Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade - English Language - Grade 5 Reading Information - Comprehension Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

What is meant by 'The whole thing'?

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The invention of the telegraph and the telephone
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The development and invention of the telegraph, the telephone and the radio
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The development and invention of the telegraph and the telephone
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The development and invention of the radio

Q.2.

Thinking about its role in the text, what is meant by the word 'capacity'?

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measure of electrical output
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volume
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physical ability
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size

Q.3.

What sort of scientist do you think James Clerk Maxwell was?

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Physician
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Physicist
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Pharmacist
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Chemist

Q.4.

What does 'Heinrich Hertz demonstrated' mean?

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Heinrich Hertz showed
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Heinrich Hertz complained
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Heinrich Hertz entertained
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Heinrich Hertz guessed

Q.5.

Thinking about its role in the text, what is meant by the word 'projected'?

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swirled
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floated
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drawn
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sent

Q.6.

In 'his experiment provided', whose experiment does 'his' refer to?

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Guillermo Marconi's
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James Clerk Maxwell's
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Heinrich Hertz's
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Mahlon Loomis's

Q.7.

What did Guillermo Marconi prove?

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Communicating by sound waves was technologically feasible
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Communicating by waves was technologically feasible
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Communicating by radio waves was technologically feasible
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Communicating by radios was technologically feasible

Q.8.

What does 'it' in the second to last sentence refer to?

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The radio
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Father of Radio
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The telegraph
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The telephone

Q.9.

What does the writer mean by saying 'Be that as it may'?

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Who cares that he didn't invent the radio
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However, he didn't invent the radio
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Despite being the "Father of Radio"
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Despite not inventing the radio

Q.10.

Which of the following would be an appropriate title for the text?

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The development of the telephone
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The development of the radio
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The development of the telegraph
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The development of radio waves