Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Only statement (a) is correct, so the answer is '(b) and (c) are incorrect, (a) is correct'.

(a) is correct: the extract calls Untouchable 'a charming French comedy'.

(b) is incorrect: the two friends 'have almost nothing in common', and the extract lists their different tastes in music and art. (c) is incorrect as worded: the film is described as 'a huge international success', and the extract does not say it was successful in France and Algeria in particular.

Answer: B

The key gives warm friendship.

The last paragraph says that their working relationship 'quickly developed into a close friendship' and that all that really matters to their friendship is their 'shared love of laughter and adventure'. Of the options, warm friendship is the one that matches the bond the extract describes.

Love for music is wrong because the two men liked different music. Their immigration status is not a shared feature. 'Love for adventure sports' is the nearest distractor, since the extract mentions a shared love of adventure, but it never mentions sports.

Answer: B

Philip needed a nurse to help him with day-to-day practical things of life.

After the paragliding accident he lost the use of his arms and legs, and the extract says he 'needed practical help with his day-to-day life'.

Abdul's criminal past and immigration status were not what the job was for, and nothing says the nurse was hired to listen to classical music.

Answer: D

Abdul migrated to France to search for employment.

The extract says Abdul 'had quit a life of crime in Algeria and moved to France to look for work'.

He did not go to work in the film industry, the extract does not say he was running from the police, and his liking for pop music is mentioned only as a difference from Philip.

Answer: D

The aspect that is not true is 'He preferred listening to classical music'.

The extract says 'Abdul loved pop music, but Philip preferred classical music', so the preference for classical music belongs to Philip.

The other statements are true of Abdul: he had left a life of crime, was lively and quick-thinking, and became a close friend of his employer.

Answer: D

Statement (a) is correct and (b) and (c) are incorrect, which is option (4).

(a) The passage says that farming households producing food for their own consumption are protected from market fluctuations, 'thus ensuring that they can afford healthy food'. The key takes this as correct for a significant number of households, though the passage speaks specifically of farming households.

(b) is incorrect: such households are 'not impacted by food inflation either', so household food production has a strong effect, not a limited one. (c) is incorrect: food insecurity is called 'a nagging constant' in countries like India, not an occasional phenomenon.

Answer: B

The correct statement is 'better nutritional intake'.

Paragraph 3 says people growing their own food consume more, 'thus adding to nutrition levels', and that there was a reduction in child stunting and underweight conditions.

Malnourished and stunted children are what the study found reduced, so (1) and (3) are the opposite of the finding. Women attained a normal body mass index, not a higher one, so (4) is wrong.

Answer: B

The series of events is (c) extreme weather conditions, then (a) increase in prices of food items, then (d) reduced food consumption, then (b) detrimental effect on nutritional security.

Paragraph 1 starts with extreme weather events and erratic seasons, which cut farmers' earnings and agricultural output and add to food inflation (higher prices). It then says that high prices could make people slash consumption, 'which adversely impacts nutritional security'. That fixes the order c, a, d, b.

The other orders put an effect before its cause, for example reduced consumption before the rise in prices, or the harm to nutrition before the reduction in consumption.

Answer: D

The households have stayed out of the food insecurity crisis by adopting home production systems.

Paragraph 2 says that in a country like India, where food insecurity is a nagging constant, such households 'have used the home production system to remain out of this crisis'.

High food prices and climate change conditions are the threats, not what the households adopted, and protection from extreme weather is not described as something they adopted.

Answer: D

The incorrect statement is 'Increase in number of malnourished children'.

The study reported a reduction in child stunting and underweight conditions in households with their own food production.

The other three statements are in the passage: nutritional intake improved, such households consumed more, and women attained a normal body mass index.