Question : Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. On the afternoon of her fortieth birthday, I called a friend to wish her well. I asked about her plans for the rest of the day and learned that a celebration had already taken place. In the morning, my friend, her two sisters and her husband had risen high into the Kentucky sky in a hot-air balloon. 'What was it like?' I asked. "Well, I don't know if I can explain it." she said. "I was so focused on the moment when it was actually happening." What I learned from my friend that morning is that sometimes, to be in the moment, you must surrender to it completely. That's not to say you won't remember it later, though you may forfeit the chance to put the moment into words. And although I couldn't say exactly what my pal experienced that morning, I heard the thrill and awe in her voice.
To truly be present, one must live inside the moment and experience it for its own sake. If you live outside the moment - observing and explaining - you're no longer absorbing and feeling. The moment breaks apart and eventually disappears. Think of a movie. Sometimes it's impossible to explain what you've seen. On another level, though, one you can't necessarily pinpoint, you know that once you begin dissecting your experience, you take away from it as well.
Question:
Why couldn't the author's friend explain about the experience on her birthday?
Option 1: She was focused on flying
Option 2: She was in the hot-air balloon
Option 3: She was focused in the moment
Option 4: She was too busy focusing on her friends
Correct Answer: She was focused in the moment
Solution : The correct option is 3
'She was focused in the moment.' Explanation:
Let us look at the passage: "Well, I don't know if I can explain it." she said. "I was so focused on the moment, when it was actually happening." From the above statement we can deduce that option 3 is the correct statement.
The word 'Forfeit' means to
Option 1: lose out
Option 2: gain
Option 3: pick up
Option 4: group
The word 'dissect' means to
Option 1: section
Option 2: find
Option 3: function
Option 4: analyze
Question: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
Option 1: To truly be present, one must live inside the moment and experience it for others sake.
Option 2: To truly be present, one must live outside the moment and experience it for others' sake.
Option 3: To truly be present, one must live inside the moment and experience it for his/her own sake.
Option 4: To truly be present, one must live inside the moment and experience it.
What happens sometimes when you watch a movie?
Option 1: Sometimes it is impossible to explain
Option 2: Sometime it is possible to replicate
Option 3: Sometime it is possible to explain
Option 4: Sometime it is impossible to write
Question : Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options out of the given ones.
The old man was overjoyed when he heard of the invitation. He became nearly incoherent with joy. He was torn between the attraction of the offer and shyness. For the first time, Srinivas observed that the man could be moved by shyness. "No, no, I never eat anywhere. Oh, don't trouble yourself about it... No, no ..." he said but all the same, got up and followed Srinivas into the kitchen. He grinned affably at Srinivas's wife and commented flatteringly: "I have always told a lot of people to come and observe this lady for a model. How well she looks after the house. I wish modern girls were all like her." Srinivas gently propelled him to a plank, on which he sat down. He observed from his wife's face that she was pleased with the compliment, and Srinivas felt that old man's coffee was now assured. His wife came out with a tumbler of water and two leaves and set them in front of them. She then served a couple of cakes on each leaf, and the old man rubbed his hands with the joy of anticipation. At a signal from Srinivas, he fell to; and Srinivas wondered how long it was since the other had had any. "What do you eat at night?" he asked testingly. The old man tore off a piece of cake and stuffed it in his mouth and swallowed it before he answered, shaking his head: 'I'm not a youth. Time was when I used to take three meals a day - three full meals a day in addition to tiffin twice a day. Do you know "That's remarkable." Agreed Srinivas admiringly. "But now what do you do?" "I'm a sanyasi, my dear young man."
What was the reason the old man flattered Srinivas's wife?
Option 1: Because it is an example of good manners.
Option 2: Because he wanted to be welcomed.
Option 3: Because he had met her for the first time.
Option 4: both 1 and 2 .
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