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The author grew up with the expectation that she would take up _____________. Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the sentence.

Reading Comprehension

Read the given passage and answer the six questions that follow.
When I was in my late teens and still undecided about which language I should write in, he told that the language one is born into, one's mother tongue, can be the only possible medium of creative expression.
For most of his life, my father, Sripat Rai, had been a Hindi editor and critic, Off and on, he translated writings into English from Hindi. He was fond of saying that a failed writer becomes a critic. The weight of his literary expectation came, eventually, to rest on me. He seemed happy that I was showing an inclination for writing. "She will go far," he told my mother after reading the story that I sent him from Melbourne.
My father's pronouncement on the mother tongue stayed with me when I later started writing fiction in Hindi. Another thing that I barely acknowledged even to myself was that I felt something like shame whenever I thought of writing in English. It seemed wrong for a granddaughter of Premchand even to be thinking so. Our family had a certain linguistic pride. I knew that Premchand was famous, but I had not at that time realised the extent of his popularity.
The fact that I was the granddaughter of Premchand, followed me everywhere. Everyone had a story to tell about their personal engagement with his fiction — the shopkeeper, the long time cook in my father's Delhi house, a tea vendor, etc. The list was long, for there was practically no one who had not read something by him that had moved them. However, it was this very ubiquity, the reverence and love that he inspired in people, that made of him something too large for me to comprehend in the early years of my life. It led also to the strange feeling that, without having read him and just by being related to him, I had somehow inhaled his writing. The reading happened much later.


The author grew up with the expectation that she would take up _____________.
Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the sentence.

1) Question

The author grew up with the expectation that she would take up _____________.
Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the sentence.

A.

editorship of a magazine.

B.

translation of literary pieces.

C.

creative writing.

D.

the job of a critic.

Correct option is C

The correct sentence is: "The author grew up with the expectation that she would take up creative writing."

2) Question

When her father said, "She will go far," he meant that ______________.
Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the sentence.

A.

she will travel widely.

B.

she will achieve great heights in life.

C.

she will go too far, one of these days.

D.

she will settle in a far-off place.

Correct option is B

The correct interpretation is: "She will achieve great heights in life."

3) Question

Choose a Statement which is not true with respect to the passage:

A.

The author felt pressurized to write in Hindi because of her father.

B.

She felt obligated to carry on the legacy of Premchand.

C.

Her family was chauvinistic about the English language.

D.

She was in awe of the extensive reach of her grandfather's writings.

Correct option is C

The statement "Her family was chauvinistic about the English language" is not true.

4) Question

Premchand became too large for her to understand mainly because of _____________.
(A) his ability to connect with people from all walks of life.
(B) the fact that she feared him.
(C) the kind of love and reverence that he inspired in people.
(D) her constant anxiety of failing him.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A.

(A) and (D) only.

B.

(A) and (C) only.

C.

(B) and (C) only.

D.

(C) and (D) only.

Correct option is B

The correct reasons are: (A) and (C).

5) Question

'Inhaled his writing' refers to:
Choose the correct option from the following.

A.

imbibing his style subconsciously.

B.

being compelled to write like him.

C.

being influenced by what people said about him.

D.

her father's expectation from her.

Correct option is C

The phrase "inhaled his writing" being influenced by what people said about him.

6) Question

Choose the correct meaning of the word "Ubiquity” as it appears in the passage:

A.

Occasional

B.

Restricted

C.

Omnipresence

D.

Unwanted

Correct option is C

The word "ubiquity" means "omnipresence."

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