Multiple choice

What does, ‘It seemed to Inderjeet that he knew what it was saying’ mean?

Directions: The passage is followed by five questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows. For the question four probable answers bearing options (1), (2), (3) and (4) are given. Only one out of those is correct. You have to choose the correct answer.

Inderjeet sat leaning against a rock, his turban was over his eyes and the warmth of the sun on his bare feet. His feet told him where he was. They knew the feel of the sand and the stones, and the different kinds of grass. To his right a bird twittered. It seemed to Inderjeet that he knew what it was saying. He used to dream of flying with the birds but he never told this to anyone except his brother Deepak and his grandfather. They never laughed at him for his fancies because he was blind.

  1. He could understand what his feet said

  2. Only his brother and grandfather knew what it was saying

  3. The bird told something to Inderjeet and he knew it

  4. Inderjeet felt that he understood the language of bird
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase, ‘It seemed to Inderjeet’ means ‘he thought or felt’ and in the phrase ‘what it was saying’ ‘it’ refers to ‘the bird’.

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