I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, that one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again, how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to the amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
QUESTIONS:
1. The author was very fond of the old soldier because
(A) he had lost one of his legs in war
(B) he used to tell the author about his adventures
(C) he was contented with his lot
(D) he had been to many countries
2. Why did the old soldier repeatedly tell that he walked two hundred miles ?
(A) He ran away from home to join the army
(B) He had to cross the Libyan desert
(C) He had to escape from a prison-of-war camp
(D) He was a strong soldier
3. The story of the old soldier that the author like most was that about
(A) his running away from home to join the army
(B) his first battle in the Libyan desert
(C) the loss of his leg in Assam
(D) his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp
4. The old soldier, according to the author, was
(A) unhappy about his life
(B) satisfied with his lot
(C) angry about his fate
(D) disgusted with his misfortune
(Source:CDS II English Question Paper-2013)
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