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Reading Comprehension Quiz: 05.11.2017

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Question 1

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
 
Harvesters are the only kind of ants who go in for accumulating property, as well as the chief kind to practice war. This association of property with war is interesting, as various anthropologists believe that in the human species war or at any rate habitual and organised war, did not arise in human evolution until man had reached the stage of settled civilization, when he began to accumulate stores of grain and other forms of wealth.
According to experts, the desire to fight and the desire to accumulate property are

Question 2

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
 
Harvesters are the only kind of ants who go in for accumulating property, as well as the chief kind to practice war. This association of property with war is interesting, as various anthropologists believe that in the human species war or at any rate habitual and organised war, did not arise in human evolution until man had reached the stage of settled civilization, when he began to accumulate stores of grain and other forms of wealth.
Among ant populations, there is a group which

Question 3

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
 
Harvesters are the only kind of ants who go in for accumulating property, as well as the chief kind to practice war. This association of property with war is interesting, as various anthropologists believe that in the human species war or at any rate habitual and organised war, did not arise in human evolution until man had reached the stage of settled civilization, when he began to accumulate stores of grain and other forms of wealth.
Men did not fight frequently and in an organized way until they

Question 4

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
 
Harvesters are the only kind of ants who go in for accumulating property, as well as the chief kind to practice war. This association of property with war is interesting, as various anthropologists believe that in the human species war or at any rate habitual and organised war, did not arise in human evolution until man had reached the stage of settled civilization, when he began to accumulate stores of grain and other forms of wealth.
Property was accumulated when men started

Question 5

Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
 
Harvesters are the only kind of ants who go in for accumulating property, as well as the chief kind to practice war. This association of property with war is interesting, as various anthropologists believe that in the human species war or at any rate habitual and organised war, did not arise in human evolution until man had reached the stage of settled civilization, when he began to accumulate stores of grain and other forms of wealth.
Human beings have

Question 6

Read the given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities. Millions were impoverished as the crisis overwhelmed large segments of the economy and social fabric, accelerating a trend toward economic inequality.
Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three fourths of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level. Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, population and de-peasantisation through usury and land grabbing. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near-total disruption of Bengal's market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive, defensive scorched earth tactics of the Raj (the "denial policies" for rice and boats); and later, massive inflation brought on by repeated policy failures, war profiteering, speculation, and perhaps hoarding. Finally, the government prioritised military and defense needs over those of the rural poor, allocating medical care and food immensely in the favour of the military, labourers in military industries, and civil servants. All of these factors were further compounded by restricted access to grain: domestic sources were constrained by emergency inter-provincial trade barriers, while access to international sources was largely denied by the War Cabinet of Great Britain. The relative impact of each of these contributing factors to the death toll and economic devastation is still a matter of controversy. Different analyses frame the famine against natural, economic, or political causes.
How did the Japanese occupation of Burma have a hand in Bengal famine?

Question 7

Read the given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities. Millions were impoverished as the crisis overwhelmed large segments of the economy and social fabric, accelerating a trend toward economic inequality.
Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three fourths of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level. Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, population and de-peasantisation through usury and land grabbing. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near-total disruption of Bengal's market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive, defensive scorched earth tactics of the Raj (the "denial policies" for rice and boats); and later, massive inflation brought on by repeated policy failures, war profiteering, speculation, and perhaps hoarding. Finally, the government prioritised military and defense needs over those of the rural poor, allocating medical care and food immensely in the favour of the military, labourers in military industries, and civil servants. All of these factors were further compounded by restricted access to grain: domestic sources were constrained by emergency inter-provincial trade barriers, while access to international sources was largely denied by the War Cabinet of Great Britain. The relative impact of each of these contributing factors to the death toll and economic devastation is still a matter of controversy. Different analyses frame the famine against natural, economic, or political causes.
What effect did the World War 2 have on Bengal famine?

Question 8

Read the given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities. Millions were impoverished as the crisis overwhelmed large segments of the economy and social fabric, accelerating a trend toward economic inequality.
Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three fourths of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level. Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, population and de-peasantisation through usury and land grabbing. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near-total disruption of Bengal's market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive, defensive scorched earth tactics of the Raj (the "denial policies" for rice and boats); and later, massive inflation brought on by repeated policy failures, war profiteering, speculation, and perhaps hoarding. Finally, the government prioritised military and defense needs over those of the rural poor, allocating medical care and food immensely in the favour of the military, labourers in military industries, and civil servants. All of these factors were further compounded by restricted access to grain: domestic sources were constrained by emergency inter-provincial trade barriers, while access to international sources was largely denied by the War Cabinet of Great Britain. The relative impact of each of these contributing factors to the death toll and economic devastation is still a matter of controversy. Different analyses frame the famine against natural, economic, or political causes.
How did the War Cabinet deal with the problem of food?

Question 9

Read the given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities. Millions were impoverished as the crisis overwhelmed large segments of the economy and social fabric, accelerating a trend toward economic inequality.
Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three fourths of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level. Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, population and de-peasantisation through usury and land grabbing. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near-total disruption of Bengal's market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive, defensive scorched earth tactics of the Raj (the "denial policies" for rice and boats); and later, massive inflation brought on by repeated policy failures, war profiteering, speculation, and perhaps hoarding. Finally, the government prioritised military and defense needs over those of the rural poor, allocating medical care and food immensely in the favour of the military, labourers in military industries, and civil servants. All of these factors were further compounded by restricted access to grain: domestic sources were constrained by emergency inter-provincial trade barriers, while access to international sources was largely denied by the War Cabinet of Great Britain. The relative impact of each of these contributing factors to the death toll and economic devastation is still a matter of controversy. Different analyses frame the famine against natural, economic, or political causes.
What does the word ‘agrarian’ mean in the passage?

Question 10

Read the given passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities. Millions were impoverished as the crisis overwhelmed large segments of the economy and social fabric, accelerating a trend toward economic inequality.
Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three fourths of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level. Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, population and de-peasantisation through usury and land grabbing. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near-total disruption of Bengal's market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive, defensive scorched earth tactics of the Raj (the "denial policies" for rice and boats); and later, massive inflation brought on by repeated policy failures, war profiteering, speculation, and perhaps hoarding. Finally, the government prioritised military and defense needs over those of the rural poor, allocating medical care and food immensely in the favour of the military, labourers in military industries, and civil servants. All of these factors were further compounded by restricted access to grain: domestic sources were constrained by emergency inter-provincial trade barriers, while access to international sources was largely denied by the War Cabinet of Great Britain. The relative impact of each of these contributing factors to the death toll and economic devastation is still a matter of controversy. Different analyses frame the famine against natural, economic, or political causes.
Which of the following was a byproduct of the famine?
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