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PASSAGE I(46-49) : Answer the questions based on the given passage.
During the summer I was introduced to the game of Cricket, and I felt my inherent foreignness for the first time. The ball is far too hard for my taste. Even during my last games at the school, angry spectators would shout, “Butter fingers !" But I smiled. Everyone knew in their hearts that I was going to drop the ball anyway, and nobody expected me to be able to play the game.

The author first played cricket

A) as a child in his own country
B) when he was a school boy
C) when he was a tourist
D) when he returned home after his studies

Correct Answer:


B) when he was a school boy

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1). 'felt my inherent foreignness' means

A). felt very strange

B). felt very interested and excited

C). enjoyed learning new games

D). felt my superiority over others

2). Spectators would shout 'Butter fingers' who the author was playing because

A). he liked butter

B). his fingers were like those of a lady

C). he often dropped the ball

D). be was very good at the game

3). 'Spectator' means

A). glasses

B). onlooker

C). watchman

D). player

4). In the context of the passage, what does 'regression' mean?

A). Lack of desire to improve the reading speed

B). Looking back at what is already read

C). Lack of proper understanding of what one reads

D). Comparing the reading speed of school and university students

5). in order to be a good reader you should

A). regress whenever necessary

B). be like a careful driver

C). not look back frequently while reading

D). test your vocabulary frequently

6). According to the author reading with regression is like

A). driving with poor quality brakes

B). stepping backwards while walking

C). using several brakes in order to slow down

D). making sudden spurts in reading speed

7). Very few people can satisfy their needs today by

A). providing things for themselves

B). exchanging goods and services

C). concentrating on what they can do best

D). individual specialization

8). Exchange of goods becomes possible only when

A). there is no specialization

B). goods are produced in surplus

C). primitive societies become modern

D). individuals make things for themselves

9). Specialization and exchange began when men started

A). big industries

B). concentrating on their work

C). producing things for individual use

D). living in communities

10). Exchange of goods and services becomes necessary because

A). man is a social being

B). reciprocity is the law of life

C). trade and commerce are means of progress.

D). we cannot produce everything we need ourselves