Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.

The strength of bones can be increased by exercise because it

• increases the amount of blood pumped by the heart.

• increases calcium content in bones.

• increases the amount of air exhaled by a person.

• lessens the stiffness of the chest wall.

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Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.

The word 'exhale' means

• breathe in.

• breathe out.

• breathe slowly.

• breath fast.

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

• Exercise delays the natural decay of old age

• Old-age problems increase due to exercise

• Exercise increases the heartbeat which is dangerous

• Exercise creates stress which is harmful to bones.

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.

The chest wall becomes stiff in old age, because

• the heart's ability to pump blood to it drops about one per cent

• the blood flow to various organs-decreases

• the resting heart-rate becomes high

• the person's ability to exhale sufficient air lessens

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

He is a man of EXTRAVAGANT habits.

• Sensible

• Careful

• Economical

• Balanced

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

They employ only DILIGENT workers.

• Unskilled

• Lazy

• Careless

• Idle

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

His success in the preliminary examination made him COMPLACENT.

• Discontented

• Self-satisfied

• Curious

• Militant

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

In this competition, he has become the VICTOR

• Beaten

• Frustrated

• Disappointed

• Vanquished

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

His behaviour at social gatherings is LAUDABLE.

• Condemnable

• Impolite

• Unpleasant

• Repulsive

Select the antonym of the CAPITAL word.

The characters in this story are not all FICTITIOUS.

• Common

• Factual

• Real

• Genuine