DIRECTIONS
(Qs. 21 - 30): Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow:-
He was
born on April 23, 1973 at the Nirmal Nursing Home in Dadar, Mumbai. His father
was one of the most famous novelists of Maharashtra, Ramesh Tendulkar, and his
mother Rajni was an insurance professional. His father named him after Sachin
Dev Burman who happened to be his favourite music director. He was the youngest
among 4 siblings ? elder brothers Nitin and Ajit and elder sister Savita.
The first
few years of his life were spent at the Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing
Society in Bandra East. As a young kid he was completely opposite to how he is
nowadays - at school he was not averse to picking a fight or two against
children who had come there for the first time and this led him to be regarded
as a bully of sorts.
In his
teens he was a big fan of John McEnroe, one of the prominent tennis stars from
the US who was also known for his fits of temper. Ajit decided to do away with
the bullying and mischievous nature of his and so he introduced him to cricket
during 1984. He took him to Ramakant Achrekar, who was one of the most
well-known club cricketers of his time as well as a top coach. He used to teach
at Shivaji Park, Dadar. Achrekar liked what we saw with the young child and
asked him to change his school to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High
School, which was located in Dadar itself. The school was a top name in local
cricketing circles and had gifted many famous cricketers at that time. Before
this, he had been studying at the Indian Education Society's New English School
in Bandra East.
He used
to practice for hours at end and whenever he became tired Achrekar used to
place a one rupee coin at the top of his stumps. The condition was that he
could keep them if he did not get out and he collected 13 coins this way, which
he still regards as being among his most treasured possessions. It was at this
time that he decided to stay with his uncle and aunt who lived close to Shivaji
Park in order to deal with a tiring schedule. At school he was regarded as a
child prodigy and was a common point of discussion in the cricketing circles of
Mumbai. He was a constant feature for his school team in the well-known Matunga
Gujarati Seva Mandal Shield. He attended the MRF Pace Foundation in Madras at
the age of 14 so that he could train and become a fast bowler. However, Dennis
Lillee who was heading the proceedings was not impressed at the least by the
young kid and asked him to focus on his batting instead. It was during this
time that he was not able to win the Best Junior Cricketer Award of the Mumbai
Cricket Association and was distraught but he received a pair of ultra-light
pads from a certain Mr Sunil Gavaskar who wrote to him as well and said that he
himself had not been able to win it as well as that age. In an effort to gee up
the young talent he also stated that he had not done too badly as a cricketer
himself: He stated after he had eclipsed Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries
that it had acted as possibly the greatest encouragement for him at that point
in time.
A) calm
B) shy
C) kind
D) a bully
Correct Answer: D
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