Passage

In front of us was walking a bare-headed old man in tattered clothes. He was driving his beasts. They were all laden with heavy loads of clay from the hills and looked tired. The man carried a long whip which perhaps he himself had made. As he walked down the road he stopped now and then to eat the wild berries that grew on bushes along the uneven road. When he threw away the seeds, the bold birds would fly to peck at them. Sometimes a stray dog watched the procession philosophically and then began to bark. When this happened, my two little sons would stand still holding my hands firmly. A dog can sometimes be dangerous indeed.

Question

CSATEasyPrelims 2014Comprehension

The author’s children held his hands firmly because

Explanation

Statement A is correct. The passage explicitly mentions that when the stray dog began barking, the author's children stood still and held his hands firmly, indicating they were scared of the barking dog.

Statement B is incorrect. There is no indication that the children wanted the author to pluck berries.

Statement C is incorrect. There is no mention of the children being scared of the old man’s whip.

Statement D is incorrect. The children held their hands firmly in response to the barking dog, not because of the uneven road.