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It had happened when I was ten or eleven years old. I had decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the Y.M.C.A in Yakima that offered exactly the opportunity. The Yakima River was treacherous. Mother continually warned against it and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the Y.M.C.A pool was safe.(i) Who is I‘ in the above lines? (A) The narrator(B) The coach (C) The young boy (D) Father of the young boy.(ii) Why did mother not allow I‘ to learn swimming in a river? (A) Religion did not allow this. (B) Social barriers to learn swimming. (C) Afraid about safety of her child (D) All of these.(iii) What was reported to I‘? (A) Coldness of water in Yakima river. (B) Coldness of water in swimming pool. (C) Drowning cases in Yakima river. (D) Drowning cases in swimming pool.(iv) How was Y.M.C.A a safe pool? (A) It had warm water. (B) It was open only during day time. (C) It had no water in it. (D) It was two to three feet deep at the shallow end. |
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Answer» (i) (A) The narrator (ii) (C) Afraid about safety of her child (iii) (C) Drowning cases in Yakima river. (iv) (D) It was two to three feet deep at the shallow end. |
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