In the following questions, you have six brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific sociology-economic and emotional environment, and authority. I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father: from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness and so did my three brothers and sister. But it was the time I spent with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin that perhaps contributed most to the uniqueness of my childhood and made all the difference in my later life. The unschooled wisdom of Jallaluddin and Samsuddin was so intuitive and responsive to non-verbal messages, that I can unhesitatingly attribute my subsequently manifested creativity to their company in my childhood.

I had three close friends in my childhood – Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All these boys were from orthodox Hindu Brahman families. As children, none of us ever felt any difference among ourselves because of our religious differences and upbringing. In fact, Ramanadha Sastry was the son of Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of the Rameswaram temple. Later, he took over the priesthood of the Aravindan went into the business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims; and Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for the Southern Railways.

Who were the speaker's close friends in his childhood?

 

• Jallaluddin, Samsuddin

• Sivaprakasan, Aravindan, Lakshmana Sastry

• Aravindan, Ramanadha Sastry, Sivaprakasan

• Aravindan, Ramanadha Sastry, Sivaprakasan