English Comprehension question for practice Set 1

The blog provides the Verbal Ability English Compression questions and answers for practice

Direction: Read the passage and answer the question.

Q1. The writer believes that

A. most people could avoid making foolish mistakes if they were clever

B. through observation we could avoid making many mistakes

C. Aristotle made many mistakes because he was not observant

D. All errors are caused by our own error in thinking

Q2. With reference to the passage, which one of the folloing is the correct statement?

A. Aristotle was able to avoid the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men

B. Aristotle thought women have fewer teeth than men

C. Aristotle proved that women have fewer teeth by counting his wife’s teeth

D. Aristotle may have thought that women have fewer teeth because he never had a wife

Q3. The writer says that if he was writing a book on hedgehogs

A. he would maintain that they eat black beetles because he had been told so

B. he would first observe their eating habits

C. he would think it unnecessary to verify that they ate black beetles

D. he would make the statement that they ate black beetles and later verify it

Q4. The writer is of the opinion that

A. unicorns and salamanders were observed by ancient and medieval writers but were unknown to modern writers

B. ancient and medieval writers wrote authoritatively about unicorns and salamanders though they had never seen them

C. unicorns and salamanders do not exist

D. only those who had observed the habits of unicorns and salamanders wrote about them

Q5. A ‘dogmatic statement’ in the context means a statement which is

A. convincing

B. proved

C. unquestionable

D. doubtful

Answers to the English Comprehension questions

Q1. B. through observation we could avoid making many mistakes

Q2. B. Aristotle thought women have fewer teeth than men

Q3. B. he would first observe their eating habits

Q4. B. ancient and medieval writers wrote authoritatively about unicorns and salamanders though they had never seen them

Q5. C. unquestionable