UPSC CSAT : Reading Comprehension Home Exercise- 02,Passage –F

Monday 23 February 2015

Reading Comprehension Home Exercise- 02,Passage –F

Passage –F
The West Indian Land Crab makes its home two or three miles from the sea. When the females wish to lay their eggs, they do not carry them attached to their bodies, as most crabs do. Instead, they make their way back to the sea to lay them in the sand. All of them go at once, together, with the males leading the way. There may be enough to form a host a mile long and forty yards wide. Houses and walls and cliffs do not stop them. They never turn aside but keep straight on until, if they survive, they reach the sea.

21.   This story is mainly about-

1.       Where the West Indian Land Crab makes its home.
2.       The egg- laying behavior of a certain type of crab.
3.       A host a mile long.
4.       A terrible trek to the sea.

22.   The West Indian Land Crab-

1.       Lives its life next to the sea.
2.       Lays its eggs on the seaside
3.       Carries its eggs next to its body.
4.       Lays its eggs several miles from the sea.

23.   The trek to the sea-

1.       Can be dangerous.
2.       Is for females only.
3.       Is safe, since there are so many.
4.       Allows the crabs to stop and rest.

24.   The word “ host” is this story refers to-

1.       A large group
2.       An attack on the group.
3.       A group of females.
4.       A powerful group

Answer:

21.  2
22.  2
23.  1
24.  1

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