Deep Water

The statement "Back and forth, across the pool" indicates

• Moving from one point to another

• Moving clockwise and anticlockwise

• Rising and falling

• Ascending and descending

"In death there is peace" choose the correct option with reference to the above

• End of one‘s existence is happiness

• That death is solace & comfort

• That one‘s final abode is uncertain

• That there is torment in death

"All we have to fear is fear itself" What does the narrator learn from President Roosevelt‘s statement?

• To cancel the fear

• To frighten the fear

• To face the fear

• To prevent the fear

"I had experienced both the sensation of dying and terror that fear of it can produce" which of the following idioms might describe the above statement

• To be scared to death

• Once in a blue moon

• With a silver spoon

• Hand to mouth

Then all efforts ceased‖ What did the author mean by this?

• He lost all hope

• He yielded himself.

• That he gave in courage to survive

• All of these

Assertion (A): Douglas tried his best to jump out of water.

Reason(R): After a while Douglas was not anxious in water.

• A is the cause, R is the effect.

• A is the effect, R is the cause.

• Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.

• Both A & R are the effects of independent causes.

Assertion: The author‘s father laughed to mock his son‘s inability to swim.

Reason: The author wanted to swim just to prove to his father that he can swim.

• A is true but R is false

• A is false but R is true

• Both A and R cannot be inferred

• Both A and R can be inferred

Douglas had been haunted by fear for many years.

Reason: Douglas decided to learn to swim

• If A is the cause, R is the effect

• If A is the effect, R is the cause

• Both A & R are the effect of a common cause

• Both A & R are the effects of independent causes

Assertion: The narrator‘s mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River.

Reason: Many people swam safely in the Yakima River

• A is false but R is true

• A is true but R is false

• Both A and R are true

• Both A and R are false.

Assertion: I crossed to oblivion

Reason: The curtain of life fell.

• If A is the cause, R is the effect.

• If A is the effect, R is the cause.

• Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.

• Both A & R are the effects of independent causes