Reading Comprehension

Why was the master afraid?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:

There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, "One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree." He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his own daughter and he taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.

The music master grew old and didn't see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music master's heart quake with fear, "You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?" The girl replied, "I shall not be apart from you." But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master's chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, "Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me." The master's tears flowed freely, "She has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together." The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. "Your daughter is very fortunate - the king has sent for her," the messenger said. At the palace, the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, "I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband's home." There wasn't a single tear in the girl's eyes, but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.

What task was entrusted to the girl by the Queen?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:

There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, "One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree." He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his own daughter and he taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.

The music master grew old and didn't see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music master's heart quake with fear, "You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?" The girl replied, "I shall not be apart from you." But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master's chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, "Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me." The master's tears flowed freely, "She has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together." The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. "Your daughter is very fortunate - the king has sent for her," the messenger said. At the palace, the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, "I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband's home." There wasn't a single tear in the girl's eyes, but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.

Which of the following can be said about the girl?

(1) She was brought up by her father as her mother had died when she was a baby. (2) She was a talented singer who had learnt to sing at an early age. (3) She was only allowed to sing with the master's permission.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:

There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, "One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree." He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his own daughter and he taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.

The music master grew old and didn't see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music master's heart quake with fear, "You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?" The girl replied, "I shall not be apart from you." But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master's chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, "Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me." The master's tears flowed freely, "She has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together." The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. "Your daughter is very fortunate - the king has sent for her," the messenger said. At the palace, the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, "I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband's home." There wasn't a single tear in the girl's eyes, but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.

Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

Raised

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:

There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, "One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree." He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his own daughter and he taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.

The music master grew old and didn't see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music master's heart quake with fear, "You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?" The girl replied, "I shall not be apart from you." But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master's chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, "Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me." The master's tears flowed freely, "She has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together." The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. "Your daughter is very fortunate - the king has sent for her," the messenger said. At the palace, the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, "I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband's home." There wasn't a single tear in the girl's eyes, but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.

Why was the princess going on a journey?

(1) She was going to her prospective husband's home to get engaged. (2) Her parents wanted her to visit the kingdom of which she would be the future queen. (3) She was to take expensive gifts for the rulers of the Kambhoj who were well known to her parents.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:

There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, "One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree." He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if she was his own daughter and he taught her to sing before she spoke her first word.

The music master grew old and didn't see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. This made the music master's heart quake with fear, "You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me?" The girl replied, "I shall not be apart from you." But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master's chief disciple touched his feet reverently and said, "Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me." The master's tears flowed freely, "She has chosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies that you will sing together." The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was interrupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. "Your daughter is very fortunate - the king has sent for her," the messenger said. At the palace, the Queen summoned the girl to her and said, "I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband's home." There wasn't a single tear in the girl's eyes, but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy.

Which of the following is the most nearly the same in meaning as the word "met" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

Which of the following is the most nearly the same in meaning as the word "rest" as used in the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The modern value systems encourage the importance of which one of the following?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

The world 'Definitive' as used in the passage means _________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

The author feels sad about the later part of his life because ____________________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

During the Victorian age people believe that ____________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

The victories of the past ________________________.

Read the following passage & answer the questions that follow:
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have  turned out to be only temporary.

The western renaissance could not make total impact on today's humanity because __________________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

Which of the following best describes the behaviour of modern man?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.

According to the passage, why has modern man turned out as an enemy of everything that is non-human?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Power and possession have been central pursuits of modern civilization for a long time. They blocked out or distorted other features of the western renaissance which promised so much for humanity. What people have been and are still being taught to prize are money, success control over the lives of others, acquisition of more and more economic system, whether capitalist, fascist or communist, reject in their working the basic principle that the free and creative unfoldment of every man,woman and child is the true measure of the worth of any society. Such unfoldment requires understanding and imagination, integrity and compassion cooperation among people and harmony between the human species and the rest of nature. Acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power have made the modern man an aggressor against everything that is non-human an exploiter and oppressor of those who are poor, meek and unorganized. A pathological type which hates and distrusts the world and suffers from both acute loneliness and false pride.