Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:
I was first quite disappointed when I heard Baba say, 'Let's have a holiday in Lucknow this year. Dhiru has been asking us for a long time to go and visit him.' It was my belief that Lucknow was dull and boring. Baba did say we'd include a trip to Haridwar and Laxmanjhoola, and the latter was in the hills but that would be just for a few days. We generally went to either Dajeeling or Puri. I liked both the sea and the mountains. Lucknow had neither. So I said to Baba, 'Couldn't we ask Feluda to come with us ?'
Feluda has a theory about himself. No matter where he goes, he says, mysterious things start happening around him. And true enough, the last time he went with us to Darjeeling, all those strange things happened to Rajen Babu. If Lucknow could offer somthing similar, it wouldn't matter too much if the place itself was boring.
Baba said, 'Felu would be most welcome, but can he get away ?' Feluda appeared quite enthusiastic when I told him. 'Went there in 1958 to play a cricket match,' he said. It's not a bad place at all. If you went inside the Bhoolbhulaia in the Burra Imambara, I'm sure your eyes would pop out. What an imagination those Nawabs had - My God! 'You'll get leave, won't you?
Feluda ignored my question and continued to speak: ' And it's not just the Bhoolbhulaia. You'll get to see the monkey bridge over the Gomti, and of course the battered Residency.' 'What's the Residency ?'
'It was the center of the British forces during the Mutiny. They couldn't do a thing. The sepoys tore it apart.'
Feluda had been at his job for two years. Since he hadn't taken any leave in the first year it wasn't difficult for him now to get a couple of weeks off.
Perhaps I should explain here that Feluda is my cousin. I am fourteen and he is twentyseven. Some people think him crazy, some say he is only eccentric, others call him just plain lazy. But I happen to know that few men of his age possess his intelligence. And, if he finds a job that interests him, he can work harder than anyone I know.
(The Emperor's Ring-Satyajit Ray)
The narrator was disappointed about his holiday because :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → he did not want to go to a city like Lucknow
The narrator says he was quite disappointed when Baba proposed Lucknow, because it was his belief that Lucknow was dull and boring. He liked the sea and the mountains, and Lucknow had neither.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: he wanted a holiday with his classmate where there was not much activity — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage names no classmate, and he wanted more excitement, not less activity.
Option 3: he wanted to go abroad — Incorrect. Not mentioned: his favourite places, Darjeeling and Puri, are in India; going abroad is never mentioned.
Option 4: he did not want a holiday at all — Incorrect. Contradicted: he wanted a holiday, only not in Lucknow.