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COMPREHENSION PART- 5

📆 November 27, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes. [Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)]

Select a suitable title for the passage.

 

Correct Answer: (d) The Uses of the Sunflower

12. The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes. [Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)]

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Ornamental

 

 

Correct Answer: (d) Unembellished

13. The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes. [Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)]

Identify the tone of the passage.

 

Correct Answer: (c) Descriptive

14. The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes. [Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)]

Which of the following facts is mentioned in the given passage?

 

Correct Answer: (b) The sunflower's leaves, flowers and seeds have many uses.

15. The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes. [Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)]

Identify the main theme of the passage.

 

Correct Answer: (c) The sunflower's leaves, flower and seeds have varied economic and ornamental uses.

16. The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars' surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they've made a series of astonishing discoveries that, once again, tempt scientists to believe that Mars harbours life-or did so in the past. At a February conference in the Netherlands, an audience of Mars experts was surveyed about Martian life. Some 75 per cent of the scientists said they thought life once existed there, and of them, 25 per cent think that Mars harbours life today. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)]

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Astonishing

 

Correct Answer: (a) Ordinary

17. The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars' surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they've made a series of astonishing discoveries that, once again, tempt scientists to believe that Mars harbours life-or did so in the past. At a February conference in the Netherlands, an audience of Mars experts was surveyed about Martian life. Some 75 per cent of the scientists said they thought life once existed there, and of them, 25 per cent think that Mars harbours life today. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)]

Identify the inference drawn from the passage.

 

Correct Answer: (a) A minimal percentage of Mars expert believe there is life on Mars today.

18. The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars' surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they've made a series of astonishing discoveries that, once again, tempt scientists to believe that Mars harbours life-or did so in the past. At a February conference in the Netherlands, an audience of Mars experts was surveyed about Martian life. Some 75 per cent of the scientists said they thought life once existed there, and of them, 25 per cent think that Mars harbours life today. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)]

Select an appropriate title for the passage.

 

Correct Answer: (b) The Probability of Life on Mars

19. The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars' surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they've made a series of astonishing discoveries that, once again, tempt scientists to believe that Mars harbours life-or did so in the past. At a February conference in the Netherlands, an audience of Mars experts was surveyed about Martian life. Some 75 per cent of the scientists said they thought life once existed there, and of them, 25 per cent think that Mars harbours life today. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)]

Which of the following facts is mentioned in the given passage?

 

Correct Answer: (c) There are two rovers probing Mars surface.

20. The search for life on Mars has become more urgent thanks in part to probes by the two rovers now roaming Mars' surface and another spaceship that is orbiting the planet. In recent months, they've made a series of astonishing discoveries that, once again, tempt scientists to believe that Mars harbours life-or did so in the past. At a February conference in the Netherlands, an audience of Mars experts was surveyed about Martian life. Some 75 per cent of the scientists said they thought life once existed there, and of them, 25 per cent think that Mars harbours life today. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)]

Identify the tone of the passage.

Correct Answer: (b) Speculative
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