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Standard XII
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The Effect of Path Difference
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Read the passage given below and choose the option that best fits the question that follows:

It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunder-struck, or as if I had seen an apparition. I listened, I looked around me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and down the shore, but it was all one; I could see no other impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that, for there was exactly the very print of a foot-toes, heel and every part of a foot.

Which one of these expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author?

A
Seen an apparition.
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Stood like one thunder-struck.
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Went up the shore.
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D
Looked round himself.
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Solution

The correct option is A Seen an apparition.
The word apparition means "anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling". So, when the author says "as if I had seen an apparition" it best serves in describing the author's feelings. Option A is the correct answer.

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