Question Nos. 1-7: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Madhurima looked down from her balcony. It was early, much earlier than she had ever been up before. The springtime sun had come streaming between the curtains in her bedroom and headed straight for her face, like a warm feather duster tickling her nose, like a golden voice humming in her ear. And what was it humming? That a new fresh day | was ready to start. And the sooner she got up, the sooner it would begin.
Out on the balcony, the railing was wet with dew. The tiles under her bare feet were cold. The air was still chilly from the night. Madhurima pulled her dressing gown snug around her. Twelve Storeys below, the street was empty. A bird twittered. Its voice was clear and pure. It warbled, stopped, and warbled again, as if it were so early that not even the birds were sure whether they should start singing yet. Madhurima listened. The chilly air made her skin tingle, and the chirping song of the birds made her smile, and the empty street made her happy, because everything she could see from her balcony, the whole city, was hers, and there wasn't anyone else to share it with.
1. From the passage, we understand that Madhurima:
(A) often got out of bed very early
(B) keeps a pet bird in a cage in her room
(C) lives on the twelfth floor of a building
(D) did not like being by herself
2. What did Madhurima feel when she was out on the balcony?
(A) the sudden movement of the bird
(B) the rumble of the traffic from the street below
(C) the rain as it fell on her balcony
(D) the coolness of the tiles and the chill of the air
3. Which of these words from the passage is used to describe a sound?
(A) snug
(B) warbled
(C) tingle
(D) chilly
4. The words, "like a warm feather duster tickling her nose", are used to describe:
(A) the smell of the morning
(B) the sound of the birds outside
(C) the dream Madhurima had been having
(D) the feeling of sunlight on Madhurima's skin
5. The sight of the ______ happy made Madhurima
(A) empty street
(H) chirping birds
(C) the springtime chill
(D) the wet railing
6. Madhurima is excited as:
(A) she woke up late this morning
(B) she feels the whole city is hers that morning
(C) the bird twitters, warbles and stops
(D) the air is still chilly from the night
7. What does the' golden voice humming in her car' mean?
(A) it is raining slightly
(B) the air is chilly outside
(C) there is less traffic on the road
(D) a fresh day is ready to start
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