Question 1:
Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options.
There are eight thousand six hundred kinds of birds, varying in size from the tiny humming birds to the largest of all living birds, the ostrich. They are of different colours and they live in many different places. They eat different kinds of food and they make different noises. But, in spite of all this, birds are a group of animals that are similar in many ways. For example, they all have feathers, they have warm bodies and the feathers help to prevent this warmth from being lost. Only birds have feathers so that if you want to decide if some unknown creature was a bird or not you would only need to see if it had feathers. As well as having warm bodies and feathers, all birds have wings. Most birds use these for flying but there are birds that cannot fly, such as penguins and ostriches, and they use their wings in other ways. Penguins use their wings for swimming and ostriches use them when they run and sometimes for showing off. Like any other animal a bird must eat and every bird has a beak to pick up its food. Because there are many different kinds of food which birds can eat, the shape of the beak varies. In fact, it is possible to get a very good idea of a bird's food by looking at the shape of its beak. All birds lay eggs and the baby bird develops and grows inside the egg until it finally grows too big and breaks it open. After it has hatched, the young bird is still rather helpless and has to be looked after by its parents until it is strong enough to look after itself. There are some birds, such as the cuckoo, which do not look after their own young lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the eggs hatch, the other birds then look after their "foster children' as if they were their own.
The largest of all living birds is:
Question 2:
Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options.
There are eight thousand six hundred kinds of birds, varying in size from the tiny humming birds to the largest of all living birds, the ostrich. They are of different colours and they live in many different places. They eat different kinds of food and they make different noises. But, in spite of all this, birds are a group of animals that are similar in many ways. For example, they all have feathers, they have warm bodies and the feathers help to prevent this warmth from being lost. Only birds have feathers so that if you want to decide if some unknown creature was a bird or not you would only need to see if it had feathers. As well as having warm bodies and feathers, all birds have wings. Most birds use these for flying but there are birds that cannot fly, such as penguins and ostriches, and they use their wings in other ways. Penguins use their wings for swimming and ostriches use them when they run and sometimes for showing off. Like any other animal a bird must eat and every bird has a beak to pick up its food. Because there are many different kinds of food which birds can eat, the shape of the beak varies. In fact, it is possible to get a very good idea of a bird's food by looking at the shape of its beak. All birds lay eggs and the baby bird develops and grows inside the egg until it finally grows too big and breaks it open. After it has hatched, the young bird is still rather helpless and has to be looked after by its parents until it is strong enough to look after itself. There are some birds, such as the cuckoo, which do not look after their own young lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the eggs hatch, the other birds then look after their "foster children' as if they were their own.
The 'foster birds' are those birds who:
Question 3:
Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options.
There are eight thousand six hundred kinds of birds, varying in size from the tiny humming birds to the largest of all living birds, the ostrich. They are of different colours and they live in many different places. They eat different kinds of food and they make different noises. But, in spite of all this, birds are a group of animals that are similar in many ways. For example, they all have feathers, they have warm bodies and the feathers help to prevent this warmth from being lost. Only birds have feathers so that if you want to decide if some unknown creature was a bird or not you would only need to see if it had feathers. As well as having warm bodies and feathers, all birds have wings. Most birds use these for flying but there are birds that cannot fly, such as penguins and ostriches, and they use their wings in other ways. Penguins use their wings for swimming and ostriches use them when they run and sometimes for showing off. Like any other animal a bird must eat and every bird has a beak to pick up its food. Because there are many different kinds of food which birds can eat, the shape of the beak varies. In fact, it is possible to get a very good idea of a bird's food by looking at the shape of its beak. All birds lay eggs and the baby bird develops and grows inside the egg until it finally grows too big and breaks it open. After it has hatched, the young bird is still rather helpless and has to be looked after by its parents until it is strong enough to look after itself. There are some birds, such as the cuckoo, which do not look after their own young lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the eggs hatch, the other birds then look after their "foster children' as if they were their own.
The 'foster children' of birds are:
Question 4:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Brazil nut tree is one of the Amazon's longest living trees, of an age of 1,000 years. Its flowers depend on bees for pollination. Once pollinated, a coconut-sized seed containing some tiny 20 seeds, develops for over 15 months before falling to the forest floor. They are found exclusively in Amazon forests and harvesting is exhausting, even for the strong. Apart from bees and the Brazil nut harvesters, the life of many other plants and animals is intertwined with this tree. The empty seeds fill with rainwater and provide breeding grounds for flies, frogs, all of which depend on these small ponds on the forest floor. The major threat to the trees is forest clearing. Sustainable harvesting of Brazil nuts is therefore vital way to provide protection of forests and saving the Amazon.
According to the passage, which of the following option is incorrect? Choose one option.
Question 5:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Brazil nut tree is one of the Amazon's longest living trees, of an age of 1,000 years. Its flowers depend on bees for pollination. Once pollinated, a coconut-sized seed containing some tiny 20 seeds, develops for over 15 months before falling to the forest floor. They are found exclusively in Amazon forests and harvesting is exhausting, even for the strong. Apart from bees and the Brazil nut harvesters, the life of many other plants and animals is intertwined with this tree. The empty seeds fill with rainwater and provide breeding grounds for flies, frogs, all of which depend on these small ponds on the forest floor. The major threat to the trees is forest clearing. Sustainable harvesting of Brazil nuts is therefore vital way to provide protection of forests and saving the Amazon.
According to the passage, who/what causes the process of forest clearning?
Question 6:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Brazil nut tree is one of the Amazon's longest living trees, of an age of 1,000 years. Its flowers depend on bees for pollination. Once pollinated, a coconut-sized seed containing some tiny 20 seeds, develops for over 15 months before falling to the forest floor. They are found exclusively in Amazon forests and harvesting is exhausting, even for the strong. Apart from bees and the Brazil nut harvesters, the life of many other plants and animals is intertwined with this tree. The empty seeds fill with rainwater and provide breeding grounds for flies, frogs, all of which depend on these small ponds on the forest floor. The major threat to the trees is forest clearing. Sustainable harvesting of Brazil nuts is therefore vital way to provide protection of forests and saving the Amazon.
What is the gestation period of a Brazil nut's seed?
Question 7:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Brazil nut tree is one of the Amazon's longest living trees, of an age of 1,000 years. Its flowers depend on bees for pollination. Once pollinated, a coconut-sized seed containing some tiny 20 seeds, develops for over 15 months before falling to the forest floor. They are found exclusively in Amazon forests and harvesting is exhausting, even for the strong. Apart from bees and the Brazil nut harvesters, the life of many other plants and animals is intertwined with this tree. The empty seeds fill with rainwater and provide breeding grounds for flies, frogs, all of which depend on these small ponds on the forest floor. The major threat to the trees is forest clearing. Sustainable harvesting of Brazil nuts is therefore vital way to provide protection of forests and saving the Amazon.
What is described as the average lifespan of a Brazil nut tree?
Question 8:
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Brazil nut tree is one of the Amazon's longest living trees, of an age of 1,000 years. Its flowers depend on bees for pollination. Once pollinated, a coconut-sized seed containing some tiny 20 seeds, develops for over 15 months before falling to the forest floor. They are found exclusively in Amazon forests and harvesting is exhausting, even for the strong. Apart from bees and the Brazil nut harvesters, the life of many other plants and animals is intertwined with this tree. The empty seeds fill with rainwater and provide breeding grounds for flies, frogs, all of which depend on these small ponds on the forest floor. The major threat to the trees is forest clearing. Sustainable harvesting of Brazil nuts is therefore vital way to provide protection of forests and saving the Amazon.
It is stated in the passage that the Brazil nut's tree ..........
Question 9:
Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
So many children
P. brutalized by years
Q. crimes have
R. themselves been
S. who commit violent
of abuse and neglect.
Question 10:
Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
And there are
P. need for a specifically
Q. cases that appear
R. a number of
S. to obviate the
partisan approach.