I look at the flute seller standing in a corner of the square near the hotel. In his hand is a pole with an attachment at the top from which fifty or sixty bansuris protrude in all directions, like the quills of a porcupine. They are of bamboo: there are cross-flutes and recorders. From time to time he stands the pole on the ground, selects a flute and plays for a few minutes.The sound rises clearly above the noise of the traffic and the hawkers’ cries. He plays slowly, meditatively, without excessive display. He does not shout out his wares. Occasionally he ifaakes a sale, but in a curiously offhanded way as if this were incidental to his enterprise. Sometimes he breaks off playing to talk to the fruit seller. I imagine that this has been the pattern of his life for years.1. The meaning of the word ‘protrude’ is ……A. ‘extend outward’.B.‘project’.C. ‘fixed’.D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’2. The sound of the flute played by the flute seller outdoes ………………A. the noise of the traffic.B. the cries of hawkers.C. the sound made by temple bells.D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’3. The meaning of the phrase ‘in an offhanded way’ is ………………A. ‘extemporaneously’.B. ‘aggressively’.C. ‘effortfully’.D. ‘desperately’.4. The meaning of the phrase ‘breaks off’ is ……………..A. ‘enters in argument with’.B. ‘stops abruptly’.C. ‘leaves the place suddenly’.D. ‘forgets suddenly’.