Reading Comprehension Test 45

(SBI PO Main-2019) PASSAGE Grim statistics present the deadly reality of the spread of cancer in India: one million new cases of different cancers are diagnosed every year in the country; an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people were killed in 2012. The fact that tobacco was singularly responsible for nearly 40 per cent of all cancers is also painfully underlined again. A few papers published recently in the journal Lancet Oncology point out that men were the most affected by tobacco, with the commonest cancers being those of the lung and of the lip and oral cavity. Tobacco companies continue to have a stranglehold over nearly 275 million tobacco-users in India – 35 per cent of the adult population and about 14 per cent of children in the age range 13 to 15. All this reflects the miserable failure of the government in implementing tough and effective measures to counter the tobacco companies' devious ways of attracting and trapping young minds. Though it would take 10 to 20 years for the benefits to show, half the battle against cancer would be won if only tobacco consumption can be reined in. In the case of women, breast cancer is the most common, followed by cervical cancer. Changed lifestyle is one of the reasons for the increase in breast cancer incidence– the incidence of this cancer type in rural areas is one-third of the total in urban areas, and the big metros have higher numbers than non-metro cities. India's cancer burden is projected to increase to 1.7 million by 2035. Mortality will double to 1.2 million a year by 2035.

1. As per the passage, what is/are the main agents of different
types of cancers?
(A) The changing lifestyle of the people in urban areas
(B) Tobacco chewing
(C) Alcohol consumption by the children of the age
group 13 to 15
(D) Failure of govt. policies in the field of cancer
diagnoses

(SBI PO Main-2019) PASSAGE Grim statistics present the deadly reality of the spread of cancer in India: one million new cases of different cancers are diagnosed every year in the country; an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people were killed in 2012. The fact that tobacco was singularly responsible for nearly 40 per cent of all cancers is also painfully underlined again. A few papers published recently in the journal Lancet Oncology point out that men were the most affected by tobacco, with the commonest cancers being those of the lung and of the lip and oral cavity. Tobacco companies continue to have a stranglehold over nearly 275 million tobacco-users in India – 35 per cent of the adult population and about 14 per cent of children in the age range 13 to 15. All this reflects the miserable failure of the government in implementing tough and effective measures to counter the tobacco companies' devious ways of attracting and trapping young minds. Though it would take 10 to 20 years for the benefits to show, half the battle against cancer would be won if only tobacco consumption can be reined in. In the case of women, breast cancer is the most common, followed by cervical cancer. Changed lifestyle is one of the reasons for the increase in breast cancer incidence– the incidence of this cancer type in rural areas is one-third of the total in urban areas, and the big metros have higher numbers than non-metro cities. India's cancer burden is projected to increase to 1.7 million by 2035. Mortality will double to 1.2 million a year by 2035.

2. What can be inferred from the given passage?
(A) Number of cancer patients is supposed to be
increased in India in the coming years.
(B) Changing lifestyle and tobacco consumption are the
main causes of different types of cancers.
(C) Reining the tobacco consumption can make India win
half battle against the cancer.
(D) Govt. Policies are not successful in reining the
tobacco companies yet

(SBI PO Main-2019) PASSAGE Grim statistics present the deadly reality of the spread of cancer in India: one million new cases of different cancers are diagnosed every year in the country; an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people were killed in 2012. The fact that tobacco was singularly responsible for nearly 40 per cent of all cancers is also painfully underlined again. A few papers published recently in the journal Lancet Oncology point out that men were the most affected by tobacco, with the commonest cancers being those of the lung and of the lip and oral cavity. Tobacco companies continue to have a stranglehold over nearly 275 million tobacco-users in India – 35 per cent of the adult population and about 14 per cent of children in the age range 13 to 15. All this reflects the miserable failure of the government in implementing tough and effective measures to counter the tobacco companies' devious ways of attracting and trapping young minds. Though it would take 10 to 20 years for the benefits to show, half the battle against cancer would be won if only tobacco consumption can be reined in. In the case of women, breast cancer is the most common, followed by cervical cancer. Changed lifestyle is one of the reasons for the increase in breast cancer incidence– the incidence of this cancer type in rural areas is one-third of the total in urban areas, and the big metros have higher numbers than non-metro cities. India's cancer burden is projected to increase to 1.7 million by 2035. Mortality will double to 1.2 million a year by 2035.

3. Which of the following is not true according to the
passage?
(A) In India half of the battle against tobacco can be won
by reining the tobacco companies.
(B) In India there are 14 percent adult and about 35
percent children tobacco users.
(C) The number of cancer patients' death is going to
decrease in coming years.
(D) Lungs, lips and oral cavity are the most affected by
the tobacco consumption

(SBI PO Main-2019) PASSAGE Grim statistics present the deadly reality of the spread of cancer in India: one million new cases of different cancers are diagnosed every year in the country; an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people were killed in 2012. The fact that tobacco was singularly responsible for nearly 40 per cent of all cancers is also painfully underlined again. A few papers published recently in the journal Lancet Oncology point out that men were the most affected by tobacco, with the commonest cancers being those of the lung and of the lip and oral cavity. Tobacco companies continue to have a stranglehold over nearly 275 million tobacco-users in India – 35 per cent of the adult population and about 14 per cent of children in the age range 13 to 15. All this reflects the miserable failure of the government in implementing tough and effective measures to counter the tobacco companies' devious ways of attracting and trapping young minds. Though it would take 10 to 20 years for the benefits to show, half the battle against cancer would be won if only tobacco consumption can be reined in. In the case of women, breast cancer is the most common, followed by cervical cancer. Changed lifestyle is one of the reasons for the increase in breast cancer incidence– the incidence of this cancer type in rural areas is one-third of the total in urban areas, and the big metros have higher numbers than non-metro cities. India's cancer burden is projected to increase to 1.7 million by 2035. Mortality will double to 1.2 million a year by 2035

4.Which of the following is not the synonym of the word
'devious'?
(A) direct
(B) fraudulent
(C) insidious
(D) shrewd
(E) artless