CET Reading Comprehension Questions with Solutions – Page 25
All 243 Reading Comprehension questions from MBA CET 2025 and 2026 papers. Tap Show answer, or open the detailed solution (free login). Page 25 of 58.
Questions 151–155 share this
Passage shown as image
What is the state in which immune cells and other cells in the body coexist peaceably?
- equilibrium
- self-tolerance
- harmony
- patience
- indifference
Show answerHide answer
Answer: B. self-tolerance
Refer to the passage above ↑
What is the specific term for the substance capable of triggering an inappropriate or harmful immune response to a harmless substance such as ragweed pollen?
- Antigen
- Microbe
- Allergen
- Autoimmune disease
- Virus
Show answerHide answer
Answer: C. Allergen
Refer to the passage above ↑
How do the cells in the immune system recognize an antigen as foreign or non-self?
- Through an allergic response
- Through blood type
- Through fine hairs protruding from the antigen surface
- Through characteristic shapes on the antigen surface
- Through neurons
Show answerHide answer
Answer: D. Through characteristic shapes on the antigen surface
Refer to the passage above ↑
Which of the following best expresses the main idea of this passage?
- An antigen is any substance that triggers an immune response
- The basic function of the antigen is to distinguish between self and non-self
- The immune system is the central system of human body
- The immune system often fails to recognize virus attacks
- The human body presents an opportune habitat for microbes
Show answerHide answer
Answer: B. The basic function of the antigen is to distinguish between self and non-self
Refer to the passage above ↑
Why would tissue transplanted from father to daughter have a greater risk of being detected as foreign than a tissue transplanted between identical twins?
- The age of the twins' tissue would be the same and, therefore, less likely to be rejected
- The identical twins tissue would carry the same self-markers and would therefore be less likely to be rejected
- The difference in the sex of the father and daughter would cause the tissue to be rejected by the daughter's immune system
- The twins' immune systems would remember the same encounters with childhood illnesses
- The twins would be raised in similar external environment
Show answerHide answer
Answer: B. The identical twins tissue would carry the same self-markers and would therefore be less likely to be rejected