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Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Socrates believed that virtue is the outcome of knowledge and that evil is fundamentally ignorance. This is an early instance of the belief that the intellectual or rational is dominant in man and morally superior.

Socrates' point of view as described in the passage implies which of the following conclusions about evil people?

  1. They often dominate those who are morally superior

  2. They are unable to achieve complete self knowledge

  3. They are ignorant

  4. They are inherently virtuous but incapable of showing it
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option C is the correct answer because according to the first sentence, evil is fundamentally ignorance.

Option A is incorrect because according to the statement the intellectual or rational is more dominant. 
Option B is incorrect because Socrates says that they are ignorant and hence have no knowledge. 
Option D is incorrect because Socrates doesn’t make a statement like this in the given passage.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the question given below.


There stood at the edge of the road an oak. Probably ten times the age of the birches that formed the bulk of the forest. It was ten times as thick and twice as tall as they are. It was an enormous tree, double a man's span with ancient scars where branches had long ago been lopped off and bark stripped away. With huge limbs sprawling unsymmetrically, with gnarled hands and fingers, it stood, an aged monster angry and scornful, among the smiling birch trees. This oak alone refused to yield to the season's spell, spurning both spring and sunshine.

"Spring, and love, and happiness", this oak seemed to say, "Are you not weary of the same stupid, meaningless late? Always the same old delusion. There is no spring, no happiness! Look at those strangled lifeless fir trees, everlastingly the same and look at me too sticking out broken excoriated fingers, from my back and my sides, where they grew, just as they grew; here I stand, and have no faith in your hopes and illusions".


The oak's attitude to life is ________.

  1. sceptical and disdainful

  2. cheerful but superior

  3. pessimistic and despondent

  4. bombastic and angry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer for this would be option C, pessimistic and despondent. The speaker of the passage, the oak, has lived long enough to know that nothing lasts and has grown dispirited and cynical of the hope that the younglings have. Option A, sceptical and disdainful, is wrong because there isn't any indication of doubt or worthlessness in the oak. It knows its place in the world and the reality of it; the oak doesn't have any illusions about its existence and is sure of its beliefs. Options B and D are incoherent with the tone of the text, and thus, are incorrect. 

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the question given below. 


This country now needs a new equilibrium, a new spirit of national reconciliation that can be brought about only by moving forward to the new frontiers of true equality, fuller opportunity and greater compassion for the weaker sections of its people. Our goal is total freedom for the people that can fully reflect their urges and aspirations for a better life. We cannot remain content by merely reliving our past even under the condition of complete freedom, without a matching concept of the present and the future. We can survive only by seizing every constructive opportunity that can offer a creative alternative to the legacies of the past. It is only through such a lofty endeavour that the country can discover itself with a new sense of adventure and faith in ourselves.

We cannot remain satisfied with the past. We should think of ____. 

  1. the present and the future as well

  2. matching the present with the past

  3. the past only

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Option A is the correct answer. The passage speaks of building a better country, a better world, which can be done with the consideration of the future, without forgetting or foregoing the present conditions. Options B,C and D wrong because their statements are not supported by the text. Moreover, The author has emphasized the necessity of thinking about the preset and the future simultaneously, and not being confined in the past. 

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the question given below.


It must be realized to make compulsory education a success, it is absolutely necessary to make it entirely free. India is a poor country and we cannot expect our people to pay directly for the education of their children. Even in rich countries like England and U.S.A. mas education is not only free but there are many additional facilities like mid-day meal for children, free medical service, and scholarship on a generous scale. Since education is a fundamental civil and human right and basic to the health of the body politics, funds must be found for the purpose whatever the cost of the scheme. If we consider educational and cultural activities to be important, funds will be forthcoming. What we have to do is to rearrange our priority. With this in view, we have to adopt a many-sided programme of national planning and economic and industrial reconstruction. If not there will always be arguments and statistics to prove that it is impossible to introduce free, compulsory and universal education in India.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Free compulsory education is necessary for India.

  2. Universal education is free in U.S.A.

  3. Education is civic right.

  4. Education is necessary for a poor country.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

While the passage mentions the other three choices, it never once mentions option D and neither is option D conveyed by the tone of the passage nor is it implied in any other manner. So, we can conclude that option D is the required answer.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the question given below.


It must be realized to make compulsory education a success, it is absolutely necessary to make it entirely free. India is a poor country and we cannot expect our people to pay directly for the education of their children. Even in rich countries like England and U.S.A. mas education is not only free but there are many additional facilities like mid-day meal for children, free medical service, and scholarship on a generous scale. Since education is a fundamental civic and human right and basic to the health of the body politics, funds must be found for the purpose whatever the cost of the scheme. If we consider educational and cultural activities to be important, funds will be forthcoming. What we have to do is to rearrange our priority. With this in view, we have to adopt a many-sided programme of national planning and economic and industrial reconstruction. If not there will always be arguments and statistics to prove that it is impossible to introduce free, compulsory and universal education in India.

Why should we adopt a many sided programme of national planning and economic reconstruction?

  1. For making education popular

  2. For mass education

  3. For providing mid-day meals

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The passage states that since education is a fundamental and civic human right, funds must be found to implement a scheme that would make it popular so that free education could be made a success. This is where a many sided programme of national planning and economic reconstruction comes in- it is the kind of scheme that needs to be implemented. So, we can conclude that the scheme is need to make education popular. Option A is the correct answer.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english
Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 

Ah! Whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.


The truth must prevail means?

  1. He was true

  2. Angel will reveal truth

  3. Truth always wins in the end

  4. We must plead for the truth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

"Prevail" literally means to win out. In the given passage, when everybody believed the protagonist to be guilty, he still had hope that his innocence would be proved and that the truth would win out. So, Option C is the correct answer.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english
Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 

Ah! Whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non-guilty for him and free him of his miseries.


Whatever others said about him, he ________.

  1. betrayed no one

  2. thought over the problem

  3. never lost faith in goodness

  4. raised his voice against injustice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When everybody believed him to be guilty, he still had faith that the truth will win out. Even in his darkest moment, he never "lost faith in God and goodness." In this context, option C is the best answer.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and dont's. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced to frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways. 

The phrase 'formidable lists of do's and don'ts' means that _______. 

  1. the bad points of our character are formidable

  2. the list is so long that it is frightening

  3. the things that need to be included is frightening

  4. the realisation that we are so imperfect is frightening
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

"Formidable" means intimidating or frightening. So, when the author says "formidable list of do's and don'ts'", he means to say that the list of do's and don'ts' is so long that it is frightening. Option B is the best answer. The other choices are incorrect because they do not fit into the context of the sentence.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and dont's. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced to frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways. 

'The same old favourites recur... with monotonous regularity' implies that ______. 

  1. we want to be so perfect that we include some items regularly

  2. we have been so regularly doing certain things that they have become monotonous

  3. in spite of repeated failures, we still would like to try one more time

  4. some favourite actions if repeated often could become monotonous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A careful reading of the passage reveals that the author says that we make the same resolution each year which we had failed to keep the previous year and this happens almost every year. In this context, option C is the best answer.

Multiple choice inferences from the text reading comprehension english
Read the passage given below and pick the option that best fits the question that follows:

Deriving your authority from the government, your position would secure the respect and consideration of everyone, especially in a service where official rank carries so much weight. This would secure you every attention and comfort on your way and there, together with a complete submission to your orders. I know these things are a matter of indifference to you except so far as they may further, the great objects you have in view, but they are of importance in themselves, and of every importance to those who have a right to take an interest in your personal position and comfort. 


The writer's attitude towards the person addressed is characterized by ______.

  1. Officiousness

  2. Flattery

  3. Humility

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

The tone of the author sounds quite official and serious. So, we can conclude that the writer's attitude is officious- option A. The attitude is definitely not one of flattery, arrogance or flattery.