Reading Comprehension English Practice Paper for SBI Clerk 2014

Reading Comprehension English Practice Paper for SBI Clerk 2014

Reading Comprehension section in various exams is designed to test the ability of the student to read a passage and understand its contents and his ability to draw inferences on the basis of what is read. In other words, the student's ability to grasp the contents of the passages in a relatively short span of times is what is being tested. The student is expected to read the given passage, understand its contents well and answer the questions given at the end of the passage all this to be completed in the limited time that is given.

Directions for Questions 1 to 5 : Read the following passage carefully and chose the best answer for questions that following it.

This is a sad book. but a book that ends in hope. The novel is written from the point of view of Christopher, an autistic 15-years old boy. Christopher is remarkably gifted. For on thing, he has a photographic memory. He is remarkably good at maths and physics. He is also a boy who does not tell lies. He hates the colour yellow and finds it very difficulty to relate to strangers. He also does not understand metaphors. Christopher has a thing about prime numbers and his chapters are numbered by prime numbers. He lives at home with his father and he has been told that his mother, whom he remembers vividly, died suddenly of a heart attack.

     Christopher discovers one night that his neighbour's poodle, Wellington, has been killed with a garden fork. He decides that he is going to find out who killed Wellington by following the methods used by Sherlock Holmes in ' The Hound of the Baskervilles ', which happens to be Christopher's favourite book. This inquiry leads to the discovery of more than Wellington's killer. Christopher unearths some of the mysteries concerning his family, especially his mother. This is a 'coming of age' novel with a difference. It is written in short staccato sentences as one would expect from a gifted but autistic boy. It  is a moving book and one that warns against the sin of despair.

Questions:

1) Christopher detests 

1. metaphors
2. prime numbers
3. logic
4. yellow colour

 

2) What would probably have made Christopher sad, in the book ?

1. His running away from his home.
2. His discovery of facts relating to his mother.
3. Sherlock Holmes 'The Hounds of Baskerville'.
4. The unraveling of Wellington's murder mystery.

3) What is the only flaw in the otherwise talented Christopher ?

1. His dislike for metaphors.
2. His difficulty in relating to strangers.
3. His probing attitude.
4. His inability to write lengthy sentences.

4) ' Autistic' as understood from the passage probably means

1. a reduced ability to communicated with others.
2. inability to read.
3. a child without father and mother.
4. exceptional ability in solving mysteries.

5) The book warns the reader againsts

1. being autistic.
2. loosing hope.
3. using metaphors.
4. being illogical.

Important Links:

• Reading Comprehension Practice Paper set1
• English Practice Paper for Bank Tests
• Sentence Completion Practice Paper with Key