Read the extract given below and answer the questions (100 - 105) that follow :
Meadows have surprises,
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
You may scare a rabbit
Who is sitting very still;
Though at first you may not see him,
When he hops you will.
Explore the meadow houses
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses
The ant’s amazing mound
Study the following statements :
(A) The rabbit is hiding in a burrow.
(B) The buttercup is tempting a butterfly.
Correct Answer :
(B) is right and (A) is wrong.
Solution :
The correct option is (B) is right and (A) is wrong.
Let's analyze both statements based on the given poem extract:
Statement (A): "The rabbit is hiding in a burrow."
According to the stanza in the extract:
"You may scare a rabbit
Who is sitting very still;
Though at first you may not see him,
When he hops you will."
The poem states that the rabbit is sitting very still (on the grass/ground) until it gets scared and hops. It does not state that the rabbit is hiding inside a burrow. Therefore, Statement (A) is incorrect/false based strictly on the text provided.
Statement (B): "The buttercup is tempting a butterfly."
According to the stanza in the extract:
"You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up."
The buttercup contains nectar which attracts (tempts) the butterfly to rest on it and sip the nectar. Therefore, Statement (B) is correct/right.
Hence, statement (B) is right and (A) is wrong, making the first option the correct choice.
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