Reading Comprehension (Part-4) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

41. The time available to the author for shooting the tigress was [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) the whole day
Solution:

Possible during the daylight, hence option (a) is suitable usage.

42. When the author says ‘all would be well’, he means [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) that they would be able to shoot her down without difficulty
Solution:

When the author said ‘all would be well’ he meant that they would be able to shoot her down without difficulty.

43. Directions (Q.Nos. 43-47) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Passage 45

After lunch, I felt at a loose end and roamed about the little flat. It suited us well enough when mother was with me, but now I was by myself, it was too large and I'd moved the dining room table into my bedroom.

That was now, the only room I used; it had all the furniture I needed; a brass bedstead, a dressing table, some cane chairs whose seats had more or less caved in, a wardrobe with a tarnished mirror. The rest of the flat was never used, so I didn’t trouble to look after it.

The flat did not really suit him any more because

Correct Answer: (b) he was living on his own now
Solution:

He was living on his own now.

44. He did not look after the rest of the flat because [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) he did not use it
Solution:

He didn’t use it.

45. “............. now I was by myself, it was too large”. The word it here refers to the [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) flat
Solution:

Here, ‘it’ refers to ‘the flat’.

46. From the passage, we learn that the writer was [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) satisfied with the space in his bedroom
Solution:

From the passage, we learn that the writer was satisfied with the space in his bedroom.

47. “After lunch I felt at a loose end” means [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) he had nothing specific to do
Solution:‘Feeling at a loose end’ means ‘feeling bored’ or ‘have nothing specific to do’. Hence, option (a) is correct.

48. Directions (Q.Nos. 48-50) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Passage 46

The overwhelming vote given by the greater part of the public has so far been in favour of films which pass the time easily and satisfy that part of our imagination which depends on the more obvious kind of daydreams.

We make up for what we secretly regard as our deficiencies by watching the stimulating adventures of the other people who are stronger, more effective, or more beautiful than we are.

The conventional stars act out our daydreams for us in a constant succession of exciting situations set in the open spaces, in the jungles or in the underworld of great cities which abounds in crime and violence.

We would not dare to be in such situations but the situations are very exciting to watch since our youth is being spent in day-to-day routine of school, office or home.

According to the passage, most of us prefer films which

Correct Answer: (a) overwhelm our imagination
Solution:

As per the passage, most of us prefer films which overwhelm our imagination. It is clear from the first sentence of the passage.

49. By watching thrilling adventures in films, we make up for the [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) shortcomings in our life
Solution:

Shortcomings in our life.

50. Film stars present situations [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) which excite us
Solution:

Which excite us. The stars act in constant succession of exciting situations.