A stated feature — Reading Comprehension Aptitude Question
A stated feature: The public library is a strange institution by the standards of modern economics. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Reading Comprehension
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 60 seconds
Question
The public library is a strange institution by the standards of modern economics. It gives away, free of charge, a service that people would pay for. It admits everyone regardless of what they can spend. And it survives, in most countries, on a budget that would embarrass a mid-sized company. Its defenders no longer argue chiefly about books; they argue about the library as one of the few remaining places a person may sit for an afternoon without being asked to buy anything.
Which feature of libraries does the passage explicitly mention?
Options
- They admit everyone regardless of ability to pay.
- They are funded entirely by donations.
- They employ more staff than most companies.
- They are open twenty-four hours a day.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: A. They admit everyone regardless of ability to pay.
Worked solution
- The passage says the library 'admits everyone regardless of what they can spend'.
- None of the other three appears in the text.
Answer: They admit everyone regardless of ability to pay.
The idea
Match the option to a specific sentence. If you cannot point at the line, the option is not explicitly mentioned.
Shortcut. Three options add a new fact (donations, staff numbers, opening hours); the one that only rewords a sentence — 'regardless of what they can spend' — is the explicit mention.
Common trap. "They employ more staff than most companies." — the passage does compare the library with 'a mid-sized company', but on budget, not staff, and the comparison makes the library smaller, not bigger.