Read the passage and answer the questions given below: It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of mans naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as it I had seen an apparition. I listened, I looked round me, I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up the shore, and down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no impression but that one. I went to it again to see if there were any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that for there was exactly the very print of a foot—toe, heel and every part of a foot. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 1. On finding the foot-print on the shore, what did the author do? (a) Did not pay much attention. (b) Began to investigate its origin. (c) Ran away in fear. (d) Went to his boat. 2. Which one of the following expressions best describes the emotion evoked by the foot-print in the author? (a) Curiosity (b) Indifference (c) Terror (d) Surprise 3. How does the author convince himself that the foot-print is a real one? (a) By finding the person who made it. (b) Being told about it by a witness. (c) By thinking about it for some time. (d) By examining it carefully and noticing its details. 4. Which one of the following expressions best brings out the effect of the foot-print on the author? (a) Stood like one thunder-struck (b) Could hear nothing (c) Went up the shore (d) Looked round himself 5. The passage is full of short simple sentences. Their purpose is to (a) facilitate easy understanding. (b) give a plain narration. (c) convey breathless excitement. (d) imply the inability of the author to write in a better way.