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Unit -1-Short Questions & MCQ
Short Questions and MCQs of The Axe Unit -2
Velan had to fetch a spade and clear the vegetation which blocked the entrance. The gates opened on rusty hinges, creaking and groaning.
They went round the garden and said, "We have to clear every bit of this jungle. All this will have to go....." Some mighty person looked Velan up and down and said, "You are the gardener, I suppose? We have not much use for a garden now. All the trees, except half a dozen on the very boundary of the property, will have to go.
A week later one of the sons of his old master came and told Velan, "You will have to go back to your village, old fellow. The house is sold to a company. They are not going to have a garden. They are going to build small houses by the score without leaving space even for a blade of grass.
Answer the following questions:
1. What was heard at the gate one day?
2. Who hobbled up with the keys?
3. What did the person in the car command Velan to do?
4. How did Velan reply to the command about the gate?
5. Which gate did the person want Velan to open?
6. What did Velan fetch to clear the blocked entrance?
7. How were the gates described when they opened?
8. Who went round the garden after the gate was opened?
9. What did they decide to do with the garden?
10. Who looked Velan up and down in the garden?
11. What did the mighty person call Velan?
12. How many trees were to remain according to the new owners?
13. Who came to Velan a week later?
14. What relation was the visitor to Velan’s old master?
15. What did the son of the old master tell Velan?
16. To whom was the house sold?
17. What did the company plan to do with the property?
18. What was not to be included in the new plan?
19. What did the company intend to build “by the score”?
20. How is the activity in the house described at the end?
Multiple-Choice Questions (20)
1. What happened at the gate one day?
A) A dog barked
B) A car sounded its horn angrily ✅
C) A bicycle stopped
D) A man knocked
2. Who hobbled up with the keys?
A) The master
B) Velan ✅
C) A stranger
D) A servant
3. What did the person in the car ask Velan to do?
A) Bring water
B) Open the gate ✅
C) Clean the road
D) Fetch a spade
4. How did Velan answer about the gate?
A) “There is no gate”
B) “There is a small side-gate” ✅
C) “The gate is broken”
D) “The gate is locked forever”
5. Which gate was finally demanded to be opened?
A) The small side-gate
B) The big gate ✅
C) The back gate
D) No gate
6. What did Velan fetch to clear the entrance?
A) A broom
B) A spade ✅
C) A stick
D) A shovel
7. How did the gates open?
A) Silently
B) On rusty hinges, creaking and groaning ✅
C) With a crash
D) With a thud
8. What did the visitors decide about the garden?
A) To water it
B) To clear it fully ✅
C) To decorate it
D) To fence it
9. Who looked Velan up and down?
A) A servant
B) Some mighty person ✅
C) His old master
D) A friend
10. What did the mighty person assume Velan to be?
A) A beggar
B) A gardener ✅
C) A watchman
D) A farmer
11. How many trees were allowed to remain?
A) None
B) Half a dozen ✅
C) Ten
D) Twenty
12. Who came to Velan after a week?
A) A stranger
B) One of the sons of his old master ✅
C) A company officer
D) The gardener
13. What message did the son of the old master bring?
A) Velan would be given more work
B) Velan would have to go back to his village ✅
C) Velan would be promoted
D) Velan would get money
14. To whom was the house sold?
A) A government officer
B) A company ✅
C) A private family
D) A rich farmer
15. What was not going to remain in the new plan?
A) A garden ✅
B) A well
C) A kitchen
D) A store room
16. What did the company plan to build?
A) A park
B) Small houses ✅
C) A temple
D) A big school
17. How were the houses to be built?
A) By the score ✅
B) By the dozen
C) By the hundred
D) One by one
18. What would not be left according to the plan?
A) A fence
B) Even a blade of grass ✅
C) A pond
D) A tree in the centre
19. What did Velan lose finally?
A) His land
B) His work and garden ✅
C) His money
D) His family
20. How is the scene at the end described?
A) Calm and quiet
B) Much bustle and activity ✅
C) Lonely and sad
D) Silent and peaceful
Answers to Short Questions
1. One day a car sounded its horn angrily at the gate.
2. Velan hobbled up with the keys.
3. The person in the car commanded Velan to open the gate.
4. Velan replied meekly that there was a small side-gate.
5. They wanted Velan to open the big gate for the car.
6. Velan fetched a spade to clear the vegetation that blocked the entrance.
7. The gates opened on rusty hinges, creaking and groaning.
8. The visitors went round the garden after the gate was opened.
9. They decided to clear every bit of the garden.
10. A mighty person looked Velan up and down.
11. The mighty person assumed Velan to be the gardener.
12. Only half a dozen trees on the boundary of the property were to remain.
13. One of the sons of Velan’s old master came to him a week later.
14. The visitor was the son of Velan’s old master.
15. The son told Velan that he would have to go back to his village.
16. The house was sold to a company.
17. The company planned to build small houses on the property.
18. A garden was not to be included in the new plan.
19. The company intended to build small houses by the score.
20. At the end, there was much bustle and activity in the house.
Answers to MCQs
1. At the gate, a car sounded its horn angrily.
2. It was Velan who hobbled up with the keys.
3. The person in the car asked Velan to open the gate.
4. Velan replied that there was a small side-gate.
5. The person demanded that the big gate should be opened.
6. Velan fetched a spade to clear the entrance.
7. The gates opened on rusty hinges, creaking and groaning.
8. The visitors decided to clear the garden fully.
9. Some mighty person looked Velan up and down.
10. The mighty person assumed that Velan was the gardener.
11. Only half a dozen trees were to remain.
12. After a week, one of the sons of Velan’s old master came to him.
13. The son told Velan that he would have to return to his village.
14. The house was sold to a company.
15. The new owners decided not to keep a garden.
16. The company planned to build small houses.
17. The houses were to be built by the score.
18. The company would not leave space even for a blade of grass.
19. Velan finally lost his work and the garden.
20. At the end, there was much bustle and activity in the house.
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