Reading Comprehension Home Exercise – 01 PASSAGE C

 PASSAGE C

14.       The author’s anecdotes of the inebriated ants would support all the following inductions except the statement that:

a.       Ants take unwillingly to intoxicants

b.      Ants aid comrades in distress

c.       Ants have invariable recognition of their community members

d.      Ants recognize their comrades by a mysterious password.

15.       According to the passage chloroform  was less successful than alcohol for inhibiting communication because of:

A.      Its expense

B.      Its unpredictable side effects

C.      Its unavailability

D.      Its fatality

16.       Although the author is a scientist, his style of writing also exhibits a quality of:

A.      Sophistry

B.      Whimsy

C.      Hypocrisy

D.      Hedonism

Answers and Explanations


        14.       D    The author’s anecdote proves that ants communicate with each other even when they might be in no condition to give passwords, hence that is the only statement that is disproved. 

      15.       D    Since fatality here means a fetal outcome, ant the ants died after inhaling chloroform, D is the correct answer. 

     16.       B      The element of humour in the passage is whimsical, which means unusual or fanciful, thuds the correct answer is whimsy.