Read the passage given below and complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from those given.
Jailbirds sing they say. And Subhadra Khosla, the youngest freedom fighter to be imprisoned at 13, was no exception. The only difference was that singing taught her the power of non-violence. Now, 80, Khosla recounted her days in jail. She was locked in jail with her mother for over a year. 'One day, we decided to put one chair on top of another till we managed to take off the Union Jack and unfurl the national flag. The inmates of the jail found themselves facing a firing squad. There were orders to shoot us. We didn't know what else to do. So we started singing,' said Khosla. Their voice had its impact.
'The guards were Indians too. They started crying and said they couldn't fire at us. That was our first win', a thrilled Khosla recalled. Khosla's father was a doctor and her brother, Krishna Kant later on became India's Vice-President. Khosla was picketing at Anarkali Bazar in Lahore in 1942 when she and her siblings were arrested. 'It was unfair.
We were all children after all. But the British wanted to destroy families like ours. We fought for this freedom. But we still have to go beyond.'

(a) The inmates of the jail had to face the firing squad because Khosla and her mother …...................
(i) unfurled the national flag
(ii) burned the Union Jack
(iii) unfurled the Union Jack
(iv) put one chair over a table

(b) The Khoslas expressed their protest by …............
(i) crying
(ii) singing
(iii) shouting
(iv) running away

(c) The British arrested the children to …............
(i) teach them a lesson
(ii) listen to the songs
(iii) destroy their families
(iv) take them to Britain

(d) The Khoslas showed the British the power of ….........
(i) singing
(ii) money
(iii) violence
(iv) non-violence

(e) The word, 'impact' means …............
(i) disgust
(ii) effect
(iii) gain
(iv) affect

2.

Read the passage given below and complete the statements that follow by choosing the most appropriate options from those given.    

Some reptiles are expert mimics, but they do it for a serious reason − to save their lives. The harmless milk snake has the banded appearance of the poisonous coral snake. In areas where they live together, this mimicry happens. The non-poisonous Mexican king snake looks like the coral snake, when young. A harmless snake may look like a poisonous snake. This is Batesian mimicry. So, enemies mistake the harmless reptile for the poisonous one, and leave it alone. Blind legless lizards that live under the ground trick the enemies by displaying their tail. The underside of their tails is usually red or yellow in colour, and looks like an open mouth. The enemy attacks the tail, mistaking it for the head. The tail can withstand injury better than the head, and the life of the lizard is saved. When the enemy attacks lizards, they break off their tail. The tail jumps about on the ground, confusing the enemy, and helps the lizard to make good its escape.

 

(a) The milk snake and coral snake resemble in their .................
(i) drinking of milk
(ii) banded appearance
(iii) poison fangs
(iv) outlook

(b) 'Batesian mimicry' helps the ...................
(i) reptiles to do mimicry
(ii) harmless reptiles to escape
(iii) poisonous reptiles to escape
(iv) reptiles to sleep

(c) the enemy of the blind legless lizards attacks its ............ mistaking it for...........
(i) tail, head
(ii) head, tail
(iii) tail, mouth
(iv) mouth, red

(d) When the tail of a lizard breaks off, it.............
(i) saves its head from being cut
(ii) excites the lizard
(iii) makes the enemy happy
(iv) confuses its enemy

(e) The red or yellow structure which looks like an open mouth is the ….................
(i) tail
(ii) limb
iii) scales
(iv) head

Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

Here comes the elephant

Swaying along

With his cargo of children

All singing a song:

To the tinkle of laughter

He goes on his way

And his cargo of children

Have crowned him with may.

His legs are in leather

And padded his toes:

He can root up an oak

With a whisk of his nose;

With a wave of his trunk

(a) Where are the children?
(b) How can the elephant tease its keeper?
(c) Which characteristic trait of the elephant enables him to be with the children?
(d) What does the poet say about the elephant's strength?
(e) How does the poet describe the elephant's legs?