Comprehension
Read the given passage and answer the questions by choosing the most appropriate answer.
Down in rain-swept Wiltshire last week, I was able to enjoy a Christmas tree, Christmas crackers, mistletoe, etc. I was able to sing carols and wish everyone I met a happy Christmas. In America, it seems, I’d have been outlawed if I’d attempted any such thing. According to Andrew Stephen in the New Statesman, Americans have become so desperate not to offend religious minorities that Christmas in America is now most definitely not politically correct and, in some cases, literally illegal. In Kentucky, for example, school bus drivers were warned on no account to say “Merry Christmas” to children getting on or off their buses. In Philadelphia, you are breaking the law, says Stephen, “if you have a Christmas tree in your home – you may be subject to a $300 fine”. A nursery school teacher in Washington, he goes on, has temporarily removed the “t” from the letters of the alphabet that she has strung around the classroom: “It looked a bit too much like a cross for comfort”. Oh, and schools in Scarsdale, New York “have banned the American tradition of “candy canes”, striped mint sweets in the shape of walking sticks; they could be construed as shepherds’ crooks, you see, and we all know what that means at the time of the year”. My Christmas in Wiltshire may have been wet but at least it felt like a real Christmas and not like this kind of anodyne travesty, disinfected of all reference to what the holiday is about.
Down in rain-swept Wiltshire last week, I was able to enjoy a Christmas tree, Christmas crackers, mistletoe, etc. I was able to sing carols and wish everyone I met a happy Christmas. In America, it seems, I’d have been outlawed if I’d attempted any such thing. According to Andrew Stephen in the New Statesman, Americans have become so desperate not to offend religious minorities that Christmas in America is now most definitely not politically correct and, in some cases, literally illegal. In Kentucky, for example, school bus drivers were warned on no account to say “Merry Christmas” to children getting on or off their buses. In Philadelphia, you are breaking the law, says Stephen, “if you have a Christmas tree in your home – you may be subject to a $300 fine”. A nursery school teacher in Washington, he goes on, has temporarily removed the “t” from the letters of the alphabet that she has strung around the classroom: “It looked a bit too much like a cross for comfort”. Oh, and schools in Scarsdale, New York “have banned the American tradition of “candy canes”, striped mint sweets in the shape of walking sticks; they could be construed as shepherds’ crooks, you see, and we all know what that means at the time of the year”. My Christmas in Wiltshire may have been wet but at least it felt like a real Christmas and not like this kind of anodyne travesty, disinfected of all reference to what the holiday is about.
Question: 1
Which of the statements do you think does not support the author’s idea in the passage ?
Which of the statements do you think does not support the author’s idea in the passage ?
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- A nursery school teacher’s extreme attempt not to offend authorities during holiday time
- The visible signs of festivities were not inconspicuous in America
- Prohibition of candy canes since they were obvious holiday shapes
- The conventional etiquette of the season was discouraged in public
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The Correct Option is B
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The correct option is (B): The visible signs of festivities were not inconspicuous in America
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Question: 2
The last sentence in the passage conveys that the writer :
The last sentence in the passage conveys that the writer :
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- tacitly approves of the way Christmas is approached in America.
- disagrees with the views and opinions of Andrew Stephen.
- is content to have had his share of the season’s revelry in Wiltshire.
- sympathizes with the religious minorities.
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The Correct Option is C
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The correct option is (C): is content to have had his share of the season’s revelry in Wiltshire.
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Question: 3
Which of the following words from the passage, most closely resemble the meaning “anodyne” and “construed” ?
Which of the following words from the passage, most closely resemble the meaning “anodyne” and “construed” ?
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- pernicious, blatant
- jilted, misinterpreted
- unobjectionable, interpreted
- menacing, unequivocal
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The Correct Option is C
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The correct option is (C): unobjectionable, interpreted
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Question: 4
What parts of speech do the words ‘religious’, ‘travesty’ and ‘temporarily’ belong to ?
What parts of speech do the words ‘religious’, ‘travesty’ and ‘temporarily’ belong to ?
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- adjective, noun, adverb
- noun, adjective, adjective
- adverb, verb, adverb
- noun, noun, adjective
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The Correct Option is A
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Question: 5
Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
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- Abolishing Christmas
- Christmas past and present
- The everchanging tradition of Christmas
- Transcending beliefs
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The Correct Option is A
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The correct option is (A): Abolishing Christmas
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