Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 22 (Q.No. 2)
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He saw nothing, he had no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off.

Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and next morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed.


2.
Dantes heard the key grate in the lock when the
cell door was shut
cell door was opened
storeroom was opened
storeroom was shut
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
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Ersuman kumar hamal said:   1 month ago
The answer is D.

Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as the guard departed.

The guard departed from the store room after shut/ lock the store room. Dantes had heard sound only that was coming from store's lock room.

Sanjit Roy said:   7 months ago
Can anyone explain how it will, be a storeroom, instead of the cell?

Akash said:   2 years ago
Dantes left some of the fragments on the floor, and the gaoler, who came to replace the broken jug, did not suspect anything unusual.
Dantes heard the sound of the key grating in the lock when the storeroom was shut, indicating that the gaoler had left.
This allowed Dantes to start working on his escape plan.
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Sajid javaid said:   5 years ago
How the answer would be D.

In my view, the answer must be either A or B. As the Dantes is in a cell not in the storeroom. Then how come D?
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Benito said:   7 years ago
The word 'GAOLER' means jailer then how come the answer be D?
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Aleena said:   9 years ago
It says the guard departed. So the cell door must be shut after the guard replaced the broken jug, not store room.
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Chintu said:   1 decade ago
The gaoler didn't pick up the fragments, so he didn't open the cell, how would he close it. And he did go to fetch another jug from the storeroom. I guess this explains the answer.
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Anjaly said:   1 decade ago
Dantes was in a cell, so it was the cell door was shut. Am I right?
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