In this section, you have short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based solely on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author.
Passage:
I was lying down in a dark, lonely compartment of the speeding train, trying to sleep. But, quite unusually, sleep eluded me. A vague uneasiness gripped me. It was pitch dark outside. A few points of light flashed by as we sped through a small station and in the dim light I thought I saw a hand gripping the bars of my window. Once again the train was swallowed up by the impenetrable darkness. My heart pounded. My mouth was parched. I could not get up. I do not know how long I remained thus before the train began to slow down. The reassuring bright lights of the station we were entering revealed no intruder. I breathed again.
Which of the following words best describes the condition of the traveller ?
- ACautious
- BImaginative
- CObservant
- DNervous
Explanation
The narrator reports a pounding heart, a parched mouth, an inability to get up, and a 'vague uneasiness': all classic physical symptoms of nervous fear. There is no evidence of caution as a trait, imagination, or careful observation. 'Nervous' best describes his condition. Hence option (d) is correct.