100+ Reading Comprehension Test with Answers - 1

Question: 1

The recent rapid growth of industry has, in some cases, been so excessive that too much manufacturing capacity has been developed in some fields of production, which forces companies to sell their surplus products in world markets at prices lower than normal. This will make it almost impossible to develop local industries producing the same items because consumers will prefer to buy the cheaper imported product.
Imported product as used in the last product refers to

(A) surplus product manufactured by foreign country and sold at a normal price

(B) product of a foreign country available at a below normal price

(C) product sold to such other country which can't locally manufacture it

(D) product manufactured locally but of export quality

Question: 2

According to the passage, the situation resulting from the rapid industrial growth is

(A) conducive to the growth of local industries

(B) disastrous to the exporters

(C) favourable to the manufactures

(D) none of these

Question: 3

This will make ____, in this sentence, "This" refers most closely and directly to

(A) companies selling their production at cheaper prices

(B) selling products of excessively higher prices

(C) the recent rapid growth of industry

(D) development of local industries

Question: 4

Which of the following is/are most likely to hamper the development of local industries?
a. Availability of imported product at cheaper rates
b. Consumer’s tendency to refrain from using imported products
c. Excessive production capacity and low production cost

(A) only a

(B) only b

(C) a and b

(D) a and c

Question: 5

Why it is necessary for companies to sell products at cheaper prices?

(A) the demand has been lowered significantly

(B) the local industries also manufacture the same product

(C) the cost of production has been considerably low

(D) none of these