YEVGRAF IVANOVITCH SHIRYAEV, a small farmer, whose father, a parish priest, now deceased, had received a gift of three hundred acres of land from Madame Kuvshinikov, a general’s widow, was standing in a corner before a copper washing-stand, washing his hands. As usual, his face looked anxious and ill-humoured, and his beard was uncombed.
“What weather!” he said. “It is not laid upon us. It’s raining again!”
He grumbled on, while his family sat waiting at table for him to have finished washing his hands before beginning dinner. Fedosya Semyonova, his wife, his son Pyotr, a student, his eldest daughter Varvaram and three small boys, has been sitting waiting a long time. The boys – Kolka, Vanka and Arhipka – grubby, snub-nosed little fellows with chubby faces and tousled hair that wanted cutting, moved their chairs impatiently, while their elders sat without stirring and apparently did not care whether they ate their dinner or waited…
Match List-I with List-II
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List-I |
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List-II |
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a. |
Yevgraf Ivanovitch Shiryaev |
I. |
The boys of Ivanovitch family |
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b. |
Madame Kuvshinnikov |
II. |
General’s wife |
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c. |
Fedosya Semynovna |
III. |
Yevgraf Ivanovitch’s wife |
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d. |
Kolka, Vanka, and Arhipka |
IV. |
Son of Parish priest |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → a - IV, b - II, c - III, d - I
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| a. Yevgraf Ivanovitch Shiryaev | IV. Son of Parish priest | The first sentence says Yevgraf's father was a parish priest, now deceased. |
| b. Madame Kuvshinnikov | II. General's wife | She is described as a general's widow, that is, the wife of a general who has died. |
| c. Fedosya Semynovna | III. Yevgraf Ivanovitch's wife | The passage lists the family at the table: Fedosya Semyonova, his wife. |
| d. Kolka, Vanka, and Arhipka | I. The boys of Ivanovitch family | These are named as the three small boys of the family, waiting impatiently for dinner. |