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Reading Comprehension

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Reading Comprehension Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following could replace 'washed' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.

  1. cleaned

  2. filled

  3. bathed

  4. decorated
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Washed' means totally covered or bathed. So the tree looked totally bathed in pink, white and red.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the correct spelling of 'peaping'?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.

  1. peeping

  2. pepping

  3. peepeing

  4. peepoing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Peeping' is the correct answer. It means 'looking through a narrow opening'. Here, the fruits were looking out from the opening of the leaves.

Multiple choice

Which of the following could replace ‘resist’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.

  1. disobey

  2. accept

  3. hold back

  4. believe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

‘Resist’ means to hold back.

Multiple choice

Which of the following could replace 'paying' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Listening is a good habit. It means to be pashent (1) and silent when others are speaking. It means paying (2) proper attention when others speak. By listening, you learn. You learn about things. You learn about the speaker's purpose (3). You also learn about the speaker's nature. A good listener is popular, for (4) people love to talk. However, it is crazy (5) to talk, if there is nobody to listen. So, people love a good listener. Of course (6), if everybody spoke at the same time, then none would be able to follow another. That would make friendships impossible. It would also make social (7) life impossible. That is why (8), we listen when others speak, and others listen when we speak.

  1. depositing

  2. maintaining

  3. buying

  4. giving
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Here 'paying' means giving proper attention when others speak.

Multiple choice

Which of the following could replace 'crazy' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Listening is a good habit. It means to be pashent (1) and silent when others are speaking. It means paying (2) proper attention when others speak. By listening, you learn. You learn about things. You learn about the speaker's purpose (3). You also learn about the speaker's nature. A good listener is popular, for (4) people love to talk. However, it is crazy (5) to talk, if there is nobody to listen. So, people love a good listener. Of course (6), if everybody spoke at the same time, then none would be able to follow another. That would make friendships impossible. It would also make social (7) life impossible. That is why (8), we listen when others speak, and others listen when we speak.

  1. unusual

  2. chaotic

  3. foolish

  4. indifferent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Here crazy is being used to refer to something stupid, therefore, foolish is the correct answer here.

Multiple choice

Which of the following could replace 'covered' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.

  1. enclosed

  2. exposed

  3. layered

  4. spread
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Covered' means completely formed a layer of the leaves, such that the surface beneath the leaves was not visible. Therefore, covered means layered in this case.

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

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

Which of the following could replace 'for' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Listening is a good habit. It means to be pashent (1) and silent when others are speaking. It means paying (2) proper attention when others speak. By listening, you learn. You learn about things. You learn about the speaker's purpose (3). You also learn about the speaker's nature. A good listener is popular, for (4) people love to talk. However, it is crazy (5) to talk, if there is nobody to listen. So, people love a good listener. Of course (6), if everybody spoke at the same time, then none would be able to follow another. That would make friendships impossible. It would also make social (7) life impossible. That is why (8), we listen when others speak, and others listen when we speak.

  1. yet

  2. also

  3. provided

  4. as
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Since a reason is being explained here, therefore, 'as' will be used.

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

Which of the following could replace 'purpose' as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

Listening is a good habit. It means to be pashent (1) and silent when others are speaking. It means paying (2) proper attention when others speak. By listening, you learn. You learn about things. You learn about the speaker's purpose (3). You also learn about the speaker's nature. A good listener is popular, for (4) people love to talk. However, it is crazy (5) to talk, if there is nobody to listen. So, people love a good listener. Of course (6), if everybody spoke at the same time, then none would be able to follow another. That would make friendships impossible. It would also make social (7) life impossible. That is why (8), we listen when others speak, and others listen when we speak.

  1. attention

  2. knowledge

  3. intention

  4. aggression
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the sentence 'purpose' means intention or motive of the speaker.

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

Which of the following could replace ‘pretty well’ as used in the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable option according to the corresponding number in the passage.

It was October. The pink-white leaves of the flowering dogwood covered (1) the entire yard. The clumps (2) of glossy red fruits, peaping (3) from gaps between its leaves, made the tree look like a giant sundae. A flock of bluebirds flying over the town’s sky couldn’t resist (4) the temptation and nosedived for the tree. The tree looked washed (5) in pink, white and red, with busy blue dots moving all over. The bluebirds were back again. The little six inch birds ate grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. But, the fruits of the flowering dogwood surely (6) topped their list of favourites. Their numbers had fallen (7) recently, and may be the starlings and sparrows were giving them a hard time to find nests. But everybody in the town started putting out nesting boxes - and that seems to have worked pretty well (8). The bluebirds have returned to the town.

  1. fictionally

  2. practically

  3. unknowingly

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

‘Pretty well’ here means effectively or efficiently. Therefore, the correct option is ‘practically’, which is similar in meaning.