• 1.  The banyan tree was

• cut by the wood merchant
• sixty five years old
• as old as Dehra Dun itself
• a hundred years old

• Explanation

  as old as Dehra Dun itself

• 2.  The narrator used to

• climb it twice a day
• spy on the world below
• worship it
• sit on the tree to eat food

• Explanation

  spy on the world below

• 3.  The squirrel had found a friend

• in the boy
• who lived in its branches
• because the boy was harmless
• to support it

• Explanation

  in the boy

• 4.  The tree was the noisiest place as

• the boy sang loudly
• the myna and the crow hawked
• the birds flocked in its branches
• the bees murmured loudly

• Explanation

  the birds flocked in its branches

• 5.  The banyan tree served as

• a resting place
• a reading room
• a thing of beauty
• a shady haunt

• Explanation

  a reading room

• 6.  One afternoon was a strange one as

• the wood merchant started
• there was a fight between a cobra and axing it a mongoose
• the boy fell down and a mongooseand a mongoose
• there was no fight between a cobra

• Explanation

  there was a fight between a cobra and axing it a mongoose

• 7.  Coming out from behind the cactus was

• a fairy
• my dear friend
• a big black cobra
• a white liquid

• Explanation

  a big black cobra

• 8.  The battle of champions took place

• on the stage
• beneath the banyan tree
• on the tree
• in the wrestling ring

• Explanation

  beneath the banyan tree

• 9.  The presence crow and myna show that

• They were ideal
• they are interest in the proceedings
• they were free
• wanted to take part in the proceedings

• Explanation

  wanted to take part in the proceedings

• 10.  The fight was between were

• the grandfather and a boy
• the mongoose and the cobra
• a myna and a crow
• the crow and the cobra

• Explanation

  the mongoose and the cobra