Question

Read the passage given below and choose the option that best fits the question that follows:

He drooped off to sleep. The cigarette slipped out of his mouth and burnt a great black hole in his only shirt. The smell of the burn awoke him, and he got up, cursing under his breath, and fumbled in the dark for a needle in order to sew up the hole. Otherwise, his wife would see it in the morning and would nag away at him for a couple of hours. But he could not find a needle. He fell asleep again.

The man wanted to sew the hole because __________.

• A. he wanted to avoid being scolded by his wife
• B. he had nothing else to do
• C. he had no other shirt
• D. he wanted to sleep again

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

he wanted to avoid being scolded by his wife

Option A is the right answer because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'Otherwise, his wife would see it in the morning and would nag away at him for a couple of hours.'

There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options B and C are the right answers.

Hence, these are incorrect.

Options C is incorrect because the right answer is Option A.