Question 1 to 5. Read the passage given and answer the questions that follow
Ever since I can remember, I always felt! I was stupid really stupid. I lost my father when I was three. Since I was a sick child,a polio victim, I lived with my grandmother in Mumbai so 1 could avail of the metro's advanced medical Facilities. I remember being on the streets all day, playing or lazing around.
When I turned ten, my mother and my sister came to live in Mumbai too. My sister was a bright student, always securing high grades. She and my mother encouraged me to study. But I just could not bring myself to concentrate on any subject. I would get bored and feel sleepy when forced to open my books. After innumerable lectures on the importance of studying had failed, mother tried threats as well, but nothing worked. I truly believed I was stupid, no matter how much I worked, it wouldn't help.
1. Who often gave innumerable lectures on the importance of studying?
(A) Sister
(B) Mother
(C) father
(D) Grandmother
2. Pick out the word that can replace the underlined word in the sentence 'My sister was a bright student':
(A) dull
(C) lazy
(B) clever
(D) dark
3. The writer always felt that
(A) She was bright
(B) She was too sleepy
(C) She was playful
(D) She was stupid
4. What did the writer's sister encourage her to do?
(A) to be on the streets all day
(B) to play around
(C) to study
(D) to laze around often
5. The word 'avail' means:
(A) to make use
(B) to make over
(C) to make up with
(D) to make from