A self-test on “The Journey” from unit III class X
Name of the pupil…………………………. Marks gained: ………..
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Choose the appropriate answer from the given
options.
On my way ………………. (1)
home from the bus stop, my trunk ............. (2) by a porter. The problem now
was we couldn’t find ……………… (3) who could help me ……….. (4) the trunk to the
bus stop. At another time of the year, we would have easily found …………. (5) to
helpme, but now most of the villagers were busy in the fields. Nobody had time
…… (6) spare for me. In fact, …………. (7) the trunk should not have been such a
worry for me except that my education had made me shun physical labour. After
all, I was a government officer and the idea of people ………….. (8) me carry my
own luggage was not at all amusing. Otherwise, for a young man like me it
should not have been an issue to carry …….(9) 20-kilo chest ………(10) my back.
1. A) to B)
for C) on D) – ( )
2. A) had been carried B) carries C)
carry D) had carried ( )
3. A) somebody B) any C)
anyone D) no one ( )
4. A) carrying B) carried C) carry D)
carries ( )
5. A) anyone B) someone C)
no one D) nobody ( )
6. A) to B)
for C) on D) – ( )
7. A) carrying B) carried C)
carry D) carries ( )
8. A) see B) saw C)
seen D) seeing ( )
9. A) a B)
an C) these D) those (
)
10. A) in B)
off C) under D) on ( )