Reading Comprehension

Which of the following statements is not true about snakes?

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All snakes are hunters and predators, feeding on the animals and sometimes their eggs. Having no limbs, snakes cannot hold their preys down to bite; hence, they usually swallow them whole. Poisonous snakes sometimes do immobilise their preys with their venom to make consumption easier. It is truly a myth that poisonous snakes attack humans for food. Humans can never be their targets for food as we are normally too big for them to swallow. In cases where snakes do bite, these attacks are usually defensive ones and the venom injected is normally little or sometimes even none. The full fatal dose of the venom is only released on smaller animals which the snakes can swallow easily. Besides helping in the killing and immobilising of their preys, the poison also acts as digestive agents for snakes.

'Limb' implies

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All snakes are hunters and predators, feeding on the animals and sometimes their eggs. Having no limbs, snakes cannot hold their preys down to bite; hence, they usually swallow them whole. Poisonous snakes sometimes do immobilise their preys with their venom to make consumption easier. It is truly a myth that poisonous snakes attack humans for food. Humans can never be their targets for food as we are normally too big for them to swallow. In cases where snakes do bite, these attacks are usually defensive ones and the venom injected is normally little or sometimes even none. The full fatal dose of the venom is only released on smaller animals which the snakes can swallow easily. Besides helping in the killing and immobilising of their preys, the poison also acts as digestive agents for snakes.

Snakes swallow their prey whole because

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All snakes are hunters and predators, feeding on the animals and sometimes their eggs. Having no limbs, snakes cannot hold their preys down to bite; hence, they usually swallow them whole. Poisonous snakes sometimes do immobilise their preys with their venom to make consumption easier. It is truly a myth that poisonous snakes attack humans for food. Humans can never be their targets for food as we are normally too big for them to swallow. In cases where snakes do bite, these attacks are usually defensive ones and the venom injected is normally little or sometimes even none. The full fatal dose of the venom is only released on smaller animals which the snakes can swallow easily. Besides helping in the killing and immobilising of their preys, the poison also acts as digestive agents for snakes.

Humans can never be snakes’ target for their food because

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All snakes are hunters and predators, feeding on the animals and sometimes their eggs. Having no limbs, snakes cannot hold their preys down to bite; hence, they usually swallow them whole. Poisonous snakes sometimes do immobilise their preys with their venom to make consumption easier. It is truly a myth that poisonous snakes attack humans for food. Humans can never be their targets for food as we are normally too big for them to swallow. In cases where snakes do bite, these attacks are usually defensive ones and the venom injected is normally little or sometimes even none. The full fatal dose of the venom is only released on smaller animals which the snakes can swallow easily. Besides helping in the killing and immobilising of their preys, the poison also acts as digestive agents for snakes.

It is a common type of imbricate aestivation of a five-membered calyx or corolla in which two members overlap their neighbours by both edges, two are overlapped on both edges and one overlaps one neighbour and is overlapped by the other, e.g. calyx of roses, corolla of caryophyllaceae.

The above passage defines which kind of aestivation?

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Readers are familiar with the concept of jobless growth. But India is now demonstrating a less familiar phenomenon, which, for want of a better phrase, can be called industry-less growth. This was unsurprising last year, when the global recession forced down industrial growth everywhere, including India. Industry typically grows more slowly, or falls faster, than GDP in a business downswing. But in 2002 the world has swung up out of the recession, notwithstanding some fears of a second downward dip in coming months. Many of our Asian neighbours have recorded big jumps in industrial growth, with Singapore leading the pack at 18.9 per cent. But in India Industrial growth continues to lag behind GDP growth even in a global recovery.

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At 12 : 01 a.m. on Jan. 1, ships laden with khaki slacks and cashmere sweaters will leave the port of Hong Kong. Their destination will be the Gap, Printemps, Wal-Mart and a slew of other retail stores, eventually ending up in closets from Paris to Peoria. These textile and apparel exports will be the first to head to America and Europe in a brand-new post-quota world, envisioned some 10 years ago when the World Trade Organization ordered that clothing import quotas be abolished by 2005. In theoretical terms, that means that China, Indonesia, Pakistan and other countries that produce textiles and apparel can ship as much as they want to the United States. If companies like the Limited and Banana Republic can buy specific clothing items from the cheapest and most efficient producer, no matter where that producer happens to reside, then American consumers - who have borne part of the cost of protecting the nation's textile industry - should see a sharp reduction in the price of clothing.

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Elephants have joined a small, elite group of species, including humans, great apes and dolphins that have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror, according to a new finding by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York. This newly found presence of mirror self-recognition in elephants, previously predicted due to their well-known social complexity, is thought to relate to empathetic tendencies and the ability to distinguish oneself from others, a characteristic that evolved independently in several branches of animals, including primates such as humans.

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Researchers from University of Virginia, working on human genetics, would have us believe that character defects such as criminal behaviour, the desire to bully others and the necessity to tell lies, despite all evidence that has been rumbled, are tied up in our DNA. They have little or nothing to do with influences that may bombard us in our infancy. Thus there is little virtue in trying to be a good child, because the programming of your personality has decided in advance that you can't win. Forget about the soul. It is all to do with the ingredients that were thrown in by your parents, and by theirs, and so on ad infinitum.

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The environmentalists who have taken up the cause of protecting the coral reefs from further destruction have as yet not met with much success. They have had to contend with well-entrenched lobbies - especially in the tourism and fishing sectors. By their actions, these lobbies are only unwittingly undermining their own earning potential. However, in an age where short term financial considerations usually outweigh long term social concerns, (.)

What according to you would precede the first sentence?

Directions: In the following passage, the opening statement has been deleted. Which one of the statements given below the passage, should precede the passage?
It seems to set them a class above other women. Why has never been determined. It’s simply been a cultural norm for centuries.
We often take our clues as to jewelry popularity by watching what the celebrities are wearing. Next time you are watching television take note of how many pieces of jewelry the stars are wearing that are from another era. Celebrities are very fond of vintage jewelry!
If you hate looking like everyone else, vintage jewelry is an excellent choice. Here you will find variety and beautiful pieces from many different time periods. The chances of finding another wearing the exact same jewelry piece as you are drastically reduced.
You can look unique and stand out from the crowd with vintage jewelry. The prices are very reasonable and the costume jewelry of past eras has a much higher quality than modern costume jewelry. The designs and styles were more highly refined and much classier.

Dolphins can probably ____________ with each other.

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Dolphins live in saltwater but they can also live in freshwater locations. Only a handful of the species though are known to thrive in freshwater regions. They tend to stick to the shallow areas of the water found along the continental shelves.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realise that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favour of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

The dolphins can live in

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Dolphins live in saltwater but they can also live in freshwater locations. Only a handful of the species though are known to thrive in freshwater regions. They tend to stick to the shallow areas of the water found along the continental shelves.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realise that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favour of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.