Directions (Q.No. 81-90): Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The new queen was ailing. Her heart was heavy. The doctor brought along his pills. He stirred them in honey and gave her the mixture in a cup. The king heard the news. He left his court in a hurry and rushed to her side. He sat down beside her and asked, ‘What ails you?' Go away, all of you. Just send my companion. The companion arrived. The new queen took her companion's hand in hers. Her companion asked, "Tell me what is in your mind ?"

The new queen said, "At first, my elder sister-in-law, the old queen had three blocks beside my seven storeyed mansion; then she had only two, then one and finally she was removed from the palace ground altogether. Gradually, I forgot all about the old queen, the vanquished one. Then one day from my chariot, I spotted a mud hut on the riverbank, in the shade of a champak tree. The fence was covered with blue flowers hanging from the creepers. I asked my handmaiden "What a pretty hut who lives there ?" The old queen," she replied. I came home and sat in the dark. I heard nothing. The king came and asked "What's wrong? What does your heart: desire ? I said, "I shall not live here in this room." The king said, I'll build you a new mansion with marble tiles on the floor which will be white as milk and I shall have them embroider the sides with pearl shells in a lotus pattern. "I said “My heart really desires to live in a mud hut in a corner of the palace gardens." He built the mud hut. My desire for it wilted. I went inside to stay and came out feeling ashamed.

Later, one day I went to the temple with a hundred and seven handmaidens in tow. On my way back, I peeped out of the chariot and saw the serene old queen with people respectfully talking to her. I asked, “In which temple docs she pray?' Then I came back home and sat in the dark. The king came and asked, "What does your heart desire ?" I said, "My heart desires to have a bath in the river every morning and to walk to the temple carrying the water from the river." I bathed in the river and carried a pot of sacred water back home. At the palace doors, I hurled the pot to the ground in despair. I did not feel serene, I felt ashamed yet again. And then the other day, it was the Harvest festival. Tents were put up in the woods and I enjoyed singing and dancing all through the night. The next morning the royal seat was mounted on the elephant. I was one my way back home when I saw this young child ambling through the woods. He carried a basket laden with fruits from the trees and wild greens. I asked my handmaiden, 'Whose child is that?' She replied, 'That's the old queen's son. He is taking those flowers, fruits and greens for his mother.' I returned home and sat in the dark. The king came and asked, "What does your heart desire ?" I said, "My heart really desires wild fruits and greens everyday which my son should pick with his own hands." The king said, "All right, I shall see that he does." My son brought me the basket of fruits and flowers. He was dripping with sweat and fury over having to do something he did not want to had made his limbs stiff. The basket lay untouched. I felt ashamed. Although I am the privileged one, I am too ashamed to tell anyone what my heart desires. That's why I sent for you my friend. My final desire is to have the old queen's sorrow.

Question - Which of the following cannot be said about the old queen?

A. She was respected by the people of kingdom although she was no longer queen.

B. No matter where she lived, she enjoyed every luxury.

C. She was happy only because she went to the temple and prayed everyday

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