The format is quite simple. It contains a passage usually having a length of 500 to 2000 words. Five question are being asked on the passage. The passage is ‘taken from published material. The word comprehension'actually’ means ‘grasping with intellect’ ‘understanding’ The question follow the passage are 6 fvarying quality and range. Some of the questions test your ability to recognize implications and draw inferences. The questions test your ability to read a passage comprehend its meaning, criticize its strength and weaknesses: Showing that ability by selecting the correct answer from among choice supplied. A comprehension passage contains a number of paragraphs. Every paragraph has a central idea which is expounded with ideas and illustrations and other references. The key sentence that gives the central idea of the paragraph may be at the beginning, middle or end of paragraph. This sentence enunciating the central idea, is otherwise called ‘topic sentence’ The student should approach the passage with an ‘open mind'There is no place for the reader own. Opinion, assumptions and prejudices. The crux of the problem is just to understand the writer's point of view. According to the’ difficulty of the passage reading speed should also fast.' Step by step method is useful in solving the questions. Step 1: The very first step is to read the questions quickly. This give you some idea of what you should be looking for as you read the passage. Step 2: The second step is to read the passage at your fastest rate. The questions that have located in your subconscious after reading the questions will force you more conscious as you come across anything that is relevant or important if. Step 3: Again reread the question one at a time. You will get some idea of the location in the passage of material that Answers the questions. If you have no ideas as to location in the passage of material that Answers the questions, go on the next question; Matter this step you may solve all the question. Only one or two question may be left after this step. Step 4: Reread the question carefully that is still unanswered and try to find the reason. They may be analytical in nature which requires the analysis of a certain part of the passage. One of the most important aspect of this is the vocabulary.
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The format is quite simple. It contains a passage usually having a length of 500 to 2000 words. Five question are being asked on the passage. The passage is ‘taken from published material. The word comprehension'actually’ means ‘grasping with intellect’ ‘understanding’ The question follow the passage are 6 fvarying quality and range. Some of the questions test your ability to recognize implications and draw inferences. The questions test your ability to read a passage comprehend its meaning, criticize its strength and weaknesses: Showing that ability by selecting the correct answer from among choice supplied. A comprehension passage contains a number of paragraphs. Every paragraph has a central idea which is expounded with ideas and illustrations and other references. The key sentence that gives the central idea of the paragraph may be at the beginning, middle or end of paragraph. This sentence enunciating the central idea, is otherwise called ‘topic sentence’ The student should approach the passage with an ‘open mind'There is no place for the reader own. Opinion, assumptions and prejudices. The crux of the problem is just to understand the writer's point of view. According to the’ difficulty of the passage reading speed should also fast.' Step by step method is useful in solving the questions. Step 1: The very first step is to read the questions quickly. This give you some idea of what you should be looking for as you read the passage. Step 2: The second step is to read the passage at your fastest rate. The questions that have located in your subconscious after reading the questions will force you more conscious as you come across anything that is relevant or important if. Step 3: Again reread the question one at a time. You will get some idea of the location in the passage of material that Answers the questions. If you have no ideas as to location in the passage of material that Answers the questions, go on the next question; Matter this step you may solve all the question. Only one or two question may be left after this step. Step 4: Reread the question carefully that is still unanswered and try to find the reason. They may be analytical in nature which requires the analysis of a certain part of the passage. One of the most important aspect of this is the vocabulary.English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The impact of technical advancement in armaments on man, needs to be analyzed with a rational mind, and heart free from prejudices of any kind towards modernisation. The most noticeable impact of this development certainly has been the loss of immunity from violence for successive generations ever since the invention of gunpowder. In modern times, the presence of technically advanced arms, not only at the fronts but also among the civilian population, has vastly undermined the value of human life, and endangered the very entity of those virtues of self-restraint and discretion, on which. a peaceful and amiable society rests. However, an unbiased view of the present scenario, would refrain one from attributing the rising trends of violence to the availability of technically superior weapons, for one must not overlook the fact that Necessity is the mother of invention. Every stage in the development of armaments has been marked by its distinct impact on society. When man fought with stones and his bare hands, the society was not yet compact. The discovery of metal and the use of spears, knives and arrows indicate the stage of the formation of small kingdoms. Fire continued to be an effective weapon of destruction. When man introduced the cavalry into the army and improved the strategies of making war, some small kingdoms gave away to form empires, but with no revolutionary advances in armaments forthcoming, the political structure of society remained mare or less stagnant for the many coming centuries. The next significant development was the use of gunpowder, which could be used to perform acts which were then thought to be impossible. Gunpowder was used to form the ammunition of several guns and canons. This sudden advances in weaponry not only facilitated the control of a large mass of people by relatively few armed men that helping to form strong empires, but the availability of the new technology to a select few nations enabled the formation of colonies in continents which did not have access to the modernized technologies of warfare. Modern technological advances in armaments aided the formation of nation states in Europe. The extensive use of the fire-power lent a lethal edge to the naval power which proved to be the greatest asset to any nation in the 19th century. Small United Nations States of Europe with strong navies, modern arms and disciplined men gained control of lands in foreign continents far greater in areas than the parent countries.
1. Necessity is the mother of invention means
a. where there is mother there IS invention
b. when necessity arises invention IS done
c. most of the invention are preplanned
d. nothing happens without creating congenial environment
Answer: b
2. The invention of modern weapons have resulted into
a. loss of immunity from war in the society
b. successive wars for the last two centuries.
c. arms race among the nations
d. loss of life and property every now and then
Answer: a
3. Small kingdoms turned into big empires, after
a. the invention of cavalry and canons and its introduction into the army
b. the introduction of nuclear arms into the army
c. the end of the use of knives, arrows and swords
d. the end of the 19th century
Answer: a
4. The style of the passage is
a. informative
b. analytical
c. retrospective
d. provocative
Answer: c
The impact of technical advancement in armaments on man, needs to be analyzed with a rational mind, and heart free from prejudices of any kind towards modernisation. The most noticeable impact of this development certainly has been the loss of immunity from violence for successive generations ever since the invention of gunpowder. In modern times, the presence of technically advanced arms, not only at the fronts but also among the civilian population, has vastly undermined the value of human life, and endangered the very entity of those virtues of self-restraint and discretion, on which. a peaceful and amiable society rests. However, an unbiased view of the present scenario, would refrain one from attributing the rising trends of violence to the availability of technically superior weapons, for one must not overlook the fact that Necessity is the mother of invention. Every stage in the development of armaments has been marked by its distinct impact on society. When man fought with stones and his bare hands, the society was not yet compact. The discovery of metal and the use of spears, knives and arrows indicate the stage of the formation of small kingdoms. Fire continued to be an effective weapon of destruction. When man introduced the cavalry into the army and improved the strategies of making war, some small kingdoms gave away to form empires, but with no revolutionary advances in armaments forthcoming, the political structure of society remained mare or less stagnant for the many coming centuries. The next significant development was the use of gunpowder, which could be used to perform acts which were then thought to be impossible. Gunpowder was used to form the ammunition of several guns and canons. This sudden advances in weaponry not only facilitated the control of a large mass of people by relatively few armed men that helping to form strong empires, but the availability of the new technology to a select few nations enabled the formation of colonies in continents which did not have access to the modernized technologies of warfare. Modern technological advances in armaments aided the formation of nation states in Europe. The extensive use of the fire-power lent a lethal edge to the naval power which proved to be the greatest asset to any nation in the 19th century. Small United Nations States of Europe with strong navies, modern arms and disciplined men gained control of lands in foreign continents far greater in areas than the parent countries.1. Necessity is the mother of invention means
a. where there is mother there IS invention
b. when necessity arises invention IS done
c. most of the invention are preplanned
d. nothing happens without creating congenial environment
Answer: b
2. The invention of modern weapons have resulted into
a. loss of immunity from war in the society
b. successive wars for the last two centuries.
c. arms race among the nations
d. loss of life and property every now and then
Answer: a
3. Small kingdoms turned into big empires, after
a. the invention of cavalry and canons and its introduction into the army
b. the introduction of nuclear arms into the army
c. the end of the use of knives, arrows and swords
d. the end of the 19th century
Answer: a
4. The style of the passage is
a. informative
b. analytical
c. retrospective
d. provocative
Answer: c
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
1. A suitable title of the passage is
a. Indo US relations
b. Attitude of western democracies toward India's extradition request
c. Indo-US extradition treaty
d. Western criteria of extradition
Answer: b
2. Western judges favoured the Indian political criminals and terrorists on the ground that
a. India's law courts had a prejudiced attitude toward these people
b. these people bribed the western judges.
c. their own governments were also in favour of them
d. none of these
Answer: a
3. When British Home Office ordered Chahal's deportation to India, Chahal
a. went to the European court of justice
b. went to the London High Court for appeal.
c. moved to the House of Lords
d. Both b and c
Answer: d
4. Which of the following statements according to the paragraph ~s correct?
a. SS Sandhu and RS Gill were sentenced to death in a US court
b. Sandhu and Gill were immediately deported to India when India requested.
c. We have not been able to get Mr. Apderson to stand trial for Bhopal gas tragedy.
d. Union carbide was an Indian company
Answer: c
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Study the passage and answer the questions that follow:
India is not, as you may imagine, a distant, strange, or at the very utmost, a curious country, India for the future belongs to Europe, it has its place in the Indo-European world, it has its place in our own history and in what is the very life of history, the history of the human mind, You know how some of the best talents and the noblest genius of our age has been devoted to the study of the development of the outward or material world, the growth of the earth, the first appearance of the living cells, their combination and differentiation leading up to the beginning of organic life, and its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages, Is there not inward intellectual world also which has to be studied in its historical development, from the first appearance of predicative andministrative roots, their combination and differentiation, leading up to the beginning of rational thought in its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages? And in that study of the history of the human mind, in that study of ourselves, of our true selves, India occupies a place second to no other country, Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of, man are treasured up in India, and in India. only.
1. In what field of human endeavor has India surpassed the rest of mankind?
a. in industrialization
b. in materialization
c. in games and sport's
d. in study of the history of the human mind
Answer: d
2. What position does India occupy in the study of the history of the human mind?
a. No place at all
b. First place
c. Third place
d. Second place
Answer: b
3.Philosophy means:
a. the study of human mind
b. the study of systems of thought about soul, etc.
c. the study of political systems
d. the study of stars and cosmos
Answer: b
4. The historical development of intellectual world leads up to:
a. the beginning of rational thought
b. spiritual illumination
c. physical development
d. deflation
Answer: a
India is not, as you may imagine, a distant, strange, or at the very utmost, a curious country, India for the future belongs to Europe, it has its place in the Indo-European world, it has its place in our own history and in what is the very life of history, the history of the human mind, You know how some of the best talents and the noblest genius of our age has been devoted to the study of the development of the outward or material world, the growth of the earth, the first appearance of the living cells, their combination and differentiation leading up to the beginning of organic life, and its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages, Is there not inward intellectual world also which has to be studied in its historical development, from the first appearance of predicative andministrative roots, their combination and differentiation, leading up to the beginning of rational thought in its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages? And in that study of the history of the human mind, in that study of ourselves, of our true selves, India occupies a place second to no other country, Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of, man are treasured up in India, and in India. only.
1. In what field of human endeavor has India surpassed the rest of mankind?
a. in industrialization
b. in materialization
c. in games and sport's
d. in study of the history of the human mind
Answer: d
2. What position does India occupy in the study of the history of the human mind?
a. No place at all
b. First place
c. Third place
d. Second place
Answer: b
3.Philosophy means:
a. the study of human mind
b. the study of systems of thought about soul, etc.
c. the study of political systems
d. the study of stars and cosmos
Answer: b
4. The historical development of intellectual world leads up to:
a. the beginning of rational thought
b. spiritual illumination
c. physical development
d. deflation
Answer: a
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Study the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Some religious teachers have taught that Man is made up of a body and a soul: But they have been silent about the Intellect. Their followers try to feed the body on earth and to save soul from perdition after death: But they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread for the body and Virtue for the soul: These are regarded as the indispensable requisites of human welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about knowledge and education. Thus Jesus Christ spoke much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and converting the sinners: But he never taught the duty of teaching the ignorant and increasing scientific knowledge. He himself was not a well-educated man, and intellectual pursuits were beyond his horizon. Gautam Buddha also laid stress on morality, meditation and asceticism, but he did not attach great importance to history, science, art or literature. St. Ambrose deprecated scientific studies and wrote, Tel discuss the nature and position of the earth does not help us in our hope for life to come. St. Basil said very frankly and foolishly, It is not a matter of interest for us whether the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc. Thomas Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he declared that he honoured only two men and no third: The manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of Greece despised education at last?
1. What have the religious teachers taught in the past?
a. That man is made up of body only
b. That man is made up of soul only.
c. That man is made up of bubbles
d. That man is made up of body and soul together
Answer: d
2. What is food for the soul?
a. Bread
b. Virtue
c. Vice
d. Education
Answer: b
3.The following philosophers occur in the passage. But they are not in correct order. Correct the order (l). Jesus Christ (II). Gautam Buddha (III) St. Ambrose (IV). Thomas Carlyle M St. Basil
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, III, IV, V, II
c. I, II, III, V, IV
d. II, I, III, IV, V
Answer: c
4. Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because: (I) they are unnecessary and superfluous (II) they make people dwarf (III) they lead people to hell
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Only III is correct
d. Only I and II are correct
Answer: a
5. The style of the passage is
a. narrative
b. expository
c. critical
d. Analytical
Answer: a
Some religious teachers have taught that Man is made up of a body and a soul: But they have been silent about the Intellect. Their followers try to feed the body on earth and to save soul from perdition after death: But they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread for the body and Virtue for the soul: These are regarded as the indispensable requisites of human welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about knowledge and education. Thus Jesus Christ spoke much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and converting the sinners: But he never taught the duty of teaching the ignorant and increasing scientific knowledge. He himself was not a well-educated man, and intellectual pursuits were beyond his horizon. Gautam Buddha also laid stress on morality, meditation and asceticism, but he did not attach great importance to history, science, art or literature. St. Ambrose deprecated scientific studies and wrote, Tel discuss the nature and position of the earth does not help us in our hope for life to come. St. Basil said very frankly and foolishly, It is not a matter of interest for us whether the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc. Thomas Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he declared that he honoured only two men and no third: The manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of Greece despised education at last?1. What have the religious teachers taught in the past?
a. That man is made up of body only
b. That man is made up of soul only.
c. That man is made up of bubbles
d. That man is made up of body and soul together
Answer: d
2. What is food for the soul?
a. Bread
b. Virtue
c. Vice
d. Education
Answer: b
3.The following philosophers occur in the passage. But they are not in correct order. Correct the order (l). Jesus Christ (II). Gautam Buddha (III) St. Ambrose (IV). Thomas Carlyle M St. Basil
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, III, IV, V, II
c. I, II, III, V, IV
d. II, I, III, IV, V
Answer: c
4. Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because: (I) they are unnecessary and superfluous (II) they make people dwarf (III) they lead people to hell
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Only III is correct
d. Only I and II are correct
Answer: a
5. The style of the passage is
a. narrative
b. expository
c. critical
d. Analytical
Answer: a
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Study the passage and answer the questions that follow:
India is not, as you may imagine, a distant, strange, or at the very utmost, a curious country, India for the future belongs to Europe, it has its place in the Indo-European world, it has its place in our own history and in what is the very life of history, the history of the human mind, You know how some of the best talents and the noblest genius of our age has been devoted to the study of the development of the outward or material world, the growth of the earth, the first appearance of the living cells, their combination and differentiation leading up to the beginning of organic life, and its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages, Is there not inward intellectual world also which has to be studied in its historical development, from the first appearance of predicative andministrative roots, their combination and differentiation, leading up to the beginning of rational thought in its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages? And in that study of the history of the human mind, in that study of ourselves, of our true selves, India occupies a place second to no other country, Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of, man are treasured up in India, and in India. only.
1. In what field of human endeavor has India surpassed the rest of mankind?
a. in industrialization
b. in materialization
c. in games and sport's
d. in study of the history of the human mind
Answer: d
2. What position does India occupy in the study of the history of the human mind?
a. No place at all
b. First place
c. Third place
d. Second place
Answer: b
3. Philosophy means:
a. the study of human mind
b. the study of systems of thought about soul, etc.
c. the study of political systems
d. the study of stars and cosmos
Answer: b
4. The historical development of intellectual world leads up to:
a. the beginning of rational thought
b. spiritual illumination
c. physical development
d. deflation
Answer: a
India is not, as you may imagine, a distant, strange, or at the very utmost, a curious country, India for the future belongs to Europe, it has its place in the Indo-European world, it has its place in our own history and in what is the very life of history, the history of the human mind, You know how some of the best talents and the noblest genius of our age has been devoted to the study of the development of the outward or material world, the growth of the earth, the first appearance of the living cells, their combination and differentiation leading up to the beginning of organic life, and its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages, Is there not inward intellectual world also which has to be studied in its historical development, from the first appearance of predicative andministrative roots, their combination and differentiation, leading up to the beginning of rational thought in its steady progress from the lowest to the highest stages? And in that study of the history of the human mind, in that study of ourselves, of our true selves, India occupies a place second to no other country, Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of, man are treasured up in India, and in India. only.1. In what field of human endeavor has India surpassed the rest of mankind?
a. in industrialization
b. in materialization
c. in games and sport's
d. in study of the history of the human mind
Answer: d
2. What position does India occupy in the study of the history of the human mind?
a. No place at all
b. First place
c. Third place
d. Second place
Answer: b
3. Philosophy means:
a. the study of human mind
b. the study of systems of thought about soul, etc.
c. the study of political systems
d. the study of stars and cosmos
Answer: b
4. The historical development of intellectual world leads up to:
a. the beginning of rational thought
b. spiritual illumination
c. physical development
d. deflation
Answer: a
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Study the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Some religious teachers have taught that Man is made up of a body and a soul: But they have been silent about the Intellect. Their followers try to feed the body on earth and to save soul from perdition after death: But they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread for the body and Virtue for the soul: These are regarded as the indispensable requisites of human welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about knowledge and education. Thus Jesus Christ spoke much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and converting the sinners: But he never taught the duty of teaching the ignorant and increasing scientific knowledge. He himself was not a well-educated man, and intellectual pursuits were beyond his horizon. Gautam Buddha also laid stress on morality, meditation and asceticism, but he did not attach great importance to history, science, art or literature. St. Ambrose deprecated scientific studies and wrote, Tel discuss the nature and position of the earth does not help us in our hope for life to come. St. Basil said very frankly and foolishly, It is not a matter of interest for us whether the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc. Thomas Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he declared that he honoured only two men and no third: The manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of Greece despised education at last?
1. What have the religious teachers taught in the past?
a. That man is made up of body only
b. That man is made up of soul only.
c. That man is made up of bubbles
d. That man is made up of body and soul together
Answer: d
2. What is food for the soul?
a. Bread
b. Virtue
c. Vice
d. Education
Answer: b
3.The following philosophers occur in the passage. But they are not in correct order. Correct the order (l). Jesus Christ (II). Gautam Buddha (III) St. Ambrose (IV). Thomas Carlyle M St. Basil
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, III, IV, V, II
c. I, II, III, V, IV
d. II, I, III, IV, V
Answer: c
4. Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because: (I) they are unnecessary and superfluous (II) they make people dwarf (III) they lead people to hell
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Only III is correct
d. Only I and II are correct
Answer: a
5. The style of the passage is
a. narrative
b. expository
c. critical
d. Analytical
Answer: a
Some religious teachers have taught that Man is made up of a body and a soul: But they have been silent about the Intellect. Their followers try to feed the body on earth and to save soul from perdition after death: But they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread for the body and Virtue for the soul: These are regarded as the indispensable requisites of human welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about knowledge and education. Thus Jesus Christ spoke much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and converting the sinners: But he never taught the duty of teaching the ignorant and increasing scientific knowledge. He himself was not a well-educated man, and intellectual pursuits were beyond his horizon. Gautam Buddha also laid stress on morality, meditation and asceticism, but he did not attach great importance to history, science, art or literature. St. Ambrose deprecated scientific studies and wrote, Tel discuss the nature and position of the earth does not help us in our hope for life to come. St. Basil said very frankly and foolishly, It is not a matter of interest for us whether the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc. Thomas Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he declared that he honoured only two men and no third: The manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of Greece despised education at last?1. What have the religious teachers taught in the past?
a. That man is made up of body only
b. That man is made up of soul only.
c. That man is made up of bubbles
d. That man is made up of body and soul together
Answer: d
2. What is food for the soul?
a. Bread
b. Virtue
c. Vice
d. Education
Answer: b
3.The following philosophers occur in the passage. But they are not in correct order. Correct the order (l). Jesus Christ (II). Gautam Buddha (III) St. Ambrose (IV). Thomas Carlyle M St. Basil
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, III, IV, V, II
c. I, II, III, V, IV
d. II, I, III, IV, V
Answer: c
4. Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because: (I) they are unnecessary and superfluous (II) they make people dwarf (III) they lead people to hell
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Only III is correct
d. Only I and II are correct
Answer: a
5. The style of the passage is
a. narrative
b. expository
c. critical
d. Analytical
Answer: a
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
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India's role on the international stage was moulded by history rather than by the pomp and circumstances of war. As a separate entity of the British empire, India became a founder member of the League of Nations in the same Way as Australia and Canada, and thus acquired a somewhat unique international status long before independence. During the days of the League when India's interests were affected, such as in matters of trade or the position of Indians overseas, the Indian delegation did not hesitate to make known its independent position, for what it was worth. Some Indian delegates were. In demand for chairing meetings riddled with contention and controversy, because of their reputation for impartiality and talent for mediation. These were the small beginnings of India's later entry into the United Nations in 1945, again as a founder member before independence. The drafting of Chapter IX and X of the UN Charter, which deal with international social and economic cooperation, was entrusted to a group that was presided over by an Indian. It is important, however, to bear in mind that fact that the Government of independent India had no part in the drafting of the UN Charter, although in accepted the obligations contained therein. The UN was primarily the creation of three powers-The USA, UK and Russia. The size, population, resources and potential of India lent it the weight of a medium power in the functioning of the United Nations. The fact that India was among the first nations to liberate itself from the imperialist domination through non-violent means. Endowed it with a moral obligation to work in and outside the UN for the independence of nations still under colonial rule. India has served on the Security Council for 10 years or 5 terms, on the Trusteeship Council for 12 years or 4 terms and on the Economic and Social Council for 21 years or 7 terms.
1. The title below that best expresses the ideas of the passage is:
a. India's role at the United Nations
b. India and Her Neighbours
c. India's International Prestige
d. British Colonial Expansion
Answer: a
2. Through a part of the British Empire, India enjoyed great prestige at the League in as much as Indian delegates were in demand for chairing meeting to consider controversial issues. It was because: (l) Indian delegates were well known. For their impartiality (II). Indian delegates had talent for mediation (III). India was considered a power to reckon with:
a. I and III are correct
b. I and II are correct
c. I and III are correct
d. only I is correct
Answer: b
3. Which articles of the UN Charter deal with International, Social and Economic Co-operation?
a. Articles IX and X
b. Articles ~I and XII
c. Articles VIII and XIII
d. Articles VI and VII
Answer: a
4. Which of the following countries does not find any coverage in the passage?
a. The USA
b. Britain
c. The Russia
d. Sri Lanka
Answer: d
India's role on the international stage was moulded by history rather than by the pomp and circumstances of war. As a separate entity of the British empire, India became a founder member of the League of Nations in the same Way as Australia and Canada, and thus acquired a somewhat unique international status long before independence. During the days of the League when India's interests were affected, such as in matters of trade or the position of Indians overseas, the Indian delegation did not hesitate to make known its independent position, for what it was worth. Some Indian delegates were. In demand for chairing meetings riddled with contention and controversy, because of their reputation for impartiality and talent for mediation. These were the small beginnings of India's later entry into the United Nations in 1945, again as a founder member before independence. The drafting of Chapter IX and X of the UN Charter, which deal with international social and economic cooperation, was entrusted to a group that was presided over by an Indian. It is important, however, to bear in mind that fact that the Government of independent India had no part in the drafting of the UN Charter, although in accepted the obligations contained therein. The UN was primarily the creation of three powers-The USA, UK and Russia. The size, population, resources and potential of India lent it the weight of a medium power in the functioning of the United Nations. The fact that India was among the first nations to liberate itself from the imperialist domination through non-violent means. Endowed it with a moral obligation to work in and outside the UN for the independence of nations still under colonial rule. India has served on the Security Council for 10 years or 5 terms, on the Trusteeship Council for 12 years or 4 terms and on the Economic and Social Council for 21 years or 7 terms.1. The title below that best expresses the ideas of the passage is:
a. India's role at the United Nations
b. India and Her Neighbours
c. India's International Prestige
d. British Colonial Expansion
Answer: a
2. Through a part of the British Empire, India enjoyed great prestige at the League in as much as Indian delegates were in demand for chairing meeting to consider controversial issues. It was because: (l) Indian delegates were well known. For their impartiality (II). Indian delegates had talent for mediation (III). India was considered a power to reckon with:
a. I and III are correct
b. I and II are correct
c. I and III are correct
d. only I is correct
Answer: b
3. Which articles of the UN Charter deal with International, Social and Economic Co-operation?
a. Articles IX and X
b. Articles ~I and XII
c. Articles VIII and XIII
d. Articles VI and VII
Answer: a
4. Which of the following countries does not find any coverage in the passage?
a. The USA
b. Britain
c. The Russia
d. Sri Lanka
Answer: d
English Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Read the following passage and answer questions that follow:
Paragraph II It was during one of the most dreadful smallpox epidemic~ in England that Edward Jenner, a country doctor, made a: Discovery which was to alter the course of history. Jenner noticed that the disease seldom struck those who lived in rural areas and worked around cattle. Most farmers and dairy workers had contracted cowpox and had recovered with nothing more serious than a pustule which left a scar. This observation led Dr: Jenner to think: Why not vaccinate people with cowpox to protect them from smallpox? On May 14, 1876, Dr. Jenner took a healthy boy, James Phillips, to a dairy maid, Sarah Nelmes, who had a cowpox pustule on her hand resulting from ‘an infection from her master's cow. Dr. Jenner made two shallow cuts on James Phillips’ arm and inoculated them with matter taken from the cowpox sore. A pustule developed on the boy's arm formed a scab and healed. In July of the same year. Dr. Jenner inoculated James with matter from a smallpox pustule. During the next two weeks, the doctor watched for signs of smallpox. They did not develop. The vaccination was successful. Dr. Jenner wrote a paper explaining hi~ method of vaccination. At first the doctors were hostile and would not listen to a. Ridiculous procedure. Many towns people organized anti vaccination campaigns. Gradually, however, the doctors and their patients accepted vaccination.
1. The fact that Edward Jenner was a country doctor, was important in the discovery of smallpox vaccine, because
a. he had enough time to pursue his research in the rural areas
b. he noticed that the disease was prevalent where people worked around cattle
c. he noticed that the disease seldom struck people who worked around the cattle
d. he found that he could convince rural people more easily than city people
Answer: c
2. Dr. Jenner was successful as cowpox virus produces
a. severe infection in humans resulting in deaths
b. a mild infection in humans which is not enough to produce active immunity.
c. a mild infection in humans which is enough to produce active immunity
d. no infection in humans
Answer: c
3. Dr. Jenner made his experiment on a healthy boy who
a. died after experimentation
b. could not be relieved of his mark of pustule
c. developed the sings of pustule on his body when he was injected the matter of cowpox
d.was paid for it
Answer: c
4. Passage here is having all an
a. narrative style 25
b. analytic style
c. provocative style
d. idiomatic style
Answer: a
Paragraph II It was during one of the most dreadful smallpox epidemic~ in England that Edward Jenner, a country doctor, made a: Discovery which was to alter the course of history. Jenner noticed that the disease seldom struck those who lived in rural areas and worked around cattle. Most farmers and dairy workers had contracted cowpox and had recovered with nothing more serious than a pustule which left a scar. This observation led Dr: Jenner to think: Why not vaccinate people with cowpox to protect them from smallpox? On May 14, 1876, Dr. Jenner took a healthy boy, James Phillips, to a dairy maid, Sarah Nelmes, who had a cowpox pustule on her hand resulting from ‘an infection from her master's cow. Dr. Jenner made two shallow cuts on James Phillips’ arm and inoculated them with matter taken from the cowpox sore. A pustule developed on the boy's arm formed a scab and healed. In July of the same year. Dr. Jenner inoculated James with matter from a smallpox pustule. During the next two weeks, the doctor watched for signs of smallpox. They did not develop. The vaccination was successful. Dr. Jenner wrote a paper explaining hi~ method of vaccination. At first the doctors were hostile and would not listen to a. Ridiculous procedure. Many towns people organized anti vaccination campaigns. Gradually, however, the doctors and their patients accepted vaccination.1. The fact that Edward Jenner was a country doctor, was important in the discovery of smallpox vaccine, because
a. he had enough time to pursue his research in the rural areas
b. he noticed that the disease was prevalent where people worked around cattle
c. he noticed that the disease seldom struck people who worked around the cattle
d. he found that he could convince rural people more easily than city people
Answer: c
2. Dr. Jenner was successful as cowpox virus produces
a. severe infection in humans resulting in deaths
b. a mild infection in humans which is not enough to produce active immunity.
c. a mild infection in humans which is enough to produce active immunity
d. no infection in humans
Answer: c
3. Dr. Jenner made his experiment on a healthy boy who
a. died after experimentation
b. could not be relieved of his mark of pustule
c. developed the sings of pustule on his body when he was injected the matter of cowpox
d.was paid for it
Answer: c
4. Passage here is having all an
a. narrative style 25
b. analytic style
c. provocative style
d. idiomatic style
Answer: a
