Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate options:
One Sunday morning, I was travelling on a subway in Mumbai. People were sitting quietly – some reading newspapers, some lost in thought. It was a calm, peaceful scene.
Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so loud and rambunctious that instantly the whole climate changed.
The man sat next to me and closed his eyes, apparently oblivious to the situation. The children were yelling back and forth, throwing things, even grabbing people’s papers. It was very disturbing. And yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing.
It was difficult not to feel irritated. I could not believe that he could be so insensitive as to let his children run wild and do nothing about it. It was easy to see that everyone else on the subway felt irritated, too. So finally, I turned to him and said, “Sir, your children are really disturbing a lot of people. I wonder if you couldn’t control them a little more ?”
The man lifted his gaze as if to come to a consciousness of the situation for the first time and said softly, “Oh, you’re right. I guess I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother died an hour ago. I don’t know what to think and I guess they don’t know how to handle it either”.
Can you imagine what I felt at that moment. My paradigm shifted. Suddenly I saw things differently, and because I saw things differently, I thought, felt and behaved differently. My irritation vanished; my heart was filled with the man’s pain. Feelings of sympathy and compassion flowed freely. “Your wife just died ? Oh, I am sorry ! Can you tell me about it ? What can I do to help ?” Everything changed in an instant.
QUESTION:
1. It can be inferred from the man’s behavior that he was :
(A) insensitive
(B) an indulgent parent
(C) mentally disturbed
(D) unsocial
2. When the writer learnt the truth :
(A) he felt apologetic
(B) his heart was filled with the man’s suffering
(C) he was angry with himself for being judgemental
(D) he decided to help the man out
3. The primary purpose of the author is to :
(A) highlight the problems of subway travellers
(B) narrate an amusing incident
(C) show how indulgent parents spoil their children
(D) show a radical shift in attitude
4. The children’s behavior on the subway was :
(A) amusing
(B) irritating
(C) disgusting
(D) shocking
5. How did the man (children’s father) react to the unruly behavior of his children?
(A) He enjoyed their antics
(B) He rebuked them
(C) He tried to control them
(D) He did nothing
(Source: CTET SEP-15 Paper-I)
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