Test: Reading Comprehension - 3 - Software Development MCQ

The correct answer is to the Seaside.
Key Points 

It is mentioned in the passage -  It so happened that the class went for a picnic to the seaside for a whole day.

Here out of the given options, only option 1 that is ''to the Seaside'' has been mentioned in paragraph 1 of the passage. 

Therefore the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is Freed. 
Key Points

• Trapped means caught; confined. It is a verb.
• Freed means released from physical obstruction or restraint. It is a verb.
• Thus the antonym of the word trapped is freed.

Additional Information   

Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

The correct answer is The children hated Hari because he always pinched them​ because he always pinched them.

Key Points

It is mentioned in the passage-  Although he wasn’t very big, he was strong, and he loved to tease all the boys and girls who went to school with him. What he loved to do most was to pinch. He could make a big bruise in half a second. Another trick he played was pricking people with a pin. So you can guess how all the children hated him.

Here from paragraph 1 of the passage, we can infer that as Hari always pinched his friends, so all of them hated him. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is opened his pincers and nipped his hand.Key Points

It is mentioned in the passage-  Hari put out his hand to shake the crab’s claw, but to his surprise and anger, the crab opened his pincers and nipped his hand so hard that the little boy yelled.

Here nip means bite or pinch sharply.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is 'Verb'.

Key Points

• Verbs  are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing.
• A verb is a doing word that shows an action, an event or a state. In other words, a verb is a word that informs about an action, an existence of something or an occurrence. 
• In our sentence, It is the subject and lays is the action being done.
• Thus, lays is a verb.

Additional Information 

• A noun is a word that names something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea) and is typically used in a sentence as subject or object of a verb or a preposition.
  • Ex: Johnny Depp acted brilliantly in the movie Edward Scissorhands.
• ​An adverb is a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase.
  • Ex: Walk carefully lest you should fall.​
• Conjunctions are the words used to connect two words or clauses or sentences.
  • ​Ex: John David Washington and Robert Pattinson starred in Christopher Nolan directed thriller Tenet. 

The correct answer is No friends.

Key Points

It is mentioned in the passage-  What he loved to do most was to pinch. He could make a big bruise in half a second. Another trick he played was pricking people with a pin. So you can guess how all the children hated him.

Here from paragraph 1 of the passage, we can infer that due to Hari's mischievous tricks nobody wanted to be his friend.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is Loved. 

Key Points

• Hated means intense dislike; strong aversion to (something). It is a verb.
• Loved means deep affection for (someone). It is a verb.
• Thus the antonym of the word hated is loved.

Additional Information

Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

The correct answer is pricking people with a pin.
Key Points 

It is mentioned in the passage -  Another trick he played was pricking people with a pin.

Here out of the given options, only option 4 that is ''pricking people with a pin'' has been mentioned in paragraph 1 of the passage. 

Therefore the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is furious. 

Key Points

• Angry means feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger. It is an adjective.
• Furious means extremely angry.  It is an adjective.
• Thus the synonym of the word angry is furious.

Additional Information 

Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

The correct answer is There were bruises on his body.Key Points

It is mentioned in the passage-  Then he stared at the pool in surprise, for, out came sandy-colored shrimps and prawns, more crabs, and another large lobster and they pricked Hari till he was soon black and blue with their pinching.

Here the phrase black and blue means badly bruised. For e.g. That fall down the stairs left me black and blue all over.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

Origin of the phrase: This is an example of a phrase that originates from the literal colours that one notices after sustaining an injury. It is mostly referred to for a beating rather than an accident but nevertheless refers to the colour of the skin changing because of an injury.