Question

Read the passage and answer the following questions-
Once upon a time, I went for a week’s holiday on the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But for me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn’t as if we were parting forever or dying. “Buck up,' I said,' do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom.
What does ‘But in me, the Englishman came out strong' imply?
(a)He was a strong Englishman
(b)He had a typical English character
(c)The Englishman went out of him
(d)He started following Indian traditions

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given passage carefully and try to make out the core meaning if it. Make out the literal as well as the metaphoric meaning of the given passage.

Complete answer: In the given passage, we have to find out that what does the phrase ‘But in me, the Englishman came out strong’ implies. There are four given options,
(a)He was a strong Englishman- This option talks only about the physical characteristic, telling us that he was strongly inbuilt. This does not fit the context and is not the right answer.
(b)He had a typical English character- This option includes a metaphorical aspect too and fits the context of the passage. so, it is the right answer.
(c)The Englishman went out of him- It is not the right answer as this statement gives the opposite of the desired meaning.
(d)He started following Indian traditions- It is not the right answer as it does not matches the context of the passage.

Note: Passage reading depends on a vast vocabulary. You must know basic sentences and have a vast imagination to understand the deep meaning of any given passage.