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(3) English Language (Q.No 61- 90)
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
Directions (Q. No 61-66) : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
On A Tired Housewife
Here lies a poor woman, who was always tired,
She lived in a house where help wasn’t hired;
Her last words on earth were : Dear friends,
I am going
To where there’s no cooking or washing, or sewing
For everything there is exact to my wishes
For where they don’t eat there is no washing of dishes.
I’ll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice I’ll be quit of the singing,
Don’t mourn for me now, don’t mourn for me never,
61. I am going to do nothing for ever and ever’The woman described in the poem
a) Was very busy doing chores
b) Was no more
c) Worked in the house of a rich man
d) Lived in her own house
Answer – a
62. The woman was always tired because
a) She did all the household work without any help.
b) She was physically very weak
c) She was suffering from a serious ailment.
d) She had hardly anything to eat.
Answer – a
63. The woman wanted to go to a place where
a) People didn’t sing or dance
b) People didn’t cook, wash or sew
c) People would take good care of her
d) People would sincerely mourn for her.
Answer – b
64. The woman’s account in the poem shows
a) That there is not work in heaven
b) How a woman can escape from work
c) How we should help each other
d) How overworked a housewife is
Answer – d
65. ‘For everything there is exact to my wishes,’ In this line, the word ‘exact’ can be interpreted to mean
a) According
b) Contrary
c) Contributing
d) Leading
Answer – a
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66. The rhyme pattern in the poem is
a) aa, bb, cc, dd, ee,
b) ab, ab, ab, ab, ab
c) aa, ab, cd, cd, ee
d) aa, ab, bc, cd, de
Answer – a
Directions (Q. No 67-75)- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
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 in sync to make sure the kids were well taken care of. Of her mother handling kitchen and classroom with ease.
When her own daughter was born, Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. But it did not turn out
to be as easy as it seemed. For starters, her parents’era was different from 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 would be spent with an outsider, a thought that did not appeal to Karuna. She quit her teaching job in a school.
For a woman who was encouraged to be independent. Throughout her life, the decision to quit and stay at home was a difficult one, Ironically it was
her mother who urged her to quit the job and become a full time mother. For Karuna, being a housewife is one of the tougher jobs she has had.” I have no time
for myself,” says Karuna. ” I make sure all my personal work is done when Avni is asleep. Earlier I 098-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 at night, we would go out. I had a lot of time to myself and for my husband then,” Says Karuna.
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- yearold Avni’s needs.
67. Karuna Verma is bewildered at
a) The responsibility of bringing up a daughter in a big city.
b) her mother’s ability to combine her career with household work
c) the amount of work that she has to do after becoming a mother.
d) the late hours of work that her father followed
Answer – b
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68. _______parents working in sync’ means
a) father earning and mother taking care of children.
b) Parents having staggered office hours and sharing household work.
c) Parents pooling their resources together to take care of expenses.
d) husband and wife sinking their differences to preserve domestic harmony.
Answer – b
69.’Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. ‘ In this sentence, the term ‘balancing act’ implies
a) managing the time efficiently so that parents can spend quality time with their children.
b) making adjustments in order to balance work and leisure properly.
c) sharing of responsibilities by both husband and wife.
d) a mother’s ability to look after her child without quitting her job.
Answer – a
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70. As she was living with her husband in Andheri, Mumbai, away from their families _ In this sentence their families refers to
a) Families of friends in Andheri, Mumbai
b) Karuna’s parents and in-laws
c) Karuna’s mother and father’s families
d) Karuna’s husbands’ family
Answer – b
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