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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 math & puzzles

A traveler was captured by a tribe, and sentenced to die, he had two options saying a true sentence would make him die poisoned, saying a false sentence would make him die burned, what can he say to save himself?

  1. I will not die

  2. I will die poisoned

  3. I will die smiling

  4. I will die burned
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is a classic liar paradox. If he says 'I will die burned' and it's true, he should be poisoned (not burned). If it's false, he should be burned (which would make it true). This creates a logical contradiction the executioners cannot resolve.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Kenny's Mom insists Kenny not go for the movie. Why?

  1. Kenny should be home doing chores and studying hard.

  2. Kenny's mother refuses he should go insisting that Kenny needs to attend church with his family, and tells him that if goes to the movie, he will go to Hell when he dies

  3. Kenny should clean the room for his baby brother

  4. Kenny should save money.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Kenny's mother refuses to let him see the movie because she wants him to attend church with the family. She warns that if he goes to the movie instead of church, he will go to Hell when he dies. This sets up the film's recurring gag about Kenny's deaths and visits to Hell.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Kenny discovers a shocking truth in Hell. What is it?

  1. If Terrance and Phillip are killed, Satan will return to rule the Earth, along with Saddam.

  2. If Terrance and Philip are killed, Satan would be destroyed

  3. If Terrance and Philip are killed, there will be a war betwen Him and God

  4. nothing would happen.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, while in Hell, Kenny learns that if Terrance and Phillip are killed, Satan and Saddam Hussein will be able to return and rule the Earth. This revelation drives much of the film's second half as the boys race to prevent the execution. The film uses this plot to satirize censorship and moral panic.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Four birds fall from their nest into the battle field. Being sages in their previous birth, they were protected by krishna who saw them fall. How was this done

  1. by putting them back in nest

  2. By removing the bell in the chariot and covering the birds with it till end of war

  3. By converting them back to sages

  4. By sending them to heaven temporarily till the 18 days of war
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Krishna protected the four birds (who were sages in their previous birth) by removing the bell from his chariot and covering them with it till the end of the war. These birds had fallen onto the battlefield, and Krishna ensured their safety by sheltering them under the bell throughout the 18-day Kurukshetra war.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Four birds fall from their nest into the battle field. Being sages in their previous birth, they were protected by krishna who saw them fall. How was this done

  1. by putting them back in nest

  2. By removing the bell in the chariot and covering the birds with it till end of war

  3. By converting them back to sages

  4. By sending them to heaven temporarily till the 18 days of war
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The four birds were actually the cursed sons of the bird Sharngika, who were sages in their previous birth. Krishna protected them by removing his chariot bell and covering the birds with it, shielding them throughout the 18-day Kurukshetra war. After the war ended, the birds were freed and eventually liberated from their curse.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture

The reason Thanksgiving was moved up a week was...

  1. because the public wanted it moved

  2. to lengthen the Christmas shopping season

  3. to ward off evil spirits

  4. to put it in line with the original Thanksgiving ceremony

  5. so it would be during warmer weather
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

FDR moved Thanksgiving up a week in 1939 specifically to lengthen the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy during the Great Depression. Retailers had lobbied for the longer holiday shopping period.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Why did Mal commit suicide?

  1. She was already satisfied with living out her life and did not want to go through

  2. Cobb had given her the idea that their existence was not real and they had to die in order to wake up.

  3. She had been in limbo too long and had lost her mind

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Multiple choice general knowledge

She is tooth fairy, will give you a dime. but dnt look at her or you will be killed as soon you go away from light. remember you cant close your eyes either

  1. Grudge

  2. Comming Soon

  3. Darkness Falls

  4. The Island
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Darkness Falls (2003) features the Tooth Fairy who kills people if they see her. The film's premise is that she gives coins for teeth but attacks anyone who looks at her, and victims must stay in light to survive. The Grudge and Coming Soon don't feature this specific tooth fairy legend.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.

  1. The Truman Show

  2. My Best Friend's Wedding

  3. Hope Floats

  4. Forrest Gump
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This quote is from Hope Floats (1998). The title itself contains the word 'hope,' and the quote's message about optimism and hope directly reflects the film's themes of second chances and emotional renewal.

Multiple choice general knowledge

I climbed and climbed Where is the peak, my Lord? I ploughed and ploughed, Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord? I sailed and sailed, Where is the island of peace, my Lord? Almighty, bless my nation With vision and sweat resulting into happiness The name of the above poem by Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam...

  1. Dream

  2. The Vision

  3. Song Of Youth

  4. Where are we?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'The Vision' is the correct poem title. This poem, with its recurring structure of 'I climbed... I ploughed... I sailed...' followed by a vision for the nation, embodies Kalam's quest for excellence and his dream for India's development. The poem's themes of climbing, ploughing, and sailing represent continuous effort toward higher goals.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture

IN WHAT BOOK IS THE "WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGGING: AND WHOSOVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE." ?

  1. LEVITICUS

  2. 2 KINGS

  3. NEHEMIAH

  4. PROVERBS

  5. MARK

  6. 2 CORINTHIANS
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This proverb is found in Proverbs 20:1: 'Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.' The book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom Literature in the Old Testament and contains many practical warnings about the dangers of alcohol and foolishness.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

"Jimmie Dean visited an island. There were 2 tribes living on this island. The east tribal people always tell a lie. The west tribal people always tell the truth. Jimmie Dean saw a guy passing him. He asked the tour guide to ask that guy where he lives. The tour guide asked the guy and came back with the answer: he lives over west. Did the tour guide tell the truth or tell a lie?"

  1. the tour guide was telling the truth.

  2. the tour guide was telling the lie

  3. Don’t know

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A person from either tribe would always say 'I live in the West' (Truth-tellers tell the truth; Liars lie about living in the East). Since the guy's actual answer must have been 'West', the tour guide reported it accurately.