Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Qus. No. 136 to 144) by selecting the most appropriate option.
1. Karuna Verma is bewildered. “I don’t know how she did it,” she says about her mother, Renu Chopra Karuna’s childhood memories are of her father leaving late for office so that, by then, her mother would be back from work. Of her parents working is sync to make sure the kids were well taken care of. Of her mother handling kitchen and classroom with ease.
2. When her own daughter was born, Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. But it did not tum out to be as easy as it seemed. For starters, her parents era was different for hers. As she was living with her husband in Andheri Mumbai, away from their families, resuming work would have meant leaving her daughter with a maid while she was away. Her daughter’s formative years spent with an outsider, a thought that did not to Karuna. She quit her teaching job in a school.
3. For a woman who was encouraged to independent throughout her life, the decision quit and stay at home was a difficult one. Ironcially it was her mother who urged her to quit the job & become a full-time mother. For Karuna, being a housewife is one of the tougher jobs she has ha “I have no time for myself,” says Karuna. “I make sure all my personal work is done when Avni a sleep. Earlier I had a set routine. My husband and I used to wake up at 6 a.m. I would re-heat the food the maid had cooked the day before and pack it for lunch. Then we used to head off to work, and a night, we would go out. I had a lot of time to myself and for my husband then,” says Karuna.
4. The routine is quite different now. Karuna has taken to cooking. She wakes up quite early and makes sure all her work is done before the baby is up. The rest of the day flies by, pandering to two-year-old Avni’s needs.
Source: The Week March 13, 2011 (adapted)
Q136. Karuna Verma is bewildered at
A. her mother’s ability to combine her career with household work
B. the amount of work that she has to do after becoming a mother
C. the late hours of work that her father followed
D. the responsibility of bringing up a daughter in a big city
Q137. … parents working in sync’ means
A. parents having staggered office hours and sharing household work
B. parents pooling their resources together to take care of expenses
C. husband and wife sinking their differences preserve domestic harmony
D. father earning and mother taking care of children.
Q138. ………. Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. In this sentence, the term ‘balancing act implies
A. making adjustments in order to balance work and leisure properly
B. sharing of responsibilities by both husband and wife
C. wife a mother’s ability to look after her without child quitting her job
D. managing the time efficiently so that parents spend quality time with their children
Q139. As she was… In this he was living with her husband in Andheri. Mumbai, away from their families sentence ‘their families’ refers to
A. Karuna’s parents and in-laws
B. Karuna’s mother and father’s families
C. Karuna’s husband’s family
D. Families of friends in Andheri, Mumbai
Q140. Karuna’s parents and her husband’s parents probably lived
A with Karuna and her husband
B. in Andheri, Mumbai
C. in some other city
D. in Mumbai but not in Andheri
Q141. Karuna decided to quit her job because
A. she wanted to pay more attention to her cooking
B. she was not interested in her teaching job .
C. she did not want her daughter to spend her early years with a maid
D. she wanted to have more time to herself and for her husband
Q142. It was ironical that Karuna’s mother should advise her to quit her job and stay at home because
A. Karuna’s mother herself had not quit her job to take care of children as she encouraged independence of women
B. Karuna herself was keen on quitting her job
C. Karuna’s parents had insisted that household chores should be shared between husband and wife
D. Karuna’s parents had always advised her that home was much more important than career
Q143. After Karuna quit her job
A. she had no time for herself as Avni needed all her attention and care
B. she had a lot of time to herself and for her husband
C. she occupied herself with cooking to spend her time usefully
D. she sent her maid away as she felt that the maid was a bad influence on Avni
Q144. “I have no time for myself,” says Karuna. This sentence can be written in reported speech as
A. Karuna says that she had no time for herself
B. Karuna says that she have no time for herself
C. Karuna said that she had no time for myself
D. Karuna said that she had no time for herself
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the af follow (Q. No. 145 to 150) by selecting the appropriate option.
1. This was week in his was one of the Old Man’s pet schemes, and we about which he would brook no interference. child would review the events of his school in his own words, in his own way; he was free nineteen, to criticize, to agree or disagree, with any person subject or method, as long as it was in way associated with the school. No one and nothing was sacred, from the Headmaster down, and the child, moreover, was safe from any form of reprisal.
2. “Look at it this way,” Mr. Florian had said”It is of advantage to both pupil and teacher. If a child wants to write about something which matters to him, he will take some pains to set it down as carefully and with as much detail as possible; that must in some way improve his written English in terms of spelling, construction and style. Week by week we are able, through his reviews, to follow and observe his progress in such things. As for the teachers, we soon get a pretty good idea what the children think of us and whether or not we are getting close to them. It may sometimes be rather deflating to discover that a well-prepared lesson did not really excite Johnny Smith’s interest, but, after all, the lesson was intended to benefit Johnny Smith, not his teacher.
Q145. The scheme, according to the Old Man, was useful because
A. he was slightly eccentric
B. it was meant to humiliate the teacher
C. it was meant to give power to the teacher
D. it was excellent feedback for the teacher, principal and school
Q146. ‘Pet schemes’ in line 1 refers to
A. a formula he had discovered
B. a pet animal
C. a method he has advocated
D. a student he is fond of
Q147. The ‘Old Man’ refers to
A. a student of the school
B. a teacher of the school
C. the headmaster called Mr. Florian
D. a parent of the school
Q148. The advantages of the scheme were many. Pick out the disadvantage from the list given below.
A. Diagnostic and remedial for the student and the teacher
B. Effective feedback
C. Enhanced writing skills
D. Sometimes deflating to the teacher’s ego
Q149. ‘Sacred in the context of the Headmaster means
A. he believed in the sacred nature of all life
B. that he was a holy man
C. that he was the powerful head of the school
D. that even ‘he’ was not above the ‘scheme he advocated for students
Q150. Brook’ as a verb means “to tolerate in para I. As a noun, it means
A. Allow
B. Suffer
C. Stream
D. Tolerance
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