Question

Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.

Your grandmother too made an important choice. She knew, in those early days, life in Anand could not offer even the simple comforts that we take for granted today. However, she ardently supported my choice to live and work in Anand. That choice of your grandmother to stand by me has given me an everlasting strength, always ensuring that I shouldered my responsibilities with poise.

(i) How can we say that the grandmother shared her husband’s dedication to a greater cause?

(ii) Complete the following with the correct option from the two given in brackets.

The fact that the writer (grandfather) praises his wife tells us that he ______ (truly values/quietly accepts) her role in his life.

(iii) Complete the following sentence with the correct option from those given below.

Based on the information in the extract, we can infer that the grandmother had all of the following traits EXCEPT ______.

1. encouraging
2. understanding
3. comforting
4. thoughtful

(iv) Select the phrase that conveys-‘showed grace under pressure and carried out my duties with dignity and confidence’.

Answer 1

(i) Because she gave up comforts to support her husband’s choice to serve farmers.

(ii) The fact that the writer (grandfather) praises his wife tells us that he truly values her role in his life.

(iii) Based on the information in the extract, we can infer that the grandmother had all of the following traits EXCEPT Comforting.

(iv) “shouldered my responsibilities with poise”