Reading Comprehension Questions with Answers

Reading Comprehension questions with solutions

6 from the 433-question pool, worked in full.

1. 1. The declining cost of launching satellites into orbit, driven substantially by reusable rocket technology, has opened space to a much wider range of commercial and scientific applications than were feasible even a decade ago. Small satellite constellations now support global internet connectivity, agricultural monitoring, and disaster response, areas once dominated exclusively by a handful of national space agencies. This democratization of access to space, however, has also raised new concerns about orbital congestion and the long-term sustainability of the space environment. Which applications does the passage mention as now supported by small satellite constellations?

   • A. Global internet connectivity, agricultural monitoring, and disaster response ✓
   • B. Deep-space exploration only
   • C. Weather forecasting exclusively
   • D. Military reconnaissance only

   Solution. The passage mentions global internet connectivity, agricultural monitoring, and disaster response as applications now supported by small satellite constellations.

2. 2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Since 2016, India's monetary policy has been anchored by a flexible inflation targeting framework, under which the Reserve Bank of India is mandated to keep retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, within a band around a fixed target. This mandate is discharged not by the RBI Governor alone but by a six-member Monetary Policy Committee, three members nominated by the government and three from the RBI, which meets periodically to decide the policy repo rate. The committee's decisions are guided primarily by the inflation outlook rather than short-term growth considerations alone, a deliberate design choice intended to anchor public expectations about future prices. When actual inflation strays outside the target band for three consecutive quarters, the RBI is required to explain the failure to the government in a formal report, along with the remedial steps proposed and a time frame for returning inflation to target. Critics of the framework sometimes argue that a narrow focus on headline inflation can lead to policy that is too tight during periods when price increases are driven by supply-side shocks, such as a poor monsoon affecting food prices, rather than by excess demand that a rate increase could meaningfully address. Supporters counter that a credible, rules-based framework, even an imperfect one, is preferable to discretionary policy that leaves markets guessing about the central bank's priorities. In practice, the committee has often distinguished between headline inflation and core inflation, the latter excluding volatile food and fuel components, when explaining its rate decisions to the public, reflecting an attempt to look through temporary shocks rather than react to every fluctuation in the headline number. What is required of the RBI if actual inflation strays outside the target band for three consecutive quarters, per the passage?

   • A. It must immediately replace the Governor
   • B. It must double the policy repo rate
   • C. It must explain the failure to the government in a formal report, with remedial steps and a time frame ✓
   • D. It must suspend the Monetary Policy Committee

   Solution. The passage states the RBI "is required to explain the failure to the government in a formal report, along with the remedial steps proposed and a time frame for returning inflation to target."

3. 3. Passage: "Motor insurance in India is broadly split into third-party cover, which is legally mandatory for every vehicle owner, and own-damage cover, which is optional and compensates the owner for damage to their own vehicle." Based on the passage, which cover is legally mandatory?

   • A. Own-damage cover
   • B. Third-party cover ✓
   • C. Both are mandatory
   • D. Neither is mandatory

   Solution. The passage explicitly states that third-party cover is legally mandatory for every vehicle owner.

4. 4. A good translator does not replace words mechanically. The translator first identifies the purpose, tone, and audience of the source text. A legal instruction demands precision, while a public notice must also remain easy to understand. When an exact equivalent is unavailable, the translator chooses an expression that preserves the intended meaning without adding a personal opinion. Which principle is most strongly supported by the passage?

   • A. Every source word needs one fixed equivalent
   • B. Legal and public texts should use the same tone
   • C. Faithfulness involves meaning as well as words ✓
   • D. A translator may improve the author’s opinion

   Solution. The passage contrasts mechanical replacement with preservation of purpose, tone, and intended meaning.

5. 5. Passage: Every Friday, the children of Banyan Primary School spend twenty minutes in a small reading garden behind the library. One week, Mira noticed that the same two shelves were chosen again and again while books on insects, weather and machines were rarely opened. Instead of telling everyone what to read, the librarian placed three mystery cards on a table. Each card gave a curious question—why ants follow trails, how clouds hold water, and why bicycle gears differ in size—and pointed to several books that might help. By the end of the month, children were recommending unfamiliar books to one another and adding their own questions to a notice board. The librarian kept the cards but stopped choosing the questions herself. Why did the librarian use mystery cards?

   • A. To assign every child the same title
   • B. To spark curiosity and guide children toward less-used books ✓
   • C. To test whether children could memorise shelf numbers
   • D. To prevent children from recommending books

   Solution. The cards paired intriguing questions with routes into underused books rather than prescribing one title.

6. 6. Read the sentence: "The library extended its weekend hours after student surveys showed that many commuters could not visit on weekdays." What was the main reason for extending weekend hours?

   • A. To serve students who had difficulty visiting on weekdays ✓
   • B. To reduce the number of books borrowed
   • C. To close the library earlier on weekdays
   • D. To replace student surveys

   Solution. The sentence directly links the change to commuters who could not visit on weekdays.

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