Direction: A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose thebest answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Another marvel on the far side of the lake was a little farm that felt like a secret in the city. Some of the gaunt Karnataka labourers even looked away when children came to dig and eat. But the greatest pleasure, this side of the
lake, was the jamun tree. A few months back, Kalu and Sunil had a feast in the branches, shaking down a few berries for Mirchi. That’s when they came to know the second coolest thing about the jamun tree : There were parrots nesting in it. Since then, some other road boys had been capturing the parrots one by one to sell at the Marol Market, but Sunil had brought Kalu around to the belief that the birds should be left as they were. Sunil listened for their squawks each morning, to make sure they hadn’t been abducted in the night. Kalu’s expertise was in the recycling bins inside airline catering compounds. Private waste collectors emptied these dumpsters on a regular basis, but Kalu had mastered the trash truck’s schedules. The night before pickup, Kalu would climb over the barbed wire fences and raid the overflowing bins. Kalu’s routine had become known by the local police, however. He kept getting caught, until some constables proposed a different arrangement. Kalu could keep his metal scrap if he’d pass on information he picked up on the road about local drug dealers.
MEANINGS OF DIFFICULT WORDS/PHRASES
(1) gaunt (Adj.) : very thin especially from disease/ hunger/cold
(2) squawks (N.) : the noise of birds
(3) abducted (V.) : kidnapped
(4) dumpsters (N.) : a container designed to receive and transport dump waste
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What was the greatest pleasure this side of the lake?
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- A secret farm.
- The Jamun tree.
- Feasting on the branches of the Jamun tree.
- Labourers looking away when the children came to dig and eat.
Correct Option: B
The Jamun tree