Extra Questions
Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts and choose the correct option.
Noodle: (bowing) O Great and Mighty Think-Tank, most powerful and intelligent creature in the whole universe, what are your orders?
Think-Tank: (peevishly) You left out part of my salutation, Apprentice Noodle. Go over the whole thing again.
(i) Who is Noodle?
(a) She is the boss of Think-Tank.
(b) She is the apprentice of Think-Tank
(c) She is the colleague of Think-Tank
(d) She is an acquaintance of Think-Tank
(ii) What does the extract reveal about Think-Tank?
(a) It reveals that Think-Tank is very humble
(b) It reveals that Think-Tank is vain and egoistic
(c) It reveals that Think-Tank is a slow learner
(d) It reveals that Think-Tank is very powerful
(iii) Find a word from the extract which means ‘feeling or showing irritation’.
(a) Salutation
(b) Apprentice
(c) Peevishly
(d) Annoyingly
(iv) What is the opposite of ‘powerful’?
(a) Nimble
(b)Week
(c) Weak
(d) Fabulous
Answer: (i) (b) She is the apprentice of Think-Tank
(ii) (b) It reveals that Think-Tank is vain and egoistic
(iii) (c) Peevishly
(iv) (c) Weak
2. Iota: I can’t figure it out, Captain (holding up a book) I have counted two thousand of these peculiar items. This must be some sort of storage barn.
(i) Why could Iota cannot figure out the book?
(a) Because he had never seen such a place before
(b) Because he was blind
(c) Because it was dark
(d) Because he had never seen a book before
(ii) Where was Iota?
(a) At a theatre on Earth
(b) At a shopping mall on Earth
(c) At a library on Earth
(d) At a hospital on Earth
(iii) Find the opposite meaning word of the word ‘ordinary’ in the extract.
(a) Strange
(b) Odd
(c) Peculiar
(d) Barn
(iv) What part of speech is ‘peculiar’ used in the extract?
(a) Adjective
(b) Adverb
(c) Verb
(d) Pronoun
Answer: (i) (d) Because he had never seen a book before
(ii) (c) At a library on Earth
(iii) (c) Peculiar
(iv) (a) Adjective
3. Think-Tank: It can’t be worth much, but go ahead. Give us your trifling bit of data.
(i) Who was Think-Tank addressing?
(a) Omega
(b). Oop
(c) Noodle
(d) Iota
(ii) What was the data?
(a) That the earthlings ate those sandwiches
(b) That the earthlings did not eat those sandwiches. They used them for communication.
(c) That the earthlings did not eat those sandwiches. They gave them to Martians
(d) That the earthlings did not eat those cookies. They use them as fans.
(iii) Find the word in the extract which has the same meaning as ‘insignificant’.
(a) Small
(b) Worth
(c) Minute
(d) Trifling
(iv) Which part of speech is it as used in the extract?
(a) Pronoun
(b) Noun
(c) Article
(d) Verb
Answer: (i) (c) Noodle
(ii) (b) That the earthlings did not eat the sandwiches. They use them for communication
(iii) (b) Worth
(iv) (a) Pronoun
3. Historian (chuckling) And that’s how one dusty old book of nursery rhymes saved the world from a Martian invasion.
(i) What was the name of the book?
(a) The book that saved the Earth
(b) Mother geese
(c) Father goose
(d) Mother Goose
(ii) Why did the Historian chuckle?
(a) He chuckled at the idea that Think-Tank was going mad
(b) He chuckled at the idea that the interpretation of a book saved the Earth
(c) He chuckled at the idea that the Martians saved the Earth
(d) He chuckled at the idea that the misinterpretation of a book saved the Earth
(iii) Which word in the extract has the same meaning as ‘conquest’?
(a) Invasion
(b) Defeat
(c) Martian
(d) Crushing
(iv) Which part of speech is ‘And’ as used in the extract?
(a) Conjunction
(b) Preposition
(c) Article
(d) Noun
Answer: (i) (d) Mother Goose
(ii) (d) He chuckled at the idea that the misinterpretation of a book saved the Earth
(iii) (a) Invasion
(iv) (a) Conjunction