Wonderful Waste || Reading Comprehension Test || Class 5 || English

Passage 1

Once, the Maharaja of Travancore ordered a grand dinner in his palace. In the afternoon before the dinner, the Maharaja entered the kitchen to survey the dishes that had been prepared for the feast. “What are you going to do with those vegetable scraps?” he asked the cook, pointing to the basket of scraps near the cook. The cook replied, “They are waste. We will throw them away.” “You cannot waste all these bits and pieces of vegetables. Find a way to use them,” the Maharaja commanded sternly and walked away. The cook was in a fix and kept staring at the vegetable scraps for some time.

Answer the following questions from the given passage.

Q. 1 What was the name of the kingdom ?

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Q. 2 What were the preparations in the palace for ?

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Q. 3 Why did the Maharaja enter into the kitchen ?

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Q. 4 What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps ? Why ?

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Q. 5 Complete the relation . King : Maharaja : : Chef : ……………………

Q. 6 They are waste. Here the word waste is ……………… ( Noun or verb ). Choose the correct option.

Q. 7 Which word in the passage means – to examine ?...........................

Passage 2

The cook took all the vegetable bits, washed them and cleaned them well.

Then he cut them into long strips. He put them in a huge pot and placed it on the fire to cook. Next, he ground some fresh coconut, green chillies and garlic together. He added this paste and some salt to the cooking vegetables.

A tempting smell started coming from the pot. Now he whipped some curd and added it to the curry. He also poured a few spoonfuls of coconut oil and decorated the dish with curry leaves.

Lo and behold! The new dish was ready. The cook served this new dish to the guests that evening.

Everyone was eager to know the name of the new dish. The cook thought and thought. Then a name came to his mind. He named it avial ( uh-vi-ul).

Q. 1 Name the dish discussed in this passage.

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Q. 2 Who named the dish ?

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Q. 3 List the ingredients of the dish.

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Q. 4 Which oil was used to prepare the dish ?

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Q. 5 Use a describing word from the passage. ________________ smell

Q. 6 Write the opposite of huge. huge X ______________________