Reading Comprehension (Part-3) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

41. The writer says that if he was writing a book on hedgehogs, [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) he would first observe their eating habits
Solution:

The writer says that if he was writing a book on hedgehogs, he would first observe their eating habits, which is clearly mentioned in the line where he states “I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet.”

42. The writer is of the opinion that [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) ancient and medieval writers wrote authoritatively about unicorns and salamanders though they had never seen them
Solution:

The writer is of the opinion that ancient and medieval writers wrote authoritatively about unicorns and salamanders though they had never seen them, which is clearly mentioned in the last lines of the passage.

43. A ‘dogmatic statement’ in the context means a statement which is [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) unquestionable
Solution:

‘Dogmatic statement’ means a statement which is ‘unquestionable’. A dogmatic belief connects with the faith of a society and people are reluctant to hear anything against that.

44. Directions (Q.Nos. 44-45) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Passage 33

Since I had nothing better to do, I decided to go to the market to buy a few handkerchiefs, the old ones had done vanishing trick. On the way I met an old friend of mine and I took him to a nearby restaurant for tea and snacks.

Afterwards, I went to the shop and selected a dozen handkerchiefs. I pulled out my purse to make the payment and discovered that it was empty; I then realised that it was not my purse. It was a different purse altogether.

How that happened is still a source of wonder to me and I refuse to believe that it was the work of my good old friend, for it was his purse that I held in my hand.

The man could not buy the handkerchiefs because

Correct Answer: (d) he had no money in the purse
Solution:

The man could not buy the handkerchiefs because he had no money in the purse. It is clearly stated in the fourth line of the passage.

45. When he tried to take out the purse, he discovered that [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) it was his friend’s purse
Solution:

In the last two lines, it is clearly written that “when he tried to take out the purse, he discovered that it was his friend’s purse.”

46. Directions (Q.Nos. 46-48) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Passage 34

A profound terror, increased still by the darkness, the silence and his waking images, froze his heart within him. He almost felt his hair stand on end, when by straining his eyes to their utmost, he perceived through the shadows two faint yellow lights.

At first, he attributed these lights to the reflection of his own pupils, but soon the vivid brilliance of the night aided him gradually to distinguish the objects around him in the cave, and he beheld a huge animal lying but two steps from him.

The opening of the passage suggests that

Correct Answer: (a) darkness, silence and waking images added to his already being in profound terror
Solution:

It is clearly stated in the first line of the passage that the profound terror is Increased due to darkness, silence and waking images.

47. When he perceived through the shadows two faint lights, [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) his eyes felt strained to their utmost
Solution:

When the writer’s eyes felt strained to their utmost, he perceived through the shadows two faint lights.

48. The person in the story [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) imagined that he saw an animal
Solution:

The person imagined that he saw an animal.

49. Directions (Q.Nos. 49-50) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Passage 35

We are tempted to assume that technological progress is real progress and that material success is the criterion of civilisation.

If the Eastern people become fascinated by machines and techniques and use them, as Western nations do, to build huge industrial organisations and large military establishments, they will get involved in power politics and drift into the danger of death.

Scientific and technological civilisation brings great opportunities and great rewards, but also great risks and temptations. Science and technology are neither good nor bad.

They are not to be tabooed but tamed and assigned their proper place. They become dangerous only if they become idols.

According to the author, people think that real progress lies in

Correct Answer: (a) material success and technological growth
Solution:

According to the author, people think hat real progress lies in material success and technological growth because people become fascinated by machines and techniques they use.

50. According to the author, science and technology should be [Morning Shift-2016 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) used in a controlled and careful manner
Solution:

According to the author science and technology should be used in a controlled and careful manner as they are not to be tabooed and eliminated.