Reading Comprehension Test 39

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Reading Comprehension Test 39

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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The storm shows no sign of abatement and its character is as unpleasant as ever. The promise of the night died away about 3 a.m. when the temperature and the wind rose again, and things reverted to the old conditions. I can find no sign of an end, and all of us agree that it is utterly impossible to move. Resignation to misfortune is the only attitude, but not an easy one to adopt. It is very painful to lie here in a wet sleeping blanket and think of the pity of it. Things go steadily from bad to worse. One of us has a bad attack of snow-blindness in one eye ... there cannot be good cheer in the camp in such weather but it is ready to break out again. In the brief spell of hope last night, one heard laughter.

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The passage describes an adventure ________.

A
in a desert.

B
in a cold region.

C
in the mountains.

D
at sea.

Solution

The last sentences of the passage talk about "one of us has a bad attack of snow- blindness in one eye", indicating the author in the middle of a storm in a cold region where it is snowing. Option A) desert is incorrect and there is no snow in a desert. Option C)mountains is incorrect as there is no mention of the same and not all mountains have snow fall. Option D) is incorrect as well since it cannot snow at sea level. Therefore ,the correct answer is option B) in a cold region.
Question 2
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]By human obligations I mean the ability to behave in a reasonable way, to observe restraint so that restraints do not have to be imposed, to be able to think clearly and objectively so that false doctrines cannot gain ground. I believe that it also means the ability to see through nonsense, political, economic, scientific and so on, and the feeling that it is a duty to resist it.

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Fill in the blank:
According to the passage it is one's duty to resist ______________________.

A
irrational ideas

B
unsatisfactory plans and program

C
religious practices

D
all political propaganda

Solution

Option A: In the line "...the ability to see through nonsense, political, economic, scientific and so on...it is a duty to resist it." the passage mentions that it is a duty to resist nonsense, to see through nonsense related to politics, economics, science and so on.
'Nonsense' refers to 'irrational ideas'.
Hence option A is correct.
The other options are neither mentioned in or implied by the passage.
Hence options B, C and D are wrong.
Question 3
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]In many of our schools, children who 'complete' primary school are not fully functional in the language that serves as the medium of their education. One would expect that a class VI student, almost twelve years old with five years of schooling behind him, would be able to read, understand and write the language.
Unfortunately, surveys conducted among rural school children in the state reveal that this is not the case. A majority of the school population was found to be at the frustration level in understanding the texts. The surveys also reveal the enormous heterogeneity of the linguistic and cultural background of the children, contrary to the belief that they all come from Hindi-speaking backgrounds.

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The author's primary concern in the passage is ______________________.

A
a humane approach to our problem.

B
moral conduct.

C
the acquisition of particular kind of knowledge.

D
the scientific point of view.

Solution

In the passage, the author is bringing out the problem that occurs in primary schools in the rural areas where the children find it difficult to pick up the language that serves as the medium of instruction. So, options A, B and D are incorrect and not relevant to the passage. The correct answer is option C) the acquisition of particular kind of knowledge.
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]She regarded herself as the luckiest person on earth. Each of her sons insisted that she should stay with him. Many times, there were hot exchanges among the brothers on the issue. Her husband had left her an abundance of wealth and large property. She was so much overwhelmed with their devotion and affection that she distributed all her wealth and property among them ignoring the advice of her well-wishers. Now her sons began to avoid her as if she were suffering from some infectious disease. Each turned her out of his house with one excuse or the other. One said that her presence disturbed the peace of his family. Another said that the education of his children suffered on her account. The third accused her of stealing money. She died heart-broken in a home for the destitute.

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Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
The lady in the passage regarded herself as the luckiest person as ____________________.

A
she was living with her family

B
she had a lot of wealth

C
her sons were apparently devoted to her

D
she had three sons

Solution

The fourth sentence says that she was overwhelmed with her sons' devotion. The second sentence states that each of her sons insisted she stay with him. Hence, C is correct.
She didn't regard herself as the luckiest person due to wealth. The passage doesn't support this idea. Thus, B is incorrect.
A and D are irrelevant.
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Though it may be unessential to the imagination, travel is necessary to an understanding of men. Only with long experience and the opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what are parochial and delicate goods as justice, love, honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for; that these are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

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Travel helps those who ________.

A
wish to make money

B
want to learn foreign language

C
wish to learn fundamental common values

D
want to resolve differences amongst people

Solution

Option C is the right answer because it is clearly mentioned towards the end of the passage that - 'the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]I climbed in to bed and rolled myself in my blankets, first extinguishing the light that burned near the door. I lay still trying to get sleep but my fear made that impossible and soon I sat up in bed peering into the darkness and occasionally glancing around the round window in the side of the ship which seemed like a plate suspended in the darkness. For an hour I must have sat like this, and then I was suddenly roused by a drought of cold air. I jumped out of bed; not having allowed for the motion of the ship, I was instantly thrown violently across the room.

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The author sat peering into the darkness because ___________

A
He had put out the light.

B
He wished to see the window.

C
The window had looked like a plate.

D
He was afraid.

Solution

Option D is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'I lay still trying to get sleep but my fear made that impossible and soon I sat up in bed peering into the darkness and occasionally glancing around the round window in the side of the ship which seemed like a plate suspended in the darkness.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and C are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Frogs are environmental assets, especially in an agricultural country like India. They consume pests that are responsible for diseases like malaria and also those that are a threat to plants. In fact, it has been found that an adult frog consumes its own weight of insects daily and that if their population goes down the insect population goes up. What all this also means is that a decline in the frog population necessitates an increase in the use of pesticides which are a serious health hazard for all living beings.

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According to the passage, why are pests harmful?

A
They spread diseases.

B
They destroy crops.

C
They cause malaria and threaten plants.

D
They cause panic among farmers.

Solution

It is clearly mentioned in the second line of the passage that pests are responsible for diseases like malaria and also they are a threat to plants.
Therefore, Option C is the right answer.
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Option A, B, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 8
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Though it may be unessential to the imagination, travel is necessary to an understanding of men. Only with long experience and the opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what are parochial and delicate goods as justice, love, honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for; that these are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

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According to the passage, travelling leads to _________.

A
selling our wares to the others.

B
establishing our superiority over foreigners.

C
exploiting foreign lands

D
understanding human nature

Solution

Option D is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'Though it may be unessential to the imagination, travel is necessary to an understanding of men.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and C are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 9
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]By human obligations I mean the ability to behave in a reasonable way, to observe restraint so that restraints do not have to be imposed, to be able to think clearly and objectively so that false doctrines cannot gain ground. I believe that it also means the ability to see through nonsense, political, economic, scientific and so on, and the feeling that it is a duty to resist it.

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According to the author 'Human obligations do not include___'

A
acquiring knowledge.

B
behaving in a disciplined manner.

C
thinking clearly.

D
making others feel that you are always right.

Solution

The passage says that all the other options could be the meanings of Human Obligations. According to the passage, human obligations include acquiring knowledge ('to be able to think clearly and objectively so that false doctrines cannot gain ground', 'to see through nonsense'), behaving in a disciplined manner ('to observe restraint'), thinking clearly ('to be able to think clearly'). It does not include 'making other feel that you are always right' as it includes 'duty to resist'.
Question 10
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]By human obligations I mean the ability to behave in a reasonable way, to observe restraint so that restraints do not have to be imposed, to be able to think clearly and objectively so that false doctrines cannot gain ground. I believe that it also means the ability to see through nonsense, political, economic, scientific and so on, and the feeling that it is a duty to resist it.

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The passages suggests that when one does not think clearly and objectively

A
one tends to make mistakes in day-to-day life.

B
one is considered a fool.

C
one tends to believe in the wrong things.

D
one fails to achieve success.

Solution

'false doctrines' means wrong beliefs or concepts and the passage states that if one thinks carefully and objectively one would not believe in false things.

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Question 1

in a desert.

in a cold region.

in the mountains.

at sea.

Solution

Question 2

irrational ideas

unsatisfactory plans and program

religious practices

all political propaganda

Solution

Question 3

a humane approach to our problem.

moral conduct.

the acquisition of particular kind of knowledge.

the scientific point of view.

Solution

Question 4

she was living with her family

she had a lot of wealth

her sons were apparently devoted to her

she had three sons

Solution

Question 5

wish to make money

want to learn foreign language

wish to learn fundamental common values

want to resolve differences amongst people

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Question 6

He had put out the light.

He wished to see the window.

The window had looked like a plate.

He was afraid.

Solution

Question 7

They spread diseases.

They destroy crops.

They cause malaria and threaten plants.

They cause panic among farmers.

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Question 8

selling our wares to the others.

establishing our superiority over foreigners.

exploiting foreign lands

understanding human nature

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Question 9

acquiring knowledge.

behaving in a disciplined manner.

thinking clearly.

making others feel that you are always right.

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Question 10

one tends to make mistakes in day-to-day life.

one is considered a fool.

one tends to believe in the wrong things.

one fails to achieve success.

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