In this section you have five short passages. Each passage is followed by questions based on the passage. First, read the passage and answer the questions based on the passage. You are required to select your answers from the given options.
PASSAGE III
One day an army group won a land battle against the enemy. The commander feared that the enemy's powerful air force might bomb his camp that night in revenge. So he ordered all lights to be put out at 7-00 PM. At midnight the commander went round inspecting the camp. Seeing a light in a tent, he entered it. His son, an officer under him, was writing a letter. The son explained that he was writing to his mother about his brave deeds in battle. The commander told his son to add to his letter that by the time his mother received the letter he would have been shot dead for indiscipline.
Question: The son was writing a letter because he
- Awanted to write to his mother about his father's brave deeds in battle
- Bloved his mother so much that he had to write to her
- Cwas eager to tell his mother about his own deeds
- Ddid not care for orders since his father was the commander
Explanation
He 'was writing to his mother about his brave deeds in battle' — eager to tell her of his own deeds.