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2. What is the meaning of the term ‘Nuit Blanche’ given in the passage?

(a) It is the way people learn new things about Paris.
(b) It is an all-night arts festival.
(c) It is another way of describing the night life of Paris.
(d) It is the term given to the curfew that always takes place at night in Paris.

3. What can you infer from the passage about the night life in Paris?
(a) Paris has many social and cultural activities going on at night.
(b) People are not allowed to move freely at night.
(c) Night life refers to the corporate work that usually takes place at night.

(d) Paris has strict rules that does not allow people to move at night.
4. Why is planning in advance important if you want to visit museums at night in Paris?
(a) The museums in Paris accept only limited number of visitors at a time.

(b) The tickets to the museum are really expensive during off-season.
(c) The museums are open all over the city, but you cannot visit all as they are too
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(d) The museums in Paris are open only during the winters.
5. ___________________ is the antonym of ‘uninterested’. (para 3)
(a) Historic (b) Treasures (c) Visitors (d) Inquisitive

6. ___________________ means ‘occurring or active at night’. (para 5)
(a) Nocturnal (b) Inquisitive (c) Historic (d) Uninterested
7. What is the name of the Musical Fountains Show mentioned in the passage?

(a) Nuit Blanche (b) Arc de Triomphe
(c) Notre-Dame de Paris (d) Les Grandes Eaux Musicales
8. Which month in the passage is mentioned to have maximum programs taking place?
(a) January (b) March (c) November (d) October

9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘differentiates’. (para 1)
10. Find a word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘earlier’. (para 6)
11. The ____________________ (hospitals/museums) are open all over the city.

12. ____________________ has been the centre of attraction for the whole world.

Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. d

8. d 9. distinguishes 10. later 11. museums 12. Paris

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