Direction (Qs.1 to 10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy and fun-loving son. The businessman wanted his son to be hard-working and responsible. He wanted him to realize the value of labour. One day he summoned his son and said: “Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meal tonight.”
The boy was casual and not used to any kind to work. This demand by his father scared him and he went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at the sight of tears in her son’s eyes. She grew restless. In a bid to help him she gave him a gold coin. In the evening when the father asked his son what he had earned the son promptly presented him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well. The son did as he was told.
The father was a man of wisdom and experience and guessed that the source of the gold coin was the boy’s mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parent’s town and asked his son to go and earn something with the threat of being denied the night’s meal if he failed. This time he went crying to his sister who sympathized with him and gave him a rupee coin out of her own savings. When his father asked him what he had earned the boy tossed the rupee coin at him. The father again asked him to throw it into the well. The son did it quite readily. Again the father’s wisdom told him that the rupee coin was not earned by his son. He then sent his daughter to her in-laws' house. He again asked his son to go out and earn with the threat that he shall not have anything for dinner that night.
This time since there was no one to help him out; the son was forced to go to the market in search of work. One of the shopkeepers there told him that he would pay him two rupees if he carried his trunk to his house. The rich man’s son could not refuse and was drenched in sweat by the time he finished the job. His feet were trembling and his neck and back were aching. There were rashes on his back. When he returned home, he produced two rupee note before his father. As usual, the father asked him to throw in into the well. The horrified son almost cried out. He could not _____(A)_____ throwing his hard-earned money away. He said amid sobbing: “Father! My entire body is aching. My back has rashes and you are asking me to throw the money into the well.”
At this, the businessman smiled. He told him that one feels pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On earlier occasions, he was helped by his mother and sister and therefore felt no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He vowed never to be lazy and safe-keep the father’s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of his life.Question No : 1
Which of the following statement (s) was/were the possible reason (s) because of which the boy felt no pain in throwing the coins into the well the first two times?
(I) He had not earned the money through hard labour and didn't knew its value.
(II) He had not grasped the lesson his father taught him about hard labour.
(III) He was helped by his mother and sister and thus got the money easily.
(1) Only (I)
(2) Only (II)
(3) Both (I) and (III)
(4) Only (III)
(5) Both (II) and (III)
Question No : 2
What ultimatum did the father give to the son?
(1) He would throw away all his money if he continued to be casual
(2) He would not be given his meal if he did not earn something
(3) He would not have to earn one gold coin in order to stay in the house
(4) He would give him the keys to the shop if he studied well
(5) He would throw him into the well if he continued to be lazyQuestion No : 3
Why did the father want his son to earn something?
(I) The father wanted to season his son in trade.
(II) He wanted his son to add to the family income.
(III) He wanted him to realize the value of labour.
(1) Only (III)
(2) Only (II)
(3) Only (I)
(4) Both (I) and (III)
(5) Both (I) and (II)
Question No : 4
How did the son realize the value of hard work?
(I) He was asked to throw his hard-earned money into the well
(II) He was paid only two rupees for all his manual labour
(III) He found it difficult to secure a job in the market
(1) Only (I)
(2) Only (II)
(3) Only (III)
(4) Both (I) and (III)
(5) All (I), (II) and (III)
Question No : 5
Which of the given words can be appropriately used to fill blank labelled (A) in the passage?
(1) guess
(2) expect
(3) delay
(4) avoid
(5) imagine
Question No : 6
From the given options, choose the one which aptly mentions the theme around which the passage is centred?
(1) The Value of hard earned money
(2) Hard work always pays off
(3) Hard work is the key to success
(4) Fruits of hard work are always better
(5) The power of moneyQuestion No : 7
Which of the following is the MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the given word? Drenched
(1) parched
(2) stale
(3) distant
(4) soaked
(5) observed
Question No : 8
Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word? Casual
(1) hasty
(2) stubborn
(3) in different
(4) concerned
(5) anxious
Question No : 9
Which of the following is the MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the given word? Summoned
(1) insulted
(2) inspected
(3) called
(4) assisted
(5) discarded
Question No : 10
Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word? Restless
(1) Nervous
(2) Worried
(3) Distracted
(4) Uneasy
(5) Calm