Directions: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives given. Bansilal's train was late and it reached Mumbai a little after midnight. It was…
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Directions: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives given.
Bansilal's train was late and it reached Mumbai a little after midnight. It was his first visit to the city, and he didn't know where to go. He thought he would go to a choultry where he would not have to pay rent, but he did not know how to find one at that hour. He asked a porter to take him to a choultry, but the porter asked him for three rupees to take him at once. But Bansilal waved him away and walked out of the station. He wondered through the streets and asked a number of people, but could not find a room cheap enough for him. He sat down on a park bench to think of what he should do next. He was very tired and fell asleep on the bench. He woke up the next morning, stiff in every limb, but he smiled when he realised that it was the cheapest night's lodging that he had ever had.
Bansilal's train was late and it reached Mumbai a little after midnight. It was his first visit to the city, and he didn't know where to go. He thought he would go to a choultry where he would not have to pay rent, but he did not know how to find one at that hour. He asked a porter to take him to a choultry, but the porter asked him for three rupees to take him at once. But Bansilal waved him away and walked out of the station. He wondered through the streets and asked a number of people, but could not find a room cheap enough for him. He sat down on a park bench to think of what he should do next. He was very tired and fell asleep on the bench. He woke up the next morning, stiff in every limb, but he smiled when he realised that it was the cheapest night's lodging that he had ever had.
Bansilal could not get any accommodation for the night as
- all the hotels in the city were closed
- all the hotel rooms were booked
- the hotels were too expensive for him to afford
- he wanted to spend the night in the open
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - the hotels were too expensive for him to afford
Bansilal asked many people but 'could not find a room cheap enough for him'. So the hotels were too expensive for him to afford; nothing says hotels were closed or full, and he did not want to sleep in the open.
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