Practice English Passage
Questions and Answer for SSC/FCI Exam Set-19:
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Directions: Read the passage below and
answer the questions that follow. Indicate your answer choice by appropriate
mark.
Passage
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On May 2, 1962, a
dramatic advertisement appeared, in the San Francisco Examiner.”I don’t want my
husband to die in the gas chamber for a crime he did not commit. I will
therefore offer my services for ten years as a cook, maid, or house-keeper to
any leading attorney who will defend him, and bring about his vindication”. One
of San Francisco’s greatest attorneys, Vincet Hallinan read or heard about his
advertisement and contacted Gladys Kidd, who had placed it. Her husband, Robert
Lee Kidd, was about to the tried for the slaying of an elderly antique dealer. Kidd’s
finger prints had been found on a blood -stained ornate sword in the victim’s shop.
During the trail, Hallinan proved that the antique dealer had not been killed
by the sword and that Kidd’s finger prints and blood on the sword got there
because Kidd had once toyed with it, while playfully dueling with a friend when
out shopping. The jury, after 11 hours, found, Kidd to be not guilty. Attorney
Hallinan refused Gladys Kidd’s offer of 10 years servitude.
1).Why did the
advertiser offer her services for ten years as a bonded labourer? It was ________.
a)
To save her husband form a
terminal disease
b)
To engage a lawyer
c)
To see that her husband was
acquitted of a false murder charge
d)
to engage herself in some activity
2).Who had placed
the advertisement?
a)
Vincent Hallinan
b)
Gladys Kidd
c)
Robert Lee Kidd
d)
San Francisco Examiner
3).What was the
charge against the accused?
a)
The accused had killed his wife.
b)
The accused was engaged in rioting
c)
The accused tried to commit
suicide
d)
The accused had murdered an
elderly antique dealer
4).What was the
positive prosecution evidence against the accused?
a)
His finger prints and some blood
stains were found on an ornate sword in the victim’s shop
b)
The accused was on inimical terms
with the victim
c)
The dying declaration of the
victim
d)
The evidence given by the victim’s
wife
5).How did the
solicitor prove that the accused had not committed the crime?
a)
The sword found its way into the
shop as an antique.
b)
The accused had toyed with the sword,
while playing with his friend.
c)
The finger print of the accused
and the blood stain had nothing to do with the murder.
d)
The finger print of the accused
and the blood stain were there on the ornate sword even before the murder was
committed.
Answers:
1).
c) 2). b) 3).
d) 4). a) 5).
d)
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