Direction: In the following questions, you have a passage with 5 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question, out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Leela has been working in my office for many years. She sweeps, dusts and mops. She does her work quietly and takes on any extra work without any complaints. Since she was always so quiet and 1 was usually very busy. 1 did not know much about her personal life, apart from the fact that her husband had deserted her and she was bringing up three daughters single-handedly. One day, she came in to clean my office and after doing her work, stood hesitantly in front of me. It was such an uncharacteristic thing for her to do, that I was surprised. Slowly, she brought out a soiled bundle and put it in front of me. Then she said in a low voice, ‘Madam, can you lend me twenty thousand rupees ?’ I was still puzzled and asked. “What happened Leela? Why do you suddenly need so much money ?’ She replied, ‘My youngest daughter wants to join college and I need money for that.’ While she was explaining I opened the cloth bundle. Inside there was a pair of worn out gold bangles. ‘Why are you giving this to me Leela? I asked. ‘These are the only assets I have. I will do anything to see my daughter study further. She is very bright. She wants to become an engineer’.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) takes on (Phr.V.) : to agree to be responsible for something/ somebody
(2) deserted (V.) : to leave somebody without help/ support
(3) bring up (Phr.V.) : to care for a child ; upbringing
(4) hesitantly (Adv.) : in a way that is slow because you feel uncertain, embarrassed/unwilling
(5) soiled (Adj.) : dirty ; unclean
(6) assets (N.) : property, goods/money owned by an individual/firm