Reading Comprehension
Then there are simple folks who are forever eating and drinking in railway carriage. No sooner are they settled in their seats than they are passing each other tattered sandwiches and mouthsfull and scattering crumbs over the trousers of fastidious old gentleman. Sometimes they will peel and eat bannanas with such rapidity that nervous onlookers are compelled to seek another compartment.
प्रश्न 11 What is the meaning of the word ‘rapidity’ used in the passage ?
(अ) Hungrily
(ब) Quickly
(स) Eagerly
(द) Voraciously
प्रश्न 12 What is the first thing, which some folks do, no sooner they settle in a railway carriage ?
(अ) They start passing each other sandwiches and pastries.
(ब) They start being nostagic.
(स) They start annoying children.
(द) They start looking for space in other compartments.
There were once two brothers who lived on the edge of a forest. The elder brother was very mean to his younger brother and ate up all the food and took all his good clothes. One day, the elder brother went into the forest to find some firewood to sell in the market. As he went around chopping the branches of a tree after tree, he came upon a magical tree. The tree said to him, ‘Oh kind sir, please do not cut my branches. If you spare me, I will give you my golden apples’. The elder brother agreed but was disappointed with the number of apples the tree gave him. Greed overcame him, and he threatened to cut the entire trunk if the tree didn’t give him more apples. The magical tree instead showered upon the elder brother hundreds upon hundreds of tiny needles. The elder brother lay on the ground crying in pain as the sun began to lower down the horizon.
The younger brother grew worried and went in search of his elder brother. He found him with hundreds of needles on his skin. He rushed to his brother and removed each needle with painstaking love. After he finished, the elder brother apologized for treating him badly and promised to be better. The tree saw the change in the elder brother’s heart and gave them all the golden apples they could ever need.
प्रश्न 13 The above story teaches you to be:
(अ) covetous
(ब) kind and gracious
(स) great and ambitious
(द) disciplined
In the past thirty years, drugs have been discovered that prevent and cure physical disease and reverse the disturbances that occur in some mental illness. Excitement over what drugs can do has led people to believe that any ailment, infective or psychic, can be relieved by taking a pill. At the first sign of nervousness, they try pep pills. Medical journals now advertise tranquillizers, and other mood- altering drugs; doctor prescribe them; and the public expects miracle from them. In such an atmosphere, it is not surprising that drug abuse has spread.
प्रश्न 14 People often believe that
(अ) doctors can not cure all the diseases.
(ब) medicines can not cure all the diseases.
(स) doctors can cure all the diseases.
(द) medicines can cure all the diseases.
The human mind, like nature, abhors a vacuum, it must be kept constantly supplied with ideas and ideals, great and noble, which in their turn will inspire great and noble work. Unfortunately, there are people who want to avoid serious thinking and prefer instead idleness of mind and body. So, in place of active, ennobling ideas, their minds are filled with loose mean and foolish thoughts which slowly corrode all nobleness and replace it by evil and mischievous notions, such men then do not shrink from any evil and freely indulge in quarrels, thefts, robbery and even murder. The only effective way of saving a man from such a terrible fate is to keep him constantly occupied with various kinds of useful and good work.
प्रश्न 15 Choose the most important idea of the passage from the options below:
(अ) Some people like idleness of mind and body.
(ब) Man must be kept busy all the time.
(स) Idle persons do harm to others.
(द) Always keep occupied with noble thoughts and ideals.
Recent research into antibiotic – resistant bacterial strains suggests the need for a re- examination of the frequency with which doctors prescribe antibacterial therapy. One study demonstrated, for example, that most minor bacterial infections will resolve without treatment within 5 to 14 days of the onset of symptoms; a course of antibiotics might reduce that time frame by only 1 to 2 days. A second study indicates that the incidents of “superbugs”, which have resistance to a wide variety of antibacterial agents, is increasing significantly and that these bugs are more likely to spread among those who have been treated with antibiotics within the past 5 years.
प्रश्न 16 The passage is primarily concerned with -
(अ) explaining a change in the frequency with which antibacterial therapy is prescribed.
(ब) contrasting the views of doctors and medical researchers with respect to prescribing drugs.
(स) questioning the routine prescription of antibiotics for bacterial infections.
(द) discussing research into the symptoms of bacterial infections
I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards the system had snuffed out all youthful ambition.
Even the highest youthful ambition in the prestigious colleges is to pass the competitive examination for appointments in the administrative services, and there are colleges that are more proud of the bureaucrats among their alumni than of any scholars, scientists or leaders of opinion, And these later, understandably, are a small number. Students derive the meanness of their ambitions from the meanness of the goals that the colleges propose to themselves. And of the most ambitious, as well as of the least, among the students, it could be said that they think more of what society will do to or for them, than of what they would be able to do for and to society. This is an excellent apprenticeship for joining the ranks of hirelings or of the unemployed.
प्रश्न 17 Snuffed out means:
(अ) instilled
(ब) encouraged
(स) urged
(द) killed
प्रश्न 18 What according to the writer is the highest youthful ambition in the best colleges?
(अ) to become a bureaucrat
(ब) to become a scholar
(स) to become a scientist
(द) to become doctors and engineers
We all want to live well, and when it is time, die well too. This is the essence of most human aspirations, within this, much, if not most, of human endeavour is dedicated to living well and the outcome reflects it. Humans have achieved much in terms of living well. We have managed to acquire more comfort and convenience than any other generation in the past. However, when it comes to dying well, It cannot be said that we die in any way better than our ancestors.
प्रश्न 19 All human efforts are dedicated to -
(अ) exploring
(ब) living well
(स) dying well
(द) traveling
Street theatre in India is a well established ancient art form. Despite the proliferation of modern means of entertainment and communication, street theatre continues to flourish in India.
Street theatre as a channel of communication has for centuries been propagating reforms by highlighting social, economic and political issues present in the society. Unlike in the olden days, its performance is no longer restricted to villages or small localities of the city. Today small groups of performers including students, would stage performances to mobilize public opinion or to help create or raise awareness over a particular issue of public importance. Themes on substance abuse, AIDS awareness and domestic violence are some of the areas highlighted by contemporary street theatre troupe. Unlike in regular drama street drama employ very little props and images. The human body becomes the main tool in which choreography, mime, dialogues, songs and slogans are extensively used.
प्रश्न 20 Which of the following word in the passage means ‘regardless’?
(अ) mobilize
(ब) restricted
(स) contemporary
(द) despite
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