CBSE 2020 Class 12 English Delhi Set 1 Paper

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SECTION-C
(Literature : Text Books)

Read the extracts given below and briefly answer the questions that follow each. But just as he laid his head on the ground,
he heard a sound-a hard regular thumping.
There was no doubt as to what that was.
He raised himself, "Those are the hammer strokes from an iron mill", he thought.
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Question : 11
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Why did he lay his head on the ground?
Solution:  
The rattrap peddler was stuck in the forest and could not find his way out. As darkness was settling around him, he gave up and laid his head on the ground tired.
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