English and Communication Skills

  Main Points of the Story Matilda (Mrs. Loisel) was a beautiful young lady who was born in a family of clerks by some error of fate. She felt that she was born for all delicacies and luxuries of the world. She had a rich friend, Madame Forestier, but did not like to visit her because she suffered so much in her ordinary existence. Matilda liked good food served in marvellous dishes, good frocks and jewels. One day, her husband gave her a printed card which was an invitation to a ball party. Instead of being happy, she threw away the card on the table. She thought that she didn’t have a proper dress for the ball and didn’t want to present her poverty-stricken image amid rich ladies. Mr. Loisel had to sacrifice his 400 francs for the dress which he had saved to buy a gun for hunting. The day of the ball came near, but Matilda put forward another demand and wanted to wear a necklace at the ball. Mr. Loisel suggested that she could borrow jewels from her rich friend, Madame Forestier....

  1. The story The Eyes Have It is written by — (a) APJ Abdul Kalam. (b) Langston Hughes. (c) Ruskin Bond. (d) Leo Tolstoy. 2. The narrator's first co-passenger was a/an — (a) young boy. (b) old lady. (c) young girl.  (d) child. 3. The narrator was alone in the train compartment up to — (a) Rohana. (b) Dehra. (c) Saharanpur. (d) Mussoorie. 4. The couple who saw the girl off were probably —  (a) her parents.  (b) uncle and aunt. (c) grandfather and grandmother. (d) friends. 5. The couple who saw the girl off seemed very anxious about her —  (a) health. (b) destination. (c) comfort. (d) blindness. 6. At that time the narrator was — (a) completely blind. (b) partly blind. (c) seriously ill. (d) suffering from fever. 7. The girl in the story The Eyes Have It was wearing — (a) slippers. (b) shoes. (c) a skirt. (d) a sweater. 8. The first question that the narrator asked the girl was If she was all the way to —  (a) Rohana. (b) Saharanpur. (c) Deh...