Reading Comprehension

'Animal Rahat' provides services in how many districts of Maharashtra?

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Animal Rahat is a unique program that aims to help some of the most neglected animals in the world – the bullocks, donkeys and other working animals in India. Animal Rahat was created to make a difference in India’s working animals. These gentle animals often suffer from dehydration, untreated sores, muscle strain and sometimes they are subjected to frequent beating. Animal Rahat was founded in 2003 to provide these animals with relief. This lifesaving program now offers services throughout three districts of Maharshstra, one of the largest states in India, and in the neighbouring town of Solapur. Their staff members provide free aid to bullocks who work in sugar mills, donkeys who are used in brick kilns, horses who pull carts and other working animals. Animal Rahat aims to alleviate the sufferings of these animals by giving rest to the lame and offering relief to the sick and injured. Animal Rahat’s guidance and support of these animals has already reduced practices such as leaving out animals in extreme heat or leaving them unprotected through rainy seasons.

Which word in the paragraph means 'dedicated'?

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White Bengal tigers are also called 'the Indian tiger'. They are one of the only two species of cats which like water. At full running speed, they reach speed of upto 60 kilometers per hour. They do not possess great stamina. The average tiger animal sleeps between 16 to 18 hours. Bengal tiger is very patient, it watches its prey and waits till the right time to make its move. It has very strong jaws, it catches the prey by its neck and the strong jaws and the teeth help him to kill its prey. Bengal tiger has a strong sense of smell. It also has a great vision which helps it to hunt during the night time. Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water. Bengal tigers are fully grown at the age of 2–3 years. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. They have a white spot on the back of their ears which looks like eyes. Tigresses are devoted mothers who are very protective of their cubs. They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old.

The stamina of the white Bengal tiger is

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White Bengal tigers are also called 'the Indian tiger'. They are one of the only two species of cats which like water. At full running speed, they reach speed of upto 60 kilometers per hour. They do not possess great stamina. The average tiger animal sleeps between 16 to 18 hours. Bengal tiger is very patient, it watches its prey and waits till the right time to make its move. It has very strong jaws, it catches the prey by its neck and the strong jaws and the teeth help him to kill its prey. Bengal tiger has a strong sense of smell. It also has a great vision which helps it to hunt during the night time. Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water. Bengal tigers are fully grown at the age of 2–3 years. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. They have a white spot on the back of their ears which looks like eyes. Tigresses are devoted mothers who are very protective of their cubs. They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old.

How do white Bengal tigers swim and move in water?

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White Bengal tigers are also called 'the Indian tiger'. They are one of the only two species of cats which like water. At full running speed, they reach speed of upto 60 kilometers per hour. They do not possess great stamina. The average tiger animal sleeps between 16 to 18 hours. Bengal tiger is very patient, it watches its prey and waits till the right time to make its move. It has very strong jaws, it catches the prey by its neck and the strong jaws and the teeth help him to kill its prey. Bengal tiger has a strong sense of smell. It also has a great vision which helps it to hunt during the night time. Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water. Bengal tigers are fully grown at the age of 2–3 years. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. They have a white spot on the back of their ears which looks like eyes. Tigresses are devoted mothers who are very protective of their cubs. They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old.

Tigresses protect their young ones till they are about

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White Bengal tigers are also called 'the Indian tiger'. They are one of the only two species of cats which like water. At full running speed, they reach speed of upto 60 kilometers per hour. They do not possess great stamina. The average tiger animal sleeps between 16 to 18 hours. Bengal tiger is very patient, it watches its prey and waits till the right time to make its move. It has very strong jaws, it catches the prey by its neck and the strong jaws and the teeth help him to kill its prey. Bengal tiger has a strong sense of smell. It also has a great vision which helps it to hunt during the night time. Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water. Bengal tigers are fully grown at the age of 2–3 years. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. They have a white spot on the back of their ears which looks like eyes. Tigresses are devoted mothers who are very protective of their cubs. They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old.

Cartilage is found in the human body in the

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Interesting facts about animals:

1. An amazing species of frog, named, Panamanian Golden Frog, does not possess ears, but they rather listen with the help of their lungs. Yes, those lungs multi-task for them in the most amazing way. These frogs are not the only species with the same functionality, but there are many fish that also hear in the same manner.
2. Did you know that a group of fish is called school, while a group of owls is called parliament.
3. A woodpecker can peck on wood 20 times per second. Their average total pecks are 8,000 to 12,000 a day.
4. Sharks, one of the largest species of fish, do not have bones in their bodies. Their skeleton is made of a cartilage (A flexible bone like men have in their ears and nose). An amazing thing about a Shark’s skeleton is that it can easily be crushed under its own weight, while on dry land.

The skeleton of sharks consist of

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Interesting facts about animals:

1. An amazing species of frog, named, Panamanian Golden Frog, does not possess ears, but they rather listen with the help of their lungs. Yes, those lungs multi-task for them in the most amazing way. These frogs are not the only species with the same functionality, but there are many fish that also hear in the same manner.
2. Did you know that a group of fish is called school, while a group of owls is called parliament.
3. A woodpecker can peck on wood 20 times per second. Their average total pecks are 8,000 to 12,000 a day.
4. Sharks, one of the largest species of fish, do not have bones in their bodies. Their skeleton is made of a cartilage (A flexible bone like men have in their ears and nose). An amazing thing about a Shark’s skeleton is that it can easily be crushed under its own weight, while on dry land.

White Bengal tigers do not possess strong

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

White Bengal tigers are also called 'the Indian tiger'. They are one of the only two species of cats which like water. At full running speed, they reach speed of upto 60 kilometers per hour. They do not possess great stamina. The average tiger animal sleeps between 16 to 18 hours. Bengal tiger is very patient, it watches its prey and waits till the right time to make its move. It has very strong jaws, it catches the prey by its neck and the strong jaws and the teeth help him to kill its prey. Bengal tiger has a strong sense of smell. It also has a great vision which helps it to hunt during the night time. Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water. Bengal tigers are fully grown at the age of 2–3 years. They have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. They have a white spot on the back of their ears which looks like eyes. Tigresses are devoted mothers who are very protective of their cubs. They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old.

The parents looked

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Passage - III
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness, the children laughed, the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.

Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the warning implied in the passage?

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Passage – IV
With the inevitable growth of specialization, we see the universities facing two great dangers. Firstly, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. Secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State, it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves, and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.

The traveler carried with him

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Passage - I
As I slung my pack onto my shoulders, a big mosquito thudded against my cheek. There had been a few through the day, but it was early in the season - the ice had gone out just two weeks before and I had scarcely noticed them. But now as I would down the ridge, the last breeze faded and they were on me. Rising in clouds from the soggy tundra, they pelted against my face. I reached in my pocket for the repellent and came up empty.

She glanced at him when

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Passage - II
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then - this thought had come to her before - that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed as she had never thanked him for the help he had given to her father.

Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the central theme of the passage?

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Passage – IV
With the inevitable growth of specialization, we see the universities facing two great dangers. Firstly, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. Secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State, it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves, and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.

She was ashamed because

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Passage - II
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then - this thought had come to her before - that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed as she had never thanked him for the help he had given to her father.

The oldest daughter looked

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Passage - III
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness, the children laughed, the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.