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Read the following passage carefully. Newton had a little dog. He called it Diamond. One day it was lying in his reading room. In the room there were heaps of papers and writings and a lighted candle on a table. Newton left the room for a few minutes and suddenly Diamond jumped upon the table. This caused the lighted candle to fall on the papers. All the papers caught fire and were burnt to ashes. On coming back, Newton saw to his surprise, what Diamond had done. But he did not strike the dog. He rather patted his head and said, ‘Diamond, you do not know-what mischief you have done.”Now answer the following questions.a) What were the things lying on the table?b) How did the papers catch fire?Choose the correct answer from the choices given. c) Newton called his dogi) Prince ii) Pearl iii) Diamond iv) Rubyd) From the passage we can understand that Newton wasi) kind and cool tempered ii) cruel and short-tempered iii) angry and ferocious iv) Mad and viciouse) What did Newton do when he found that his dog burnt his papers to ashes?i) He beat the dog. ii) He killed the dog. iii) He patted the dog. iv) He shouted at the dog.

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a. There were heaps of papers and writings and a burning candle on the table.

b. Newton was away for a short time. Then his pet dog suddenly jumped upon the table. This caused the lighted candle to fall on the papers and they caught fire.

c. iii) Diamond

d. i) kind and cool tempered

e. iii) He patted the dog.



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