Comprehension
Direction: A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
We set out for the gallows. Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope. two others marched close against him, gripping him by his arm and shoulder, as though, at once pushing and supporting him. The rest of us, magistrates and the like, followed behind. Suddenly, when we had gone ten yards, the procession stopped short without any order or warning. A dreadful thing had happened a dog, come goodness knows whence, had appeared in the yard. It came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and leapt round us wagging its whole body, wild with glee at finding so many human beings together. It was a large woolly dog, half Airedale, half Pariah. For a moment, it pranced round us, and then, before anyone could stop it, it had made a dash for the prisoner, and jumping up tried to lick his face. Everyone stood aghast, too taken aback even to grab at the dog.
- How did the author respond to the appearance of the dog?
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He was taken aback as the others
Correct Option: C
He was taken aback as the others
- What was surprising about the actions of the dog?
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It licked the prisoner’s face
Correct Option: D
It licked the prisoner’s face
- What was the emotion displayed by the dog?
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Joy
Correct Option: B
Joy
- How did the arrival of the dog change the atmosphere of the event?
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It stunned everyone present there
Correct Option: D
It stunned everyone present there
- What was the tone of the essay at the beginning?
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Gloomy
Correct Option: C
Gloomy