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English Reading Comprehension

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English reading comprehension questions assess the ability to understand, analyze, and interpret written passages. Formats include paragraph rearrangement, cloze tests, and fact finding from text. Regular practice is essential for scoring well in the English sections of banking, SSC, and railway exams.

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English Reading Comprehension Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge

You are hired by Mr. Conred Christopher IV to find his grand fathers lost fortune, you are taken to a huge mansion which has a gigantic but old and rusted gate. Big green laws overrun with weeds, and in the center a large villa pained green and red but faded with moss and creepers all over. Inside seems to be a lot of antique furniture and outside in the center of the large garden are several life sized stone statues of Flamingos, one human standing tall who Conred says is a statue of his Grandfather and several small sized gnome statues. Conred tells you this "Grandfather said his fortune was hidden on his property somewhere but did not say where although he used to laugh a lot and kept saying his fortune was kept in a very easy to reach place which as so easy anyone could find it as it was as obvious as the nose on his face, but I've searched for 5 years and cant find it, be careful if you're going inside the house though the furniture is very old and the floor is wooden and broken in places" You reply "It wont be necessary to go into the house I know exactly where the fortune is"

  1. Its in the house on the 2nd floor under the foot stool

  2. The house is the fortune

  3. Its in the garden

  4. There was no fortune
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The riddle states the fortune is 'as obvious as the nose on your face' - this is a literal clue pointing to the statue of the grandfather (who has a nose) in the garden. The clue about 'easy to reach' suggests an outdoor location rather than inside the house. The statue of the grandfather standing tall in the garden is the obvious answer in plain sight.

Multiple choice general knowledge history

You are a king of a desert people. A foreign enemy force has murdered your sister and attacked your people, it now gathers to obliverate you at a great castle. They outnumber your force and their heavier knights are better armed and armoured then your troops, what do you do?

  1. Send diplomats to request a truce

  2. Surrender

  3. Draw the armoured force into the desert and use skirmish tactics to destroy them

  4. Draw the armoured force into the desert and attack them, God will grant you victory

  5. Draw the armoured force into the desert and run away as fast as you can
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct military strategy is to use the desert terrain to your advantage by drawing the heavily armoured knights away from their castle and employing skirmish tactics. Heavy armour becomes a liability in desert conditions due to heat and fatigue, while desert warfare favors mobile, guerrilla-style tactics over direct confrontation. Option E (running away) is not a viable strategy for defending your people.

Multiple choice general knowledge

This is the story of a German mountaneer who befriends Dalai Lama in Tibet. He helps the tibetians to understand changing world around them. After chinese invasion, he lrft for his homeland and maintained lifelong friendship with dalai Lama.

  1. Dalai Lama

  2. The Paths of Glory

  3. Forest Gump

  4. 7 years in tibet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The story describes Heinrich Harrer, a German mountaineer who became tutor and friend to the 14th Dalai Lama in Tibet before the Chinese invasion. The film 'Seven Years in Tibet' (1997) starring Brad Pitt depicts this true story and their lifelong friendship.

Multiple choice general knowledge

(Literature) It was very tragic how fate brought my demise, which in turn claimed the life of my Lady. Though our houses were in conflict, it was a wayward letter which thwarted our plans.,For I could not live without my love,and I wanted to stay with her forever, I drank poison, which ended my life. Who am I?

  1. Romeo Montague

  2. Benvolio Montague

  3. Juliet Capulet

  4. Tybalt Capulet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This describes Romeo from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He drinks poison after believing Juliet has died, due to a failed letter communication. The conflict between Montague and Capulet houses is central to the tragedy. Benvolio is Romeo's cousin, Juliet is his love who fakes death, and Tybalt is Juliet's cousin.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture

what is similarity and differnce between parkshit's life and our life..?

  1. he knew that he will die in seven days..and we don't know that when we will die despite there are only seven days in week.

  2. he was a king and we are normal human beings

  3. both are similar

  4. no point of coparison
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The philosophical parallel is that while Parikshit knew he had exactly seven days to live, every human faces uncertain death. We have only seven days in any given week, and death could come at any moment, making the message of the Bhagavata relevant to everyone.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Tom and Jerry had an argument in Mumbai.As usual, Tom followed Jerry to kill him. After running through places,Suddenly Jerry died. guess why??

  1. Jerry died because of "Heart-Attack"

  2. Jerry became TOMs bait.

  3. Jerry heard Sharie's "Killer" PeeJay

  4. It was destined.

  5. None of these.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is a nonsensical riddle-style question with no factual basis. The options present absurd scenarios about cartoon characters in Mumbai. Since none of the options A-D provide a logical answer to this impossible scenario, the correct choice is E (None of these) - the only rationally defensible response to a nonsense question.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

"Dad, where had you been?" asked Jack. "I had been to the attic, my son," replied Dad. "And do you know what I saw there? There was a big web with 21 spiders and flies on it." "How many spiders were there?" asked the little boy with curiosity. "Well, there were a total of 132 legs on the web," answered Dad with a smile. "Now you can find out how many spiders were there by yourself. Can't you?" Can you help the little boy find out how many spiders were on the web in the attic?

  1. 3

  2. 10

  3. 12

  4. 6

  5. 7
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Spiders have 8 legs, flies have 6 legs. Let s = number of spiders. Total legs = 8s + 6(21-s) = 132. Simplifying: 8s + 126 - 6s = 132, so 2s = 6, giving s = 3. Option A (3) is correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge

And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am the messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he(Mohammed saws) came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.

  1. 4:55

  2. 15:39

  3. 61:6

  4. 9:5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Surah As-Saff captures Jesus's prophecy about a future messenger named Ahmad, highlighting how his people rejected divine clear arguments as mere magic when the prophecy was fulfilled.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture

In the absence of Getafix, a fraudulent seer seeks shelter against rain in the Village, then ingratiates himself to everyone by predicting the futures they want to hear, asking no food or money, merely items to "read" the future in (mainly as food and money). Unbeknown to the Gauls, he is hired by the Romans to convince the Gauls to abandon the village by that disaster would befall the village were he to be chased off.

  1. Asterix in Corsica

  2. Asterix and the Gaul

  3. Asterix and the Soothsayer

  4. The Mansion of the Gods
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The plot matches 'Asterix and the Soothsayer' (Le Devin), where a fraudulent seer named Prolix manipulates the Gauls with false predictions while secretly working for the Romans to drive them from their village.