Free Passage Reading MCQs with Answers

413 Passage Reading MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

Passage reading requires identifying the central idea, supporting facts, author's purpose, tone, sequence and conclusions supported by the text. Questions may also test inference, vocabulary in context, reference words and the difference between information stated directly and meaning implied by the passage.

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  • A. Useless
  • B. Careless
  • C. Dauntless
  • D. Fearless

Explanation: Feckless means to be careless. Option B is the most suitable answer.

Correct answer: Careless
  • A. Pattern
  • B. Mortal
  • C. Ordinary
  • D. Musical

Explanation: A mosaic refers to a piece of art with repeating pattern. Option A is the most suitable answer.

Correct answer: Pattern
  • A. Immoral
  • B. Unethical
  • C. Enigmatic
  • D. Unaccountable

Explanation: Inscrutable means something that cannot be deciphered/understood so the answer would be C i.e, enigmatic which also refers to something…

Correct answer: Enigmatic
  • A. Justify
  • B. Compare
  • C. Expose
  • D. Jettison

Explanation: Juxtapose means to compare two contrasting things/traits. Option B is the correct answer.

Correct answer: Compare
  • A. Wander
  • B. Fonder
  • C. Robust
  • D. Ponder

Explanation: Muse and ponder both mean to think. Hence, D option is the right option.

Correct answer: Ponder
  • A. Foe
  • B. Brother
  • C. Family
  • D. Acquaintance

Explanation: Acquaintance refers to a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.

Correct answer: Acquaintance
  • A. School
  • B. Litter
  • C. Covey
  • D. Group

Explanation: Out of the following indicate the matching item for PUPPIES. LITTER.

Correct answer: Litter
  • A. Whisper
  • B. Gush
  • C. Swish
  • D. Screech

Explanation: Water makes a splashing sound whereas a broom makes a swish sound as of a whip cutting the air hence C is the right answer.

Correct answer: Swish
  • A. Scamper
  • B. Loiter
  • C. Whimper
  • D. Gallop

Explanation: Elephants take long steps while walking which is known as a stride.

Correct answer: Scamper
  • A. Apathy
  • B. Pathos
  • C. Empathy
  • D. Jealousy

Explanation: Apathy lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. While sympathy means feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

Correct answer: Apathy
  • A. Explain in more detail
  • B. To make taller
  • C. To become large
  • D. To measure

Explanation: it means to speak or write about something in greater detail.

Correct answer: Explain in more detail
  • A. Emigrant
  • B. Immigrant
  • C. Migrant
  • D. Aborigine

Explanation: An immigrant is used about the country moved to, and emigrant is used about the country moved from.

Correct answer: Emigrant
  • A. Evaluation
  • B. Puzzle
  • C. Answer
  • D. Account

Explanation: Enigma means a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand So the answer should be PUZZLE as it is difficult to…

Correct answer: Puzzle
  • A. Silent
  • B. Boisterous
  • C. Blatant
  • D. Noisy

Explanation: ociferous means expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful. Boisterous means noisy, cheerful and energetic.

Correct answer: Silent
  • A. Comfort
  • B. Luxury
  • C. Trouble
  • D. Freedom
  • E. Calm

Explanation: Disruption is a disturbance or problem which interrupts an event, process or activity. Therefore, C is the correct option.

Correct answer: Trouble
  • A. Stagnant
  • B. Hidden
  • C. Clear
  • D. muddy

Explanation: Unambiguous is something that is clear or precise. Hence, C is the correct answer.

Correct answer: Clear
  • A. Worries
  • B. Luggage
  • C. Foolish
  • D. Instruments

Explanation: Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means. Hence, the correct answer is B.

Correct answer: Luggage
  • A. Selfish
  • B. Thoughtful
  • C. Heedless
  • D. Opinion

Explanation: Meditative means to be absorbed in mediation or considered thought. Hence, B is the correct answer.

Correct answer: Thoughtful
  • A. Sovereign
  • B. Soveregn
  • C. Soverean
  • D. Soverein

Explanation: 'Sovereign' is the correct spelling.Sovereign is a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Correct answer: Sovereign
  • A. One loves but whom one cannot marry.
  • B. One knows but who is not a close friend.
  • C. One can depend on for help in hour of need.
  • D. One can hire for attempting a question paper.

Explanation: An 'acquaintance' means a person whom you know, but not as closely as a friend.

Correct answer: One knows but who is not a close friend.