Once there lived an old man who had a bag of gold. He was foolish. He dug a hole in the ground and put the bag of gold into the hole. - www.studyandupdates.com

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Once there lived an old man who had a bag of gold. He was foolish. He dug a hole in the ground and put the bag of gold into the hole.

In the  following questions, you have one  brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best  answer to each question out of the  four alternatives.  


Once there lived an old man  who had a bag of gold. He was foolish. He dug a hole in the ground  and put the bag of gold into the  hole. Then he covered the hole with  a stone. He used to visit the place  nearly every day. He would take  away the stone and put his fingers  into the hole. Then he would touch  the gold and feel very happy.  One day he took the stone away  and put his fingers into the hole.  How angry and sad he was when  he discovered that his treasure was  not there. The old man went to a  friend and sadly told him the story. His friend said. There is no reason for you to be sad. Your gold was  useless to you. You still have the  hole. You can visit it whenever you  like. All you have to do is to imagine that your treasure is still there. 


 96. The old man hid the gold  


  1. in a secret chamber  

  2. in a bank locker  

  3. underground  

  4. in an unknown place  


Answer :-underground  


97. The old man was pleased when  he  


  1. used the gold  

  2. touched the gold  

  3. added to the gold  

  4. gave away the gold 


Answer :-touched the gold 





 98. The old man visited the place  where he had kept the gold  hidden  


  1. every day  

  2. once a week  

  3. almost every day  

  4. as often as possible 


Answer :-almost every day  


 99. The friend's words possibly  made the old man  


  1. happy 

  2. angry  

  3. Relieved

  4. excited  


Answer :-Relieved


100.The friend told the old man  that  


  1. he had not lost anything 

  2. he would get back his gold  

  3. he should complain to the  police  

  4. he should not have hidden  it in a hole.  


 Answer :-he had not lost anything 




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