The Blue Bead

The lesson 'The Blue Bead is written by ....

• Norah Burke

• Ruskin Bond

• O 'Henry

• Rudyard Kipling

Norah Burke, the author of 'The Blue Bead' spent her childhood ......

• In Varanasi by the banks of river Ganga

• roaming the streets of Calcutta

• Visiting the temples of South India

• travelling through the Indian forests

The size of the crocodile was

• thrice the length of a tall man

• Twice the length of a tall man.

• as large as giant log of wood

• four times the length of a man.

The timber that floated down the main river was mostly used for

• Furniture

• Constructions

• Sleepers for the railways

• for shipbuilding

The colour of the mugger crocodile was

• brownish-black above and yellowy-white beneath

• blackish-brown above and yellowy-white beneath

• Blackish-brown above and greenish-white beneath

• brownish-black above and greenish-white beneath

The crocodile's mouth was almost

• twice the length of its Jaw

• was at least two feet in length

• half a metre wide

• running the whole length of his head

The crocodile was perhaps

• half a century old

• over eighty years old

• a hundred years old

• two hundred years old

The meaning of the word putrid is

• dirty

• rotten

• wasteful

• distasteful

After hatching, the crocodile managed to survive form the carnivorous fishes by its ...

• by tis speed

• by tis agility

• by its ability to camouflage

• Brainless craft and ferocity

Nothing could penetrate the inch-thick hide of the crocodile. The only two vulnerable points were:

• Head and heart

• it's eyes and soft under arms

• It's stomach and tail

• its region around the neck and nose