Reading Comprehension

Grown up people have to control many of their desires because of

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Childhood and young age
Children seem impatient to grow up while old people wish they were young again. Each age brings with it pleasures and pains. One must learn to make the best of each age and enjoy the present rather than think about the past or dream about the future. Childhood is blessed as one gets tons of love and affection. Children are pampered.
In childhood, the child is bound by rules and regulations made by the elders. He is constantly told not to do certain things. A child is not free to make his own decisions. Young age brings with it not only freedom and self-dependence but the burden of responsibilities also. He is responsible for his actions and decisions. In order to be successful in life, he has to work hard and keep himself out of troubles.

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Childhood and young age
Children seem impatient to grow up while old people wish they were young again. Each age brings with it pleasures and pains. One must learn to make the best of each age and enjoy the present rather than think about the past or dream about the future. Childhood is blessed as one gets tons of love and affection. Children are pampered.
In childhood, the child is bound by rules and regulations made by the elders. He is constantly told not to do certain things. A child is not free to make his own decisions. Young age brings with it not only freedom and self-dependence but the burden of responsibilities also. He is responsible for his actions and decisions. In order to be successful in life, he has to work hard and keep himself out of troubles.

We should learn the value of discipline for the benefit of

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Discipline
Discipline is the watchword of a proper social life. Men living in a society need to follow certain rules which may help in smooth functioning of the social set up and thus following of the rules is what is called discipline. Those who are the members of such an institution also feel a sense of satisfaction and pride that they belong to a disciplined body. But, to be disciplined means to adjust to curtailment of certain liberties in order to accommodate the liberty of brother members.
We are social beings, have our liberties, but have to keep our liberties under control and within limits, so that the liberty of others is not disturbed. Even in personal life a disciplined routine keeps us healthy. Therefore man, who is a social being, has to follow the rules, the violation of which will bring chaos and confusion.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:In which families is the cultivation of foxtail orchid significant? Foxtail orchid is a blooming orchid consisting of more than hundred pink-speckled white flowers. The plant is found in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests woodlands In India, the plant is most common in North-East, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the plant is called by Telugu name �Chintaranamu�. The plant prefers even watering, and even fertilizing throughout the year. It will die if the leaves are wet frequently. It prefers indirect lighting. Flowering is usually in late spring. The bunch of flowers known as Kapau Phool is a bridal decoration in Assam. The plant is used to treat wounds, cuts and bruises medicinally. It is usually seen under cultivation in almost all Assameese families and it is the state flower of Assam. Due to bio-piracy, the plant is in the verge of extinction in India. It is also recognized as the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:By what name is the plant called in Andhra Pradesh?

Foxtail orchid is a blooming orchid consisting of more than hundred pink-speckled white flowers. The plant is found in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests woodlands In India, the plant is most common in North-East, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the plant is called by Telugu name ‘Chintaranamu’. The plant prefers even watering, and even fertilizing throughout the year. It will die if the leaves are wet frequently. It prefers indirect lighting. Flowering is usually in late spring. The bunch of flowers known as Kapau Phool is a bridal decoration in Assam. The plant is used to treat wounds, cuts and bruises medicinally. It is usually seen under cultivation in almost all Assameese families and it is the state flower of Assam. Due to bio-piracy, the plant is in the verge of extinction in India. It is also recognized as the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:What word in the passage is opposite to 'evergreen'? Foxtail orchid is a blooming orchid consisting of more than hundred pink-speckled white flowers. The plant is found in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests woodlands In India, the plant is most common in North-East, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the plant is called by Telugu name �Chintaranamu�. The plant prefers even watering, and even fertilizing throughout the year. It will die if the leaves are wet frequently. It prefers indirect lighting. Flowering is usually in late spring. The bunch of flowers known as Kapau Phool is a bridal decoration in Assam. The plant is used to treat wounds, cuts and bruises medicinally. It is usually seen under cultivation in almost all Assameese families and it is the state flower of Assam. Due to bio-piracy, the plant is in the verge of extinction in India. It is also recognized as the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:What are the requirements of Foxtail orchid? Foxtail orchid is a blooming orchid consisting of more than hundred pink-speckled white flowers. The plant is found in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests woodlands In India, the plant is most common in North-East, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the plant is called by Telugu name �Chintaranamu�. The plant prefers even watering, and even fertilizing throughout the year. It will die if the leaves are wet frequently. It prefers indirect lighting. Flowering is usually in late spring. The bunch of flowers known as Kapau Phool is a bridal decoration in Assam. The plant is used to treat wounds, cuts and bruises medicinally. It is usually seen under cultivation in almost all Assameese families and it is the state flower of Assam. Due to bio-piracy, the plant is in the verge of extinction in India. It is also recognized as the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:How many spotted flowers are there in the Foxtail orchid? Foxtail orchid is a blooming orchid consisting of more than hundred pink-speckled white flowers. The plant is found in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests woodlands In India, the plant is most common in North-East, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the plant is called by Telugu name �Chintaranamu�. The plant prefers even watering, and even fertilizing throughout the year. It will die if the leaves are wet frequently. It prefers indirect lighting. Flowering is usually in late spring.

The bunch of flowers known as "Kapau Phool" is a bridal decoration in Assam. The plant is used to treat wounds, cuts and bruises medicinally. It is usually seen under cultivation in almost all Assameese families and it is the state flower of Assam. Due to bio-piracy, the plant is in the verge of extinction in India. It is also recognized as the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Which of the following could replace “him” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “whether” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “defferences” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “carried away” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “feeble” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “overflowed” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.

Which of the following could replace “considerable” as used in the passage above?

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The hen bird was about to lay, and she asked her mate whether he could find her some place convenient for laying eggs. He asked, whether that was not a very good place for the purpose. She answered that it was not, for it was continually overflowed by the tide. Then he asked emotionally, whether he had become so feeble that the eggs laid in his house could be carried away by the sea. The hen bird laughed and said that there were some considerable defferences between him and the sea.