A man had two blacksmiths for his neighbours. Their names were Pengu and Shengu. The man was greatly troubled by the noise of their hammers. He decided to talk to them. The next day he called both of them and offered Rs. 100 each, if they found new huts, for themselves. They took the money and agreed to find new huts for themselves. The next morning he woke up again to the sound of their hammers. He went out to see why the blacksmiths hadn’t found new huts and he discovered that Pengu and Shengu had kept their promise. They had exchanged their huts.
QUESTIONS:
1. The man was troubled because
(A) the blacksmiths always fought with each others
(B) the blacksmiths’ hammers made a lot of noise
(C) he was afraid of blacksmiths
(D) the blacksmiths did not do their work properly
2. The man gave them money because
(A) the blacksmiths were poor
(B) the blacksmiths had asked him for money
(C) he did not want them to make a noise
(D) he did not want them to make a noise
3. The man went out of his house because
(A) he wanted to fight with the blacksmiths
(B) he wanted to ask the blacksmiths to stop the noise
(C) he wanted to find out why they hadn’t found new huts
(D) he wanted his money back from the blacksmiths
4. The man came to know that
(A) the blacksmiths were not in their huts
(B) the blacksmiths had exchanged huts
(C) the blacksmiths were going away
(D) the blacksmiths had not kept their promise
(Source: CDS I 2015 English Paper)
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