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CBSE Class 10 Reading Comprehension — practice questions

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The word 'misadventure' is BEST replaced byRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the antonym of 'aversion'.Read the answer and worked solution →'Flailed at the surface' suggests that the author wasRead the answer and worked solution →Identify the part of the sentence that contains the error: 'Neither of the boys / have submitted / their assignment / on time.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the sentence that uses the article correctly.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: 'The judge was deaf ___ the lawyer's pleas.'Read the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'a wild goose chase' MEANSRead the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'to bury the hatchet' is closest in meaning toRead the answer and worked solution →Which sentence is in PASSIVE voice?Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the word closest in meaning to 'apprehension' as used in: 'The author had a deep apprehension of water.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes the sentence: 'The rule was so difficult that Franz could not ___ it even after several readings.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes the sentence: 'Despite the chaos in the streets, the classroom remained ___ silent.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes the sentence: 'The realisation came too late; Franz ___ that he had wasted his opportunities.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'M. Hamel had been the village's French teacher ___ forty years.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: '___ he had paid more attention earlier, Franz would not be regretting now.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'M. Hamel's love for the French language ___ in every word he spoke that morning.'Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: 'Each of the students / have been / asked to write / a short essay.'Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the part of speech of 'tempting' in: 'It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form of the verb: 'Neither the teacher nor the students ___ aware of the order from Berlin until that morning.'Read the answer and worked solution →The one-word substitute for 'a person who teaches by talking informally rather than by giving formal lessons' isRead the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'to swallow one's pride' meansRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'The ragpickers have lived in Seemapuri for over thirty years ___ permits.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'For a child, finding a silver coin in garbage means hope; ___ for an adult it is daily bread.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'Saheb ___ a tea stall for Rs 800 a month and all his meals.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'The ragpickers came to Delhi ___ a better life.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that BEST completes: 'The children appear like morning birds and ___ at noon.'Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the error: 'One of the boys / are wearing / shoes that do not match.'Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the error: 'The author have / been observing / the ragpickers / for several months.'Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word 'misadventure' is BEST replaced by

  1. A military campaign
  2. A planned success
  3. An unfortunate accident or unlucky event
  4. A routine outing
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Correct answer: C. An unfortunate accident or unlucky event

Misadventure denotes an accident or unlucky episode (often a literary register). Suits the author's framing of nearly drowning as a near-fatal accident.

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Choose the antonym of 'aversion'.

  1. Resistance
  2. Disgust
  3. Hesitation
  4. Liking / fondness
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Correct answer: D. Liking / fondness

Aversion = strong dislike. Its antonym is liking/fondness. Resistance, disgust and hesitation are closer to synonyms or related concepts.

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'Flailed at the surface' suggests that the author was

  1. Calmly swimming
  2. Striking out wildly and helplessly with his arms
  3. Reading a book at the side
  4. Diving deliberately downwards
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Correct answer: B. Striking out wildly and helplessly with his arms

To flail is to wave or thrash about violently and without control — the author is helplessly struggling to stay above water, not swimming calmly or diving.

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