Comprehension Passage Test 09

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:

         Jawaharlal Nehru and an Englishman were wandering across the mountainous country. Hot and weary they reached a little hotel and demanded bath. Such a thing had not been heard there and there was no provision for it in the building.

            They were told however that they could wash themselves in the neighbouring steam. So, armed with napkins or perhaps with small face towels, which the hotel generously gave them, they went to the roaring torrent, which was coming from the glacier nearby. Jawaharlal slipped and fell and the ice-cold water benumbed him and made him lose sensation and the power of controlling his limbs as well. He was swept rapidly along the torrent. His companion, the Englishman, however managed to get him out along the other side by catching his leg and dragging him out.

Questions:

1.) Why did Jawaharlal Nehru and the Englishman went to take a bath?

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2.) Where did they go to take a bath? Why?

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3.) How did the Englishman save Jawaharlal Nehru?

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4.) Find out the words similar in meaning to: (a) making great noise (b) hot miserly.

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Comprehension Passage Test 08

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them: 

           A young man, whose freshly-constructed two stories house collapsed in the morning, was moving in the market in a gay and carefree manner….house collapsed in the morning, was to five of his friends to a hotel for snacks.

“Friend although your newly constructed house has collapsed, yet you are quite undisturbed.”

“So what? I am quite happy!”

“Why?”

“I am telling the truth……actually I was planning to shift into the house with my family at 5:00 p.m. today……. Had the house collapsed after we shifted into then when it was unoccupied?” What could the friends say?

Questions:

1.) What loss had the young man to suffer?

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2.) Why were the young man’s friends surprised to see the behavior of the young man?

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3.) How did the young man satisfy the curiosity of his friends?

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4.) Find out the words similar in meaning to: (a) empty (b) damage.

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Comprehension Passage Test 07

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them: 

           A nation’s foremost duty is to strengthen and preserve its freedom. I we attach more importance to our caste, our state or our language, we shall be destroyed. We should not forget the sacrifices of the last century. Gandhiji created our nation and made it strong and brought unit in the nation.

         In the past, we fought and quarreled amongst ourselves. Our country was weakened by such quarrels and people came from abroad and conquered it. These signs seem to be reappearing at some places in the country. These people forget their country and quarrel in the name of language. The time has come when every Indian has to so some heart-searching.

Questions:

1.) What will happen if we quarrel in the name of state or language?

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2.) How did Indians win ‘Swaraj’?

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3.) Why was it easy for foreigners to conquer India?

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4.) Find out the words from the passage which mean: (a) symptoms (b) chief.

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Pronunciation In MSpokenEnglish

Pronunciation In MSpokenEnglish
(a)	chair	hi	now	there
a	congratulations	high	not	then
an, am	(d)	hot	near	than
allow	don’t	here	(o)	(w)
auntie	(e)	hear	oh	where
at, as	eye	hand	or	wear
any	ear	hello	on	ware
and	egg	how	of	why
another	examination	(i)	oil	while
agree	expect	i	(p)	which
appear	explain	I’m	pair	when
(b)	(f)	I’ll	prepare	wrong
being	four	(l)	phases	(y)
by, buy, bye	forty	long	(s)	yes
boy	for	(m)	studying	yet
bread	far	Mrs.	(t)	yesterday
(c)	(h)	many	to	year
care	happy	(n)	two, too	your
GENERAL: ‘the’ is pronounced before a vowel and before a consonant. Example: The egg (vowel), The car (consonant) ‘s’ after ‘p’, ‘k’, ‘t’, ‘f’ is pronounced ‘s’. After other sounds ‘z’.