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About the Author
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent, born on May 19, 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. His first
novel, The Room on the Roof, was published in 1956, and it received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. Bond
has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. He was awarded
the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and
Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Time to answer

A. Choose the correct answer.

1. What would Pret do if you yawned beneath the peepul tree?

The Pret would enter you house and start throwing things around.

The Pret would start doing tricks and bother you.

The Pret would jump down your throat and ruin your digestion.

The Pret would appear before you and ask you to change your home.

2. Why did Grandmother’s tailor, Jaspal, suffer from tummy upsets?

the Pret cursed him with tummy upsets as he used to blame him for all
the troubles

he forgot to snap his fingers while yawning beneath the peepul tree

he forgot to snap his fingers while sleeping beneath the peepul tree

he was a picky eater and always used to avoid eating homemade food

3. Why did the Public Works Department cut the peepul tree?

they wanted to clean the area for the construction of a new bungalow

they were informed about the Pret on the peepul tree by Grandfather

they wanted to build a flyover, and the tree and a bit of a wall were in the way

they wanted to widen the road, and the tree and a bit of wall were in the way

4. Why did the Pret decide to take up residence in the bungalow?

because he was deprived of his tree

because he was looking for a change

because he was suspicious that the peepul tree has grown weak and can fall anytime

because he was aware that the tree will be cut down some day

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