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In Reading Comprehension Test a passage is given and asked related question and five options. You need to find the appropriate answer concerned to that passge.


Passage:

 

Any nation which embraces democracy is bound to suffer conflict in the initial stages of its development because democracy is not a pre-fabcricated mould that a country can fit into. It is a process learning and evolving institutions and practices that will suit the country's particular traits. In a democracy, dishonesty, pride and dogma are always there to deflect, to distort and to betray. Perhaps there is no safeguard except the vigilance of the public as it becomes better educated in the ways democracy and in the power of its opinions.

 

The defects and short-comings of democracy are not due to an inherent weakness in its ideas but the great responsibilites it imposes on those who carry them out. Democracy is not an unimpeachable ideal. It does not make people and good, kind and caring. It does not ensure that they shall vote according to their true needs or best interests. It merely gives them the opportunity, which is more than they can be said for other systems. Democracy is not a perfect system, but it is the best that we have.

 

Q1) After reading the paragraph, we come to the conclusion that democracy is the ...

1)perfect system

2)need of the hour

3)best system

4)system with inheret weakness

Answer: best system

 

Q2) What is the chief trait of democracy ?

1)Pre-fabricated

2)A process of learning and evolving

3)Dishonesty, pride and dogma

4)Game of numbers

Answer: A process of learning and evolving

 

Q3) A country that opts for democracy also opt for ....

1)conflict

2)compromise

3)corruption

4)slow development

Answer: conflict

 

Q4) What is needed in a democracy to suit contry's traits ?

1)A Strong personality

2)Strong ideas and idealists

3)Evolution of institutions and practices

4)Collective leadership

Answer: Evolution of institutions and practices

 

Q5) What is the most effective safeguard democracy ?

1)Public opinion

2)Regular elections

3)Controlled press

4)Vigilance

Answer: Vigilance

 

 

English Comprehension Online Test-01

No. of Questions : 15 | Time : 30 Minutes






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