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 proposed to include Feluda in their trip because :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The monotonous and boring trip to Lucknow would become interesting with his cousin Feluda
Monotonous means dull because nothing changes. The narrator believed Lucknow was dull and boring. Since mysterious things happen wherever Feluda goes, he thought that if Lucknow could offer something similar, it wouldn't matter too much if the place itself was boring. Feluda, his cousin, would make the trip interesting.
Example: The long drive through the flat plains was monotonous.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: He was scared to travel alone — Incorrect. Contradicted: he was travelling with his parents, not alone, and the passage shows no fear.
Option 2: He had a dog that could not be left behind — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about a dog.
Option 4: He was very weary of a holiday with only his parents — Incorrect. Wrong reason: weary of means tired of. His complaint was about Lucknow being boring, not about his parents' company.