BLOCK – I READING SKILLS
1) Reading is a ______________ process
(a) Decoding (b) encoding (c) encrypting (d) enciphering
(2) Three levels of reading are ______________
(a) Reading between the lines (b) Reading the lines
Reading the lines Reading between the lines
Reading beyond the lines Reading beyond the lines.
(c) Reading beyond the lines (d) Reading the lines
Reading the lines Reading beyond the lines
Reading between the lines Reading between the lines
(3) We read for ______________
(a) Informing the pleasure (b) Pleasure or information
(c) Learning the script (d) The sake of reading
(4) Reading is ______________ under the ______________ of printer page.
(a) Probing, invitation (b) Reciting, obligation
(c) Chanting, provocation (d) Thinking, stimulus
(5) Reading is ______________ guessing game
(a) Psycho-linguistic (b) Psychological (c) Psycho-analytic (d) Bi-lingual
(6) There are ______________ types of reading
(a) One (b) Three (c) Five (d) Seven
(7) Looking quickly over a text to get a superficial idea is known as ______________
(a) scanning (b) skimming (c) screening (d) guessing
(8) Careful reading to find the specific details is known as ______________
(a) scanning (b) studying (c) skimming (d) observing
(9) Reading for pure pleasure is known as ______________reading
(a) intensive (b) silent (c) loud (d) extensive
(10) Reading slowly with lot of concentration is known as ______________
(a) Concentrated reading (b) extensive reading (c) intensive reading (d)none
(11) Natural way of reading is known as ______________reading
(a) loud (b) silent (c) slow (d) fast
(12) Reading circulars and notices is known as ______________
(a) loud reading (b) silent reading (c) quick reading (d) none
(13) The statement that reading comprehension means extracting the required information
or understanding a written text is given by ______________
(a) Valentine Huay (b) Louis Braille (c) Francoise Grallet (d) none
(14) Rapid reading to get an overall understanding is ______________
(a) Extensive reading (b) intensive reading (c) fast reading (d) none
(15) Reading an article to write a review comes under
(a) intensive reading (b) extensive reading (c) none
(16) To read efficiently one has to have the knowledge of ______________
(17) Braille is a______________ for the ______________
(a) five dot system, blind (b) calligraphy, blind (c) writing system, blind (d) none
(18) Valentine Huay was a ______________
(a) European numismatist (b) American philanthropist
(c) Latin professor of Aerodynamics (d) professor of calligraphy
(19) Valentine Huay was known as ______________ of blind
(a) deliverer (b) an angel (c) father and apostle (d) none
(20) Louis Braille entered in Huay’s school in ______________
(a) 1819 (b) 1799 (c) 1820 (d) 1818
Answers
1) a 2) b 3) b 4) d 5) a 6) d(six) correction 7) b 8) a 9) d 10)c
11) b 12) a 13) c 14) a 15) a
16) e
The options are:
a) The ability to interpret and the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary
b) The knowledge of the writing system of the language
c) A reason for reading and the appropriate method of reading
d) The knowledge of the world i.e., the background knowledge
e) All of the above
17) c 18) d 19) c 20) a 21) d 22) a 23) d 24) a 25) c 26) c 27) a 28) d
29) b 30) c 31) a 32) d 33) d 34) a 35) a 36) c 37) d 38) b 39) a 40) b
41) b 42) b 43) b 44) a 45) b 46) b 47) c 48) a 49) d 50) c 51) a 52) b
53) a 54) a 55) d 56) d 57) c 58) a 59) d 60) b 61) c 62) a 63) c 64) b
65) d 66) c 67) b 68) a 69) d 70) a 71) c 72) c 73) d 74) a 75) c 76) a
77) b 78) a 79) c 80) a 81) d 82) a 83) b 84) d 85) a 86) c 87) d 88) a
89) c 90) d 91) c 92)b 93)d 94)b 95) c 96) d 97) c 98) a 99) a 100) c
101) b 102) c 103) a 104) b 105) d 106) a 107) c 108) c 109) c 110) b 111) b 112) b
113) b 114) c 115) b 116) c 117) b 118) c 119) b 120) b 121) d 122) b 123) c 124) c
125) b 126) c 127) b 128) a 129) a 130) b 131) b 132) b 133) b 134) c 135) b 136) d
137) c 138) b 139) b 140) c 141) c 142) b 143)b 144) b
