Sample QuestionsMan's Relationship with Animals questions
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Pierre could hear neither the warning yell of the truck$-$driver nor the screech of the truck because$..........$
- A
- B
he had been blind for five years
- C
- ✓
he was overpowered with grief of the death of Joseph
Answer: D.
View full solution →When did Joseph and Pierre not seem old ?
- ✓
When they started their work
- B
When they finished their work
- C
When the manager of the milk company visited them
- D
When Jacques reminded them of their youthful days
Answer: A.
View full solution →Pierre was having one of the following ailment. Pick it out.
Answer: A.
View full solution →One of the following adjectives is not applicable to Joseph. Pick it out.
Answer: C.
View full solution →At what time did Pierre reach the milk company ?
Answer: B.
View full solution →What does the incident convey about man -animal relationship ?
How did the horse help the master ?
Blindness of Pierre Was a secret that only his horse, Joseph knew.
Everybody in the milk company knew that Pierre was blind.
Joseph was twenty-five and Pierre was seventy-five.
Pierre wanted to get retired along with Joseph.
| $A$ |
$B$ |
| $1$ |
Pierre |
$A$ |
“Tell him it is time he should rest. |
| $2$ |
Jacques |
$B$ |
“Take today off, Pierre.” |
| $3$ |
Manager of the milk company |
$C$ |
“Didn’t you know he was blind?” |
| $4$ |
Ambulance Doctor |
$D$ |
"As one grows, legs get tired.” |
The ambulance doctor bent down. “Blind!” he said, looking into Pierre's eyes. “Of course, the man was blind. See those cataracts! “This man has been blind for five years.” Then he turned to Jacques and said, “You say he worked for you! Didn't you know he was blind ?”
“No... No...” Jacques said softly. “None of us knew. There was only one who knew- a friend of his, named Joseph... It was a secret, I think, just between those two.
Questions :
$(1)$ What reason did the ambulance doctor give for Pierre’s death ?
$(2)$ What was the secret? How can you say so?
$(3)$ How, do you think, Pierre must have carried out his milk deliveries even if he - had been blind for five years ?
View full solution →“Take today off, Pierre,” Jacques ; said. But before Jacques could complete his sentence, Pierre was already limping down the street. Tears were streaming down his cheeks and he was sobbing. There was a warning yell from the driver of a huge truck that was coming fast, and there was the scream of brakes. But it appeared that Pierre had heard neither.
Questions :
$(1)$ What did Jacques suggest Pierre to do?
$(2)$ What, do you think, could be the reason of Pierre’s death ?
$(3)$‘Pierre was limping down the street.’ Give another expression for this sentence.
View full solution →Jacques, who was a kind man understood. There was something about Pierre and Joseph which made a man smile tenderly. It was as though each drew some hidden strength from the other. When Pierre was sitting in his seat, and when Joseph was hitched to the wagon, neither seemed old. But when they finished their work, Pierre would limp down the street, seeming very old indeed. The horse’s head would also drop and he would walk very wearily to his stall.
Questions :
$(1)$ How was it evident that each (Pierre and his horse) drew hidden strength from the other?
$(2)$ What happened to Pierre and his horse when they finished their work ?
$(3)$ Who understood Joseph and Pierre ? How can you say it?
View full solution →“Of course,” said the manager. “He has ' been on this route now for thirty years and not even once has there been a complaint ' against him. Tell him it is time he should ' rest. His salary will go on just the same.” , But Pierre refused to retire. He could not bear the thought of not driving his Joseph every day. He said to Jacques, “We are two Old men-Joseph and I. Let us wear out together. When Joseph is ready to retire -then I, too, will leave.”
Questions :
$(1)$ Was the manager satisfied with Pierre’s work? How can you say so?
$(2)$ Why did Pierre use the words, “Let us wear out together” ?
$(3)$ Give the meaning of the phrase ‘wear out’ and use it in your own sentence.
View full solution →One morning, the manager of the milk company came to inspect the early morning deliveries. Pointing out to Pierre, Jacques said to him, “Watch how he talks to that horse whom he calls Joseph. See the look in the horse's eyes. I think these two share a secret. , Sometimes they seem to chuckle at us, as they go off on their route in the morning. Pierre is a good man, but he’s getting old. Don't you think he should be retired and given a small pension ?
Questions :
$(1)$ What was the purpose of the manager's visit to the milk company ?
$(2)$ Why did Jacques feel, “I think these two share a secret” ?
$(3)$ What was Jacques’s suggestion to the manager of the milk company ?
View full solution →As he was badly hurt , he limped down the street. $($walked with difficulty, could not cross , avoided going$)$
View full solution →When I looked at her , she chuckled. $($was pleased, was terribly upset, gave a suppressed laugh$)$
View full solution →This furniture is worn out . I want to replace it soon. $($useless owing to overuse, broken , very costly$)$
View full solution →Bhikhabhai is good at boasting. $($cheating , pleasing , talking too proudly$)$
View full solution →The pair of the oxen was hitched to the cart and the farmer drove away. $($Made to sit , fastened , pull$)$
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