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Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow :-
I had never seen a house on fire before. So, one evening when I heard fire engines with loud alarm bells rushing past my house, I quickly ran out and, a few streets away, joined a large crowed of people, but we could see the fire only from a distance because the police would not allow anyone near the building on fire.
What a terrible scene I saw that day. Huge flames of fire were coming out of each floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then tongues of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of fire all around.
Three fire engines were busily engaged and the firemen in their dark uniforms were playing the hose on various parts of the building. Then the tall red ladders of the fire engine were stretched upwards and could see some firemen climbing up with hoses in their hands. On reaching almost the top of the ladder, they began to pour floods of water on the topmost part of the building. This continuous flooding brought the fire under control but the building was completely destroyed.
While fire is a blessing in many ways, it can also be a great danger to human life and property.
I had never seen a house on fire before. So, one evening when I heard fire engines with loud alarm bells rushing past my house, I quickly ran out and, a few streets away, joined a large crowed of people, but we could see the fire only from a distance because the police would not allow anyone near the building on fire.
What a terrible scene I saw that day. Huge flames of fire were coming out of each floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then tongues of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of fire all around.
Three fire engines were busily engaged and the firemen in their dark uniforms were playing the hose on various parts of the building. Then the tall red ladders of the fire engine were stretched upwards and could see some firemen climbing up with hoses in their hands. On reaching almost the top of the ladder, they began to pour floods of water on the topmost part of the building. This continuous flooding brought the fire under control but the building was completely destroyed.
While fire is a blessing in many ways, it can also be a great danger to human life and property.
Question: 1
Match List I with List II with correct noun-adjective pairs as per the passage:List I
(Noun) List II
(Adjective) A. Crowd I. Tall B. Ladders II. Large C. Scene III. Thick D. Smoke IV. Terrible
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match List I with List II with correct noun-adjective pairs as per the passage:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| List I (Noun) | List II (Adjective) | ||
| A. | Crowd | I. | Tall |
| B. | Ladders | II. | Large |
| C. | Scene | III. | Thick |
| D. | Smoke | IV. | Terrible |
Updated On: Mar 26, 2026
- A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
- A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
- A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
- A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
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The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
The correct option is (B): A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III.
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Question: 2
Choose the odd one out on the basis of your reading of the passage
Choose the odd one out on the basis of your reading of the passage
Updated On: Mar 26, 2026
- house
- flames
- tongues
- sparks
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The Correct Option is A
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The correct option is (A): house.
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Question: 3
Why did the narrator run out of his house?
Why did the narrator run out of his house?
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- His house was on fire
- He had never seen a fire before
- The police asked him to
- There was a large crowed outside his house
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The Correct Option is B
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The correct option is (B): He had never seen a fire before.
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Question: 4
Which of the following images were witnessed by the author?
A. sky high ladders shooting up
B. Firemen soaked by rushing water
C. Busily engaged fire engine
D. continuous flooding of water
E. Police in dark uniforms
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following images were witnessed by the author?
A. sky high ladders shooting up
B. Firemen soaked by rushing water
C. Busily engaged fire engine
D. continuous flooding of water
E. Police in dark uniforms
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. sky high ladders shooting up
B. Firemen soaked by rushing water
C. Busily engaged fire engine
D. continuous flooding of water
E. Police in dark uniforms
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Updated On: May 21, 2024
- A and B only
- B and C only
- C and D only
- D and E only
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The Correct Option is C
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The correct option is (C): C and D only.
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Question: 5
Rearrange the following sentences to recreate the sequence of events as per the passage
A. The narrator ran out of the house
B. The building caught fire
C. Fireman climbed the ladder
D. Water soaked the building
E. The fire was brought under control
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Rearrange the following sentences to recreate the sequence of events as per the passage
A. The narrator ran out of the house
B. The building caught fire
C. Fireman climbed the ladder
D. Water soaked the building
E. The fire was brought under control
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. The narrator ran out of the house
B. The building caught fire
C. Fireman climbed the ladder
D. Water soaked the building
E. The fire was brought under control
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Updated On: Mar 26, 2026
- A, B, C, D, E
- A, B, D, C, E
- B, A, C, D, E
- B, A, D, C, E
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The Correct Option is D
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The correct option is (D): B, A, D, C, E.
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