A detail from the passage — Aptitude Question
A detail from the passage: India's monsoon is often described as a single event, but it is really two. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Reading Comprehension
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 60 seconds
Question
India's monsoon is often described as a single event, but it is really two. The south-west monsoon arrives in Kerala in early June and works north over six weeks, bringing roughly three-quarters of the country's annual rainfall. The north-east monsoon, far smaller, returns in October and waters the south-eastern coast. Forecasting either has improved markedly since the 1990s, though the models remain better at predicting the total than its distribution — which is unfortunate, because it is the distribution that determines whether a crop survives.
According to the passage, when does the north-east monsoon return?
Options
- Early June
- Six weeks after June
- October
- The passage does not say
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: C. October
Worked solution
- The passage says the north-east monsoon 'returns in October'.
- Early June and the six-week spread belong to the south-west monsoon.
Answer: October.
The idea
Detail questions are answered by finding the sentence, not by recalling it. Scan for the key term and read that sentence closely.
Shortcut. Scan for 'north-east': its sentence says it 'returns in October'. The June date and the six-week spread sit in the south-west monsoon's sentence.
Common trap. "Early June" — the first date in the passage, but it belongs to the south-west monsoon's arrival in Kerala, not to the north-east monsoon's return.