Reading Comprehension - Steve Jobs
CMAT 2019 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Reading Comprehension
Passage / data set
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Steve Jobs was an enigma. He was quirky. I would like to share a few little known facts about the man who pretty much changed the world with one small technological device. Steve Jobs liked to work bare foot (even while in corporate environments and during million dollar negotiations). He was vegan and often went on diets where he would only eat orange things. He was a Zen Buddhist and extensively travelled India during his youth. He was such a perfectionist that there was a period when he had no furniture in his house at all, because he could not decide what to buy. He used to read his favourite book of all time, every single year 'Autobiography of a yogi, by Paramhansa Yogananda. This man was not affraid to be himself. "Remembering that I'll be dead soon, is the most imporatant tool, I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything ... all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrasment or failure ... these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truely important" Jobs, used to say "Remenbering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason, not to follow your heart. No one wants to die. Even people who wants to go to heaven, do not want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination, we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent It clears out the old to make way for the new."
Question 1 of 6
"Remembering that you are going to die, is the best way I know ...." I in this line is:
- A.
The author of the article
- B.
Steve Jobs
- C.
Any manager
- D.
The narrator in the article
B
Explanation
In the passage, the author quotes Steve Jobs in the lines "Remembering that I'll be dead soon...". Hence, "I" refers to Steve Jobs.
Question 2 of 6
In the passage which one of the following in not true ?
- A.
Look for death
- B.
Death is the destination
- C.
Death is the single best invention
- D.
No one escapes the death
A
Explanation
Options B, C, and D are explicitly mentioned in the passage. "Look for death" is not mentioned.
Question 3 of 6
Steve Jobs believed in
- A.
Altruism
- B.
Normatism
- C.
Materialism
- D.
Perfectionism
D
Explanation
The author mentions, "He was such a perfectionist that there was a period when he had no furniture in his house at all...".
Question 4 of 6
Which of the following statement is false ? Steve Jobs had no furniture at his house because :
- A.
He wanted to buy the perfect furniture
- B.
He had no money
- C.
He was a perfectionist
- D.
He could not decide what to buy
B
Explanation
The passage does not mention anything about Jobs not having money to purchase furniture.
Question 5 of 6
The passage is written in :
- A.
Third person narrative
- B.
Multiple person narrative
- C.
First person narrative
- D.
Second person narrative
C
Explanation
From the statement "I would like to share a few little known facts...", we can say that the paragraph is in first-person narrative.
Question 6 of 6
This passage tells us :
- A.
Some not very well known facts.
- B.
Steve Job's business management skills
- C.
Steve Job's life story
- D.
Very well known facts about Steve Jobs.
A
Explanation
The author states in the beginning: "I would like to share a few little known facts about the man...".
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