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Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [4] with the most appropriate option.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. To beautify its origin

  2. To beautify my origin

  3. It had come to beautify its origin

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rain: "To beautify my origin."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is an incomplete answer, we will give a complete answer in the indirect speech. 
For example:
Mom: "What are you doing?" - Mom asked what he was doing. 
Raj: "Studying." - Raj answered that he was studying.
Option A - 'To beautify its origin' can't be used as it is similar to the direct speech. We have to write the complete answer in the indirect speech. Thus option A is incorrect. 
Option B - 'To beautify my origin' can't be used as it is used in the direct speech. Thus option B is incorrect. 
Option C - 'It had come to beautify its origin' can be used here as it answers the question completely in the past perfect tense. The question was in the present perfect tense, hence the answer should be in the past perfect tense. Thus option C is the correct answer. 
Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer. 
'The rain replied that it had come to beautify its origin.'

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [5] with the most appropriate option.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. It also wanted to give life to unborn seeds

  2. It also wants to give life to unborn seeds

  3. I also want to give life to unborn seeds

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rain: "I also want to give life to unborn seeds."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple present tense, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech.
Option B - 'It also wants to give life to unborn seeds' is in the simple present tense. Thus option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'I also want to give life to unborn seeds' is the direct speech and can't be used in the indirect speech. Thus option C is incorrect.
Option A - 'It also wanted to give life unborn seeds' can be used here as 'I' is changed to 'it' according to the subject 'rain'. And, the sentence is formed in the simple past tense in the indirect speech. Thus option A is the correct answer.
Option D - Option D is incorrect as option A is the correct answer.
'It further told that it also wanted to give life unborn seeds.'

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [2] with the most appropriate option.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. It has been the poem of the earth

  2. It was the poem of the earth

  3. I was the poem of the earth

  4. I am the poem of the earth

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."

As the given sentence is in the simple present tense, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech. 
Option A - 'It has been the poem of the earth' is in present perfect tense. Thus option A is incorrect. 
Oprion C - 'I was the poem of the earth' is incorrect as 'I' can't be used in the indirect speech. We need another pronoun according to the subject 'rain'. Thus option C is incorrect. 
Option D - 'I am the poem of the earth' can't be used here as it is the direct speech. We can only use the same tense when the speech is a universal truth. Thus option D is incorrect. 
Option B - 'It was the poem of the earth' can be used here as 'I' is changed to 'it' and the sentence is in the simple past tense. Thus option B is the correct answer. 
'The rain answered that it was the poem of the earth.'

Ram scored overall 99% marks. No other students of his class could do this. On the basis of his performance we may say:

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. Ram is an intelligent student of his class.

  2. Ram is more intelligent student in his class

  3. Ram is the most intelligent student of his class

  4. Ram is one of the more intelligent boys of his class.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

From the given data we may say that Ram scored the highest among all the students in he class. So, it can be said that Ram is the most intelligent student of his class. Thus option C is the correct answer. Options A,B,D are incorrect.

Read the following short passage and choose the best answer to the question that fallow each passage.Columnist: Senators who are not firmly committed to a core set of beliefs will formulate new campaign strategies and moot points before each upcoming election. Senators are elected to serve multiple terms in office only i f they formulate new campaign strategies and moot points before each upcoming election. Therefore, senators who are not firmly committed to a core set of beliefs are elected to serve multiple terms in office. 
Which one of the following displays a flawed pattern of reasoning most closely parallel to that in the columnist's argument?

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. Nuclear proliferation will accelerate only if there is widespread access to fissile material. Widespread access to fissile material goes hand in glove with increased regional instability. Therefore, nuclear proliferation will not accelerate unless there is an increase in regional instability

  2. If health care costs continue to rise, foreign currency markets will devalue the Euro. But health care costs will not continue to rise. Therefore, foreign currency markets will not devalue the Euro.

  3. A loyal person is a likeable person, for a loyal person always stands by her friends and a likeable person also always stands by her friends.

  4. A well-constructed house includes code-compliant framing, wiring, and insulation. A house is marketable only if it is well-constructed. Therefore, a marketable house includes code-compliant framing, wiring, and insulation.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A loyal person is a likeable person, for a loyal person always stands by her friends and a likeable person also always :stands by her friends.

Experts musicologists believe that Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata in 1824, three years before his death. However, the manuscript of a piano sonata was recently discovered that bears Beethoven's name and dates from 1825. Clearly, the experts are mistaken because, not every piece that Beethoven wrote was catalogued in his lifetime, and it is known that Beethoven continued to compose until just weeks before his death.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms ?

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. That either of two things could have occurred independently is taken to show that those two things could not have occurred simultaneously.

  2. An inconsistency that, as presented, has more than one possible resolution is treated as though only one resolution is possible.

  3. Establishing that a certain event occurred is confused with having established the cause of that event.

  4. A claim that has a very general application is based entirely on evidence form a narrowly restricted range of cases.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An inconsistency that ,as presented has more than one possible resolution is treated as trough only one resolution is possible.

A passage is given below followed by several inference . You have to examine each interference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity , Mark your answer as:

Investors today have more investment options than were available just a few years ago. Choice in any decision-making is good in so far it provides variety, differentiation and bench-marking. It could also, however, at times lead to clutter and "noise" if the options are mostly similar and undifferentiated. To make sense of this choice conundrum, it is imperative for an investor to define objective - both returns and digestible risk and then identify the possible options. The investor also needs to select the mix and regularly monitor that objectives and investment outcomes remain aligned. Sounds simple, but can present the most confounding situation which multiplies with the quantum of wealth. 
Multiple investment options of similar types helps in making better investment decisions.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. If the inference is 'definitely true'

  2. If the inference is 'probably true'

  3. if the 'data provide in inadequate'

  4. If the inference is 'probably false'

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Refer to the second and the third sentences of the passage. They say that choice is good, but they lead to clutter and noise if the products are similar. So, the inference is probably false.

A passage is given below followed by several inference . You have to examine each interference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity , Mark your answer as:

Investors today have more investment options than were available just a few years ago. Choice in any decision-making is good in so far it provides variety, differentiation and bench-marking. It could also, however, at times lead to clutter and "noise" if the options are mostly similar and undifferentiated. To make sense of this choice conundrum, it is imperative for an investor to define objective - both returns and digestible risk and then identify the possible options. The investor also needs to select the mix and regularly monitor that objectives and investment outcomes remain aligned. Sounds simple, but can present the most confounding situation which multiplies with the quantum of wealth. 
Present day investors need to use their judgement more critically before investing.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. If the inference is 'definitely true'

  2. If the inference is 'probably true'

  3. if the 'data provide in inadequate'

  4. If the inference is 'probably false'

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
According to the first sentence, it says that investors `today have more investment options' and then later in the paragraph says that investors need to evaluate risk. This means that investors today need to use their judgement mat critically. So, the inference is definitely true.

'Friendship was indeed a value for the villagers, more for men than for women. Two good friends were said to be 'like brothers' (literally, 'like elder brother-younger brother', annatamman-dirahage). I heard this expression several times and I could not help recalling the statement of an elderly English colleague who had told me that he and his brother were very close and had written to each other every week. He had added, 'We are very good friends.' That is, friendship connoted intimacy in England while in Rampura (as in rural India everywhere), brotherhood conveyed intimacy'.

Which of the following best summarizes the conclusion of the argument of this paragraph? 

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. Friendship has greater value for men than for women.

  2. People in England have different attitudes to brotherhood and friendship than people in rural India.

  3. Brother has greater value in rural India than in England.

  4. Friendship has greater value in England than in India.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The conclusion of the argument is mentioned in its last lines " That is, friendship connoted intimacy in England while in Rural India, brotherhood conveyed intimacy." Therefore, the attitude of people of England towards brotherhood and friendship is different from that of rural India. So ,option (b) is correct.

Yoga has become a very popular type of exercise, but it may not be for everyone. Before you sign yourself up for a yoga class, you need to examine what is it you want from your fitness routine. If you're looking for a high - energy . fast paced aerobic workout , a yoga class might not be your best choice.
This paragraph best supports the statement that _________________.

theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

  1. Yoga is more popular than high - impact aerobics

  2. Before embarking on a new exercise regimen, you should think about your needs and desires

  3. Yoga is changing the world of fitness in major ways

  4. Most people think that yoga isn't a rigorous form of exercise

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The argument states that one needs to choose one's exercise regime ( yoga or aerobics) on the basis of one's requirements and expectations. So,option (b) is best supported by the argument.