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READING COMPREHENSION MCQs

Comprehension, Verbal Comprehension Passage

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Question 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the above passage?
  1.    Lure of Village Life
  2.    Rural-Urban Rift
  3.    Hazards of Urban Life
  4.    Crime and Punishment
  5.    Urban Crimes and their Reasons
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Hazards of Urban Life
Answer: (c) The passage presents a comparative sketch of rural and urban life focussing on the risks associated with the urban life.
Question 2. The author thinks that risks and disadvantages are
  1.    outweigh the gains of rural life
  2.    surpassed by the gains of urban life
  3.    almost negligible in rural life
  4.    more than the gains in urban life
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> more than the gains in urban life
Answer: (d) Generally, the gains of living in urban areas are less than the disadvantages and risks that are in-built in urban life.
Question 3. Which of the following is a characteristic of an urban setting?
  1.    Less forceful social control
  2.    Minimal opportunities of crime due to better law enforcement
  3.    Deviation from freedom
  4.    Unreported minor crimes
  5.    Fewer recorded violations of the law Minimal = very small in size or amount; as small as possible
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Less forceful social control
Answer: (a)Urban living often releases the individual from community restraints.
Question 4. The passage mainly emphasises the
  1.    need for formal moral education to be given in schools
  2.    reasons for growing crime rate in urban centres as compared to that in rural areas
  3.    increasing crime rate in rural areas
  4.    comparative account of wealth in rural and urban areas
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> reasons for growing crime rate in urban centres as compared to that in rural areas
Answer: (b)
Question 5. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage?
  1.    Small communities have more minor crimes than in urban centres.
  2.    Urban crimes cannot be prevented.
  3.    Lack of personal contacts increases crimes in urban areas.
  4.    The display of consumer goods is the main cause of crime.
  5.    Police in urban areas settle minor disputes without official action.
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Lack of personal contacts increases crimes in urban areas.
Answer: (c) Life in urban society is more impersonalized.
Question 6. What did the ruling class in the Christian era think of the poor man?
  1.    That he should be strong
  2.    That he is meant for serving the rich
  3.    That he deserves all sympathy of the rich
  4.    That he is the beloved of god
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> That he is meant for serving the rich
Answer: (b)
Question 7. Why have persons in power always tried to supervise or control education?
  1.    Because it involved a huge expenditure on the state exchequer.
  2.    Because it is an instrument of knowledge and therefore power.
  3.    Because they wanted to deprive the common man of the benefits of education.
  4.    Because they wanted to educate the whole public.
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Because it is an instrument of knowledge and therefore power.
Answer: (b)
Question 8. What does the philosophy of Laissez-Faire stand for?
  1.    State control of the means of production
  2.    Full development of the individual’s personality
  3.    Individual freedom in the economic field
  4.    Joint control of the means of production by the state and private enterprise
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option E. -> None of these
Answer: (e)
Question 9. What do you mean by the ‘sweat of his brow’?
  1.    The wrinkles visible on the face
  2.    The sign of innocence
  3.    The tiny droplets of sweat on the forehead
  4.    Very hard work
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Very hard work
Answer: (d)
Question 10. Who controlled the institution of education during the Christian era?
  1.    The secular leaders of society
  2.    The common people
  3.    The monarchs
  4.    The church and the priests
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> The church and the priests
Answer: (d)During the Christian era, the ecclesiastics controlled the institution of education.