Identify the type of essay:I was too young to remember why we were moving. But I do remember the long ride to our new house. When we reached, I felt like I had shifted to another part of the world.

Q. I. Literary training was a difficult matter. I had neither the resources nor the literary equipment necessary, and I had not the time I would have wished to devote to the subject. We gave three periods at the most to literary training. Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Urdu were all taught, and tuition was given through the vernaculars of the boys. English was taught as well.

II. I had undertaken to teach Tamil and Urdu. The little Tamil I knew was acquired during voyages and in jail. I had not got beyond Pope's excellent Tamil handbook. My knowledge of the Urdu script was all that I had acquired on a single voyage, and my knowledge of the language was confined to the familiar Persian and Arabic words. Even my Gujarati was no better than that which one acquires at the school.

III. Such was the capital with which I had to carry on. In poverty of literary equipment my colleagues went one better than I. But my love for the languages of my country, my confidence in my capacity as a teacher, as also the ignorance of my pupils, and more than that, their generosity, stood me in good stead.

IV. Of text-books, about which we hear so much, I never felt the want. I do not even remember having made much use of the books that were available. I did not find it at all necessary to load the boys with quantities of books. I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher. I remember very little that my teachers taught me from books, but I have even now a clear recollection of the things they taught me independently of books.

V. Children take in much more and with less labour through their ears than through their eyes. I do not remember having read any book from cover to cover with my boys. But I gave them, in my own language, all that I had digested from my reading of various books, and I dare say they are still carrying a recollection of it in their minds. It was laborious for them to remember what they learnt from books, but what I imparted to them by word of mouth, they could repeat with the greatest ease. Reading was a task for them, but listening to me was a pleasure, when I did not bore them by failure to make my subject interesting. And from the questions that my talks prompted them to put, I had a measure of their power of understanding.

Adapted from The Story of My Experiments with Truth by M K Gandhi

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer below given question by choosing the correct option.

Which of the following things were reproduced with ease by the author’s boys?

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What is the type of the underlined clause?

Do you remember the time when we had no electricity?

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Once upon a time I went for a week’s holiday in the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and we're sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behavior was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much, but in me the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there ways to make a fuss about. It wasn’t as if we were parting forever or dying. “Buck up”, I said, “do buck up”. He refused to buck up, and I left him plunged in gloom.

Q. Why was the Indian friend plunged in despair?

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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting, our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday that was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom.

What is the Continent in the context of the passage?

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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom.

What is the author's intention in the passage?

Identify the type of essay:
I was too young to remember why we were moving. But I do remember the long ride to our new house. When we reached, I felt like I had shifted to another part of the world.

The correct option is B Narrative essay
Choice B is correct as it mentoins an event in the writer's life. Choice A is wrong as it does not bring about sensory details. Choice C is wrong as it is not arguementative Choice D is wrong as it is not cause and effect.

Identify the type of essay:I was too young to remember why we were moving. But I do remember the long ride to our new house. When we reached, I felt like I had shifted to another part of the world.

The correct option is B Narrative essayChoice B is correct as it mentoins an event in the writer's life. Choice A is wrong as it does not bring about sensory details. Choice C is wrong as it is not arguementative Choice D is wrong as it is not cause and effect.

Identify the type of essay:
I was too young to remember why we were moving. But I do remember the long ride to our new house. When we reached, I felt like I had shifted to another part of the world.

The correct option is B Narrative essay
Choice B is correct as it mentoins an event in the writer's life. Choice A is wrong as it does not bring about sensory details. Choice C is wrong as it is not arguementative Choice D is wrong as it is not cause and effect.