Please keep at least one language enabled. || కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Read the passage: “The school introduced a weekly reading hour in every class. Teachers reported that students began borrowing more books, and many students said they were reading more at home.” Which sentence best expresses the central idea?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The passage centres on the introduction of a weekly reading hour and the increase in students' reading that followed.
• The selected option combines the main action and its principal result without adding unsupported detail.
• The other options are irrelevant, prescriptive, or introduce a cause that the passage does not state.
• The selected option combines the main action and its principal result without adding unsupported detail.
• The other options are irrelevant, prescriptive, or introduce a cause that the passage does not state.
వివరణ:
Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which revision is the most concise while preserving the complete meaning of “The committee reached a unanimous agreement that the event should be postponed until Monday”?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Unanimously agreed” expresses the idea of a unanimous agreement more directly and economically.
• The selected version retains both the decision to postpone and the new day, Monday.
• The shorter alternatives lose essential information, while the final option remains unnecessarily wordy.
• The selected version retains both the decision to postpone and the new day, Monday.
• The shorter alternatives lose essential information, while the final option remains unnecessarily wordy.
వివరణ:
Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which revision best removes redundancy while preserving all essential information in the sentence “The meeting was postponed until 4 p.m. in the afternoon”?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The expression “4 p.m.” already identifies the relevant time, so adding “in the afternoon” is redundant here.
• The selected revision retains both the postponement and the exact new time.
• The other shorter options lose the exact time, while the final option leaves the redundancy unchanged.
• The selected revision retains both the postponement and the exact new time.
• The other shorter options lose the exact time, while the final option leaves the redundancy unchanged.
వివరణ:
Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Original: “Because the reservoir level fell sharply during the dry season, the town introduced temporary restrictions on garden watering.” Which précis sentence best preserves the essential relationship?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected sentence preserves the cause-and-effect relationship between the falling reservoir level and the temporary restrictions.
• It also retains the limited nature of the measure by keeping the idea of “temporary” restrictions.
• The other options exaggerate, reverse, or contradict the source.
• It also retains the limited nature of the measure by keeping the idea of “temporary” restrictions.
• The other options exaggerate, reverse, or contradict the source.
వివరణ:
Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Passage: “The college planted shade trees around the playground to reduce heat. Students helped water the saplings every morning. The head gardener wore a blue cap. By summer, several areas beside the playground had become noticeably cooler.” Which detail is least suitable for inclusion in a brief précis?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The colour of the gardener's cap has no bearing on the purpose, process, or result of the tree-planting effort.
• The planting, student care, and cooling result all contribute to the main development of the passage.
• Omitting an incidental descriptive detail improves concision without altering the central meaning.
• The planting, student care, and cooling result all contribute to the main development of the passage.
• Omitting an incidental descriptive detail improves concision without altering the central meaning.
వివరణ:
Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
A source paragraph presents these ideas in order: (1) a village pond was polluted, (2) residents organised a clean-up, (3) waste was removed, and (4) the pond became usable again. Which précis sequence is most coherent?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected sequence preserves the original logical progression from problem to action to immediate result and recovery.
• Coherence depends partly on keeping essential relationships and progression clear to the reader.
• The other sequences disrupt the causal and chronological flow.
• Coherence depends partly on keeping essential relationships and progression clear to the reader.
• The other sequences disrupt the causal and chronological flow.
వివరణ:
Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Passage: “Community kitchens can reduce food waste by collecting safe surplus food and distributing it to people who need meals.” If a title is required for the précis, which title is most suitable?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected title directly reflects the central idea that community kitchens can reduce food waste.
• It is concise and does not introduce a personal opinion or an unsupported universal claim.
• The other titles are irrelevant or misrepresent the focus of the passage.
• It is concise and does not introduce a personal opinion or an unsupported universal claim.
• The other titles are irrelevant or misrepresent the focus of the passage.
వివరణ:
Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Original: “The new bus route is slightly longer, but it serves two villages that previously had no direct public transport.” Which option is the best précis, even though another option is shorter?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected option preserves both sides of the original contrast: the route is slightly longer, but it provides direct public transport to two villages that previously lacked it.
• A good précis must retain essential meaning and relationships, not simply minimise word count.
• The shorter options omit important information or replace the source with an unsupported judgement.
• A good précis must retain essential meaning and relationships, not simply minimise word count.
• The shorter options omit important information or replace the source with an unsupported judgement.
వివరణ:
Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Original: “Although digital records are easier to search, paper records remain necessary in some offices where reliable computer access is not always available.” Which précis best preserves the contrast?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected option retains the advantage of digital records and the stated reason some offices still require paper records.
• The contrast introduced by “although” is essential to the author's meaning and must not disappear in condensation.
• The other options make absolute or false claims that the original does not support.
• The contrast introduced by “although” is essential to the author's meaning and must not disappear in condensation.
• The other options make absolute or false claims that the original does not support.
వివరణ:
Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Original: “The pilot project may improve attendance if transport is provided regularly.” Which précis best preserves the author's degree of certainty and condition?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “May” expresses possibility rather than certainty, and the selected option preserves that level of confidence.
• It also keeps the condition that transport must be provided regularly.
• The other options strengthen, alter, or falsely complete the original claim.
• It also keeps the condition that transport must be provided regularly.
• The other options strengthen, alter, or falsely complete the original claim.
వివరణ:
Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
A passage argues that school gardens help students learn about plants and then gives examples involving tomatoes, beans, spinach, and marigolds. Which précis choice is best?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The educational value of the school garden is the central idea, while the named plants function mainly as examples.
• A concise précis may compress or omit examples when the main meaning remains complete without them.
• Listing or adding examples while dropping the main idea would reverse the proper priority of information.
• A concise précis may compress or omit examples when the main meaning remains complete without them.
• Listing or adding examples while dropping the main idea would reverse the proper priority of information.
వివరణ:
Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
A paragraph states three times, in different wording, that the new timetable reduces unnecessary waiting between classes. What is the best précis strategy?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Repetition that adds no new information can be condensed into a single clear statement.
• The idea itself should remain if it is central or important to the passage.
• Reproducing or increasing redundancy would work against concision.
• The idea itself should remain if it is central or important to the passage.
• Reproducing or increasing redundancy would work against concision.
వివరణ:
Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Original: “The clinic extended its hours on Saturdays so that workers who could not attend on weekdays would have another opportunity to seek care.” Which précis is most accurate?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected option preserves both the extension of Saturday access and its purpose for workers unable to attend on weekdays.
• It condenses the original without turning the additional opportunity into an exclusive Saturday-only service.
• The other options introduce closure, preference, exclusivity, or consequences that the source does not state.
• It condenses the original without turning the additional opportunity into an exclusive Saturday-only service.
• The other options introduce closure, preference, exclusivity, or consequences that the source does not state.
వివరణ:
Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which précis version is most coherent for the ideas “The factory installed filters. Emissions fell. Nearby air-quality readings improved over the next year”?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected version retains all three essential ideas and presents them in the same clear sequence as the source.
• The word “then” signals sequence without adding an unsupported claim that the filters necessarily caused both later developments.
• The other options add generalities, omit essential information, or break the logical flow.
• The word “then” signals sequence without adding an unsupported claim that the filters necessarily caused both later developments.
• The other options add generalities, omit essential information, or break the logical flow.
వివరణ:
Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Original: “Although the first harvest was small, the farmers continued using the new irrigation method because it reduced water use substantially.” Which précis best retains the essential meaning?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected option retains the concession, the farmers' decision, and their stated reason for continuing the method.
• Both the small harvest and the substantial reduction in water use are essential to understanding the contrast.
• The other options contradict the source or introduce exaggerated claims.
• Both the small harvest and the substantial reduction in water use are essential to understanding the contrast.
• The other options contradict the source or introduce exaggerated claims.
వివరణ:
Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which sentence would be unsuitable in a faithful précis of a passage that merely reports that a town has opened three new health centres?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected sentence adds a strong personal evaluation that is not present in the stated source information.
• A faithful précis should report the source's essential meaning without inserting the précis writer's judgement.
• The other options restate the reported fact without adding an unsupported opinion.
• A faithful précis should report the source's essential meaning without inserting the précis writer's judgement.
• The other options restate the reported fact without adding an unsupported opinion.
వివరణ:
Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Original: “The school installed ramps at the main entrance, and this made the building easier to enter for wheelchair users.” Which concise rewrite best preserves both the action and its result?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The selected rewrite retains both the installation of ramps and the resulting improvement in access for wheelchair users.
• It combines the two related ideas economically without losing their relationship.
• The other options omit essential information or exaggerate the scope of the improvement.
• It combines the two related ideas economically without losing their relationship.
• The other options omit essential information or exaggerate the scope of the improvement.
వివరణ:
Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Passage: “A neighbourhood recycling programme collects paper, glass, and metal from households each week, reducing the amount of recyclable material sent to landfill.” If a title is required, which title best represents the central idea?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Household Recycling Reduces Landfill Waste” captures both the programme's central activity and its stated result.
• The passage concerns several recyclable materials, so a title focusing only on glass or paper would be too narrow.
• The landfill-closure title introduces a recommendation that the source does not make.
• The passage concerns several recyclable materials, so a title focusing only on glass or paper would be too narrow.
• The landfill-closure title introduces a recommendation that the source does not make.
వివరణ:
Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Original: “If the weather remains calm, the research team plans to begin the coastal survey on Friday and complete it by Sunday.” Which précis is most accurate?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Weather permitting” concisely preserves the condition that calm weather is required.
• The selected option retains the team's plan, the Friday start, and completion by Sunday without turning the plan into a certainty.
• The other options remove the condition or introduce facts not given in the source.
• The selected option retains the team's plan, the Friday start, and completion by Sunday without turning the plan into a certainty.
• The other options remove the condition or introduce facts not given in the source.
వివరణ:
Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Before accepting a précis as effective, which final check is most appropriate?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• An effective précis must balance concision with fidelity to the central idea and essential relationships of the source.
• Unnecessary repetition and minor detail can be removed, but qualifications or relationships essential to meaning must remain.
• Keeping every example or adding personal opinion conflicts with the purpose of concise, faithful précis writing.
• Unnecessary repetition and minor detail can be removed, but qualifications or relationships essential to meaning must remain.
• Keeping every example or adding personal opinion conflicts with the purpose of concise, faithful précis writing.
వివరణ:
Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. A weekly school reading hour encouraged students to read more. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. The committee unanimously agreed to postpone the event until Monday. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: A. The meeting was postponed until 4 p.m. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: B. A sharp fall in the reservoir level led to temporary restrictions on garden watering. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. The head gardener wore a blue cap. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Pollution → community clean-up → waste removal → recovery సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. Reducing Food Waste through Community Kitchens సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: B. The new route is slightly longer but gives two villages direct public transport they previously lacked. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Digital records are easier to search, but some offices still need paper records because computer access is unreliable. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. The pilot project may improve attendance if regular transport is provided. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: A. Retain the main idea about learning through school gardens and compress or omit the individual plant examples unless they are essential. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. State the idea once clearly if the repetitions add no new information. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Longer Saturday hours gave workers unable to attend on weekdays another opportunity to seek care. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. The factory installed filters; emissions then fell, and nearby air-quality readings improved over the next year. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Despite a small first harvest, farmers continued the new irrigation method because it substantially reduced water use. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: C. The opening of three new health centres is clearly the wisest decision the council has ever made. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. The school installed entrance ramps, improving access for wheelchair users. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. Household Recycling Reduces Landfill Waste సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Weather permitting, the team plans to begin the coastal survey on Friday and finish it by Sunday. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. Check that it retains the central idea and essential relationships, removes unnecessary repetition and detail, and reads coherently. సమాధానం: B.