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 author compares the elephant to a costly machine 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. ivory is very expensive

  2. it can do as much work as an expensive machine

  3. elephants look like big machines

  4. elephants and machines have similar prices
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The words ‘working elephant’ clearly point to the reason for this comparison.

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