Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Signal – I Questions & Answers.
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The Signal – I Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. Semyon had the chance to get acquainted with his neighbours because
a. there were fewer jobs to do in the summer.
b. fewer trains used that line.
c. He was neglecting his duty.
d. Both options a and b are correct.
2. Semyon did not encourage Vasily to leave because he thought Vasily.
a. would not get a piece of land anywhere else.
b. had more than enough to live on peacefully.
c. and his wife had job.
d. Both options b and c are correct.
3. When the inspector had seen Vasily’s cultivated land,
a. he had told Vasily to dig up the cabbages.
b. fined Vasily three roubles.
c. made a note against him.
d. All the options are correct.
4. The Chief visited the workers because he
a. was looking into Vasily’s complaint.
b. wanted to meet Vasily.
c. wanted to check that everything was in order.
d. Both options a and b are correct.
Question 2: Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1. “I have had no little sorrow in my day.”
a. Who said these words?
Answer: Semyon Ivanov said these words.
b. What do these words convey?
Answer: These words convey the contentment of Semyon in his life.
c. Which days was he referring to?
Answer: He was referring to the days when he served in the army as an assistant to an army officer.
2. Neighbour!
a. “Arina, something doesn’t seem right about our neighbour. Who was Arina?
Answer: Arina was Semyon’s wife.
b. Who was the neighbour?
Answer: The neighbour was Vasily Stepanych, a track walker like Semyon.
c. Why do you think the speaker felt that something didn’t seem right about their neighbour?
Answer: The speaker felt so because his neighbour remained silent when they both met and communicate. He also lost his temper very easily.
3. “There will be trouble between them and my neighbour.”
a. Who said these words and who is ‘them’?
Answer: These words were said by Semyon Ivanov. ‘Them’ were the chief, four men working with handles and the levers and a traffic inspector.
b. When were these words spoken?
Answer: These words were spoken at the time when the chief and the accompanying inspector enquired about his neighbour, Vasily.
c. Why did the speaker think that there would be trouble between them and his neighbour?
Answer: The speaker thought that there would be trouble between them and his neighbour because the traffic inspector enquired about Stepanych that whether he is the same person against whom a note was made by the inspector last year.
Question 3: Who was Semyon Ivanov? How did he get the job of a track-walker?
Answer: Semyon Ivanov was an ex-soldier who had served as an assistant to an army officer and was living in Kursk with his wife. Semyon was travelling in a train when he met the station master who had been an officer in his regiment. The station master helped him to get the position of a track-walker.
Question 4: What did the job of a track-walker involve? What was its drawback?
Answer: The job of a track walker involved examining and tightening up nuts here and there, look at the water-pipes, look and listen whether the rails were trembling and to clear the snow from the railway track. The only drawback was that he had to seek the permission of the inspector to do any little thing.
Question 5: Why was Vasily angry?
Answer: Vasily was angry because he was not satisfied with his pay as it was not according to the rule and regulations of the company. Also, when he cultivated his land, an inspector made a note against him, fined him three roubles and asked him to dig up the cabbages that he had planted.
Question 6: What preparations were done for the inquiry?
Answer: Semyon and Vasily worked hard for a week to prepare for the inquiry and put everything in order. The sleepers were carefully examined, nuts tightened, spikes driven in a bit, posts were painted and orders were given for yellow sand to be sprinkled at the level crossings.
Question 7: What did Semyon do when the Chief’s trolley approached his hut?
Answer: When the chief’s trolley approached Semyon’s hut, he ran out of his hut and reported in soldierly fashion.
So, these were The Signal – I Questions & Answers.