Reading Comprehension Test 5

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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other counties to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

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According to the author of 'Mentality' of a nation is mainly product of its ________.

A
history

B
international position

C
politics

D
present character

Solution

Option A: It is mentioned in the lines "they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality". This means that one's history results in one's mentality. Hence A is the correct option.
Option B: The phrase 'international position' isn't mentioned in the passage.
Option C: It is not the politics that result in the nation's mentality, but the social and political conditions from historical times.
Option D: The historical experience, and not the present character, determines a nation's mentality.
Hence B, C and D are incorrect.
Question 2
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other counties to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

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The character of a nation is the result of its ________.

A
mentality

B
cultural heritage

C
gross ignorance

D
socio-political conditions

Solution

Option D: As mentioned in the line "...of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character" option D is correct.
Option A: The character of a nation is the result of the social and political conditions of that nation. It isn't a result of its mentality. Hence A is incorrect.
Option B: The term 'cultural heritage' isn't mentioned or implied in the passage. Hence it isn't involved here and option B is incorrect.
Option C: The term 'gross ignorance' does not result in the nation's character. In fact, it's mentioned that ignorance must be diminished: "that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished" Hence C is incorrect.
Question 3
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other counties to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

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According to the author, his countrymen should ___________________.

A
read the story of other nations

B
have a better understanding of other nations

C
not react to other actions

D
have vital contacts with other nations

Solution

Option B: As it's mentioned in the line "many nations... that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience" the phrase in B is correct.
Option A: These words are neither mentioned nor implied by the passage.
Option C: This is the opposite of what the passage says on the whole.
Option D: The phrase "vital contacts" isn't mentioned in the passage. The paragraph focuses on an understanding between nations. It does not mention having 'vital contacts'.
Hence A, C and D are incorrect.
Question 4
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other counties to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

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The need for a greater understanding between nations _______.

A
was always there

B
is no longer there

C
is more today than ever before

D
will always be there

Solution

Option C: The words 'is more today than ever before' complete the sentence correctly, as mentioned in the line "At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in... it is essential, as never before... that they should begin to understand a little of... mentality."
Hence C is correct.
Options A, B and D are incorrect as the ideas are neither mentioned, nor implied by the passage.
Question 5
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question given below it:[/passage-header]
That morning too I stepped out onto our veranda to take in some air. Looking around, my glance fell on a bundle of green in a corner of the veranda. It was a parrot; its awkward twitching indicated that it was alive. Even as I approached it, the parrot made no effort to fly away. Parrots are intermittent visitors to our veranda but always skitter away if you get too close to them. It was obviously wounded in some way. I picked it up.
I expect we named it Hariya because of its bright green plumage, and it became a family pet. A cage more to protect Hariya from predators than to keep him imprisoned. In fact, we often let him out of his cage, so he could fly away if he wanted to. Hariya just didn't seem to want to. It was only after many days that we realized that he had never shown an urge to fly.
One day I took Hariya in my hands and gently examined him more thoroughly than we had ever done. To my horror, I found that his wings had been stitched up with very fine plastic thread that was almost invisible to the naked eye.Someone had obviously taken great pains to ensure that Hariya couldn't fly.
Removing those threads was a very difficult task-it took me a whole week because it has to be done gently and slowly. It was only Hariya's faith and confidence in me that allowed it to happen. As I removed the last thread. Hariya squawked and fluffed his suddenly free wings. Then his neck swiveled and he just stared at me. Hariya's eyes seemed to be shining.

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Hariya remained with the writer's family though he was not caged all the time because?

A
He did not seem to want to go

B
He never showed an urge to fly

C
He was a family pet and he like it

D
His wings were stitched up

Solution

It is mentioned in the passage that though there are many reasons to presume, the actual reason why it doesn’t fly away is because its wings have been stitched, as mentioned in Option D, and is the most appropriate answer to complete the sentence.

The other options mentioned in the passage show an emotional connect, but are not valid reasons (as they do not have evidence backing them in the passage) of why Hariya didn’t even fly once.
Question 6
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Designing toys for children is challenging yet stimulating. Considering the low attention span of today's kids, toys with higher play value are able to engage them longer. Young minds are also quite impressionable. So toy design has to be conscious about ethics and values and also aid their cognitive, physical, emotional and social skills. But above all, fun is the primary objective of play, fun is what makes them come back for more; makes them learn and remember. Another crucial factor is eco-friendliness. Some of the best pro-environment design processes can actually be found in the Indian handicrafts industry. One such example is the lathe-turned toy craft of Channapatna- a town near Bangalore. The age old craft uses wood and colours made completely from natural materials like turmeric, kumkum, indigo, etc. Creating modern designs based on such conventional techniques opens up a new range of products that are unique, educational and organic.

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Toys are said to have a high play value when___________

A
They present challenges to designers and to children who play with them

B
They are costly but also have high quality

C
They are able to keep children's attention for long periods

D
They are used by a large number of children

Solution

Toys are said to have a high play value when they engage children's attention for long periods.
Question 7
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Designing toys for children is challenging yet stimulating. Considering the low attention span of today's kids, toys with higher play value are able to engage them longer. Young minds are also quite impressionable. So toy design has to be conscious about ethics and values and also aid their cognitive, physical, emotional and social skills. But above all, fun is the primary objective of play, fun is what makes them come back for more; makes them learn and remember. Another crucial factor is eco-friendliness. Some of the best pro-environment design processes can actually be found in the Indian handicrafts industry. One such example is the lathe-turned toy craft of Channapatna- a town near Bangalore. The age old craft uses wood and colours made completely from natural materials like turmeric, kumkum, indigo, etc. Creating modern designs based on such conventional techniques opens up a new range of products that are unique, educational and organic.

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Toys that are considered eco-friendly are those that _______________

A
Promote interest in preserving the natural environment

B
Use natural materials

C
Help the development of social skills

D
Use high quality fibre

Solution

The given sentence are completed using the words "use natural materials" as suggested by the lines "Another crucial factor is eco-friendliness ... best pro-environment design processes ... uses wood and colours ... from natural materials." Hence option B is correct.
It is not mentioned anywhere that eco-friendly toys promote interest in preservation of the environment, hence A is incorrect.
(In fact, "toy design has to be conscious about ethics and values..." So the cultural ethos are kept in mind, and not the environment.)
Toys on the whole are designed to develop a child's social skills, not toys that are particularly eco-friendly: "Toy design... aid their cognitive, physical, emotional and social skills." Hence C is incorrect.
No mention of fibre is made in the paragraph, only wooden toys are mentioned. Hence option D is incorrect.
Question 8
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]
True Grit:
Parth S. Sutaria, 44 Panvel, Mumbai
The day that was: July 26, 2005
Awarded for: Drawing a flood-trapped family to safety
The rain refused to let up. The ground-floor of the building, inside the ONGC colony at Panvel, was already flooded with water and the level was rising by the minute. At 7 P.M., the power went off, plunging the entire area into darkness. By that time, the water had risen from ground level to a height of five feet. Parth and his mother were busy packing, afraid that they might have to vacate their first floor flat too. His father, a finance manager with ONGC, was stuck on this way home. Suddenly they heard screams and banging. Parth rushed downstairs and waded through the water - neck-deep by this time - towards the ground-floor flat. Their door, he found out, was stuck and with the water-level rising alarmingly, the trapped family faced an ominous future. Parth found a piece of log from a neighbour and began to hammer on the door. "People from the entire building had come down, but just stood paralyzed," he says. After a while, the mesh gave way but the main door still wouldn't open. By this time the water came almost up to his mouth. "I don't remember anything," he says, "just that door and the children crying inside, and that I had to get them out." After many more heaves, the top half splintered and fell through. The family was pulled out to safety. Not surprisingly, it is the army and its spirit of service that he admires the most.

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Which natural calamity is the heroic deed related to?

A
Five outbreak

B
Floods

C
Rising water level

D
Family trapped in a house

Solution

The correct answer for the question is Option B, “floods.”

The passage here describes about the heavy floods that took place In Mumbai, a decade ago. There is plenty of evidence to prove that the calamity which occurred was a flood, mentioned in option B. Some of them are the heavy amount of water logging and the then the incident described which have children stuck inside an apartment, under water.

The other options A, C and D are not calamities but only events arising out of the same, and hence are not the answers.
Question 9
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
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True Grit:
Parth S. Sutaria, 44 Panvel, Mumbai
The day that was: July 26, 2005
Awarded for: Drawing a flood-trapped family to safety
The rain refused to let up. The ground-floor of the building, inside the ONGC colony at Panvel, was already flooded with water and the level was rising by the minute. At 7 P.M., the power went off, plunging the entire area into darkness. By that time, the water had risen from ground level to a height of five feet. Parth and his mother were busy packing, afraid that they might have to vacate their first floor flat too. His father, a finance manager with ONGC, was stuck on this way home. Suddenly they heard screams and banging. Parth rushed downstairs and waded through the water - neck-deep by this time - towards the ground-floor flat. Their door, he found out, was stuck and with the water-level rising alarmingly, the trapped family faced an ominous future. Parth found a piece of log from a neighbour and began to hammer on the door. "People from the entire building had come down, but just stood paralyzed," he says. After a while, the mesh gave way but the main door still wouldn't open. By this time the water came almost up to his mouth. "I don't remember anything," he says, "just that door and the children crying inside, and that I had to get them out." After many more heaves, the top half splintered and fell through. The family was pulled out to safety. Not surprisingly, it is the army and its spirit of service that he admires the most.

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For which act of bravery was Parth awarded?

A
Saving a family trapped inside a house

B
Surviving the flood and coming out safe

C
Notifying the authorities about the flood

D
Leaving the flood affected area with his mother

Solution

The correct answer for the question is option A.

The passage here describes the heavy floods that took place in Mumbai, a decade ago, and mentions a person, Parth who was awarded for an incident which is described in the passage. The central theme plot of the passage is about Parth rescuing a family trapped inside a house in the lower storey of his building as mentioned in the sixth line to the rest of the passage, beginning with, “suddenly they heard…”.

This act of bravery is what won Parth the award, as mentioned in option A.

Thus the other options do not justify as to why he won the award, neither do they describe any valiant act, thus eliminating them as answers.
Question 10
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Designing toys for children is challenging yet stimulating. Considering the low attention span of today's kids, toys with higher play value are able to engage them longer. Young minds are also quite impressionable. So toy design has to be conscious about ethics and values and also aid their cognitive, physical, emotional and social skills. But above all, fun is the primary objective of play, fun is what makes them come back for more; makes them learn and remember. Another crucial factor is eco-friendliness. Some of the best pro-environment design processes can actually be found in the Indian handicrafts industry. One such example is the lathe-turned toy craft of Channapatna- a town near Bangalore. The age old craft uses wood and colours made completely from natural materials like turmeric, kumkum, indigo, etc. Creating modern designs based on such conventional techniques opens up a new range of products that are unique, educational and organic.

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'Fun is what makes them come back for more; makes them learn and remember', means.

A
Children learn through fun and play

B
Children play more and more for fun

C
Children remember things while playing

D
Children learn only through play

Solution

'Fun is what makes them come back for more; makes them learn and remember' means children learn and enjoy when they have fun while playing.

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Question 1

history

international position

politics

present character

Solution

Question 2

mentality

cultural heritage

gross ignorance

socio-political conditions

Solution

Question 3

read the story of other nations

have a better understanding of other nations

not react to other actions

have vital contacts with other nations

Solution

Question 4

was always there

is no longer there

is more today than ever before

will always be there

Solution

Question 5

He did not seem to want to go

He never showed an urge to fly

He was a family pet and he like it

His wings were stitched up

Solution

Question 6

They present challenges to designers and to children who play with them

They are costly but also have high quality

They are able to keep children's attention for long periods

They are used by a large number of children

Solution

Question 7

Promote interest in preserving the natural environment

Use natural materials

Help the development of social skills

Use high quality fibre

Solution

Question 8

Five outbreak

Floods

Rising water level

Family trapped in a house

Solution

Question 9

Saving a family trapped inside a house

Surviving the flood and coming out safe

Notifying the authorities about the flood

Leaving the flood affected area with his mother

Solution

Question 10

Children learn through fun and play

Children play more and more for fun

Children remember things while playing

Children learn only through play

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