Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow…
2023
Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
Reach Out! is an organization that runs week-long summer camps, designed to give young people the skills to be the leaders of the future. The camps help to create confident young people who wish to improve not only themselves, but the world around them. Varying in age from 12 to 17, young people come to attend the camps in Canada and the USA from across the world. They spend their time learning leadership skills, considering and discussing important issues such as pollution and health, and helping in the local community. They also meet many other people who have the same interests and beliefs and frequently make friendships that will last a lifetime.
There is no average day at the camp and changes are made to the timetable, which is handed out daily, to allow room for exciting events as they come up. However, camp members generally get up at 7:00 a.m. and, once they’ve eaten breakfast, start their day with outdoor games to get them warmed up for the busy day ahead. There are workshops in the morning on skills such as public speaking, and then there’s an hour for lunch at noon. For one hour in the afternoon, camp members have the opportunity to select from various activities that include dancing, yoga, basketball and song writing.
During the time at camp, there is a day known as Action Day. This is when small groups go out with an adult group leader to work with organisations in the neighbourhood, in partnership with Reach Out! This can involve organisations dealing with housing, journalism, healthcare or the environment, to name just a few. Evenings are spent watching documentary films or listening to guest speakers. The aim is to encourage the young people to go out and make the world a better place.
Read the following statements and choose the correct option :
A. Reach Out! camps are week-long summer camps that are organized all across the world.
B. Young people in the age group of 12 – 17 years attend these camps.
C. These young people come to learn leadership skills.
- A.
B and C are correct, A is incorrect.
- B.
A and C are incorrect, B is correct.
- C.
A and B are correct, C is incorrect.
- D.
A, B and C are all correct.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
In a reading-comprehension question that asks which statements are true, each statement is checked independently against the passage: a statement holds only when the text directly supports it, and it fails when the passage says something different or is silent on it. The correct option is the one that keeps exactly the statements the passage backs and drops the ones it does not.
Statement A claims the camps are organised all across the world, but the passage says young people travel to camps held specifically “in Canada and the USA” from across the world — the camps' location is not worldwide, so Statement A is not supported.
Statement B says participants are aged 12 to 17, which matches the passage's own range, “varying in age from 12 to 17.”
Statement C says the young people come to learn leadership skills, which matches the passage stating they spend their time “learning leadership skills” as part of the camp's stated aim.
Since B and C are supported by the text and A is not, the option keeping B and C as correct and A as incorrect is the one that matches the passage.
The option that treats Statement C as incorrect overlooks the passage's explicit line about learning leadership skills.
The option that treats Statement A as correct overlooks that the camps are located specifically in Canada and the USA rather than across the world.
The option that marks all three statements correct repeats that same location mismatch for Statement A.