Reading Comprehension Test 56

The passage mentioned above states one of the true wonders of nature, that of defending oneself by pretense or mimicry. The fact that makes it even more wonderful is that it is performed by reptiles. Batesian mimicry is what the passage talks about; a trick used by harmless reptiles to protect themselves.

In the second line of the passage, 'the harmless...........coral snake', a factor of resemblance is mentioned between the milk snake and the coral snake. While the coral snake is poisonous, the milk snake is harmless and is devoid of poison as well. But, they have a similar banded appearance which makes them look alike and at times, one may mistake one for the other.

Thus, with reference to the second line, Option B is the correct answer. The other option like drinking milk is common amongst the snakes, whether poisonous or not. Poison fangs are not present in the milk snake, while the outlook for both the snakes is different, making them the wrong answers.

The above-mentioned passage speaks about the Khoslas, Subadhra Khosla in particular, who at 13 was the youngest freedom fighter to be imprisoned by the British. The passage describes the hardships, Indians had to face in their own nation and being inmates didn’t help as well.

The narrator describes in the third last line an account of how during a picketing in Lahore, the British police arrested everyone including the children. Subadhra Khosla speaks of how the strategy to break the families worked. The British mindset concluded the fact that if the weakest link is arrested too, then the work of dismantling the families would be much easier.

Thus, option C is the correct answer with reference to the passage. The other options about listening to songs, to teach them a lesson and to take them to Britain are not mentioned in the passage and don’t hold true as well. The cruelty of the British towards the nation and its citizens is understood by these factors.

The passage mentioned above states one of the true wonders of nature, that of defending oneself by pretense or mimicry. The fact that makes it even more wonderful is that it is performed by reptiles. Batesian mimicry is what the passage talks about; a trick used by harmless reptiles to protect themselves.

In the seventh and the eighth line, ''So, enemies mistake the harmless reptile for the poisonous one and leave it alone. Blind legless lizards that live under the ground trick the enemies by displaying their tail''. the narrator describes how legless, blind lizards save themselves from their enemies. The fact that their tail looks similar to a head makes for an interesting factor as to how they defend themselves.

With reference to the passage, the right combination is that of tail and head. The enemies attack the tail thinking it to be the head, making Option A the right answer.

The rest of the combinations do not work accordingly and hence are the wrong answers.