iii) Gullible
(iv) greedy good doers: alliteration :: beneficent beasts of prey oxymoron.
(v) (2) is the reason for (1).
(vi) manipulate/fooled/duped
[one word only]
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