Comprehension


Direction: You have passages with 5 questions in each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
The World Health Organisation is briefly called W.H.O. It is a specialised agency of the United Nations and was established in 1948. International health workers can be seen working in all kinds of surroundings: in deserts, jungles, mountains, coconut groves, and rice fields. They help the sick to attain health and the healthy to maintain their health. This global health team assists the local health workers in stopping the spread of what are called communicable diseases, like cholera. These diseases can spread from one country to another and so can be a threat to world health. W.H.O. assists different national health authorities not only in controlling diseases but also in preventing them altogether. Total prevention of diseases is possible in a number of ways. Everyone knows how people, particularly children, are vaccinated against one disease or another. Similarly, most people are familiar with the spraying of houses with poisonous substances which kill disease-carrying insects.

  1. They help the sick to attain health and the healthy to maintain their health. Here they stand for









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    international health workers

    Correct Option: B

    international health workers


  1. W.H.O. assists different national health authorities not only in controlling diseases but also in preventing them, altogether. The above sentence implies that









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    W.H.O. assists both in controlling diseases and in preventing them.

    Correct Option: C

    W.H.O. assists both in controlling diseases and in preventing them.



  1. International health workers can be seen working in all kinds of surroundings: in deserts, jungles, mountains, coconut groves, and rice fields. Here International means









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    belonging to an organisation which has something to do with different nations.

    Correct Option: C

    belonging to an organisation which has something to do with different nations.


  1. Total prevention of diseases is possible in a number of ways. The author has given illustrations of :









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    only two such ways

    Correct Option: A

    only two such ways



  1. It is a specialised agency of the United Nations and was established in 1948. Here specialised means









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    expert

    Correct Option: A

    expert