EDUMANTRA

Railway Station Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them:                      On the following Friday, I was pacing the little Malgudi railway station in great agitation. I had never known such suspense before. She was certain to arrive with 1) lot of luggage, and the little child. How was all this to be transferred from… Read More »

Hostel Gates Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them:                     I stepped out of the hostel gates. Our college and hostel were not more than a couple of hundred yards from the river. There was a narrow lane to be crossed and at the end of it, we were on the sands. As I… Read More »

LANGUAGE Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow-                    Language is a verbal presentation. Phonetic code of delivery makes the rapid growth of culture, race, and origin with the modern age of technology causing reliable national growth. A new database for spoken English is being created at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory. Professor… Read More »

TEST YOUR SKILLS  Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them: On May 11, India turned a billion-strong, or a billion-weak, if you wish. Is the glass half empty or is it half full? There are two ways of looking at the billionth Indian. If you go by the tradition of counting heads, it… Read More »

WILD ANIMALS Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow –               There are wild dogs and pet dogs. Pet dogs are helpers and friends to people. There were no pet dogs 15,000 years ago. Men and women learned how to work with dogs. Dogs helped humans travel from Asia to North America 10,000 years ago… Read More »

 INDIA A VAST COUNTRY   Read the following passage and answer the following questions which are given below:- India is a country of vast geographical expense. India is marked by a diversity of physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, coasts and islands. In the north, it is bound by the lofty Himalayas. The northern plains, Great Indian… Read More »

KARL BENZ Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow-                                                    Karl Benz invented the modern car in 1888 in Germany. Emile Roger worked for Benz in France. He made cars… Read More »

CARS Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow   Karl Benz invented the modern car in 1888 in Germany. Emile Roger worked for Benz in France. He made cars in France. By 1900, many people were building cars in France and in the U.S. The first company to build only cars was Panhard et Levassor… Read More »

PASSAGE-3 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow – Bees are insects. Bees are special insects because they can fly! They can move through the air like an aeroplane! Bees can fly because they have wings. They use their wings to fly. Bees can fly fast. Bees can also fly slow. They can fly… Read More »

                                                                              “SODA POP” Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow –  Soda pop has an interesting story. The story begins with mineral water. Mineral water comes from springs. In many places, people take baths in mineral water. They say washing with mineral water is good for their health. Some say drinking mineral water is also… Read More »

 RIVER Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:                                                                                 Once upon a time there was a little red fox. One day he was very thirsty and he went to river to have a drink. When he peered into the water, he became very angry. There was another fox looking at him. He growled at it… Read More »