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 recent investigation by scientists at the USA Geological Survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict future earthquakes. Investigators found such occurrences in a ten kilometre radius of the epicentre of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about wildly, dogs yelped and ran uncontrollably. Scientists believe that animals can perceive these environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap. In 1976, after observing the animal behaviour, the Chinese were able to predict a devastating quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other and thus keep the death toll at a lower level.

  1. In this passage the word evacuate means









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    remove

    Correct Option: A

    remove


  1. Which of the following is not true?









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    The Chinese failed to predict the earthquake

    Correct Option: C

    The Chinese failed to predict the earthquake



  1. How can animals perceive these changes when human beings cannot?









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    Animals have certain instincts that human beings don’t possess

    Correct Option: B

    Animals have certain instincts that human beings don’t possess


  1. What prediction may be made by obeserving animal behaviour?









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    An impending earthquake

    Correct Option: A

    An impending earthquake



  1. If scientists can accurately predict earthquakes there will be









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    a lower death rate

    Correct Option: B

    a lower death rate