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READING COMPREHENSION MCQs

Comprehension, Verbal Comprehension Passage

Total Questions : 948 | Page 94 of 95 pages
Question 931. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

DEBATED

  1.    discussed frankly
  2.    accepted unconditionally
  3.    opposed strongly
  4.    questioned severely
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> accepted unconditionally
Answer: (b)
Question 932. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

FLOURISHES

  1.    blooms
  2.    vanishes
  3.    degenerates
  4.    disappears
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> degenerates
Answer: (c)
Question 933. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word printed in capital as used in the passage.

MYRIAD

  1.    abundant
  2.    incompatible
  3.    functional
  4.    adequate
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> abundant
Answer: (a)
Question 934. According to the passage, there has been a demand for a National Judicial Commission to
  1.    wipe out corruption at the highest places.
  2.    make the appointment process of judges more broad-based and clear.
  3.    make judiciary see eye to eye with executive.
  4.    clear the backing of court cases.
  5.    safeguard the interest of natural justice and fair play in judicial pronouncement.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> make the appointment process of judges more broad-based and clear.
Answer: (b)This is what is implied by “greater transparency”.
Question 935. What, according to the author, is the typical characteristic of an independent democratic country?
  1.    Responsible, free and fair judiciary.
  2.    Lively and frank debate in the society on the role of judiciary.
  3.    Supreme Court’s advisory opinion on legal metters.
  4.    Objective process of judicial appointments.
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Responsible, free and fair judiciary.
Answer: (a)See the first sentence of the passage.
Question 936. What has been the subject of lively debate in England?
  1.    Seniority as the basis of appointment of judges
  2.    Appointment of judicial posts
  3.    Appointment of judicial commission
  4.    Role of judiciary in free and democratic nations
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Appointment of judicial commission
Answer: (c)
Question 937. Which of the following could be in the author’s mind when he says ‘in the light of our previous experience’?
  1.    Professional misconduct of judges.
  2.    Delay that occurred in the judicial appointments.
  3.    Interference of the executive in the appointment of judges.
  4.    Not having enough judges from backward communities.
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Interference of the executive in the appointment of judges.
Answer: (c)Note the context carefully.
Question 938. The role and procedure of the National Commission must be spelt out clearly
  1.    it will be represented by a cross-section of the society.
  2.    it will bring a qualitative change in the interpretation of law.
  3.    because judges will take judicial decisions on the basis of it.
  4.    because executive wing will depend on it heavily.
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option E. -> None of these
Answer: (e)The passage does not give any specific reason.
Question 939. Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain for how many years?
  1.    34 years
  2.    44 years
  3.    64 yea rs
  4.    54 years
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 64 yea rs
Answer: (c)
Question 940. How many people unveiled the Queen Victoria statue at Cubbon Park?
  1.    Six
  2.    Two
  3.    One
  4.    Four
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Two
Answer: (b)

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