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- - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
- - Duration: 30 minutes
- - Number of Questions: 15
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Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
“May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
Q. Write the opposite of ‘regular ’.
Detailed Solution: Question 1
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
“May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
Q. Who was the regular teacher who taught the lessons?
Detailed Solution: Question 2
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
“May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
Q. Where was Margie’s school?
Detailed Solution: Question 3
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
“May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
Q. Who said that little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours?
Detailed Solution: Question 4
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
“May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling; the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”
Q. With whom is the mechanical teacher contrasted with?
Detailed Solution: Question 5
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs. Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.
Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”
Q. What subject did Margie and Tommy learn?
Detailed Solution: Question 6
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs. Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.
Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”
Q. What was the age of Margie?
Detailed Solution: Question 7
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs. Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.
Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”
Q. Country inspector slowed the Geography sector up to an average __________ level.
Detailed Solution: Question 8
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs. Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.
Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”
Q. Which sector was geared a little too quick?
Detailed Solution: Question 9
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs. Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again.
Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”
Q. What did the County Inspector do to help Margie?
Detailed Solution: Question 10
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.
Q. Who had been giving her test?
Detailed Solution: Question 11
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.
Q. Why did Margie’s mother send for the country inspector?
Detailed Solution: Question 12
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.
Q. Why did Margie hate school?
Detailed Solution: Question 13
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.
Q. Margie was scornful because she _________ school.
Detailed Solution: Question 14
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in Geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector.
Q. What subject was Margie giving the test in?
Detailed Solution: Question 15
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