Part – I (English)
Passage for reading comprehension
Read the following passage and answer the question set below it.
The textbooks equip our new generation with knowledge, skill and ability to face the challenges of new millennium in the fields of Science, Technology and Humanities. The textbooks are also aimed at inculcating the ingredients of universal brotherhood and to reflect the valiant deeds of our forebears and portray the illuminating patterns of our rich cultural heritage and tradition.
To accomplish this noble task, a team of educationalists, experts, working teachers and committee of friends have been constituted which incessantly endeavor to develop, test and improve content and design of the textbooks on the basis of the feedback, The present intellectual product has been presented with joint efforts of the team to project the aforementioned assignment in its true perspective.
It is expected that the discerning parents, learned teachers and concerned citizens will go through it and offer their valuable opinions to the Board for bringing about improvement in the next edition.
Answer the following first ten (01-10) questions from the above passage you have just read.
1. How many subjects or disciplines of education and learning are mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
B. three
2. What is meaning of the underlined word millennium?
A. a period of 1000 years
B. a period of 10000 years
C. a period of ten decades
D. a period of 50 years
A. a period of 1000 years
3. Which one the following in options is the purpose or object of the author for writing this passage?
A. suggestive
B. instructive
C. informative
D. Descriptive
C. informative
4. Other word (synonym) of forbears is __________
A. ancestors
B. assistors
C. olders
D. olderly relatives
A. ancestors
5. Textbook is ________
A. a book containing lessons
B. a book containing long stories, parables and episodes
C. a book on English classes presented for higher classes
D. a book that teaches a particular subject and that is used especially in schools and colleges.
D. a book that teaches a particular subject and that is used especially in schools and colleges.
6. The underlined word “accomplish” means ___________
A. get
B. achieve
C. obtain
D. receive
B. achieve
7. The underlined word “incessantly” means ________
A. rapidly
B. continually
C. constantly
D. instantly
B. continually
8. The underlined words “It is expected” form a simple sentence. From grammar point of view, it is in ______
A. active voice
B. passive voice
C. informal english
D. idiomatic language
B. passive voice
9. How many sorts of persons are mentioned in the passage? (one kind of persons is mentioned twice)
A. four
B. five
C. six
D. seven
C. six
10. The most important word in the passage is __________
A. knowledge
B. accomplish
C. intellectual
D. textbooks
D. textbooks