COMPREHENSION
Passage
To eat and not
be eaten - that’s the imperative of a caterpillar’s existence. The leaf roller
reduces its risks of being picked off by predators by silking together a
temporary shelter in which to feed and rest. Adopting a different line of
defense, the jelly slug extrudes a sticky translucent coating that may foul the
mouth-parts of marauding ants. For its part, the aquatic larva, by its watery
element, fashions a portable hideout from fragments of aquatic leaves. Cutting
a serpentine trail as it feeds on tender young leaves, the minute citrus leaf
miner spends its entire larval life inside its host plant, thus keeping its
appetizing body safely under wraps.
1. Which
varieties of caterpillars ‘build’ shelters to protect themselves?
(a) Leaf roller and aquatic larva
(b) Leaf roller
and jelly slug
(c) Jelly slug
and aquatic larva
(d) Jelly slug
and citrus leaf miner
2. Which one
of the following caterpillars produces a sticky covering?
(a) Leaf roller
(b) Jelly slug
(c) Aquatic
larva
(d) Citrus leaf miner
3. Which one
of the following pairs of words in the passage describes enemies of the
caterpillar?
(a) Serpentine
and host
(b) Predator
and marauding
(c) Serpentine
and marauding
(d) Predator
and host
4. Which one
of the following makes itself unpalatable?
(a) Leaf
roller
(b) Jelly
slug
(c) Aquatic
larva
(d) Leaf
miner
5. The main
idea of the passage is that caterpillars
(a) like to eat
a lot
(b) have to
protect themselves while feeding
(c) are good to
eat
(d) are not good to eat
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