Section-A (Reading) - 20 Marks1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.Preparations had begun for our Annual Day at school. Two plays were tobe staged. The senior section was to enact Merchant of Venice and thejunior section, The story of Rama. I was hoping with all my heart that thedrama teacher would include me in that cast. I had never acted in a playbut was sure that , once on stage, I would give an excellent performance.Radhika, the prettiest girl in our class, would get Sita's role, Since I wasshorter than Radhika and had a shrill voice, I could not hope to be Rama,but I would not mind being Rama's brother Lakshmana, I decided. I wentround for few days, imagining myself on stage with a bow and arrow slungon my shoulder, giving an excellent performance as Lakshmana. Howsurprised my parents would be ! I could almost hear my father saying,"imagine we had such a gifted daughter and we didn't even realize it.1.1. Answer the following.2x4=8a) Which plays were the students assigned in the school?b) How many plays were to be staged?c) Who got Sita's role?d) Who would say, "We had such a gifted daughter"?1x2=21.2. Write synonyms of the given words.1) expecti) take ill​