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Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 128 to 135) by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies (grasslands) with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon from many miles afar. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cooking stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.

Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There was no garret at all, and no cellar — except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path. It was reached by a trapdoor in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.

When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions. The sun had baked the ploughed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it. Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of long blades until they were the same gray colour to be seen everywhere. Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.

Which one of the following statements is true ?

Options

A

Uncle Henry’s house was freshly painted.

B

Dorothy’s parents were rich farmers.

C

Uncle Henry had a big farm.

D

She lived in a small and shabby house.

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Correct Answer :

Option D

She lived in a small and shabby house.

Solution :

Correct Answer: She lived in a small and shabby house.


Step-by-step Explanation:

Let us analyze the statements given in the options based on the provided passage:


1. "Uncle Henry’s house was freshly painted." — This statement is incorrect. The passage states: "Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else."


2. "Dorothy’s parents were rich farmers." — This statement is incorrect. The passage mentions that Dorothy lived with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, not her parents, and their small one-room house with basic, rusty furniture indicates they were not rich.


3. "Uncle Henry had a big farm." — This statement is not mentioned in the passage. The passage only describes the flat prairie land around the small house.


4. "She lived in a small and shabby house." — This statement is true. The passage describes the house as a single room containing a "rusty looking cooking stove" and paint that was blistered and washed away, leaving it "dull and gray".


Therefore, the correct statement according to the passage is that She lived in a small and shabby house.

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