COMPREHENSION TEST
91. (1) Mount Olympus 126. (4) There is a lack of coordina- 166. (2) a lower death rate
92. (3) To honour Zeus tion among individuals, groups, 167. (1) An impending earthquake
93. (4) 2781 years (2006 + 776) institutions and states 168. (2) Animals have certain instincts
94. (2) Skating 127. (2) Divisiveness and asking for that human beings don’t possess
95. (1) physical fitness, education of criticism 169. (3) The Chinese failed to predict
youth and friendship 128. (4) Tarnish the earthquake
96. (1) Faith in progress is deep- 129. (3) Age-old beliefs, religious tol- 170. (1) remove
rooted in our culture erance, poverty and diversity in 171. (3) should resemble mathemati-
97. (3) That material progress leads day-to-day living cal formula
to higher satisfaction and well- 130. (2) The object of ambition 172. (3) a linguist
being 131. (3) they wanted to take parts of 173. (2) technical terminology
98. (3) They were lazy the ship and sell them. 174. (3) the average man often uses
99. (3) They had limited desires 132. (4) By pumping air into the tanks. in his own vocabulary what was
100. (1) They have a low degree of 133. (3) Having to contend with once technical language not
wants sharks. meant for him
101. (4) Because of lack of self-disci- 134. (2) they had succeeded when ev- 175.(4) Government
pline eryone thought they would fail. 176. (2) The Eradication of Small-pox
102. (1) By taking risks 135. (1) rudder 177. (2) To eliminate small-pox world-
103. (3) It helps us to learn 136. (2) if we use it carefully wide in ten years.
104. (1) By taking a short holiday 137. (1) if we express ourselves alike 178. (3) Isolation of victims and mass
105. (2) One has to work hard and to all vaccinations
learn at least from failures. 138. (3) using words carelessly 179. (1) Previous projects had failed.
106. (3) punishments do not help to 139. (2) careless use of words creates 180. (3) Small-pox victims no longer
reform criminals. enemies. die when they contract the dis-
107. (2) to cremate his mother 140. (4) he lacks the power of discrimi- ease
nation in the use of words. 181. (3) our efforts to assimilate
108. (1) rushed her children to the hos-
pital. 141. (4) Discipline po liti cal and technological
142. (1) with self activities
109. (2) are less dangerous than other
criminals. 143. (1) Society 182. (2) Political revolutions
110. (2) the woman regrets what she 144. (2) rebuilding and restructuring 183. (3) play instinct
has done, but not the man society into a strong nation 184. (1) his organized purposefulness
111. (3) its main purpose was to 145. (2) spreading to everyone 185. (3) political and technological
change inequalities between men 146. (1) 40 hours a week revolutions achieved by man
and women. 147. (4) employing someone to look 186. (4) both (1) and (3)
112. (4) Men have done nothing to dis- after the child 187. (4) A good religion supports demo-
sipate ignorance. 148. (2) she was not able to control cratic system
113. (1) men have no right to judge her angry baby 188. (3) science and democracy
women. 149. (3) I had no money and so I left 189. (4) Faith without rational evi-
114. (3) beauty cannot be defined ad- the baby alone dence may not be acceptable to
equately. 150.(4) He can tolerate cruelty neither the educated people
115. (2) a lot of excitement and cheer- to children nor to animals 190. (2) To inculcate scientific spirit
fulness in the conference hall 151. (2) To weigh and consider in man
116.(2) lack social responsibility 152. (3) To be read only in parts 191. (3) falling
117. (1) there is a benefit for them- 153. (4) It makes him an exact man 192. (2) four times
selves 154. (4) Meaner sort of books 193. (2) ahead
118. (1) wants to acquire new tech- 155. (1) Thoroughly read and under- 194. (2) very slow growth in popula-
nology stood tion and modern agricultural
119. (1) the poor and the weak must 156. (2) suggestion made in trance practices and better irrigation
benefit from new technology 157. (3) taking it seriously 195. (4) two and a half times
120. (2) Individuals must work for the 158. (2) make life easier 196. (2) 21st century
benefit of the society without ex- 159. (3) it was a substitute for 197. (1) not to be taken seriously
pecting any return or personal anaesthesia 198. (2) serious planning is needed
benefits 160. (4) curing war anxiety 199. (3) plenty of oil
121. (3) what journalism is about 161. (4) good spirits walk on them 200. (3) sixty nine
122. (1) all the rules of writing 162. (3) plenty 201. (1) very low
123. (2) have a good nose for news 163. (2) it is closely associated with 202. (3) nearly three fourths of the
124. (1) respect for truth the growth of the child households
125. (1) A plastic surgeon can help a 164. (3) lovers of nature 203. (2) sanitised
journalist 165. (3) curved 204. (2) indifference
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