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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.

Study the following statements :
A. In the vast grassland, Uncle Henry’s was the only house.
B. There was sun-baked gray grass all around.
C. In the middle of the prairies was a green field ploughed by Uncle Henry.
Choose the correct option :

Options

A

A and B are wrong, but C is right.

B

A and B are right, but C is wrong.

C

B and C are right, but A is wrong.

D

A and C are right, but B is wrong.

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Correct Answer :

Option B

A and B are right, but C is wrong.

Solution :

Correct Answer: A and B are right, but C is wrong.


Let's analyze each statement based strictly on the provided passage:


Statement A: "In the vast grassland, Uncle Henry’s was the only house."
The passage mentions: "Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions." This indicates that there were no other houses or trees anywhere in sight across the prairie. Therefore, Statement A is correct (right).


Statement B: "There was sun-baked gray grass all around."
The passage states: "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." This confirms that the grass all around was sun-baked and gray. Therefore, Statement B is correct (right).


Statement C: "In the middle of the prairies was a green field ploughed by Uncle Henry."
The passage explicitly points out that "Even the grass was not green" and that everything, including the house, land, and grass, was dull and gray due to the burning sun. There was no green field. Therefore, Statement C is incorrect (wrong).


Combining these findings:
Statements A and B are right, but C is wrong.

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