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This e-book contains interactive quizzes on Comprehensions for Grade 1 students. There are total 10 comprehensions and each comprehension followed by 10 questions.
Pattern of questions : Multiple Choice Questions, Fill in the Blanks, True and False

Gateway of India

English-reading Comprehension practice for 5th grade

Its design is a combination of both Hindu and a Muslim architectural style; the arch is in Muslim style while the decorations are in Hindu style. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens were brought from Gwalior.

The central dome is 15 metres (49 feet) in diameter and is 26 metres (85 feet) above ground at its highest point. On each side of the arch are large halls .The whole harbor front was realigned in order to come in line with a planned esplanade which hold six hundred people. The cost of the construction was Rs. 21 lakhs (2,100,000), borne mainly by the Government of India. For lack of funds, the approach road was never built, and so the Gateway stands at an angle to the road leading up to it. The writing on the Gateway of India reads "Erected to commemorate the landing in India of their Imperial Majesties King George V and Queen Mary on the Second of December MCMXI".

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The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1911, by the Governor of Bombay Sir George Sydenham Clarke, with the final design of George Wittet sanctioned in 31 March 1913. The architect combined the elements of the Roman triumphal arch and the 16th century architecture of Gujarat. Between 1915 and 1919, the work proceeded on reclamations at Apollo Bundar (Port) for the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The Gateway was opened on 4 December 1924, by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading. Gammon India claims that it did India's first pre-cast reinforced concrete job for the foundation of the Gateway of India.

The last British troops to leave India following India's independence, the first Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the Gateway on their way out in a ceremony on 28 February 1948.

The Gateway of India itself is a major tourist destination and is a starting point for boats that leave for the Elephanta Caves. It is also right next to the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel. For Britishers arriving for the first time to India the gateway was a symbol of the power and majesty of the British Empire.

shivaji-grade 5 reading comprehensio

Opposite the gateway stands the statue of Maharaja Shivaji, a symbol of Maratha pride and courage. The gateway was the site of a major bomb-blast in August 2003 and was the disembarkation point of the terrorists participating in the November attacks. Public movement in certain areas was restricted after the 2008 attacks.

 

Multiple-Choice Question:

  1. What was obtained from Gwalior?

(A) perforated screens                    (B) perforated shields

(C) perforated marble                     (D) perforated stones

  1. The height of the central dome is

(A) 48 feet           (B) 25 feet           (C) 49 feet           (D) 85 feet

  1. It was designed by

(A) Sir George Sydenham Clarke  (B) King George V

(C) Queen Mary                               (D) George Wittet

  1. The symbol of Maratha courage is

(A) Elephanta caves                        (B) The Taj Mahal Palace

(C) Statue of Shivaji                        (D) Gateway of India

  1. Its architecture has the elements of

(A) England and Gujarat                 (B) Rome and Maharashtra

(C) Gwalior and Rome                     (D) Rome and Gujarat

 

Fill in the blanks:

  1. _____ claims that it did India's first pre-cast reinforced concrete job for the foundation of the Gateway of India.
  2. Opposite the gateway stands the ____.
  3. The Gateway is a starting point for boats that leave for the ______.
  4. The Gateway is built from ______ and reinforced concrete.
  5. The Gateway was opened on ______, by the Viceroy.

 

True/False:

  1. The gateway was the site of a major bomb-blast.
  2. The stone was obtained from Gwalior.
  3. The approach road was beautifully built.
  4. The first Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, was the last British Troop that passed through the Gateway.
  5. Apollo Bundar was the port land on which the gateway was to be built.

 

Answer key

(1)–(A); (2)–(D); (3)–(D); (4)–(C); (5)–(D); (6)–Gammon India; (7)–Statue of Maharaja Shivaji; (8)–Elephant Caves; (9)–Yellow Basalt; (10)–4 December,1924; (11)–True; (12)–False; (13)–False; (14)–False; (15)–True