COMPREHENSION TEST
890. (4) friend and biographer 923. (1) memory responsibility of fulfilling our
891. (3) avoid its enemies pledges and creating a new
924. (3) sea fish
892. (4) light and temperature history
893. (3) angry, excited or happy 925. (4) heart and blood vessels 965. (3) India’s past was a period of
894. (3) on the African island of Mada- cardio vascular (N.) : connect- struggle while its future will be
gascar ed with the heart and the blood a period of hope, triumphs and
895. (2) disguise that lets it blend in vessels (the tubes that carry achievements.
with its surroundings. blood around the body). 966. (2) Dome of Discovery
926. (1) morphological 967. (1) Singapore Flyer
896. (2) nurtured
927. (2) motivated 968. (2) The Thames
897. (3) to be ourselves
928. (2) paradigmatic 969. (2) Partial
898. (3) give and receive
929. (4) oddity 970. (3) Millennium Wheel
899. (4) the ability to share and
930. (1) occur 971. (4) nobody has bothered to find
understand another’s feelings
931. (2) sharks out the real cause.
900. (1) acceptance and tolerance.
932. (4) blowhole 972. (1) one must not be deceived by
901. (4) the Victorian Age
933. (2) to trap their prey appearances.
902. (1) Successful
934. (3) fluke 973. (4) saffron must only be worn by
903. (2) the working class, intricate
935. (3) communicate true ascetics.
plots and sense of humour.
936. (2) To find a direct trade route 974. (3) they could afford to but were
904. (3) everyday life and the world to India. reluctant
around him.
937. (3) North coast of Haiti 975. (3) no one owns up to failure.
905. (4) friend and biographer. 938. (4) 500 Years 976. (3) Oxygen
906. (3) avoid its enemies. 939. (1) 2 977. (4) 4 to 5 minutes
907. (4) light and temperature. 940. (3) 1460 978. (2) to the entire body
908. (1) afraid, excited or angry. 941. (2) The Homestead 979. (1) 1953
909. (3) on the African island of 942. (2) White 980. (4) damage to the heart muscles
Madagascar. 943. (4) “the myth” 981. (3) exuberant
910. (2) disguise that lets it blend in 944. (3) Mabel Loomis Todd 982. (2) chunk of dirt
with its surroundings. 945. (2) Mabel’s affairs with Austin 983. (3) poor earlier but became rich
911. (3) careless vigilant (Adj.) : 946. (1) Global warming later on
alert, watchful ; careful. 947. (4) the collapse is unstoppable. 984. (2) good and healthy
912. (4) widespread damage. 948. (3) The Pine Island, Thwaites and 985. (1) sad including David
913. (3) mountain tops dumped in Smith Glaciers. 986. (2) When he sticks to old ways
valleys and streams contain 949. (2) 160 billion of thinking and doing.
toxic substances. 950. (1) ESA 987. (4) Whatever is being practised
914. (2) secure rock formations to 951. (2) every year. is better than what is new.
prevent erosion. 952. (1) Nobel Prize. 988. (2) Field demonstration
915. (4) excess mountaintop left after 953. (3) three. 989. (4) As a thick brown/black liquid
the extraction of coal through 954. (4) £ 40,000. with a strong smell.
the blast. 955. (4) All the above. 990. (1) Complex mixture of many
916. (2) insincere praise in order to 956. (2) Not truly knowing yourself. different substances.
please 991. (2) Carcasses of tiny animals
957. (4) Failure helps you in finding
and plants that live in the sea.
flattery (N.) : Praise that is not the determination to succeed
sincere. 992. (2) millions of years.
958. (1) Because nothing can prevent
993. (1) their pressure produces heat
917. (2) prospers the caprice of fate
and turns deposits of animal
918. (4) human conscience. 959. (3) Failure has its benefits
carcasses and plants into oil.
919. (4) It gives us false ideas about 960. (1) A person emerges wiser and
994. (3) Creating the perfect diet for
ourselves stronger implying that he is
us.
920. (1) It conquers the man with a secure in his ability to survive.
weak will. 995. (2) The food we like is the
961. (1) It i s a challenge to end
healthiest one for us.
921. (3) a drop in the chances of poverty, ignorance, disease and
inequality of opportunity 996. (4) The science that maps and
getting heart disease.
962. (3) The people of India need to describes an individual’s code.
922. (2) old people geriatrics (N.) :
the branch of medi cine labour and hard work to give 997. (3) Since they differ in genetics
concerned with the diseases and reality to their dreams. and metabolism.
care of old people; old persons 963. (2) A fateful moment for India 998. (1) Personlised DNA chips for
especially one with poor physical 964. (4) The birth of freedom has peopl e to assess thei r o wn
or mental health. brought in its wake move inherited predispositions.
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