Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of authors only.

The writer was against shooting the elephant because

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of authors only
Passage V
As soon as I saw the elephant, I knew with perfect certainly that I ought not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant – it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery – and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided. And at that distance, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow.

  1. he suspected it to be a wild one and was afraid of it

  2. his heart was full of compassion for animals

  3. he was certain that the elephant was innocent

  4. it would amount to avoidable waste of useful property
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is clear from the line ‘destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery.’

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