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Reading Comprehension Questions

Multiple choice

School teachers are no longer allowed to beat their pupils because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

It is obvious that in recent years, there has been a vast change in the attitude of parents towards children and perhaps an even greater change in the attitude of children towards parents.
Nowadays, the rod is used very sparingly. Among families of education and refinement, a child may still be thrashed by the mother or the father, but not very often. The significance of the happening is not very great, and half of the time, the spanking is marked by the irritable nervous condition of the parent, rather than the act of the child.
A child may sometimes be mildly slapped by a teacher, usually when the teacher is irritated and short-tempered. But, in nearly all cases, if a teacher dared to beat a child or cause it real pain, the child would only have to tell his/her parents and the teacher would be discharged.

And if such small punishments do occur today, they are confined to a very early age of the child. A boy or girl of twelve or fifteen has no fear of thrashing from father, mother or school teacher. School teachers are no longer allowed to beat their pupils or even to slap them.

  1. pupils may start disrespecting them

  2. it is considered rude and unreasonable

  3. it is against the law

  4. pupils lack tolerance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It has nowadays unlike the earlier ones' has become a very rude and unreasonable act to beat their pupils.

Multiple choice

Today teenagers are not likely to be spanked because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

It is obvious that in recent years, there has been a vast change in the attitude of parents towards children and perhaps an even greater change in the attitude of children towards parents.
Nowadays, the rod is used very sparingly. Among families of education and refinement, a child may still be thrashed by the mother or the father, but not very often. The significance of the happening is not very great, and half of the time, the spanking is marked by the irritable nervous condition of the parent, rather than the act of the child.
A child may sometimes be mildly slapped by a teacher, usually when the teacher is irritated and short-tempered. But, in nearly all cases, if a teacher dared to beat a child or cause it real pain, the child would only have to tell his/her parents and the teacher would be discharged.

And if such small punishments do occur today, they are confined to a very early age of the child. A boy or girl of twelve or fifteen has no fear of thrashing from father, mother or school teacher. School teachers are no longer allowed to beat their pupils or even to slap them.

  1. they don't make mistakes

  2. they will not tolerate any punishment

  3. the parent child relationship has changed

  4. they will become rude
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the whole relationship and how things work between them has changed, children do not get spanked anymore.

Multiple choice

It became impossible for the tribesmen to continue living under the same roof because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. there were differences among them

  2. the members kept on increasing

  3. the houses were very small

  4. the head of the tribe was very cruel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

“When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short”.

Multiple choice

Evils like greed and envy were born as a result of

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. differences in likings

  2. scarcity of food

  3. growth in personal possessions

  4. lack of tolerance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

” So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. “

Multiple choice

One of the questions faced by early tribes could be

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. how to hunt for food without weapons

  2. where to build new houses

  3. how to manage living together under common roof

  4. what to cook for dinner everyday
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is given in the passage that living under a common roof became impossible.

Multiple choice

Different members had different tastes and likings which led to

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. search for new food items

  2. dissatisfaction among members

  3. the end of common cooking

  4. scarcity of food
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the same thing was not being cooked for everybody, end of common cooking was Inevitable.

Multiple choice

Tribesmen started moving to far off places from their home for food because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. they enjoyed covering long distances in jungle

  2. they wanted new food items every day

  3. while chasing animals they had to cover long distances

  4. the hunting grounds close to the home were no more enough to feed all
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The most important need of the early man was food and they kept on changing places in search of the same.

Multiple choice

The text highlights that

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE BIRTH OF FAMILIES

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences between them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking.

To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. increase in population is the root of all evils

  2. greed and envy grow in our roots

  3. families were born out of growing necessities

  4. rivalry among tribes created smaller families
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The whole passage lays the ground work to explain this fact. “Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider”.

Multiple choice

The Earth rotating from west to east leads to

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. shorter days

  2. sequence of day and night

  3. changes in intensity of sun's light

  4. different seasons
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is given in the passage. “Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east”.

Multiple choice

The change in light around us occurs because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. the sun changes its place

  2. the moon comes in between the sun and the earth

  3. the earth keeps turning

  4. of an unnatural and unexplained phenomenon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is given that as the position of the sun keeps on changing in the sky, the light around us keeps on changing.

Multiple choice

The change in perception about the occurrence of days and nights shows that

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. we no longer believe in what old people said

  2. old myths and beliefs still hold their importance

  3. scientific research has established facts over old beliefs

  4. man is a slave of technology
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Now everybody has become aware of the actual facts with the development of science and technology.

Multiple choice

The human sentiment that comes out from the passage is

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. belief in old customs

  2. quest to explore the unknown

  3. love for scenic beauty

  4. exploitation of natural resources
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It has been talked about over and again in the passage.

Multiple choice

People love moments like

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. snowfall and rain

  2. sunrise and sunset

  3. moonless nights

  4. cloudy sky and lightning
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

“People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly”.

Multiple choice

Sunrise is a beautiful sight because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

THE EARTH KEEPS TURNING

Days follow nights and nights follow days because the earth keeps turning from west to east. The light around us keeps on changing slowly through the day, as the sun’s place in sky moves from east to west. People love the moments when the light around us changes suddenly, as that makes everything look so different. When, the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light, we call it a sunrise. A sunrise is a beautiful sight. When at the end of the day the sun goes down, evening falls with the moment of sunset. It is the beginning of night. Since the earth keeps on turning through the night without rest, the sun comes up with another day. However, in the old days, people believed that the earth stood still, while the sun went around the earth bringing day and night.

  1. it marks the beginning of a new day

  2. the rays of the sun fill colours in the clouds

  3. the earth has moved from west to east

  4. the light is neither too sharp nor too dull
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is given that the sun springs up and colours the clouds with its light and it is a beautiful sight.

Multiple choice

The English government once again gave importance to Cabot because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

JOHN CABOT

Nobody remembers much about John Cabot, trader and mariner, lost at sea. He lived at the time of Columbus and was a citizen of the city-state of Venice in Italy. He traded in spices and was an expert mariner. Following Columbus, he wanted to find a north-western route to Asia, but he was one up on Columbus in his knowledge of geography. He assumed that it would take a shorter time to reach Asia by a western sea route if he selected higher northern latitudes. In 1496, he set sail from Ireland under English royal sanction, but was forced to return after reaching Iceland. In 1497, he set sail again with a better ship, the Matthew, and ultimately succeeded in reaching Newfoundland. In 1498, he again set sail for America with a fleet of five ships, out of which one returned to harbour under distress. There has been no further news of the remaining four ships and John Cabot was marked as lost at sea. Everybody forgot about him for about a century, until the British remembered that when John Cabot had reached Newfoundland in 1497, he had done so, under a royal grant. The grant had allowed him to claim unknown lands for the English Crown. So, John Cabot, lost at sea, became important again for the English to stake their claims for the New World. Everybody remembers him for the English claims to North America, but we remember him for his brave spirit of exploration.

  1. he was a brave and adventurous man

  2. it realized the importance of his efforts for their country

  3. he had more knowledge than Columbus but was still not so famous

  4. it wanted to lay claims on North America on basis of his discovery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is given in the passage. “So, John Cabot, lost at sea, became important again for the English to stake their claims for the New World.”