The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson

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The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson | West Bengal Madhyamik Class 10th English Question and Answer  

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  1. Most people think that the cat is [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āĻ•āχ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ ] —

(A) wise [ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ ]

(B) clever [ āϚāϤ⧁āϰ ]

(C) unintelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ ]

(D) intelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ]

Ans: (C) unintelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ ]

  1. The cat cares little for anything but mice and [ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āφāϰ ] —

(A) soup [ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻĒ ]

(B) juice [ āϰāϏ ]

(C) water [ āϜāϞ ]

(D) milk [ āĻĻ⧁āϧ ]

Ans: (D) milk [ āĻĻ⧁āϧ ]

  1. One can see the cat as he really is in the [ āϝ⧇ – āϕ⧇āω āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ ] —

(A) morning [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ]

(B) afternoon [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ]

(C) night [ āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ ]

(D) evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

Ans: (D) evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. Sometimes the cat watches [ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] –

(A) the squirrel – hole [ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧀āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

(B) the mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

(C) the snake – hole [ āϏāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

(D) the hole in the wall [ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

Ans: (B) the mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

  1. In the story the cat is compared with a [ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ] —

(A) rat [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(B) human being [ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(C) the author [ āϞ⧇āĻ–āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(D) dog [ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

Ans: (B) human being [ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

6 . A cat is not a / an [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ ] –

(A) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āύāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) swimmer [ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧁ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

(C) athlete [ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

(D) acrobat [ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧁āĻļāϞ⧀ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

Ans: (B) swimmer [ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧁ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. A cat is a fighter with [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ] –

(A) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(B) mildness [ āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(C) generosity [ āύāĻŽā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

(D) indifference [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

  1. In the daytime the cat mostly remains [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ] —

(A) in the jungle [ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ⧇ ]

(B) in the backyard [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ ]

(C) on the roof [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻž āĻĻ⧇ ]

(D) in the house [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ]

Ans: (D) in the house [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ]

  1. To idle the time away a cat [ āĻ…āϞāϏ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ ] –

(A) sleeps [ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) walks lazily [ āĻ…āϞāϏāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ ]

(C) watches a mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ ]

(D) eats food [ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

Ans: (C) watches a mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ ]

  1. Here the author hightlights a cat’s [ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ ]

(A) intelligence [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž ]

(B) foolishness [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋ ]

(C) idleness [ āφāϞāĻ¸ā§āϝ ]

(D) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻž ]

Ans: (A) intelligence [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž ]

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  1. The cat rubs himself against the legs of the family members and noisily [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ—āĻž āϘāώ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ ] —

(A) purrs [ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

(B) barks [ āĻ˜ā§‡āω āĻ˜ā§‡āω āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

(C) howls [ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻ⧇ ]

(D) mews [ āĻŽāĻŋāωāĻŽāĻŋāω āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

Ans: (A) purrs [ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

  1. With tears of rage and pain in his eyes , the guest affects to be very much [ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ“ āĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āϜāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ ] —

(A) amused [ āĻŽāϜāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(B) annoyed [ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(C) unhappy [ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(D) upset [ āĻŽā§āώāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϰ ]

Ans: (A) amused [ āĻŽāϜāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. If there is a guest at the table the cat is [ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ —

(A) uncivil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

(B) indifferent [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ )

(C) rude to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ )

(D) civil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

Ans: (D) civil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. The cat wants [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(A) the guest to give him something to eat [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• ]

(B) the guest to leave the house [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ• ]

(C) the guest to fondle him [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻ• ]

(D) none of the above [ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāχ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

Ans: (A) the guest to give him something to eat [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• ]

  1. The guest hands down the cat a bit of [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ ] –

(A) fruit [ āĻĢāϞ ]

(B) fish [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› ]

(C) vegetable [ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ ]

(D) meat [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ ]

Ans: (B) fish [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› ]

  1. After becoming raked the real intention of the guest is to [ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ , āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āφāϏāϞ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻšāϞ —

(A) take the cat on his lap [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(B) kick it out [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(C) remain indifferent [ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧃āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ ]

(D) be calm and quiet [ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ“ āϚ⧁āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ ]

Ans: (B) kick it out [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. The cat saunters down his own [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšā§‡āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ ] —

(A) courtyard [ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

(B) backyard [ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

(C) shipyard [ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(D) front yard [ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

Ans: (B) backyard [ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

  1. The cat skips to the roof of an empty [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ•āĻž ] —

(A) room [ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ ]

(B) floor [ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϰ ]

(C) shed [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ ]

(D) corridor [ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ ]

Ans: (C) shed [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ ]

  1. Exiled in a new land , the cat would have to learn new [ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ ] –

(A) history [ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ ]

(B) manners [ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ ]

(C) culture [ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ ]

(D) geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

Ans: (D) geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

  1. True life for cats begin [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāϞ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ] –

(A) in the morning [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ]

(B) at night [ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ ]

(C) in the evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(D) in the afternoon [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ⧇ ]

Ans: (C) in the evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. The cat walks in a slow relaxed manner like a [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡â€”

(A) panther [ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

(B) tiger [ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

(C) lion [ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

(D) cow [ āĻ—āϰ⧁āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

Ans: (A) panther [ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

  1. The cats are [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϰāĻž āĻšāϞ ] —

(A) ports person [ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

(B) grim singers [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• ]

(C) meek fighters [ āĻ­ā§€āϤ⧁ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

(D) grim fighters [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

Ans: (D) grim fighters [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

  1. From top of the shed the cat gives a call to his [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ ] –

(A) family members [ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

(B) kindred [ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

(C) foes [ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

(D) masters [ āĻŽāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

Ans: (B) kindred [ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

  1. In the evening , outside the house the cat becomes [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] —

(A) gentle [ āĻŦāĻŋāύāϝāĻŧā§€ ]

(B) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

(C) mediator [ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ ]

(D) hunter [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ ]

Ans: (B) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

  1. When the family moves to some other place , the cat [ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ ] –

(A) goes with them [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(B) leaves the place permanently [ āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

(C) finds out some other place [ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ–ā§‹āρāĻœā§‡ ]

(D) remains in the same place [ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Ans: (D) remains in the same place [ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Answer the following questions : T or F | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. The cat is not fond of ease . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž Supporting Statement :

Ans . False ; Supporting Statement : Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal , fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk . 2. The cat has no athletic skills . [ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϏ⧁āϞāĻ­ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āύ⧇āχ ||

Supporting Statement :

Ans . False ; Supporting Statement : He or she is an athlete , an acrobat and a grim fighter .

3 . The cat takes things very easily . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϝ⧇ – āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϕ⧇āχ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

Supporting Statement :

Ans . True ; Supporting Statement : All day long the cat loafs about the house , takes things easy and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house .

  1. Just like human beings they have their pastimes to avoid boredom . [ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ , āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āρāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāĻ“ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

Supporting Statement :

Ans . True ; Supporting Statement : To pass the time away he sometimes watches a mouse – hole for an hour or two just to keep himself from dying of boredom .

  1. Both in the day and night a cat remains the same . [ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ , āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

Supporting Statement :

Ans . False ; Supporting Statement : But watch him as the shades of evening fall .

Short questions and answers | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. How is a cat described by the author ? [ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . A cat has really more character than most human beings . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ||

  1. What happens to a cat at the fall of the evening ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . At the fall of the evening , a cat’s true nature is seen . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. What do people think of the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ? ] 

Or , What do most people think about the cat ? [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ? 

Ans . The cat is unintelligent , fond of ease and caring only about mice and milk . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§€āύ , āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻ“ āĻĻ⧁āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāχ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When does the cat make an appearance to get his share of food ? [ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . When the family sits down to tea , the cat does so . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϚāĻž āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āύ , āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Who is the cat particularly civil to ? [ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans , The cat is particularly civil to the guest at the table . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ ||

  1. How is a guest normally treated at the table by the family ? [ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . A guest is normally treated with the best food by the family . [ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat try to get food from a guest ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ]

Ans . A cat tries to get food from a guest by scratching his legs . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. What does the guest wish to do with the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . The guest wishes to kick the cat out of the window . [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do when the tea – time is over ? [ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ]

Ans . A cat casually goes out of the room . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āϚāĻžāϞ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. With whom is the movement of the cat in the evening compared ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . The movement of the cat is compared with that of a panther . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When does true life begin for the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ–āύ ? ] 

Ans . In the evening , when the cat goes out of the room , true life begins for him . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ , āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. Why does a cat move noiselessly ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . A cat is to remain alert of his enemies . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why does a cat stretch himself a few times ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϙ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . He thus sees if every muscle is in full working order .. [ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How do the cats look in the evening ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . In the evening the cats look like grim fighters . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Where does an old cat go for sport ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . An old cat goes to the suburban backyards for sport . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻļāĻšāϰāϤāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. What is the cat’s adventure compared to ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧀āϏ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . The cat’s adventure is compared to the adventures of King Arthur’s Knights . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻž āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāχāϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why does the cat walk stealthily on the other side of the fence ? [ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ ? ]

Ans . The cat walks stealthily because of his enemies . [ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What is always spoken as a reproach against cats ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āώāĻžāϰ⧋āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧀ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . They are more fond of their home than of the people in it . [ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

Answer the following questions | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Question and Answer | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ :

  1. How is the cat compared to human beings at the beginning of the prose piece ‘ The Cat ‘ ? [ ‘ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϟ ‘ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . A cat has more character than most human beings . A cat gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life . He is an athlete , an acrobat and a grim fighter . [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ | āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϤ⧃āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ , āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧁āĻļāϞ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do all day long ? [ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . All day long a cat loafs about the house . He allows himself to be pestered by the attention of its people . His pastime is to watch a mouse – hole for an hour or two . [ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻĻāϰāϝāĻ¤ā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ– āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ• āĻĻ⧁ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϧāϰ⧇ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat pass away the time ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . To pass away the time a cat sometimes watches a mouse hole for an hour or two . It is only to keep himself from dying of boredom . [ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ• – āĻĻ⧁ – āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat show his appearance to the family members at the tea – table ? [ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . The cat purrs noisily . Besides he rubs himself against the legs of the family members . In this way he tries to make his presence noticeable . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϟāĻž āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āύāϜāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ ||

  1. Why is a cat particularly civil to a guest at the table ? [ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āϰāĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . The guest is likely to have the best food . The cat knows it and wants to have his share . So , to please the guest , he is particularly civil to him . [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ | āϤāĻžāχ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āϰāĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. How does the cat receive the bit of fish handed down by the guest ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ ? ] 

Ans . The cat gingerly receives the bit of fish from the guest . However , the look in his eyes warns the guest because the guest is slow to understand the cat’s wish . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϟāĻž āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What is the expression of the guest when scratched by the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Ans . When scratched by the cat the guest feels anger and pain . He however cannot express his anger in front of the delighted family members . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ“ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāσāĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϘāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How do you know that the cat understands the anger of the guest ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . The cat understands the anger of the guest . So he maintains a safe distance from the guest’s boot . Before eating he retires to a safe place where the guest’s boot won’t reach . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϟ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϟ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧋āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do after going out of the room ? [ āϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? 

Ans . The cat saunters down the backyard . He jumps to the top of the fence to drop on the otherside , Trotting across he skips to the roof of an empty shed . ( āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϞāĻ•āĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϏ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. What does a cat do on the top of the shed ? [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . On the top of the shed the cat arches his back and rakes his claws once or twice . Then he stretches himself and lowers his head to send across a call to his kindred . [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁ – āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāϖ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āύ⧀āϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What is a cat normally unwilling to do ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . A cat doesn’t like to leave his country , the land where all his friends are and where he knows every landmark . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž , āϝ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻšā§‡āύ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When a family moves to some other place , what does a cat do ? [ āϝāĻ–āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans . When a family moves to some other place , the cat prefers to stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants . He is unwilling to leave his known place . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϤ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• | ]

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Short questions and answers | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Suggestion :

  1. With whom is the movement of the cat in the evening compared ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : The movement of the cat is compared with that of a panther . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When does true life begin for the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ–āύ ? ] 

Answer : In the evening , when the cat goes out of the room , true life begins for him . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ , āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. Why does a cat move noiselessly ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : A cat is to remain alert of his enemies . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why does a cat stretch himself a few times ? [ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϙ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : He thus sees if every muscle is in full working order .. [ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How do the cats look in the evening ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : In the evening the cats look like grim fighters . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Where does an old cat go for sport ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : An old cat goes to the suburban backyards for sport . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻļāĻšāϰāϤāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. What is the cat’s adventure compared to ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧀āϏ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : The cat’s adventure is compared to the adventures of King Arthur’s Knights . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻž āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāχāϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Why does the cat walk stealthily on the other side of the fence ? [ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ ? ]

Answer : The cat walks stealthily because of his enemies . [ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What is always spoken as a reproach against cats ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āώāĻžāϰ⧋āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧀ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : They are more fond of their home than of the people in it . [ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How is a cat described by the author ? [ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ ? ] 

Answer : A cat has really more character than most human beings . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ||

  1. What happens to a cat at the fall of the evening ? [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : At the fall of the evening , a cat’s true nature is seen . [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

  1. What do people think of the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ? ] 

Or , What do most people think about the cat ? [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ? 

Answer : The cat is unintelligent , fond of ease and caring only about mice and milk . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§€āύ , āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻ“ āĻĻ⧁āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāχ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When does the cat make an appearance to get his share of food ? [ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : When the family sits down to tea , the cat does so . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϚāĻž āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āύ , āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. Who is the cat particularly civil to ? [ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Ans , The cat is particularly civil to the guest at the table . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ ||

  1. How is a guest normally treated at the table by the family ? [ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : A guest is normally treated with the best food by the family . [ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat try to get food from a guest ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ]

Answer : A cat tries to get food from a guest by scratching his legs . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. What does the guest wish to do with the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : The guest wishes to kick the cat out of the window . [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do when the tea – time is over ? [ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ]

Answer : A cat casually goes out of the room . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āϚāĻžāϞ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ||

MCQ | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Suggestion :

  1. If there is a guest at the table the cat is [ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ — (A) uncivil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] (B) indifferent [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ) (C) rude to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ) (D) civil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

Answer : (D) civil to him [ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. The cat wants [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ ](A) the guest to give him something to eat [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• ] (B) the guest to leave the house [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ• ](C) the guest to fondle him [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻ• ] (D) none of the above [ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāχ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

Answer : (A) the guest to give him something to eat [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• ]

  1. The guest hands down the cat a bit of [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ ] -(A) fruit [ āĻĢāϞ ](B) fish [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› ](C) vegetable [ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ ](D) meat [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ ]

Answer : (B) fish [ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› ]

  1. After becoming raked the real intention of the guest is to [ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ , āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āφāϏāϞ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻšāϞ — (A) take the cat on his lap [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (B) kick it out [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ](C) remain indifferent [ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧃āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ ] (D) be calm and quiet [ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ“ āϚ⧁āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ ]

Answer : (B) kick it out [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

  1. The cat saunters down his own [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšā§‡āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ ] — (A) courtyard [ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ](B) backyard [ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ] (C) shipyard [ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ](D) front yard [ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

Answer : (B) backyard [ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ ]

  1. The cat skips to the roof of an empty [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ•āĻž ] — (A) room [ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ ] (B) floor [ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϰ ] (C) shed [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ ](D) corridor [ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ ]

Answer : (C) shed [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ ]

  1. Exiled in a new land , the cat would have to learn new [ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ ] – (A) history [ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ ] (B) manners [ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ ] (C) culture [ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ ](D) geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

Answer : (D) geography [ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ ]

  1. True life for cats begin [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāϞ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ] -(A) in the morning [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ] (B) at night [ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ ] (C) in the evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] (D) in the afternoon [ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ⧇ ]

Answer : (C) in the evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. The cat walks in a slow relaxed manner like a [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡â€” (A) panther [ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ] (B) tiger [ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ] (C) lion [ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ] (D) cow [ āĻ—āϰ⧁āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

Answer : (A) panther [ āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ ]

  1. The cats are [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϰāĻž āĻšāϞ ] — (A) ports person [ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (B) grim singers [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• ] (C) meek fighters [ āĻ­ā§€āϤ⧁ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ] (D) grim fighters [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

Answer : (D) grim fighters [ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

  1. From top of the shed the cat gives a call to his [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ ] – (A) family members [ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ ] (B) kindred [ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ ](C) foes [ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ ] (D) masters [ āĻŽāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

Answer : (B) kindred [ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ ]

  1. In the evening , outside the house the cat becomes [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] — (A) gentle [ āĻŦāĻŋāύāϝāĻŧā§€ ] (B) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ] (C) mediator [ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ ] (D) hunter [ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ ]

Answer : (B) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ]

  1. When the family moves to some other place , the cat [ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ ] – (A) goes with them [ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] (B) leaves the place permanently [ āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] (C) finds out some other place [ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ–ā§‹āρāĻœā§‡ ] (D) remains in the same place [ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

Answer : (D) remains in the same place [ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ]

  1. Most people think that the cat is [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āĻ•āχ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ ] — (A) wise [ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ ] (B) clever [ āϚāϤ⧁āϰ ] (C) unintelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ ] (D) intelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ]

Answer : (C) unintelligent [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ ]

  1. The cat cares little for anything but mice and [ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āφāϰ ] —(A) soup [ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻĒ ] (B) juice [ āϰāϏ ] (C) water [ āϜāϞ ] (D) milk [ āĻĻ⧁āϧ ]

Answer : (D) milk [ āĻĻ⧁āϧ ]

  1. One can see the cat as he really is in the [ āϝ⧇ – āϕ⧇āω āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ ] — (A) morning [ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ] (B) afternoon [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ ] (C) night [ āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ ] (D) evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

Answer : (D) evening [ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. Sometimes the cat watches [ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] -(A) the squirrel – hole [ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧀āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ] (B) the mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ] (C) the snake – hole [ āϏāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ] (D) the hole in the wall [ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

Answer : (B) the mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ ]

  1. In the story the cat is compared with a [ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ] — (A) rat [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ] (B) human being [ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ] (C) the author [ āϞ⧇āĻ–āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ] (D) dog [ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

Answer : (B) human being [ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

19 . A cat is not a / an [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ ] -(A) fighter [ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āύāϝāĻŧ ] (B) swimmer [ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧁ āύāϝāĻŧ ](C) athlete [ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āύāϝāĻŧ ](D) acrobat [ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧁āĻļāϞ⧀ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

Answer : (B) swimmer [ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧁ āύāϝāĻŧ ]

  1. A cat is a fighter with [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ] -(A) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ] (B) mildness [ āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ](C) generosity [ āύāĻŽā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ] (D) indifference [ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

Answer : (A) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ ]

  1. In the daytime the cat mostly remains [ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ] — (A) in the jungle [ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ⧇ ] (B) in the backyard [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ ] (C) on the roof [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻž āĻĻ⧇ ] (D) in the house [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ]

Answer : (D) in the house [ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ]

  1. To idle the time away a cat [ āĻ…āϞāϏ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ ] – (A) sleeps [ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ ] (B) walks lazily [ āĻ…āϞāϏāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡ ] (C) watches a mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ ] (D) eats food [ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ ]

Answer : (C) watches a mouse – hole [ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ ]

  1. Here the author hightlights a cat’s [ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ ] (A) intelligence [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž ] (B) foolishness [ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋ ] (C) idleness [ āφāϞāĻ¸ā§āϝ ] (D) ferocity [ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϰāϤāĻž ]

Answer : (A) intelligence [ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž ]

  1. The cat rubs himself against the legs of the family members and noisily [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ—āĻž āϘāώ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ ] — (A) purrs [ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ] (B) barks [ āĻ˜ā§‡āω āĻ˜ā§‡āω āĻ•āϰ⧇ ](C) howls [ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻ⧇ ] (D) mews [ āĻŽāĻŋāωāĻŽāĻŋāω āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

Answer : (A) purrs [ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ]

  1. With tears of rage and pain in his eyes , the guest affects to be very much [ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ“ āĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āϜāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ ] — (A) amused [ āĻŽāϜāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (B) annoyed [ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (C) unhappy [ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ] (D) upset [ āĻŽā§āώāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϰ ]

Answer : (A) amused [ āĻŽāϜāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ ]

Answer the following questions | āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļāύ | The Cat (Prose) Andrew Barton Petarson – Madhyamik English Suggestion :

  1. What is the expression of the guest when scratched by the cat ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : When scratched by the cat the guest feels anger and pain . He however cannot express his anger in front of the delighted family members . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ“ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāσāĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϘāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How do you know that the cat understands the anger of the guest ? [ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : The cat understands the anger of the guest . So he maintains a safe distance from the guest’s boot . Before eating he retires to a safe place where the guest’s boot won’t reach . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϟ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϟ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧋āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do after going out of the room ? [ āϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? 

Answer : The cat saunters down the backyard . He jumps to the top of the fence to drop on the otherside , Trotting across he skips to the roof of an empty shed . ( āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϞāĻ•āĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϏ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. What does a cat do on the top of the shed ? [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : On the top of the shed the cat arches his back and rakes his claws once or twice . Then he stretches himself and lowers his head to send across a call to his kindred . [ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁ – āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāϖ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āύ⧀āϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ ]

  1. What is a cat normally unwilling to do ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : A cat doesn’t like to leave his country , the land where all his friends are and where he knows every landmark . [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž , āϝ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻšā§‡āύ⧇ āĨ¤ ]

  1. When a family moves to some other place , what does a cat do ? [ āϝāĻ–āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : When a family moves to some other place , the cat prefers to stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants . He is unwilling to leave his known place . [ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ , āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϤ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• | ]

  1. How is the cat compared to human beings at the beginning of the prose piece ‘ The Cat ‘ ? [ ‘ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϟ ‘ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : A cat has more character than most human beings . A cat gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life . He is an athlete , an acrobat and a grim fighter . [ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ | āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϤ⧃āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ , āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧁āĻļāϞ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. What does a cat do all day long ? [ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ ? ] 

Answer : All day long a cat loafs about the house . He allows himself to be pestered by the attention of its people . His pastime is to watch a mouse – hole for an hour or two . [ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻĻāϰāϝāĻ¤ā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ– āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ• āĻĻ⧁ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϧāϰ⧇ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat pass away the time ? [ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : To pass away the time a cat sometimes watches a mouse hole for an hour or two . It is only to keep himself from dying of boredom . [ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ• – āĻĻ⧁ – āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĨ¤ ]

  1. How does a cat show his appearance to the family members at the tea – table ? [ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ ? ] 

Answer : The cat purrs noisily . Besides he rubs himself against the legs of the family members . In this way he tries to make his presence noticeable . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϘāϰāϘāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϟāĻž āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āύāϜāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ ||

  1. Why is a cat particularly civil to a guest at the table ? [ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āϰāĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āϕ⧇āύ ? ] 

Answer : The guest is likely to have the best food . The cat knows it and wants to have his share . So , to please the guest , he is particularly civil to him . [ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ | āϤāĻžāχ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āϰāĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤

  1. How does the cat receive the bit of fish handed down by the guest ? [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ ? ] 

Answer : The cat gingerly receives the bit of fish from the guest . However , the look in his eyes warns the guest because the guest is slow to understand the cat’s wish . [ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϟāĻž āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĨ¤ ]

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Madhyamik English

The Cat

Andrew Barton Paterson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehension Exercises

1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a) Most people think that the cat is

(i) wise

(ii) unintelligent

(iii) clever

(iv) intelligent

Ans : (ii) unintelligent

(b) The cat cares little for anything but mice and

(i) soup

(ii) juice

(iii) water

(iv) milk

Ans : (iv) milk

(c) One can see the cat as he really is in the

(i) morning

(ii) night

(iii) afternoon

(iv) evening

Ans : (iv) evening

2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :

(a) The cat really has more character than most human beings.

(b) The cat sometimes watches a mouse-hole for an hour or two, just to keep himself from dying of boredom.

(c) All day long the cat allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.

3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer :

(a) The cat is not fond of ease. False

S S : Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk.

(b) The cat has no athletic skills. False

S S : He or she is an athlete an acrobat and a grim fighter.

(c) The cat takes things very easily. True

S S : All day long the cat loafs about the house, takes things easy and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.

Comprehension Exercises

4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a) The cat rubs himself against the legs of the family members and noisily

(i) purrs

(ii) howls

(iii) barks

(iv) mews

Ans : (i) purrs

(b) With tears of rage and pain in his eyes, the guest affects to be very much

(i) amused

(ii) annoyed

(iii) unhappy

(iv) upset

Ans : (i) amused

(c) The guest hands down the cat a bit of

(i) meat

(ii) fruit

(iii) fish

(iv) vegetable

Ans : (iii) fish

5. Fill in the chart with information from the text :

(a) the guest calls the cat poor pussy! poor pussy!

(b) part of the guest’s body that the cat rakes leg

(c) the thing from which the cat stays at a safe distance the guest’s boot.

6. Answer the following questions :

(a) When does the cat make an appearance to get his share of food?

Ans : When the family sits down to tea, the cat does so.

(b) Who is the cat particularly civil to?

Ans : The cat is particularly civil to the guest at the table.

(c) How does the cat receive the bit of fish handed down by the guest?

Ans : A guest is normally treated with the best food by the family.

Comprehension Exercises

7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :

(a) The cat saunters down his own

(i) courtyard

(ii) front yard

(iii) backyard

(iv) shipyard

Ans : (iii) backyard

(b) The cat skips to the roof of an empty

(i) room

(ii) shade

(iii) floor

(iv) corridor

Ans : (ii) shade

(c) Exiled in a new land, the cat would have to learn new

(i) history

(ii) manners

(iii) culture

(iv) geography

Ans : (iv) geography

8. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :

(a) When the family gathers round the fire, the cat casually goes out of the room.

(b) The cat droops his head nearly to his paws and sends a call to his kindred.

(c) Cats go for sport to the suburban backyards as they get older.

9. Fill in the chart with information from the text :

(a) The cat has many enemies. – He looks keenly from side to side and moves noiselessly.

(b) He wants to see if every muscle is in full working order. – The cat stretches himself a few times.

(c) The cat knows his friends and every landmark. – The cat doesn’t like to leave his country and the land.

 

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