SSC English – Test 31

In the following questions, there is a passage followed by some questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the given question. <br> The buses are full of conversation not only on public topics but also on embarrassingly private ones and not only between acquaintances but also between people who have never met before. Among the former the jokes are loud and hearty and they are also permissible between total strangers. One day a fellow passenger looked at my large sola 'topee' and remarked that it was heavier than my whole body and when I replied that it was no bigger than his turban he said that he hoped I was not offended by his joke.

The writer's reply to the fellow passenger was

In the following questions, there is a passage followed by some questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the given question. <br> The buses are full of conversation not only on public topics but also on embarrassingly private ones and not only between acquaintances but also between people who have never met before. Among the former the jokes are loud and hearty and they are also permissible between total strangers. One day a fellow passenger looked at my large sola 'topee' and remarked that it was heavier than my whole body and when I replied that it was no bigger than his turban he said that he hoped I was not offended by his joke.

The writer's reply made his fellow passenger

In the following questions, there is a passage followed by some questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the given question. <br> The buses are full of conversation not only on public topics but also on embarrassingly private ones and not only between acquaintances but also between people who have never met before. Among the former the jokes are loud and hearty and they are also permissible between total strangers. One day a fellow passenger looked at my large sola 'topee' and remarked that it was heavier than my whole body and when I replied that it was no bigger than his turban he said that he hoped I was not offended by his joke.

The most apt word to describe the mood of the passengers is