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Direction (1 - 4): Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

My breath was gone. I was frightened.

Father laughed, but there was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves.

My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.

Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

Statement 1: The author's father laughed to mock his son's inability to swim.

Statement 2: The author wanted to swim just to prove to his father that he can swim.

A) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.

B) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.

C) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.

D) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.