SSC CHSL Tier-2 English Sectional Mock Test 04

1. On the coast of Tamil Nadu, in a small fishing village, lives a woman named Selvi who has spent twenty years collecting shells. She began as a child, walking the beach after the tide went out and filling her pockets with shells of every shape and colour. As she grew older, her collection grew too, until the shells filled baskets, then shelves, then a whole room of her house. Fishermen began to bring her shells they found in their nets - rare ones, broken ones, and once, a shell so large that it had to be carried by two men. Selvi did not sell a single shell. Instead, she arranged them in rows, wrote the name of each kind on a small card, and opened her room to visitors. Schoolchildren came first, then teachers, then tourists who had heard about the museum from a travel magazine. Selvi tells every visitor the same thing: each shell was once a home, and the sea returns only what it no longer needs. The village council has now given her a small building near the beach, and the shell museum has a painted sign at its gate. Selvi still walks the beach each morning. 'The sea gives something new every day,' she says, 'and I am still learning its names.'

   Q1.Which of the following best expresses the central idea of the passage?

   • A.Selvi sells rare shells to tourists for money.
   • B.Fishermen in Tamil Nadu catch shells in their nets.
   • C.The village council built a museum for tourists.
   • D.A woman's shell collection became a museum that teaches visitors about the sea.

2. Q2.Why did Selvi begin collecting shells?

   • A.Because she loved walking the beach as a child and gathering shells.
   • B.To sell them to tourists.
   • C.To win a prize from the village council.
   • D.To fill baskets for fishermen.

3. Q3.What did fishermen bring to Selvi?

   • A.Fish they had caught.
   • B.Shells they found in their nets.
   • C.Money for the museum.
   • D.Wooden shelves.

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