Question

Write whether the following sentences are ‘True’ or ‘False’:
Ramlal had four sons and three daughters.
The meaning of Bholi is simpleton.
Bholi had an attack of smallpox.
Bholi had fallen off the cot on her head.

Answer 1

From the passage, Ramlal had seven children in total: three sons and four daughters, not four sons and three daughters. Hence is false.
The text states that Bholi was called a “simpleton,” which indeed means a foolish or naïve person, so is true.
It also mentions that when she was two years old, she had an attack of smallpox, which left her permanently disfigured, so is true.
Finally, she had fallen off the cot on her head when she was ten months old, damaging part of her brain, so is true.

Answer 2

The sequence of events in the passage is: First, at ten months, Bholi fell off the cot (iv).
This accident damaged some part of her brain (ii), which caused her backwardness.
Later, at two years of age, she suffered from smallpox (i).
Finally, as a result of the smallpox, her body was permanently disfigured with black pockmarks (iii).
This is the logical and chronological order.

Answer 3

Describing words are adjectives that qualify nouns. In the passage, “fair” and “pretty” describe the child’s appearance, “backward” refers to mental development, and “healthy” describes the condition of other children. These are directly taken from the text.

Answer 4

For (i), we insert “not only” before the first quality and “but also” before the second. This shows both qualities in a balanced structure.
For (ii), the negative “could not” is replaced by the expression “was unable to,” keeping the same tense and meaning intact.

Answer 5

The question tests general knowledge of diseases and symptoms. Four common diseases are listed. For malaria, the two most visible symptoms are recurring high fever with chills and body pain or headache, which are classic indicators of the illness.