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There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacket around me and adjusted my binoculars.
“You won’t need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow,” village leader Hitesh Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. “It seems to be coming from the riverside,” he said. “You will see it any moment. Stay still and don’t make any noise or you’ll invite trouble [ line 9],” Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten metres, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow. However, what I saw was something else – totally baffling. As if enacting a character from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow’s neck, stretched out lazily and began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline’s playful nudges[ line 16] and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow’s belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behaviour[ line 20]? It turned out that, about three years ago, a female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the family and had brought it to the notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with the cow might be one of the two cubs. “It’s possible that this leopard cub would have seen the cow, and became imprinted on it,” Hitesh Patel suggested.
(i). What were the men doing on the roof?
(a) They were enjoying the winter night in Gujarat
(b) They wanted to have a good view of Vitthal Vasava
(c) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance.
(d) none of the above
(ii). What kind of “trouble” (line 9) was Hitesh referring to?
(a) The men falling from the roof
(b) The leopard attacking the cow
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(d) The leopard ducking under the cow’s neck.
(iii). Why was the writer puzzled?
(a) The leopard killed the cow
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(c) The cow killed the leopard
(d) The narrator was not puzzled
(iv) Where was the female leopard taken?
(a) zoo
(b) sugarcane fields
(c) forest
(d) village
(v). What do you think caused the leopard to behave in such an “extraordinary behavior”?
(a) The leopard had seen the cow before.
(b) The leopard enjoyed playing with the cow
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind
(d) The leopard had been frequenting the village every night.
(vi) Which word in the passage means - move slowly backwards and forwards or from side to side.?
ducked
feline
whispered
swayed
There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacket around me and adjusted my binoculars.
“You won’t need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow,” village leader Hitesh Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. “It seems to be coming from the riverside,” he said. “You will see it any moment. Stay still and don’t make any noise or you’ll invite trouble [ line 9],” Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten metres, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow. However, what I saw was something else – totally baffling. As if enacting a character from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow’s neck, stretched out lazily and began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline’s playful nudges[ line 16] and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow’s belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behaviour[ line 20]? It turned out that, about three years ago, a female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the family and had brought it to the notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with the cow might be one of the two cubs. “It’s possible that this leopard cub would have seen the cow, and became imprinted on it,” Hitesh Patel suggested.
(i). What were the men doing on the roof?
(a) They were enjoying the winter night in Gujarat
(b) They wanted to have a good view of Vitthal Vasava
(c) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance.
(d) none of the above
(ii). What kind of “trouble” (line 9) was Hitesh referring to?
(a) The men falling from the roof
(b) The leopard attacking the cow
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(d) The leopard ducking under the cow’s neck.
(iii). Why was the writer puzzled?
(a) The leopard killed the cow
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(c) The cow killed the leopard
(d) The narrator was not puzzled
(iv) Where was the female leopard taken?
(a) zoo
(b) sugarcane fields
(c) forest
(d) village
(v). What do you think caused the leopard to behave in such an “extraordinary behavior”?
(a) The leopard had seen the cow before.
(b) The leopard enjoyed playing with the cow
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind
(d) The leopard had been frequenting the village every night.
(vi) Which word in the passage means - move slowly backwards and forwards or from side to side.?
ducked
feline
whispered
swayed
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Read the following passage to answer the questions that follows:
There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacket around me and adjusted my binoculars.
“You won’t need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow,” village leader Hitesh Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. “It seems to be coming from the riverside,” he said. “You will see it any moment. Stay still and don’t make any noise or you’ll invite trouble [ line 9],” Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten metres, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow. However, what I saw was something else – totally baffling. As if enacting a character from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow’s neck, stretched out lazily and began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline’s playful nudges[ line 16] and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow’s belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behaviour[ line 20]? It turned out that, about three years ago, a female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the family and had brought it to the notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with the cow might be one of the two cubs. “It’s possible that this leopard cub would have seen the cow, and became imprinted on it,” Hitesh Patel suggested.
(i). What were the men doing on the roof?
(a) They were enjoying the winter night in Gujarat
(b) They wanted to have a good view of Vitthal Vasava
(c) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance.
(d) none of the above
(ii). What kind of “trouble” (line 9) was Hitesh referring to?
(a) The men falling from the roof
(b) The leopard attacking the cow
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(d) The leopard ducking under the cow’s neck.
(iii). Why was the writer puzzled?
(a) The leopard killed the cow
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(c) The cow killed the leopard
(d) The narrator was not puzzled
(iv) Where was the female leopard taken?
(a) zoo
(b) sugarcane fields
(c) forest
(d) village
(v). What do you think caused the leopard to behave in such an “extraordinary behavior”?
(a) The leopard had seen the cow before.
(b) The leopard enjoyed playing with the cow
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind
(d) The leopard had been frequenting the village every night.
(vi) Which word in the passage means - move slowly backwards and forwards or from side to side.?
ducked
feline
whispered
swayed
Explanation:
answer
1) c
2) b
3) a
4) b
5) b
Read the following passage to answer the questions that follows:
There was a strong breeze, which is unusual during a winter night in Gujarat. The sugarcane swayed wildly under a moonless sky. I pulled my jacket around me and adjusted my binoculars.
“You won’t need them. It will come right down there, next to the cow,” village leader Hitesh Patel whispered in my ears. I felt like asking him if it was safe on the roof where we were perched, but then Vitthal Vasava signaled from the cow shed below. “It seems to be coming from the riverside,” he said. “You will see it any moment. Stay still and don’t make any noise or you’ll invite trouble [ line 9],” Hitesh reminded me. Another couple of minutes passed, and then a leopard leaped out from behind the shed and made its way towards a cow that was chained to a tree nearby.
As the leopard closed to within ten metres, it seemed there would be no escape for the cow. However, what I saw was something else – totally baffling. As if enacting a character from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, the cat ducked under the cow’s neck, stretched out lazily and began to purr. At first the cow ignored its companion but eventually gave in to the feline’s playful nudges[ line 16] and started licking its fur as if it was one of its calves. It started pushing the cow’s belly and after a while, crept under her neck and lay there as if resting. Then it stood up and slowly walked back to the riverside.
What could have caused this extraordinary behaviour[ line 20]? It turned out that, about three years ago, a female leopard had given birth to two cubs in a sugarcane field. The villagers had spotted the family and had brought it to the notice of the forest officials. A few months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo. There was no report of the cubs. The people believed the leopard that has been frequenting the village every night and playing with the cow might be one of the two cubs. “It’s possible that this leopard cub would have seen the cow, and became imprinted on it,” Hitesh Patel suggested.
(i). What were the men doing on the roof?
(a) They were enjoying the winter night in Gujarat
(b) They wanted to have a good view of Vitthal Vasava
(c) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance.
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) They wanted to look at the leopard from a safe distance
(ii). What kind of “trouble” (line 9) was Hitesh referring to?
(a) The men falling from the roof
(b) The leopard attacking the cow
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(d) The leopard ducking under the cow’s neck.
Answer:
(c) The men being attacked by the leopard
(iii). Why was the writer puzzled?
(a) The leopard killed the cow
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(c) The cow killed the leopard
(d) The narrator was not puzzled
Answer:
(b) The leopard did not kill the cow
(iv) Where was the female leopard taken?
(a) zoo
(b) sugarcane fields
(c) forest
(d) village
Answer:
(a) zoo
A few months later, a female leopard was captured in the area and taken to the zoo.
(v). What do you think caused the leopard to behave in such an “extraordinary behavior”?
(a) The leopard had seen the cow before.
(b) The leopard enjoyed playing with the cow
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind
(d) The leopard had been frequenting the village every night.
Answer:
(c) The leopard treated the cow like its own kind Boere:
(vi) Which word in the passage means - move slowly backwards and forwards or from side to side?
ducked
feline
whispered
swayed
Answer:
Swayed