Explanation
Passage for Reading & Comprehension: Sadori was once an unfortunate child. Her father died in a road accident when she lived on milk from her mother’s breasts. She suffered another terrible blow when her mother died in childhood with an unborn baby in her womb. SADORI WAS ORPHANED when she was five years old. She had two brothers and two sisters. She was the youngest of them all. All being orphans and poor, they couldn’t look after her properly. All villagers felt for them all. Sadori grew up in hard times. Her elder brother was the only bread earner. He would earn only as much as they all could live on. They could hardly have A SQUARE MEAL. Their maternal uncles and paternal uncles were also poor; they were HAND TO MOUTH. After she grew young, Sadori lived a simple life as ever but entertained great ideas and high hopes. She came to know about the importance of education. Therefore, she wanted to get education to be a useful member of society. Fortune smiled on her.
There lived a rich man in the village where Sadori was born and brought up. He came to know of her keen interest for education and poverty. He was a philanthropist as well. He supported Sadori financially, morally, and took personal interest in getting her higher education in the English language and literature. She worked very hard. Now she works as a professor of English, gets a lucrative salary, and lives an enviable life. She helps THE POOR AND THE NEEDY and teaches girls and boys of her village free of tuition fee in her spare time. She feels highly obliged to her benefactor who helped her in distress and enabled her to be what she now is.
1. How many siblings did Sadori have? 4
2. Sadori was an unfortunate child because ______? Her parents died when she was a small child
3. "Sadori was orphaned". The above sentence from the passage is composed in ______? Passive voice
4. The phrase "Hand to mouth" means ______? To eat only as much as one gets at a meal time
5. "She helps the poor and needy". It appears from this sentence that Sadori is ______? Generous
6. Who does Sadori take as her benefactor? A rich man
7. Meaning of the phrase "A square meal" is ______? Good satisfying meal
8. The passage has been written in two tenses. The tenses are? Past Indefinite Tense and Present Indefinite Tense
9. The service Sadori now renders in her spare time is ______? Community welfare service
10. What part of speech are "The poor and the needy"? Nouns
