JNVST Class 6 (Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test) Practice Quiz

Question 1

The old man's hands were rough from sixty years of work in the fields. When he touched the cloth his granddaughter had woven, he was careful, as if the thread might catch.

The word "rough" here describes hands that are

Accepted Answer

hard and not smooth

Question 2

The classroom went quiet. Twenty pairs of eyes turned to the window. Outside, the first rain of the year was hitting the dust and lifting a smell everyone knew. The teacher looked at the class, stopped in the middle of a sentence, and did not begin again.

Why did the teacher stop speaking?

Accepted Answer

She saw that no one was listening to her any more

Question 3

The bank of the river was soft after the rain. Our feet sank a little at every step, and we had to walk higher up where the grass grew.

In this passage the word "bank" means

Accepted Answer

the land at the side of a river

Question 4

Nanhe kept the sweet in his pocket all day. At home he broke it into three pieces and gave two away. His mother saw this from the door and said nothing, but she gave him an extra roti that night.

Why did the mother give him an extra roti?

Accepted Answer

She was pleased with what he had done

Question 5

Grandfather's memory is sharp. He can still name every field in the village and say who owned it fifty years ago. He remembers the day the school was built and the number of children in the first class.

The word "sharp" here means

Accepted Answer

very good and clear

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