Reading Comprehension Test

Developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America

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The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

In all probability, the impact of a nuclear exchange

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Aggressive forces have intentions to

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

As per the author, a mathematician

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Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or a sculptor. He can build the bridge, attest to its form and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also the art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study related to concepts and objects to form patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus, the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry; the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music; the artist arranges colours to produce a pattern called painting and the mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns-the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of the same order, harmony and beauty. So if mathematics is not an art, what is art?

A nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

As per the author, music is

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or a sculptor. He can build the bridge, attest to its form and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also the art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study related to concepts and objects to form patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus, the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry; the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music; the artist arranges colours to produce a pattern called painting and the mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns-the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of the same order, harmony and beauty. So if mathematics is not an art, what is art?

Which of the following statements is not true about an engineer?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or a sculptor. He can build the bridge, attest to its form and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also the art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study related to concepts and objects to form patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus, the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry; the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music; the artist arranges colours to produce a pattern called painting and the mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns-the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of the same order, harmony and beauty. So if mathematics is not an art, what is art?

According to the author, Mathematics is

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or a sculptor. He can build the bridge, attest to its form and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also the art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study related to concepts and objects to form patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus, the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry; the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music; the artist arranges colours to produce a pattern called painting and the mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns-the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of the same order, harmony and beauty. So if mathematics is not an art, what is art?

The term 'aftermath' as used in the passage means

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized states. Current developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oilfields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the Rapid Deployment Forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean, and the tensions in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Which word in the passage can replace the word 'orderliness'?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or a sculptor. He can build the bridge, attest to its form and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also the art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study related to concepts and objects to form patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus, the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry; the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music; the artist arranges colours to produce a pattern called painting and the mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns-the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of the same order, harmony and beauty. So if mathematics is not an art, what is art?

What did Christie do with her travel experiences?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Agatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred and fifty short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare’s.

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted into films or for television.

Readers liked her novels because

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Agatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred and fifty short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare’s.

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted into films or for television.

Why did she start by writing detective stories?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Agatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred and fifty short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare’s.

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted into films or for television.

Why is Christie considered the most commercially successful writer in history?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Agatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred and fifty short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare’s.

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted into films or for television.

Which word in the passage can replace 'vastly'?

Directions: Read the following passage to answer the given question.

Agatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred and fifty short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare’s.

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted into films or for television.