ELEPHANT
(N.D.A. 1995)
Read the Passage carefully and answers the following Questions:-
 But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with that preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him. I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to. (Somehow it always seems worse to kill a large animal). Besides, there was the beast’s owner to be considered. But I had got to act quickly. I turned to some experienced looking Burans who had been there when we arrived and asked them how the elephant had been behaving. They all said the same thing: he took no notice of you if you left him alone, but he might charge if you went close to him.
1. From the passage, it appears that the author was
(a) a worried man
 (b) possessed with fear
 (c) kind and considerate
(d) an inexperienced hunter
2. The phrase ‘preoccupied grandmotherly air’ signifies
(a) calm, dignified and affectionate disposition
 (b) a very superior attitude
 (c) pretending to be very busy
(d)eyeing totally unconcerned
 3. The author did not want to shoot the elephant because he
(a) did not find the elephant to be ferocious
 (b) was afraid of it
(c) did not wish to kill an animal which was not doing anybody any harm
(d) did not have the experience of shooting big animals
ANSWERS:-
1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (d)
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