Questions

Shocking!’ remarked Mrs. Bhushan. ‘If they can’t pay the sweeper they must be in a bad way. None of the others could be getting paid either.’
She left Mrs. Srivastava at the tamarind tree and went in search of her husband, who was sitting in front of Kamal Kishore’s photography shop, talking with the owner.
‘So there you are!’ cried Mrs. Bhushan. ‘I’ve been looking for you for almost an hour. Where did you disappear ?’
‘Nowhere,’ replied Mr. Bhushan. ‘Had you remained stationary in one shop, I might have found you. But you go from one shop to another, like a bee in a flower garden.’
‘Don’t start grumbling. The heat is trying enough. I don’t know what’s happening to Pipalnagar. Even the bank’s about to go bankrupt.’
‘What’s that?’ said Kamal Kishore, sitting up suddenly. ‘Which bank?’
‘Why the Pipalnagar bank of course. I hear they have stopped paying employees. Don’t tell me you have an account there, Mr. Kishore?’
Q1: Simple Factual Questions (True/False) – Each for ½ Mark

1. True or False:
   Mrs. Bhushan was worried about the bank going bankrupt.
2. True or False:
   Kamal Kishore was sitting in front of his shop when Mrs. Bhushan arrived.
3. True or False:
   Mrs. Bhushan found her husband sitting at the bank.
4. True or False:
   Mrs. Srivastava and Mrs. Bhushan were talking near the tamarind treeComplex factual question (Guess or web-type question)
5. Q no 2
6. Where was Mr. Bhushan when Mrs. Bhushan was looking for him?
8. Q no 3 Vocabulary question (Find the meaning or match the following)
   Find the meaning of the word bankrupt as used in the passage:
   a) Profitable
   b) Unable to pay debts
   c) Wealthy
   d) Secure
9. Question no 4 Language study (Grammar question with four choices)
   Identify the tense of the sentence: “Had you remained stationary in one shop, I might have found you.”
   a) Simple Present
   b) Present Continuous
   c) Past Perfect
   d) Future Perfect
10. Select the correct conjunction to complete the sentence:

“I’ve been looking for you for almost an hour, _ I couldn’t find you.”.”

a) But
b) And
c) So
d) Because

5. Personal response question
   How would you feel if you heard that a bank in your town was about to go bankrupt? Why?