ABTA Test Paper 2024 Solution – Reading (Seen)
- Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
(a) According to the narrator cat gets from life much more than
(i) any creature
(ii) a man
(iii) other animals.
(iv) everyone
Answer: (iv) everyone
(b) Cats go in for sport when they are –
(i) are young.
(ii) grow older
(iii) are tired
(iv) are angry
Answer: (ii) grow older.
(c) The narrator considers that King Arthur’s Knights were not so…
(i) strong as a cat
(ii) friendly as a cat
(iii) intelligent as a cat
(iv) adventurous as a cat
Answer: (iv) adventurous as a cat
(d) The ground where the cat likes to hunt is the…
(i) backyard
(ii) frontyard
(iii) courtyard
(iv) churchyard
Answer: (i) backyard
(e) After the family moves away, the cat likes to live –
(i) alone
(ii) in other houses
(iii) with the new tenants
(iv) in the woods
Answer: (iii) with the new tenants
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) People always speak against the cat that they are more fond of their home than the people living in it.
(ii) Kind Arthur’s Knights had gallant adventure, but the cats have more gallant adventure in the backyard.
(iii) When the family moves, the cat want to stay at the old house and get used to with the new tenants.
C. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| Satement | Reason |
| (i) The cat enjoys adventurous activities in the backyard. | (i) These backyards are hunting grounds to them. |
| (ii) The cat doesn’t like to leave his place. | (ii) He knows every landmark of the area. |
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:
A. Tick the right answer:
(a) The snail does not have the fear of
(i) insult
(ii) death
(iii) being old
(iv) fall
Answer: (iv) fall
(b) the snail seems to grow together with
(i) a house
(ii) an igloo
(iii) a wall
(iv) a tent
Answer: (i) a house
(c) The snail hides securely within
(i) the leaf
(ii) the fruit
(iii) the grass
(iv) the house
Answer: (iv) the house
(d) The snail finds danger in
(i) rain
(ii) flood
(iii) storm
(iv) earthquake
Answer: (iii) storm
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) name the poem and the poet.
Answer: The name of the poem is ‘The Snail’ and the poet is ‘William Cowper’.
ABTA Test Paper 2024 Solution – Reading (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
(A) Tick the right answer:
(i) Pavan strayed of KNP that month at least –
|(a) one time (b) two times (c) three times (d) four times.
Answer: (b) two times
(ii) Elton and Freddic were released into the park on –
(a) 22 April (b) 7 April (c) 22 March (d) 23 April
Answer: (c) 22 March
(iii) It was reported that cheetah Uday died of –
(a) kidney failure (b) cardio-vascular failure (c) nervous system failure (d) cardio-pulmonary failure.
Answer: (d) cardio-pulmonary failure.
(iv) When Sasha died, it was only – (a) four years old (b) more than four years old (c) one year old (d) more than four and half years old.
Answer: (d) more than four and half years old.
(iv) To reintroduce the specie in two batches numbers of cheetahs brought from South Africa and Namibia were
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 1952
(d) 2022
Answer: (a) 20
(vi) Pavan strayed out of the KNP and he was seen wandering on Aprii 7 in
(a) Sheopur area
(b) in neighboring Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bairad area
(d) Koriya area.
Answer: (c) Bairad area.
B. Each ofn the following statemtnst is either ‘True’ or ‘False’. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for ‘False’ in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line(s) or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answers:
(i) On April 22 Pavan crossed over to the forest of Uttar Pradesh. – False.
Source: “In the latest incident, the feline was tranquilized on April 22 while it was about to cross over to a forest in neighboring Uttar Pradesh…”
(ii) After being rescued Pavan remained in the enclosure along with other inmates. – True.
Source: “KNP divisional forest officer Prakash Kumar Verma confirmed that Pavan had now been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs.”
(iii) Sasha was brought from Namibia. – True
Supporting Statement: One of the eight Namibian cheetahs, Sasha…
C. Answer the following quesrions:
(i) What does KNP stand for?
Answer: KNP stands for Kuno National Park.
(ii) What did the divisional forest officer say about Pavan?
Answer: Divisional forest officer Prakash Kumar Verma confirmed that Pavan had now been shifted to a large enclosure, where the feline is staying with two female cheetahs.
(iii) What happened to Pavan on March 11?
Answer: On March 11, Pavan and the female cheetah Asha were released into the wild.
(iv) What was the aim of project Cheetah?
Answer: The aim of Project Cheetah was to reintroduce the species that became extinct in India in 1952.