All About A Dog
Textual Questions & Answers
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Exercise 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. The younger woman carried a
little
(a) spaniel
(b) bulldog
(c) Pekinese dog
(d) spitz
Ans: (c) Pekinese dog
2. The younger woman was
suffering from
(a) stomach pain
(b) back pain
(c) fever
(d) cough
Ans: (d) cough
3. The bell was pulled by the
(a) conductor
(b) driver
(c) younger woman
(d) older woman
Ans: (a) conductor
4. The number of policemen to
whom the woman expressed her anger was
(a) Three
(b) four
(c) five
(d) six
Ans: (a) Three
5. The problem the bus faced
was with the
(a) tyre
(b) engine
(c) brake
(d) horn
Ans: (b) engine
Exercise 2
Answer
the following questions within fifteen words:
1. How many people got into the
bus with the younger woman?
Ans : A man and an older woman got into the bus with the younger
woman.
2. What was the conductor’s
order to the younger woman?
Ans : The conductor’s order to the younger woman was to take the
dog out of the bus.
3. Why did the conductor stand
triumphant?
Ans : The conductor stood triumphant because the law was on his
side and the woman in that cold night ultimately went to the top of the bus
with her dog yielding to the conductor’s order.
4. What is that rule which
cannot be broken without danger to life and limb?
Ans : Some hard and fast rules like that of the road cannot be
broken without danger to life and limb.
Exercise 3
Answer
the following questions within twenty-five words:
1. When did the author feel
that trouble was coming up?
Ans : Boarding a bus with a dog was against the law. When the
law-abiding conductor noticed a dog in the running bus, the author felt that
trouble was coming up.
2. Mention two demands made by
the passengers when the bus stopped.
Ans: When the bus stopped, the passengers demanded that the
conductor should not leave them their all the night and they also demanded their
fares back.
3. How are rules of guidance to
be observed?
Ans : The rules of guidance are to be observed using one’s common
sense. These rules of guidance are meant to be observed in spirit , not in
letters. One should maintain rules with a little good will and good temper.
Exercise 4
In the following sentences, underline the verb forms which show
that the person denoted by the subject does something. Circle the verb forms
which show that something is done to the subject:
(a) She has sung a song. (Underlined)
(b) A song (has been sung) by her. (Circled)
(c) He will draw a picture. (Underlined)
(d) A picture (will be drawn) by him. (Circled)
Exercise 5
Change the voice of the following sentences.
(a) Nila has bought a book.
Ans: A book has been bought by Nila.
(b) They will have seen the
cricket match.
Ans: The cricket match will have been seen by them.
(c) Bhola had seen a tiger.
Ans: A tiger had been seen by Bhola.
(d) The nurse will attend to
the patient.
Ans: The patient will be attended to by the nurse.
Exercise 6
Change the voice of the following sentences.
(a) Do the sum.
Ans: Let the sum be done. / You are instructed to do the sum.
(b) The poem was written by
her.
Ans: She wrote the poem.
(c) Open the door
Ans: Let the door be opened. / You are ordered to open the door.
(d) The man is known to me.
Ans: I know the man.
Exercise 7
Change the voice of the following sentences.
(a) They agreed to my plan.
Ans: My plan was agreed to by them.
(b) My brother lost my
favourite pen.
Ans: My favourite pen was lost by my brother.
(c) The man is writing a
letter.
Ans: A letter is being written by the man.
(d) Titli is looking for her
watch.
Ans: Her watch is being looked for by Titli.
Exercise 8
Tick (√) the
correct alternative given in the brackets.
(a) It (rains / has been
raining / is raining) since morning.
Ans: has been raining.
(b) Last Sunday I (went / had
been going / go) to the zoo.
Ans: went.
(c) I (will be / was / am) in class X next year.
Ans: will be.
(d) Rina (have reached / had
reached / has reached) home just now.
Ans: has reached.