Reading Comprehension Test 63

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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows. [/passage-header]
One day we were becalmed among a group of small islands, most of which appeared to be uninhabited. As soon as we were in want of fresh water, the captain sent the boat ashore to bring off a cask or two. But we were mistaken in thinking there were no natives, for barely had we drawn near to the shore when a band of savages rushed out of the bush and assembled on the beach, brandishing their clubs and spears in a threatening manner.

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The savages brandished their spears in order to _______.

A
display their skill

B
frighten the crew

C
welcome the crew to the island

D
tell the crew to leave

Solution

Option B is the right answer because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'But we were mistaken in thinking there were no natives, for barely had we drawn near to the shore when a band of savages rushed out of the bush and assembled on the beach, brandishing their clubs and spears in a threatening manner.'
Threathen means to create fear therefore frighten the crew is correct.
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, C, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 2
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[passage-header]
Read the passage and accordingly, fill in the blank:
[/passage-header]
One day an army group won a land battle against the enemy. The commander feared that the enemy's powerful air force might bomb his camp that night in revenge. So he ordered all lights to be put out at 7:00 PM. At midnight, the commander went round inspecting the camp. Seeing a light in a tent, he entered it. His son, an officer under him, was writing a letter. The son explained that he was writing to his mother about his brave deeds in battle. The commander told his son to add to his letter that by the time his mother received the letter he would have been shot dead for indiscipline.

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The son was writing a letter because he _________.

A
wanted to write to his mother about his father's brave deeds in battle

B
loved his mother so much that he had to write to her

C
was eager to tell his mother about his own deeds

D
did not care for orders since his father was the commander

Solution

The sixth sentence tells us that the boy writes a letter to his mother about his brave deeds in battle. Hence, C is the correct answer.
The passage doesn't say the boy was writing about his father's deeds. So, A is incorrect.
We reject B and D.
Question 3
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]
The heat-wave deepened during the following few days while Jack and I lazed about in the house and yards, wearing ragged shirts and discarded garments, because the more presentable ones were being packed by Mother. She was obviously not strong enough to cycle down to Hampshire, where Father and Jack had been one weekend, to see and rent a cottage in Ropley, near Alresford. From this prospective journey, Jack had returned with half a dozen photographs taken with a plate-camera which he had made for himself, the aperture being a pinhole. This was only one of his many ingenious artifacts. I had studied the pictures, which included a church that leaned backward, in the hope of finding that perpetually teasing certainty which we look for when about to take some adventurous step into the unknown. But Ropley remained unreal.

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The plate camera ________.

A
was the only artefact made by Father and Jack

B
was the only artefact Jack had made for himself

C
was only one of Jack's many such artefacts

D
was borrowed by Jack from his friend for taking half a dozen photographs

Solution

From the third sentence, we know that Jack made a plate-camera with a pinhole as the aperture. The fourth sentence states that this plate-camera was only one of Jack's many ingenious artifacts. Thus, C is correct.
A, B and D are incorrect. They are not in line with the contents of the passage.
Question 4
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
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One day a tea contractor, Mr. Sharma was working on an estate with his wife and daughter. He noticed a light movement on the edge of the jungle, so he stopped to watch for a moment. To his astonishment, a large tigress appeared and came towards Mr. Sharma. The tea contractor was a very brave man. He told his wife and daughter to run towards a nearby road, while he stepped to fight the tigress with a knife.
The tigress sprang at Mr. Sharma and knocked him down, but he managed to wound it with his knife. As a result, the tigress and Mr. Sharma knocked each other unconscious. Luckily for Mr. Sharma, a friend heard the noise of the fight and came to investigate. He found Mr. Sharma and carried him to the road. Then he stopped a car and sent the injured man to a hospital, where he eventually recovered.
The tigress disappeared for a few days but was later hunted down and shot by a Game Ranger. The Game Ranger discovered that the tigress had injured her paw in a wire trap and had been unable to hunt wild animals in its normal manner.

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When did Mr. Sharma's friend go to see what was wrong?

A
When he saw the tigress attacking his friend

B
Just before the tigress was knocked down

C
When the friend was knocked down

D
When he heard something unusual

Solution

As per the third sentence of the second para, a friend of Mr. Sharma's hears the noise of the fight and comes to investigate. Option D best supports this statement from the passage. Thus, D is the correct answer.
The other choices cannot be accepted.
Question 5
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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach out to the mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.

The special merit of silence according to the silent is _______.

A
Silence preserves energy.

B
Silence contracts personality.

C
Silence is natural.

D
There can be communion between mind and heart only when a person is silent.

Solution

In the third sentence, the author expresses his opinion that only in silence, one can reach out to the mind and know his heart. This is the only advantage to silence that is stated in the passage. D is the correct answer.
A and C are not supported by the contents of the passage. So, they are incorrect.
The passage says speech contracts personality. Hence, B is wrong.
Question 6
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]
The heat-wave deepened during the following few days while Jack and I lazed about in the house and yards, wearing ragged shirts and discarded garments, because the more presentable ones were being packed by Mother. She was obviously not strong enough to cycle down to Hampshire, where Father and Jack had been one weekend, to see and rent a cottage in Ropley, near Alresford. From this prospective journey, Jack had returned with half a dozen photographs taken with a plate-camera which he had made for himself, the aperture being a pinhole. This was only one of his many ingenious artifacts. I had studied the pictures, which included a church that leaned backward, in the hope of finding that perpetually teasing certainty which we look for when about to take some adventurous step into the unknown. But Ropley remained unreal.

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During the hot summer days the author and Jack _______.

A
were taking adventurous steps into the unknown

B
went visiting several churches in Ropley

C
were busy repairing a camera

D
were passing their time in idleness

Solution

Option D is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'The heat-wave deepened during the following few days while Jack and I lazed about in the house and yards, wearing ragged shirts and discarded garments, because the more presentable ones were being packed by Mother.'
Lazing arround means being idle and doing nothing.
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and C are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 7
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]
The heat-wave deepened during the following few days while Jack and I lazed about in the house and yards, wearing ragged shirts and discarded garments, because the more presentable ones were being packed by Mother. She was obviously not strong enough to cycle down to Hampshire, where Father and Jack had been one weekend, to see and rent a cottage in Ropley, near Alresford. From this prospective journey, Jack had returned with half a dozen photographs taken with a plate-camera which he had made for himself, the aperture being a pinhole. This was only one of his many ingenious artifacts. I had studied the pictures, which included a church that leaned backward, in the hope of finding that perpetually teasing certainty which we look for when about to take some adventurous step into the unknown. But Ropley remained unreal.

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They were planning ________.

A
to move out to Ropley

B
a trekking expedition to Alresford

C
to do some photography

D
to make some artefacts

Solution

Option A is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'She was obviously not strong enough to cycle down to Hampshire, where Father and Jack had been one weekend, to see and rent a cottage in Ropley, near Alresford.'
There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options B, C, and D are the right answers.
Hence, these are incorrect.
Question 8
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follow.
[/passage-header]
Nelson Mandela was appointed national volunteer-in-chief of the Defence Campaign; his deputy was Maulvi Cachalia, whose father had been one of the bravest resisters alongside Gandhi in 1907. Mandela toured the Cape, Natal and the Transvaal, visiting houses in the townships, explaining the plans, sometimes talking through the night. His task was to inspire people with confidence in their ability to overcome oppression through a direct non-violent challenge to the government. As always, there were the problems of being black in small towns, no hotels or taxis for Africans, nor were there telephone lines in township homes. This meant walking miles to the location and knocking on a likely looking door. Sometimes they were welcomed by an enthusiastic stranger; sometimes rebuffed by the cautious.

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It is clear from the passage that the black Africans ______.

A
enjoyed small town facilities

B
were helped by Gandhi in their freedom struggle

C
had an unfavourable government

D
liked visiting homes in townships

Solution

The passage explains how black people were not allowed to use hotels or taxis. They were also not allowed to use telephone lines in township homes. The third sentence suggests there is oppression from the government. These details prove that C is the correct answer.
Gandhi didn't help black Africans in their struggle. So, B is incorrect.
We reject A and D.
Question 9
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
[/passage-header]
One day a tea contractor, Mr. Sharma was working on an estate with his wife and daughter. He noticed a light movement on the edge of the jungle, so he stopped to watch for a moment. To his astonishment, a large tigress appeared and came towards Mr. Sharma. The tea contractor was a very brave man. He told his wife and daughter to run towards a nearby road, while he stepped to fight the tigress with a knife.
The tigress sprang at Mr. Sharma and knocked him down, but he managed to wound it with his knife. As a result, the tigress and Mr. Sharma knocked each other unconscious. Luckily for Mr. Sharma, a friend heard the noise of the fight and came to investigate. He found Mr. Sharma and carried him to the road. Then he stopped a car and sent the injured man to a hospital, where he eventually recovered.
The tigress disappeared for a few days but was later hunted down and shot by a Game Ranger. The Game Ranger discovered that the tigress had injured her paw in a wire trap and had been unable to hunt wild animals in its normal manner.

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Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
When Mr. Sharma saw the tigress, he was ___________.

A
surprised

B
afraid

C
nervous

D
angry

Solution

According to the second sentence of the first passage, Mr. Sharma notices a light movement on the edge of the jungle while working on an estate with his wife and daughter. The third sentence says that to his astonishment, he sees a large tigress. The word "astonishment" means "surprise." Hence, A is correct.
The other options are incorrect.
Question 10
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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach out to the mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.

The central idea of the passage is _______.

A
Silence is golden.

B
The silent do not like talkers.

C
Speech is dangerous.

D
The silent wrongly believe that speech is dangerous

Solution

The passage revolves around the belief that silence is golden and that speech is dangerous. The last sentence concludes that the silent believe speech is dangerous but they communicate this belief by speech and hence such belief is weak. Option D best reflects these details from the passage. Thus, D is the correct answer.
The other choices are true of the passage but they do not convey the central idea of the passage.

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Question 1

display their skill

frighten the crew

welcome the crew to the island

tell the crew to leave

Solution

Question 2

wanted to write to his mother about his father's brave deeds in battle

loved his mother so much that he had to write to her

was eager to tell his mother about his own deeds

did not care for orders since his father was the commander

Solution

Question 3

was the only artefact made by Father and Jack

was the only artefact Jack had made for himself

was only one of Jack's many such artefacts

was borrowed by Jack from his friend for taking half a dozen photographs

Solution

Question 4

When he saw the tigress attacking his friend

Just before the tigress was knocked down

When the friend was knocked down

When he heard something unusual

Solution

Question 5

Silence preserves energy.

Silence contracts personality.

Silence is natural.

There can be communion between mind and heart only when a person is silent.

Solution

Question 6

were taking adventurous steps into the unknown

went visiting several churches in Ropley

were busy repairing a camera

were passing their time in idleness

Solution

Question 7

to move out to Ropley

a trekking expedition to Alresford

to do some photography

to make some artefacts

Solution

Question 8

enjoyed small town facilities

were helped by Gandhi in their freedom struggle

had an unfavourable government

liked visiting homes in townships

Solution

Question 9

surprised

afraid

nervous

angry

Solution

Question 10

Silence is golden.

The silent do not like talkers.

Speech is dangerous.

The silent wrongly believe that speech is dangerous

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