CHAPTER

13 Comprehension

A. Read the following passages and 2. Why did she go into the forest daily?
choose the correct option to A. To collect fruits to eat

answer the questions that follow:

B To collect fruits and plants for medicines
C. To see the speaking animals
1. Karuna - The Little Girl D. To gather stones
A long, long time ago, when animals could speak, 3 The villagers called her a fool because
amidst towering hills, there was a tiny little
kingdom, in a tiny little valley. And at the very A. she collected all the flowers
edge of the valley was a tiny little hut. In that hut B. she went to the forest daily
lived a girl named Karuna. C. she did not go to school
Every day, she went into the jungle to collect fruits D. she did not pluck more flowers to make more
and plants to make medicines. Her grandmother money
had been a vaid and had taught her to make
4. Why did Karuna not pluck most of the
many different kinds of medicines. Every day, she flowers?
gathered a few flowers, making sure to leave most A. She loved the flowers.
of them on the trees and bushes.
B. She wanted to leave the flowers for insects
"What a fool you are!" the villagers said. "If you and birds.
were to pluck more flowers and dig out more C. She wanted to make more money
plants, you would make a lot of money." D. None of these
"The birds and the bees need them too, for their
5. What is the meaning of 'gathered'?
food," she said. "If I take away most of the
A. Went away
flowers, what will they eat?
B. Plucked flowers
1. Where did Karuna live? C. Collected
A. Amidst towering hills D. Gave away
B. In a little forest at the edge of the valley
2. A New Year's Day
C. In a tiny hut, at the edge of the valley
D. With the animals It was a lazy morning. The sun rays were slowly

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 Fizzy Fredie woke
all the directions. What did Fredie's mother do on the first
scattering in
his room was entirely brightened by the day of the new year?
up when
A. She cooked delicious food.
glistening rays of the sun.
entered his room and wished him B. She planted a sapling.
Fredie's parents
Happy New Year. He had forgotten
that it was C
C. She woke Fredie up in the morning.

him that D. All of these

the first of January. His friends had told
had
the new year would be a magical year. They 10. What is the meaning of 'glistening' in this

said that every act done on the first day of the passage?
new year would be multiplied throughout the year. A. Shining
Fredie was a third standard student. He woke up B Heavy
late because he had a holiday from school. He C. Easy
took a bath and had his breakfast. His mother was D. Coming
He asked his
planting a sapling in their garden. 11. What did Fredie want?
mother about the same and learnt that she had A. To take rest
resolved to plant a sapling every year.
BB. To make a resolution
Fredie impressed by his mother and he too C. To take breakfast
was C.
wanted to make a resolution. D. To take a bath
D.
6.6. When did Fredie wake up? 3. Kashmir -
The Switzerland of the
A. Early in the morning East
B. When the sun rays had brightened his room
lot of hill stations in India but whenever
There are a
C. When the sun rays were away from his room
one thinks of the most beautiful among them, one
D. None of these thinks of Kashmir. Kashmir is a beautiful valley
7. What had Fredie forgotten? That it was having mountains on all the sides. It has visitors
from within the country and abroad all year
B. his birthday round. It has Jhelum river flowing into it, making
A. Sunday
it even more charming. It used to be the summer
C. the first of January
residence ofthe Mughals and was called- "Garden
D. his mom's birthday
of Eternal Spring'. One can see roses and saffron
8. Fredie's friends had told that anything grown for miles and miles. A special perfume
done on the first day of the new year called Ittar is made from them. The goats of
Kashmir give hair for the costly Pashmina shawls
would bring luck for them famous all over. Forests are all over the valley and
A.
B. would be useful for their studies the fruit trees are laden with delicious and juicy
C.would be multiplied throughout the year apples, peaches, strawberries, cherries, almonds
D. none of these and walnuts. The fruit gardens are an additional

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attraction for the tourists, who come every year 4. Newspapers
during the summer. The ancient architecture of It is said that in modern age, newspapers have
Mughals is visible in the world famous mosque of great power. It is not only for daily news that we
Hazrat-e-Shahi'. Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir should read newspapers, but also to increase ou
is famous for Dal Lake and the houseboats. Other general knowledge. A person who does not read

places of tourist attraction include the famous newspapers to know what is going on around
resort of Guimarg-for skiing, Pahalgam and him, or, in other parts ot the world, is like a frog
Sonamarg. The famous Hindu shrine of Amarnath confined to à well.There are good newspapers as
is also a part of Kashmir. well as bad ones.
We should avoid reading such newspapers, which
12. According to the passage, which is the
indulge in giving sensational and untrue reports
most beautiful hill station in India?
We should not support newspapers which try to
A. Shimla B. Manali
incite communal friction. Iheretore, instead of
C. Kashmir D. Ooty
picking up cheap newspapers, we should read the
13. What is Ittar? newspapers available in our school library.
A. A special perfume 17. Why should we read newspapers?
B. The name of a river A. For sensational news
C. What Mughals called Kashmir B. For untrue reports
D. The "Garden of Eternal Spring" C. For general knowledge and news
D. None of these
14. Which fruit is not found in Kashmir?
A. Apples 18. With what does the author compare a
B. Peaches person who does not read newspapers?
C. Strawberries A. A well read person
D. Oranges B. A frog confined to a well
C. A person who knows
15. Which shrine is located in Kashmir?
everything
D. A frog in the lake
A. Gulmarg
B. Amarnath 19. Newspapers are good as well as bad. Is it
true?
C. Badrinath
A. Yes B. No
D. Srinagar
C. Never D. Both A and B
16. According to the passage, Gulmarg is
famous for
20. We should not support newspapers which
A. water sports
A. are costly
B. golf B. are in our school library
C. skiing C. incite communal friction
D. cycling D. none of these

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25. When will it be a
of the word 'friction'
21. What is the meaning A. weeks
in this context?
B. days
A. Sensitivity C. months
B. Peace
D. years
C. Disagreement
a tree near
the
None of these 26. Why did the poet plant
D.
and cottage?
B. Read the follovwing poems A. There was no tree near the cottage.
answer the questions
that follow: The poet loved trees.
B
him to plant a
C. The poet's grandmother told
5. Tree Blessing tree.
Grandmother often said: D. The poet found a tree and he planted i

Blessed is the house upon whose walls 27. Which word rhymes with 'falls' in the

The shade of an old tree softly falls" poem?

We had no tree near our cottage, A. Walls
So I planted one last spring B. Alls
C. Talls
It's six months old now,
D. Calls
And growing fast
28. Cottage means.
In six years' time there'll be A. hut
Ablessing
Ruskin Bond A
B. cotton
22. What did grandmother often say? C. foul
D. desk
A. Believe in luck
B. Blessed is the house 6. Three Little Monkeys
C. Om Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
D. Ram One fell off and bumped his head
23. When did the poet plant one tree? Mommy called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
A. Last spring "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
B. Last winter Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
C. Last summer One fell off and bumped his head
D. Last rainy season
Mommy called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
24. What is the age of tree now? "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
A. Four months One little monkey jumping on the bed

B. Six weeks She fell off and bumped her head

C. Six months Mommy called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
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29.How many monkeys were jumping on the C. Read the given short paragraphs

bed? and answer the questions that

A. One B. Two
follow:
C. Three D. Four
36. Lakes occupy less than two percent of the
30.How many doctor(s) was/were called for earth's surface. However, they help sustain
when the first monkey fell and bumped
his head? life. For example, lakes give us fish to eat,
A. One B. Two irrigate crops and help generate electric
C. Three D. None
power.
What does the word sustain as mentioned
31.What did the monkeys do?
A. They danced above mean?
B. They jumped A. Destroy
C. They died B.Substance
D. They sang
C. Protect
32. Who called the doctor? The D. Support
monkey. 37. Bats that eat fruit and nectar, spread seeds
A. mother
and help flowers to grow. Without bats,
B. uncle
C. father many important plants would not thrive.
D. aunt What does the word thrive as mentioned
33. Which word, in the poem, rhymes with above mean?

bed'? A. Flourish
A. Head B. Red B. Important
C. Bad D. Dead C. End

34. Where did the monkeys jump? On the D. Worsen

38. These days the city of Agra is covered by a

A. ground blanket of smog. Due to this, even the view
B. sota
of the historic Taj Mahal is obstructed.
C. bed
What does the word obstructed as
D. roof
mentioned above mean?
35.How did the monkey bump his head?
A. Invisible
A. By falling
B. Blocked
B. By singing C. Destroyed
C. By dancing
D. Deteriorated
D. By strangling
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