SSC CGL Reading Comprehension Verified Practice Test 5
15 structurally validated Reading Comprehension questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
SSC CGL Reading Comprehension Verified Practice Test 5
15 structurally validated Reading Comprehension questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
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- Tone
1. A passage praising a leader is likely to have a tone that is:
- A. admiring (Correct)
- B. mocking
- C. fearful
- D. indifferent
Explanation: Praise creates an admiring tone.
- Vocabulary in Context
2. Context clues are most useful when a word is:
- A. already familiar
- B. unknown (Correct)
- C. highlighted
- D. repeated
Explanation: Context helps infer unfamiliar meaning.
- Summary
3. A summary should contain:
- A. only one detail
- B. all examples
- C. main points briefly (Correct)
- D. personal opinions
Explanation: A summary condenses the essential ideas.
- Reference
4. Pronouns in a passage usually refer to:
- A. the title
- B. earlier nouns (Correct)
- C. future sentences only
- D. punctuation marks
Explanation: Pronouns generally point to previously mentioned nouns.
- Purpose
5. An advertisement is primarily written to:
- A. narrate history
- B. persuade or inform buyers (Correct)
- C. explain grammar
- D. report court orders
Explanation: Advertisements aim to attract and inform customers.
- Inference
6. If a writer notes rising prices and shrinking savings, the mood is likely:
- A. carefree
- B. concerned (Correct)
- C. joyful
- D. comic
Explanation: Those ideas suggest worry.
- Tone
7. A passage based on evidence and neutral wording is likely:
- A. dramatic
- B. objective (Correct)
- C. sarcastic
- D. angry
Explanation: Neutral evidence-based writing sounds objective.
- Cause and Effect
8. If heavy rain floods roads, heavy rain is the:
- A. effect
- B. cause (Correct)
- C. title
- D. summary
Explanation: It produces the flooding.
- Title
9. A suitable title should be based on:
- A. a minor example
- B. the central theme (Correct)
- C. the longest sentence
- D. the first word
Explanation: A good title reflects the passage's main idea.
- Reading Skill
10. Reading quickly to find a date in a passage is called:
- A. skimming
- B. scanning (Correct)
- C. editing
- D. rewriting
Explanation: Scanning is used to find specific information quickly.
- Inference
11. If a child hides behind a chair when guests arrive, the child is probably:
- A. confident
- B. shy (Correct)
- C. angry
- D. proud
Explanation: That behavior suggests shyness.
- Main Idea
12. The central message of a paragraph is called its:
- A. title
- B. main idea (Correct)
- C. reference
- D. punctuation
Explanation: The main idea is the paragraph's central thought.
- Inference
13. If streets are flooded and umbrellas are open, the weather is likely:
- A. sunny
- B. rainy (Correct)
- C. windless
- D. dry
Explanation: These clues point to rain.
- Tone
14. A passage criticizing corruption is likely to have a tone that is:
- A. comic
- B. critical (Correct)
- C. sleepy
- D. joyful
Explanation: Criticism creates a critical tone.
- Vocabulary in Context
15. Context clues are words around a difficult word that help the reader:
- A. decorate the page
- B. guess the meaning (Correct)
- C. count the lines
- D. change the grammar
Explanation: Context clues help infer meaning.