English Comprehension practice question Set 2

The blog provides the Verbal Ability English Compression questions and answers for practice. The below given Verbal Ability English Comprehension question was asked in CDS 2016 English Exam Paper.

Direction: Read the passage and answer the question.

http://thevintry.com.au/?attachment_id=71 English Passage 1

Piombino Q1. The opening of the passage suggests that

(a) darkness, silence and waking images added to his already being in pro-found terror

(b) a profound terror increased the waking images in his frozen heart

(c) the person was frightened by darkness and silence

(d) a profound terror was caused in him by the silence and darkness of the night

Q2. When he perceived through the shadows two faint lights,

(a) he experienced a great strain

(b) he felt his hair stand upright

(c) his eyes felt strained to their utmost

(d) his pupils dilated

Q3. The person in the story

(a) imagined that he saw an animal

(b) could not recognize the animal

(c) saw the animal by chance

(d) expected to see the animal

Answers to the English Comprehension questions – Passage 1

Q1. (a) darkness, silence and waking images added to his already being in pro-found terror

Q2. (c) his eyes felt strained to their utmost

Q3. (a) imagined that he saw an animal

English Passage 2

Q1. The man could not buy the handkerchiefs because

(a) he did not like the handkerchiefs

(b) his friend did not allow him to buy them

(c) the shop did not have any handkerchiefs

(d) he had no money in the purse

Q2. When he tried to take out the purse, he discovered that

(a) it was not there

(b) it was lost

(c) it was a new purse

(d) it was his friend’s purse

Answers to the English Comprehension questions – Passage 2

Q1. (d) he had no money in the purse

Q2. (d) it was his friend’s purse