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This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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Pepe warns Columbus about some people. Who are they? |
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Answer» Pepe warns Columbus about Seamen, the Seamen were discontented and sometimes they were desperate. |
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Pepe is always eager to say that he is ever….. to Columbus. |
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Answer» Pepe is always eager to say that he is ever believed in Columbus. |
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‘Devil’s track to nowhere’, says Guillermo. What does this suggest about the thinking of the seamen? |
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Answer» Guillermo said the above words. The seamen thought that they were very clear that the track is not correct, it leads to nowhere, why should they take the risk for nothing. |
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Which statement of Francisco suggests that he too has lost his temper? Quote his words. |
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Answer» Francisco had lost his temper. His words were “Discipline is a thing of past, Sir. It’s you or us”. |
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“Santa Maria will be lighter for his carcass’. Whose words are Pepe quoting here? .(a) Diego (b) Francisco (c) Pedro (e) Guillermo Ires |
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Answer» Pepe was quoting Guillermo Ires words. |
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Pepe is heard saying, “They shan’t’a. Who is meant by ‘they’?b. What does the boy mean by saying ‘They shan’t? |
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Answer» (a) They meant the crew or Seamen. (b) They shall not show, the mischief for the trouble maker. |
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Seamen expressing their discontent even as Columbus can hear them? |
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Answer» The seamen had no fear about Columbus. They have unity and all were homesick and had no hope to get success. So they were expressing their discontentment even as Columbus can hear. |
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‘I will perform it myself’, says Columbus. What does ‘it’ mean here? |
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Answer» ‘It’ means that if nobody among the crew is available to put Guillermo in irons, Columbus would himself put Guillermo in irons. |
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‘Who’s to put him in irons? challengers Guillerno. The person meant by ‘him’ in this context is:a. Guillerno b. The first man to move towards Columbus c. Columbus d. The first man who challenged Columbus |
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Answer» The first man to move towards Columbus. |
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“A good sailor knows his place,” Says Columbus to Diego. The statement is …………… (a) a piece of advice (b) an indirect command (c) a statement |
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Answer» The statement is an indirect command. |
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“Columbus is always furious when he hears the song ‘Here’s a keg o’ rum, “What makes him react so? |
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Answer» Being a Captain, Columbus had a great responsibility. By nature, he had a strong will. He was not ready to give up his task. But the Seamen are very simple and ordinary persons and they were homesick. The discontented seamen are sung the song to criticize his captain. So whenever he heard the song he became furious because of this reason. |
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Columbus says, “Would God implant desire to solve the mystery and he doesn’t provide solutions?” Identify the mood of Columbus in saying this. |
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Answer» Columbus had a firm will to discover the new world. By nature, he was a risk taker to achieve his goal. For his unshaky desire, his fellowmen were not supported. They have all opposed to him. At that situation, he thought about the above statement. He was in a helpless and confusion mood. |
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Usually, people feel desperate when they fail to get something they want. In the play‘The Discover’, why do the crew-mates of Columbus feel desperate? |
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Answer» All the crew-mates had lost their hope in the task. They lost their belief in a leader. According to them, their captain was wrong, he did not know the route exactly, they were homesick also. They were eager to join their families. They thought that taking so much risk to get nothing was of no use. So they felt desperate. |
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Comparing with his co-mates, Columbus makes some statements that he is different from others. |
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Answer» i. I am not ungrateful ii. It is my will. Is that not enough? iii. Discipline knows no buts. iv. I will perform it myself. |
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“Discipline knows no huts”. Why is the discipline needed in one’s life? |
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Answer» To achieve something in the life discipline to necessary. Without discipline, we cannot get success in an adventurous task. So “Discipline knows no buts”. |
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Who brought tickets for the concert? (a) Aunt Sushila (b) her father (c) brother (d) friend |
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Answer» (b) her father |
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