As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with prefect certainty that I ought not to school him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant – it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery – and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided. And at that distance, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow.
QUESTIONS:
1. The writer was against shooting the elephant because
(A) he suspected it to be a wild one and was afraid to it
(B) his heart was full of compassion for animals
(C) he was certain that the elephant was innocent
(D) it would amount to avoidable waste of useful property
2. The author compares the elephant to a costly machine because
(A) ivory is very expensive
(B) it can do as much work as an expensive machine
(C) elephants look like big machines
(D) elephants and machines have similar prices
3. The elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow because
(A) it was quietly doing its work
(B) unlike lions, it is a vegetarian animal
(C) its tusks resemble the cow’s horns
(D) cows can be very dangerous sometimes
(Source:CDS II English Question Paper-2013)
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