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Aptitude Test Topic: Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension questions are designed to test a wide range of abilities that are required in order to read and understand the kinds of prose commonly encountered in advanced studies.

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This passage is accompanied by questions about its content. For each question, select the best answer among the five choices. Answer all questions on the basis of what the passage states or implies.

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Reading Comprehension: Main Idea Practice MCQ

Question Statement:

Many different types of animals employ one of two strategies in raising their young. Certain animals, called “r-strategists,” turn out thousands of eggs with reckless profusion, but they let them look after themselves, or be devoured by enemies, as chance will have it. Other animals, called “K-strategists,” take greater pain in the rearing and upbringing of the young. Large broods indicate an “r” life strategy; small broods imply a “K” life strategy and more care in the nurture and education of the offspring. R-strategists produce eggs wholesale, on the off chance that some two or three among them may perhaps survive an infant mortality of ninety-nine per cent, so as to replace their parents. K-strategists produce half a dozen young, or less, but bring a large proportion of these on an average up to years of discretion.

Which of these extracts best captures the main idea of this passage?

"Other animals, called “K-strategists,” take greater pain in the rearing and upbringing of the young"

"R-strategists produce eggs wholesale, on the off chance that some two or three among them may perhaps survive an infant mortality of ninety-nine per cent, so as to replace their parents"

"Large broods indicate an “r” life strategy"

"Many different types of animals employ one of two strategies in raising their young."

"K-strategists produce half a dozen young, or less, but bring a large proportion of these on an average up to years of discretion"

Explanation:

Correct Answer: D

The main idea of this essay is that there is a direct correlation between the number of offspring a species generally produces and the type of life strategy that species employs. This idea is really only captured in the first sentence, ""Many different types of animals employ one of two strategies in raising their young." Another sentence might be better if it compared both r-strategists and K-strategists, but the other four answer choices are less succinct and direct, and usually only make half the author’s point.

Question: 1 Test: 1 of 1 Next Test

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You are taking Aptitude Test No. 1

Each aptitude test is comprised of 10 except the last test which might have fewer than 10 in some topics.

You are at question (MCQ) number 1 and Test Number 1 of Reading Comprehension: Main Idea. To deal with Reading Comprehension questions, you must take lesson on the subject. In case of science and Art subjects revise your text books and in case of general aptitude topics take lessons from the topic page.

The question:

Many different types of animals employ one of two strategies in raising their young. Certain anim .... with options: "Other animals, called “K-strategists,” take greater pain in the rearing and upbringing of the young", "R-strategists produce eggs wholesale, on the off chance that some two or three among them may perhaps survive an infant mortality of ninety-nine per cent, so as to replace their parents", "Large broods indicate an “r” life strategy", "Many different types of animals employ one of two strategies in raising their young." can be solved with the concepts and understanding of Reading Comprehension.