Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The internet has reduced geographical barriers.

The passage says the internet made it possible for individuals to connect instantly across different parts of the world, thereby reducing geographical barriers.

The other options misread it. The passage says educational institutions now provide learning opportunities through digital platforms, so the internet has not reduced them. Business activities are said to become more efficient, not fewer, and social awareness is not mentioned at all.

Answer: C

Businesses use technology to improve efficiency and productivity.

The passage states that businesses use technology to improve efficiency and productivity, so this option is a direct quotation.

To reduce productivity reverses what the passage says. To avoid communication contradicts its point that technology has transformed the way people communicate, and to increase manual work is the opposite of the efficiency the passage describes.

Answer: A

Technology should be used responsibly and in moderation.

The passage ends with its conclusion: while technology offers numerous advantages, it must be used responsibly and in moderation to ensure a balanced and meaningful life. The warning about excessive dependence just before it explains why.

Without limitations is exactly what the passage warns against. Only for entertainment and only in educational institutions are not suggested anywhere; the passage praises technology's use in communication, education and business alike.

Answer: C

The passage suggests that there may be other planets like the Earth in this universe.

The author rejects an exact replica of the Earth as an unlikely idea, but says it is possible that, if planetary systems are common, there are planets whose conditions are similar to the Earth's and to which our form of life could adapt. That makes similar planets a possibility, not a certainty.

Option A claims there cannot be another such planet, which is stronger than the text says. Option B treats other Earth-like planets as found only in stories, but the passage says they are possible. Option D asserts a planet exactly like the Earth, which the author calls not worth considering.

Answer: C

The hypothesis gets its strength from the fact that the planetary system exists.

The author says that 'if planetary systems are common as they seem to be', planets with Earth-like conditions are possible. So the case rests on planetary systems being common, which is the existence of planetary systems.

No planet like the Earth is said to have been discovered, so A is wrong. The stories written about such planets and the interest of many people are only what prompts the question, and the passage does not treat them as evidence.

Answer: A

The phrase means that if there is life on the planet, it would be like ours.

'Gained a foothold' means became established. The sentence continues that life closely paralleling our own could then have developed, so the clause is about life that has taken hold on such a planet and what it would resemble.

Option B has people going there and developing life, which the text does not say. Option C says we cannot go and live there and option D says life could not develop, and neither is stated; the passage says that development is possible.

Answer: D

The passage mainly informs the reader about solar eclipses.

Para 1 defines a solar eclipse and its three kinds (partial, annular and total), and para 2 explains how the moon can cover the sun and how long a total eclipse lasts. Together these give general information about the topic.

The duration of a total eclipse is only one detail, so A is too narrow. The passage uses facts about the moon only to explain eclipses, so B misses its purpose. Option C reverses the relation: it is the moon that obscures the sun, not the sun the moon.

Answer: C

The sun is obscured in its entirety in a total eclipse.

The passage says that 'in a total eclipse, the sun is completely covered by the moon'.

In a partial eclipse the moon covers only part of the sun, and in an annular eclipse it covers the centre and leaves a bright ring of light. 'A celestial eclipse' is not a type described in the passage.

Answer: B

In para 1 the word 'ring' is best replaced by circle.

The sentence describes 'a bright ring of light around the moon', that is, a circle of light, which is what is seen in an annular eclipse.

'Piece of gold' and 'jewel' treat 'ring' as an ornament, which does not fit a ring of light. 'Bell' fits the sense of a ringing sound, which is unrelated to the sentence.

Answer: C

A 'celestial body' in para 2 is most probably one found somewhere in the sky.

The sentence names the moon as 'a celestial body of the size of the moon', so a celestial body is an object in the heavens, like the moon or the sun.

The moon's shadow is a patch on the earth and is not where the moon itself is found, and the surface of the sun is only one place for one such body. The earth's atmosphere is where weather occurs, and the moon and sun lie far beyond it.