Solved Unseen Passage 9 with word-meanings class 10

 Unseen Passage

An old gentleman was walking slowly along a street one day when he saw a little boy who was trying to reach a doorbell which was too high from him. He was kind-hearted old man, so he stopped and said, "I will ring the bell for you," and then he paused the button so long that it could be heard all over the house. The little boy looked up at him and said, "Now we will run away, come on," and before the old gentleman knew what was happening, the naughty boy had run round the corner of the street, leaving the man to explain to the angry owner of the house why he had rung the bell.

Word-meanings :

1. kind-hearted - दयालु हृदय वाला 
2. happening - हो रहा 
3. naughty - शरारती 
4. corner - कोना 
5. explain - बताना , समझाना 

Questions :

1. What was the little boy trying to do ?
2. Why did the old man ring the bell ?
3. Why could the boy not reach the bell ?
4. What did the old man do for the boy ?
5. Find in the passage a word that is the opposite of 'cruel' .

Answers :

1. He was trying to reach the doorbell.
2. He did so to help the little boy.
3. Because the bell was too high for him.
4. He pushed the button of the doorbell for him.
5. kind-hearted : cruel