Comprehension


Direction: You have brief passages with questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
John had never thought much about the origin of wealth or inequalities in life. It was his firm belief that if this world was not good, the next would be good, and this faith sustained him. He was not like some others whom he knew, who would sell their souls to the devil. He always thought of God before doing anything. He lived the life of an honest man. He had not married but did not desire another man’s wife. He believed that women weakened men as was described in the story of Samson and Delilah.

  1. To sell one’s soul to the devil means









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    giving up one’s honesty for the sake of monetary benefits

    Correct Option: C

    giving up one’s honesty for the sake of monetary benefits


Direction: You have brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
I used to have my meals at a vegetarian restaurant. Here I met Mr. Albert West. We used to meet in this restaurant every evening and go out walking after dinner. Mr. West was a partner in a small printing concern. He read my letter in the press about the outbreak of the plague and, not finding me in the restaurant, felt uneasy. My co-workers and I had reduced our diet since the outbreak, as I had long made it a rule to go on a light diet during epidemics . In these days I had therefore given up my evening dinner. Lunch also I would finish before the other guests arrived. I knew the proprietor of the restaurant very well, and I had informed him that, as I was engaged in nursing the plague patients, I wanted to avoid the contact of friends as much as possible. Not finding me in the restaurant for a day or two, Mr. West knocked at my door early one morning just as I was getting ready to go out for a walk. As I opened the door Mr. West said : ‘I did not find you in the restaurant and was really afraid lest something should have happened to you’.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
out break : the sudden start of something (violence/ disease)
epidemics : a wide spread out break of an infectious disease
lest : in case.

  1. Why was Mr. West uneasy?









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    Because he could not find the speaker in the restaurant.

    Correct Option: A

    Because he could not find the speaker in the restaurant.



  1. Why did Mr. Albert West knock at the speaker’s house?









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    Because he was worried that something had happened to the speaker.

    Correct Option: D

    Because he was worried that something had happened to the speaker.


  1. Mr. Albert West was









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    a partner in a small printing press.

    Correct Option: B

    a partner in a small printing press.



  1. Why did the speaker not come to the restaurant?









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    He was taking care of plague patients.

    Correct Option: D

    He was taking care of plague patients.