Updated on 18/08/2022
Ch.3 Deep Water
1. Who is the writer of 'Deep Water'?
(A) Alphonse Daudet
(B) Anees Jung
(C) William Douglas
(D) William Wordswoth
Answer
(C) William Douglas
2. When did the author go to the pool?
(A) when there was no one
(B) when there were many teachers
(C) when there were many boys
(D) when there were many girls
Answer
(A) when there was no one
3. Which one is not true about the other boy?
(A) he had thick hair on his chest
(B) he was eighteen years old
(C) he was a teacher
(D) he was muscular
Answer
(C) he was a teacher
4. Why couldn't he see through the water?
(A) his eyes were closed
(B) he was sleeping
(C) there was dark
(D) he had died
Answer
(C) there was dark
5. What was the colour of the water?
(A) black
(B) yellow
(C) blue
(D) green
Answer
(B) yellow
6. What does YMCA stand for?
(A) Young Man Church Association
(B) Young Men Church Assembly
(C) Young Men's Christian Assembly
(D) Young Men's Christian Association
Answer
(D) Young Men's Christian Association
7. Which river is mentioned in 'Deep Water'?
(A) Yakima
(B) Kaveri
(C) Ganga
(D) Yamuna
Answer
(A) Yakima
8. Did the writer enter the YMCA pool?
(A) No
(B) Yes
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(B) Yes
9. What did the big boy to do the author?
(A) gave his chocolate
(B) tossed him into water
(C) gave him sandwitch
(D) learn him how to swim
Answer
(B) tossed him into water
10. Where did his father take him, when he was only three?
(A) to hospital
(B) to beach in Goa
(C) to beach in California
(D) to school
Answer
(C) to beach in California
11. When he was ten-eleven, what dd he decide to learn?
(A) dancing
(B) singing
(C) writing
(D) swimming
Answer
(D) swimming
12. What was the condition of his legs in the water?
(A) they were clean
(B) they were soft
(C) both
(D) they were paralyzed
Answer
(D) they were paralyzed
13. What did the big boy said to the author?
(A) I was fooling
(B) I was playing
(C) I was thinking
(D) I was looking
Answer
(A) I was fooling
14. Where did the author go to overcome his fear of water?
(A) nowhere
(B) to a beach
(C) to a pool
(D) to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire
Answer
(D) to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire
15. What do you understand by 'Dangerous'?
(A) opportunity
(B) lifeless
(C) treacherous
(D) misadventure