Comprehension


Direction: You have two brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
A 23-year-old British woman was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail, for leaving her two-year-old daughter home alone, eight-hours a-day, five days a week, for a year while she went to work. The young mother from the central town of Warwick initially hired a babysitter, when she landed a job in a travel agency but eventually reached the point when she could no longer afford the facility, prosecutors said. The woman then started leaving the child home by herself, providing it with food and toys and removing all potentially dangerous objects from its reach. At first, the mother came home at lunch time but had to stop because her daughter threw tantrums every time she left to go back to work. The mother, who was not identified, told the court, “If I had money I would not have done it. It was a case of that or not keeping my job and living on benefit”. The judge, Mr. Harrison Hall, however said “Having had a child, the absolute priority is to look after it. There must be an alternative to leaving a child alone all day, a thing you would not do even to a dog”.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
potentially : possibly
tantrums : angry, unreasonable behaviour, in a child, for a sudden short period.

  1. The young mother had to work in the office









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    40 hours a week

    Correct Option: A

    40 hours a week


Direction: You have two brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
For any activity, discipline is the key word. It should begin with self, then be extended to the family, neighbours, environment, workplace, society and the nation at large. It is from society that inspiration is drawn. Systems and institutions should provide the inspiration to society through performance which in turn will provide leaders capable of rebuilding and restructuring the society into a strong nation. The nationalists’ spirit then becomes infectious.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
babysitter : a person who takes care of children while their parents are away from home

  1. What is the meaning of the word infectious in the passage?









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    spreading to everyone

    Correct Option: B

    spreading to everyone



  1. According to the passage, a good leader should be capable of









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    rebuilding and restructuring society into a strong nation

    Correct Option: B

    rebuilding and restructuring society into a strong nation


  1. According to the passage, where do we draw inspiration from?









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    Society

    Correct Option: A

    Society



  1. According to the passage Discipline should begin









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    with self

    Correct Option: A

    with self