JNVST 2020: Passage 2

 

📖 Passage 2

Fire is to blame for the loss of countless lives and billions of rupees each and every year. Firefighters help protect people and their property from injury and damage. They put their lives on the line every time they respond to a call.

While on duty, firefighters must be ready to respond in a matter of minutes to just about any disaster that may occur. At every fire scene, a superior fire officer takes command and directs the jobs of all the people at the scene. Some firemen connect the hose lines to hydrants. Others manually operate the pumps to send water to the hoses. Teams of firefighters also operate ladders used to reach distances high in the air.

📝 Questions & Answers (66–70)

Q66: Which is not true about the firefighters?

Options: (a) They are brave (b) They often put their lives in danger (c) They never put their lives in danger (d) They are highly trained

✅ Answer: (c) They never put their lives in danger
Reason: The passage says they put their lives on the line, so it is false that they never put their lives in danger.

Q67: A firefighter has to prepare to extinguish a fire in

Options: (a) minutes (b) hours (c) days (d) weeks

✅ Answer: (a) minutes
Reason: The passage says firefighters must respond in a matter of minutes.

Q68: Firefighters put their lives on the line means

Options: (a) they stand in a line (b) they fight fire (c) they put their lives in danger (d) they connect the hose line to hydrant

✅ Answer: (c) they put their lives in danger
Reason: “Put their lives on the line” is an idiom meaning they risk their lives.

Q69: To ‘operate manually’ means to

Options: (a) make a man work (b) work with their hands (c) use a machine (d) use one’s body

✅ Answer: (b) work with their hands
Reason: “Manually” means using hands instead of automatic or machine operation.

Q70: The word ‘occur’ means the same as

Options: (a) come (b) happen (c) call (d) fire

✅ Answer: (b) happen
Reason: The passage says “any disaster that may occur,” meaning any disaster that may happen.

✅ Summary of Answers

QAnswer
66c) They never put their lives in danger
67a) minutes
68c) they put their lives in danger
69b) work with their hands
70b) happen

💡 Tips to Solve Passage-Based Questions

  1. Read the passage carefully – often answers are directly stated.

  2. Underline important phrases like “put their lives on the line” or “in a matter of minutes.”

  3. Understand idioms and expressions – they are often tested.

  4. Look for context clues for word meanings.

  5. Eliminate obviously wrong options first to narrow choices.

  6. Practice regularly to improve speed and accuracy.

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