Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The answer is mix with ordinary people.

The second sentence says he 'loved to mix with ordinary subjects', and the next says he amused himself daily by mixing with the people.

Mixing with rich people, soldiers only or noblemen is not mentioned anywhere. The point of the opening is that this king, unlike most, preferred the company of common subjects.

Answer: C

The answer is Coffee house.

The passage says he amused himself daily by mixing with the people and 'often going into the coffee-house incognito'. That is where he went for his amusement, and where he met the man he played chess with.

A cinema hall, a banquet hall and a conference hall are not named in the passage. The only places mentioned are the coffee-house and the opera.

Answer: D

The answer is Chess.

The passage states that he met a person 'with whom he played a game of chess'. The king lost and wished to play another game, which is why he tried to keep the stranger from leaving for the opera.

Badminton, polo and golf are not mentioned. The setting of a coffee-house also suits a table game rather than an outdoor sport.

Answer: C

The answer is see the king.

The gentleman, who did not know he was talking to the king, asked to be excused because 'he must go to the opera to see the king'. When asked whether that was his only motive, he answered, 'It really is'.

He did not want to see the queen, who is never mentioned. Listening to music or spending time were not his reason either; he confirmed that seeing the king was his only purpose.

Answer: B

Children should be educated without pressure.

The first sentence of Passage II reads 'Children should be educated without pressure.' Fear and damaging effects of tradition are things they should be kept free from, but the sentence itself names pressure. Money and books are not mentioned.

Answer: A

The blank is filled by love.

Krishnamurthy says 'if you love something, you never get tired of it.' Hate and enjoy do not appear in that sentence, and express is not what he is speaking of.

Answer: C

The expression given to children should be free.

The passage says 'Free expression of thought should be given to the children.' Complex, busy and damaging are not applied to expression; 'damaging' appears only in 'damaging effects of tradition and fear'.

Answer: D

The quality that excited the child was talking.

The child asked 'Is it your hobby to give lecture? Don't you get tired of talking?' The child was struck by Krishnamurthy's talking, a lecturing that never seemed to tire him. Enjoying, listening and eating are not mentioned as his qualities.

Answer: C

Desire of something leads to weariness.

The passage says that if someone thinks of 'getting something out of it - money, reward, importance, etc. - then there is only weariness.' Reward is the thing desired rather than the result, and pleasure and fear are not mentioned.

Answer: B

The gentleman was walking along a busy road.

The passage's second sentence says he was 'walking along a busy road, spinning his walking-stick'. The other roads named in the options (lonely, narrow, hilly) are never mentioned.