The Bond of Love Test 2

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

I ran up to it to attempt a capture. It scooted into the sugarcane field. Following it with my companions, I was at last able to grab it by the scruff of its neck while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long, hooked claws.

We put it in one of the gunny-bags we had brought and when I got back to Bangalore I duly presented it to my wife.

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Who was the author trying to ‘capture’?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

I ran up to it to attempt a capture. It scooted into the sugarcane field. Following it with my companions, I was at last able to grab it by the scruff of its neck while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long, hooked claws.

We put it in one of the gunny-bags we had brought and when I got back to Bangalore I duly presented it to my wife.

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When caught by the neck, what did the captive do?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

I ran up to it to attempt a capture. It scooted into the sugarcane field. Following it with my companions, I was at last able to grab it by the scruff of its neck while it snapped and tried to scratch me with its long, hooked claws.

We put it in one of the gunny-bags we had brought and when I got back to Bangalore I duly presented it to my wife.

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Which of the following words is the correct meaning of the word ‘scooted’?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

A dash back to the car. Bruno still floundering about on his stumps, but clearly weakening rapidly; some vomiting, heavy breathing, with heaving flanks and gaping mouth.

Hold him, everybody! In goes the hypodermic— Bruno squeals — 10 c.c. of the antidote enters his system without a drop being wasted. Ten minutes later: condition unchanged! Another 10 c.c. Injected! Ten minutes later: breathing less stertorous— Bruno can move his arms and legs a little although he cannot stand yet. Thirty minutes later: Bruno gets up and has a great feed! He looks at us disdainfully, as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ Bruno is still eating.

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Which of the following symptoms of poisoning was not noticed in Bruno?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

A dash back to the car. Bruno still floundering about on his stumps, but clearly weakening rapidly; some vomiting, heavy breathing, with heaving flanks and gaping mouth.

Hold him, everybody! In goes the hypodermic— Bruno squeals — 10 c.c. of the antidote enters his system without a drop being wasted. Ten minutes later: condition unchanged! Another 10 c.c. Injected! Ten minutes later: breathing less stertorous— Bruno can move his arms and legs a little although he cannot stand yet. Thirty minutes later: Bruno gets up and has a great feed! He looks at us disdainfully, as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ Bruno is still eating.

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Which of the following words is an antonym of ‘rapidly’?