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SSC Reading Comprehension Test 118
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    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to intimate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox actually could not be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

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    Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
    Solutions
    Since the passage talks about the efforts which were made to eradicate small pox and how everyone put up together, the most suitable title is 'The eradication of small pox'.
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    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to intimate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox actually could not be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

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    What was the goal of the campaign against small-pox?
    Solutions
    Refer to the following statement of the passage, 'The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade.' One decade refers to a period of ten years. Thus, option B is the correct answer.
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    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to intimate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox actually could not be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

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    According to the paragraph, which of the following strategies was used to eliminate the spread of small-pox?
    Solutions
    Refer to the following statement of the passage, 'The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission.'
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to intimate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox actually could not be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

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    Which statement doesn’t refer to small-pox?
    Solutions
    The previous projects being talked about in option A refer to the ones associated with yellow fever and malaria, the rest of the statements refer to smallpox. Thus, option A is the correct answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to intimate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox actually could not be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

    ...view full instructions

    Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
    Solutions
    Refer to the following statement of the passage, 'Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity.'
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    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed mealtimes and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is psychological torture. An Indian accepts the bank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing anything. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

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    What is the main theme of the passage?
    Solutions

    The passage talks about the industrial man who has become the slave of time counting each minute and second as precious. He cannot wait because it seems torture to him. According to him, the bank hours must be filled with some business or amusement activities. So, "Awareness of time in the modern industrial world" is the most suitable theme for the passage.
    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed mealtimes and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is psychological torture. An Indian accepts the bank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing anything. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

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    The Greeks are alien to
    Solutions
    Refer to the following statement of the passage, 'Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek.'
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed mealtimes and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is psychological torture. An Indian accepts the bank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing anything. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

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    A person who belongs to pre-industrial world
    Solutions
    From the last few lines of the passage, "For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes" we can say that a person who belongs to pre-industrial world does not care about each minute.
    Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed mealtimes and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is psychological torture. An Indian accepts the bank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing anything. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

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    According to the author
    Solutions
    From a line of the passage, "For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is a psychological torture" we can say that the Americans or Englishmen are very careful about time and they do not waste it. If they have to wait for sometime, it becomes a psychological torture to them. They are very punctual of time as each of their minutes is either occupied by a business or an amusement acitvity. 
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
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    Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

    Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed mealtimes and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman; waiting is psychological torture. An Indian accepts the bank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing anything. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

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    How does an Indian accept his/her bank hours?
    Solutions
    Refer to the following statement of the passage, 'An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction.'
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
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