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TNPSC exam question paper

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Directions—(Q. 1–15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the

questions given below it. Certain words in the passage have been printed

in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

In a small hill town there lived a thief. He was very smart and before

breaking into houses for theft he used to enquire about the lifestyles of

the people staying in that house. Then at the dead of night he used to

commit theft.

Dhanpatrai was a moneylender living in the same town. He was thrifty and

never wasted money. He had a daughter named Laxmi. The thief knew that

Dhanpatrai was rich and he had a lot of jewellery with him. Smartly the

thief found out the location of the house and designed the theft. One

night, getting up to the roof of the house he started removing the roof-
covering made of earthen tiles.

The moneylender heard the sound and was sure that a thief was on the roof

of the house. Now he had to create some ploy. He hit upon a plan. “Laxmi,

Laxmi” he called out to his daughter who was sleeping. “Laxmi, I hope our

money-box and jewellery are kept in the ceiling,” he asked cleverly.

Generally, in hill area, to keep house warm in winter, houses have a

thatched roofing and below that, a wooden ceiling. Certain things used to

be kept in the space between the roofing and wooden ceiling. So when the

thief heard the question put by Dhanpatrai, he thought that there was a

ceiling below the thatched roof. So he jumped down.

But actually in the house there was no wooden ceiling. So the thief fell

to the floor of the house which was about fifteen feet below and broke

his leg.

Immediately the moneylender called all the neighbours and they handed

over the thief to the police. He saved his house from being burgled, with

his ingenuity.

1. What was the role of Laxmi in this episode ?

(A) She called people and scared the thief.

(B) Laxmi sent the people for police.

(C) She asked Dhanpatrai to call the people.

(D) Her name was used to misguide the thief.

(E) She got the idea of fooling the thief.

Ans : (D)

2. How did the thief enter the house of Dhanpatrai ?

(a) By removing the tiled top of the house.

(b) By removing the wooden ceiling.

(c) By opening the door with duplicate key.

(A) Only (a)

(B) Only (b)

(C) Only (c)

(D) Both (a) and (b)

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

3. Where was the jewellery actually kept ?

(A) Inside the bed on which Laxmi was sleeping

(B) On the thatched roof top

(C) Below the pillow of Dhanpatrai

(D) There is no mention of jewellery’s location

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

4. What was the quality of the thief ?

(A) He was expert in removing roof tops

(B) Before theft he used to study the lifestyles of residents

(C) He was accurate in identifying his victim

(D) He was liked by the people and the police

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

5. Who was Dhanpatrai ?

(A) The father of the thief

(B) The moneylender who used to keep valuables on the roof

(C) A cunning and crafty man

(D) The father of Laxmi

(E) The thief

Ans : (D)

6. Who called the police ?

(A) The son of Dhanpatrai

(B) The daughter of Dhanpatrai

(C) Dhanpatrai himself

(D) Some one who provoked the thief for the act

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)