Reading Comprehension - English Questions and Answers

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Our home stood behind the railroad tracks. Its skimpy yard was paved with black cinders. The only touch of green we could see was far away, beyond the tracks over where the white folks lived. But cinders were fine weapons. All you had to do was crouch behind the brick pillars of a house with your hands full of gritty ammunition. And the first wooly black head you saw from behind another row of pillars was your target. It was fun.   One day the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks. As usual we laid down our cinder barrage thinking this would wipe the white boys out. But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles. We retreated. During the retreat a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash. The sight of blood pouring over my face completely demoralised our ranks. My fellow combatants left me standing paralysed in the centre of the yard and scurried for their houses. A kind neighbour saw me and rushed me to a doctor.

Question-2 : The author used the cinders for

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Our home stood behind the railroad tracks. Its skimpy yard was paved with black cinders. The only touch of green we could see was far away, beyond the tracks over where the white folks lived. But cinders were fine weapons. All you had to do was crouch behind the brick pillars of a house with your hands full of gritty ammunition. And the first wooly black head you saw from behind another row of pillars was your target. It was fun.   One day the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks. As usual we laid down our cinder barrage thinking this would wipe the white boys out. But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles. We retreated. During the retreat a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash. The sight of blood pouring over my face completely demoralised our ranks. My fellow combatants left me standing paralysed in the centre of the yard and scurried for their houses. A kind neighbour saw me and rushed me to a doctor.

Question-3 : The weapons used by the white in the gang fight were—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Our home stood behind the railroad tracks. Its skimpy yard was paved with black cinders. The only touch of green we could see was far away, beyond the tracks over where the white folks lived. But cinders were fine weapons. All you had to do was crouch behind the brick pillars of a house with your hands full of gritty ammunition. And the first wooly black head you saw from behind another row of pillars was your target. It was fun.   One day the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks. As usual we laid down our cinder barrage thinking this would wipe the white boys out. But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles. We retreated. During the retreat a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash. The sight of blood pouring over my face completely demoralised our ranks. My fellow combatants left me standing paralysed in the centre of the yard and scurried for their houses. A kind neighbour saw me and rushed me to a doctor.

Question-4 : The author was hit by a broken bottle—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Our home stood behind the railroad tracks. Its skimpy yard was paved with black cinders. The only touch of green we could see was far away, beyond the tracks over where the white folks lived. But cinders were fine weapons. All you had to do was crouch behind the brick pillars of a house with your hands full of gritty ammunition. And the first wooly black head you saw from behind another row of pillars was your target. It was fun.   One day the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks. As usual we laid down our cinder barrage thinking this would wipe the white boys out. But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles. We retreated. During the retreat a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash. The sight of blood pouring over my face completely demoralised our ranks. My fellow combatants left me standing paralysed in the centre of the yard and scurried for their houses. A kind neighbour saw me and rushed me to a doctor.

Question-5 :  At the sight of the author's bloody wound, his friends—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Science and Technology have relieved mankind of degrading drudgery. They have added to man's comfort, health and enjoyment of existence. The average life-span of a man on earth has been greatly increased. Science has added to the dignity and stature of the individual. When man is relieved from the battle for physical safety, has becomes a little creator. Every challenge of science has added to man's moral stature. As we find that the world is much more wonderful than we ever dreamed it to be, we are led into new fields of awareness, new ranges of attainment, a new realisation of destiny. New knowledge is both a challenge and an opportunity. ‘For it is not yet known what man may be'. He must therefore, without haste and without rest, strive to reach the quality of human greatness, that is, greatness in humanity.

Question-1 : According to the passage, man should strive to—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Science and Technology have relieved mankind of degrading drudgery. They have added to man's comfort, health and enjoyment of existence. The average life-span of a man on earth has been greatly increased. Science has added to the dignity and stature of the individual. When man is relieved from the battle for physical safety, has becomes a little creator. Every challenge of science has added to man's moral stature. As we find that the world is much more wonderful than we ever dreamed it to be, we are led into new fields of awareness, new ranges of attainment, a new realisation of destiny. New knowledge is both a challenge and an opportunity. ‘For it is not yet known what man may be'. He must therefore, without haste and without rest, strive to reach the quality of human greatness, that is, greatness in humanity.

Question-2 : New knowledge is both a challenge and opportunity because it—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Science and Technology have relieved mankind of degrading drudgery. They have added to man's comfort, health and enjoyment of existence. The average life-span of a man on earth has been greatly increased. Science has added to the dignity and stature of the individual. When man is relieved from the battle for physical safety, has becomes a little creator. Every challenge of science has added to man's moral stature. As we find that the world is much more wonderful than we ever dreamed it to be, we are led into new fields of awareness, new ranges of attainment, a new realisation of destiny. New knowledge is both a challenge and an opportunity. ‘For it is not yet known what man may be'. He must therefore, without haste and without rest, strive to reach the quality of human greatness, that is, greatness in humanity.

Question-3 : Science and Technology have relieved mankind of—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Science and Technology have relieved mankind of degrading drudgery. They have added to man's comfort, health and enjoyment of existence. The average life-span of a man on earth has been greatly increased. Science has added to the dignity and stature of the individual. When man is relieved from the battle for physical safety, has becomes a little creator. Every challenge of science has added to man's moral stature. As we find that the world is much more wonderful than we ever dreamed it to be, we are led into new fields of awareness, new ranges of attainment, a new realisation of destiny. New knowledge is both a challenge and an opportunity. ‘For it is not yet known what man may be'. He must therefore, without haste and without rest, strive to reach the quality of human greatness, that is, greatness in humanity.

Question-4 : According to the passage, scientific achievements have—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Science and Technology have relieved mankind of degrading drudgery. They have added to man's comfort, health and enjoyment of existence. The average life-span of a man on earth has been greatly increased. Science has added to the dignity and stature of the individual. When man is relieved from the battle for physical safety, has becomes a little creator. Every challenge of science has added to man's moral stature. As we find that the world is much more wonderful than we ever dreamed it to be, we are led into new fields of awareness, new ranges of attainment, a new realisation of destiny. New knowledge is both a challenge and an opportunity. ‘For it is not yet known what man may be'. He must therefore, without haste and without rest, strive to reach the quality of human greatness, that is, greatness in humanity.

Question-5 : A man becomes a little creator when he

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Controversy sometimes dogs the Nobel Prize, with critics pointing out more 'deserving' candidates who could have won it. But few people would grudge 2004 winners in Physics and Chemistry. Physicists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have been honoured for throwing light on the materials that build atoms, and the forces that hold them together. They worked out how and why quarks- elementary particles that nature uses to build the neutrons and protons in the nuclei of atoms- clump up in three- somes by 'painting' them in red, green or blue. This is not unlike having an electrical charge that is positive or negative, and whose combinations lend stability to the quark collections.

Question-1 : What do you mean by the word 'dogs' as used in the passage?

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Controversy sometimes dogs the Nobel Prize, with critics pointing out more 'deserving' candidates who could have won it. But few people would grudge 2004 winners in Physics and Chemistry. Physicists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have been honoured for throwing light on the materials that build atoms, and the forces that hold them together. They worked out how and why quarks- elementary particles that nature uses to build the neutrons and protons in the nuclei of atoms- clump up in three- somes by 'painting' them in red, green or blue. This is not unlike having an electrical charge that is positive or negative, and whose combinations lend stability to the quark collections.

Question-2 : The base of the controversy is that—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Controversy sometimes dogs the Nobel Prize, with critics pointing out more 'deserving' candidates who could have won it. But few people would grudge 2004 winners in Physics and Chemistry. Physicists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have been honoured for throwing light on the materials that build atoms, and the forces that hold them together. They worked out how and why quarks- elementary particles that nature uses to build the neutrons and protons in the nuclei of atoms- clump up in three- somes by 'painting' them in red, green or blue. This is not unlike having an electrical charge that is positive or negative, and whose combinations lend stability to the quark collections.

Question-3 : Neutrons are built by—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Controversy sometimes dogs the Nobel Prize, with critics pointing out more 'deserving' candidates who could have won it. But few people would grudge 2004 winners in Physics and Chemistry. Physicists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have been honoured for throwing light on the materials that build atoms, and the forces that hold them together. They worked out how and why quarks- elementary particles that nature uses to build the neutrons and protons in the nuclei of atoms- clump up in three- somes by 'painting' them in red, green or blue. This is not unlike having an electrical charge that is positive or negative, and whose combinations lend stability to the quark collections.

Question-4 : Who won Nobel Prize for Physics?

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

Controversy sometimes dogs the Nobel Prize, with critics pointing out more 'deserving' candidates who could have won it. But few people would grudge 2004 winners in Physics and Chemistry. Physicists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have been honoured for throwing light on the materials that build atoms, and the forces that hold them together. They worked out how and why quarks- elementary particles that nature uses to build the neutrons and protons in the nuclei of atoms- clump up in three- somes by 'painting' them in red, green or blue. This is not unlike having an electrical charge that is positive or negative, and whose combinations lend stability to the quark collections.

Question-5 : The combination of electric charge (Positive or Negative) 'leads' to—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Magnus Carlsen scaled the pinnacle he was expected to in Chennai. It was only fitting that the strongest rated player in chess history owned the world title, taking over the reins from a five-time champion he admires and respects. Viswanathan Anand, too, understands very well that there is no shame in losing to the best on the planet. And Carlsen, who turns 23 this week, is threatening to raise the bar further. If chess players are known to mature in their 30s, then the chess world expects the prodigiously gifted Norwegian to gain another 28 points to breach the magic rating figure of 2900. But the champion seems in no hurry. Unlike many of his great predecessors, Carlsen finds time to play football and basketball to get away from chess. During the championship match, Carlsen would hop across to the mall next to his hotel for a few rounds of nine-pin bowling.

Question-1 : What does the author mean by the term 'Nine Pin Bowling' as used in the passage?

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Magnus Carlsen scaled the pinnacle he was expected to in Chennai. It was only fitting that the strongest rated player in chess history owned the world title, taking over the reins from a five-time champion he admires and respects. Viswanathan Anand, too, understands very well that there is no shame in losing to the best on the planet. And Carlsen, who turns 23 this week, is threatening to raise the bar further. If chess players are known to mature in their 30s, then the chess world expects the prodigiously gifted Norwegian to gain another 28 points to breach the magic rating figure of 2900. But the champion seems in no hurry. Unlike many of his great predecessors, Carlsen finds time to play football and basketball to get away from chess. During the championship match, Carlsen would hop across to the mall next to his hotel for a few rounds of nine-pin bowling.

Question-2 : Carlsen's practice of leaving his table and doing some other activities shows that—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Magnus Carlsen scaled the pinnacle he was expected to in Chennai. It was only fitting that the strongest rated player in chess history owned the world title, taking over the reins from a five-time champion he admires and respects. Viswanathan Anand, too, understands very well that there is no shame in losing to the best on the planet. And Carlsen, who turns 23 this week, is threatening to raise the bar further. If chess players are known to mature in their 30s, then the chess world expects the prodigiously gifted Norwegian to gain another 28 points to breach the magic rating figure of 2900. But the champion seems in no hurry. Unlike many of his great predecessors, Carlsen finds time to play football and basketball to get away from chess. During the championship match, Carlsen would hop across to the mall next to his hotel for a few rounds of nine-pin bowling.

Question-3 : According to the passage, the relation between Carlsen and Anand is such that—   (A) Carlsen admires Anand (B) Carlsen respects Anand (C) Carlsen is never defeated by Anand

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Magnus Carlsen scaled the pinnacle he was expected to in Chennai. It was only fitting that the strongest rated player in chess history owned the world title, taking over the reins from a five-time champion he admires and respects. Viswanathan Anand, too, understands very well that there is no shame in losing to the best on the planet. And Carlsen, who turns 23 this week, is threatening to raise the bar further. If chess players are known to mature in their 30s, then the chess world expects the prodigiously gifted Norwegian to gain another 28 points to breach the magic rating figure of 2900. But the champion seems in no hurry. Unlike many of his great predecessors, Carlsen finds time to play football and basketball to get away from chess. During the championship match, Carlsen would hop across to the mall next to his hotel for a few rounds of nine-pin bowling.

Question-4 : According to the passage—

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Magnus Carlsen scaled the pinnacle he was expected to in Chennai. It was only fitting that the strongest rated player in chess history owned the world title, taking over the reins from a five-time champion he admires and respects. Viswanathan Anand, too, understands very well that there is no shame in losing to the best on the planet. And Carlsen, who turns 23 this week, is threatening to raise the bar further. If chess players are known to mature in their 30s, then the chess world expects the prodigiously gifted Norwegian to gain another 28 points to breach the magic rating figure of 2900. But the champion seems in no hurry. Unlike many of his great predecessors, Carlsen finds time to play football and basketball to get away from chess. During the championship match, Carlsen would hop across to the mall next to his hotel for a few rounds of nine-pin bowling.

Question-5: Who was the earlier champion?

Directions (1-5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Imagine a laboratory so big that it is even bigger than India and China put together. Before I tell you what it is, you need to hear the story of how it came to be. Today's much advocated dream of "one world" was a reality over 200 million years ago. All the seven continents we have learnt about in Geography was one big land mass that eventually separated from each other over a period of millions of years and floated apart to look like what we see in the atlas, or Google Maps, today. From that supercontinent- Pangaea, there was a huge piece that drifted south and became what we now know as Antarctica. Antarctica's unique geological conditions make it a much coveted place of research and study. And this is why many countries have set up research stations to study what the continent has in store for them. India is one such. In fact, India with its two research stations-Maitri and Bharathi-joins the small and exclusive group of nine countries which have multiple bases in Antarctica. India's Antarctic Programme officially began in 1981 when the first expedition to the continent was launched. It was the third Indian expedition's 81-member team that set up of the first research station-Dakshin Gangotri.

Question-1 : A very large laboratory, as said in the first passage, is