Read the passage given below and answer the questions (Q. Nos. 112–120) that follow :
We sallied out at three o’clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger’s pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, “Where are you taking the young fellow?” He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house.
He asked, “I am here for a few days. Can’t we have a session some time?” “Of course, of course,” said my uncle without much fervour, “I will let you know”, and moved on. “Won’t aunt get angry?” I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, “Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!” Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared.
But it did not prevent them
from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was
supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he
should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, “We play only Twenty-eight, and not
Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...”.
Which of the following statements is not true?
Correct Answer :
The aunt was happy at the friends’ meetings taking place at their place.
Solution :
To determine which statement is not true, let us analyze the options based on the provided passage:
1. "The aunt was happy at the friends’ meetings taking place at their place."
According to the passage, the narrator's aunt would complain after the card sessions, saying, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" This clearly shows that the aunt was unhappy and irritated by the card sessions and friends' meetings at their home, making this statement false.
2. "My uncle was a gentle person."
The passage portrays the uncle as cooperative and sensitive to his wife's feelings. He carried the photograph delicately and avoided his friends after being "worn out by her attacks" to maintain peace, which aligns with him being a gentle person. Thus, this statement is true.
3. "The photograph was kept safely in an envelope."
The passage explicitly states, "Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish..." Therefore, this statement is true.
4. "The engineer-friend worked at a far-off place."
The passage describes the neighbour (the engineer) as "an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while..." This confirms that he worked at a far-off place, making this statement true.
Consequently, the statement that is not true is "The aunt was happy at the friends’ meetings taking place at their place."
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