58. Reading Skills Comprehension: First Visit

FIRST VISIT

(S.S.C. 1992)

Read the Passage carefully and answers the following Questions:-

Bansilal’s train was late and it reached Bombay a little after midnight. It was his first visit to the city, and he didn’t know where to go. He thought he would go to a country where he would not have to pay rent, but he did not know how to find one at that hour. He asked a porter to get him a cheap room. The porter said that if Basilar gave him three rupees, he would take him to one. But Basilar waved him away and walked out of the station. He wandered through the streets and asked a number of people, but could not find a room cheap enough for him. He sat down on a park bench to think about what he should do next. He was very tired and fell asleep on the bench. He woke up the next morning stiff in every limb-but he smiled when he realized that it was the cheapest night’s lodging that he had ever had.

1. In the passage, the word `country’ should mean

(a) a highway motel

(b) an expensive hotel

 (c) a free resting place

(d) a roadside eating shop

2.  The porter refused to help Basilar because

 (a) he refused to pay the porter any tips.

 (b) he spoke a language which the porter could not understand.

 (c) he had no previous acquaintance with the porter.

 (d) he was rude to the porter.

3. Basilar could not get any accommodation for the night because

 (a) he wanted to spend the night in the open.

 (b) all the hotels in the city were closed.

 (c) all the hotel rooms were booked.

 (d) the hotels were too expensive for him to afford.

4. The night long in the open

 (a) did not affect him at all

(b) made his limbs stronger

(c) gave him aches all over his body

(d) refreshed Basilar

5. From the passage, Basilar emerges as

(a) a fun-loving person

(b) an adventure-seeking person

(c) an extravagant spender

 (d) a thrifty person

ANSWERS:-

1. (b)

2. (a)

3. (d)

4. (c)

5. (d)

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