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IELTS Reading Practice Test: Low-Cost Lamps Light Rural India
Practice your IELTS reading skills with this comprehensive 14-question test. Time limit: 20 minutes.
Reading Passage Content Summary
## Low-Cost Lamps Light Rural India Until three months ago, life in this humble village without electricity would come to a halt after sunset. Inside his mud-and-clay home, Ganpat Jadhav's three children used to study in the dim, smoky glow of a kerosene lamp, when their monthly fuel quota of four ...
Question Types Included
- multiple-choice (4 questions)
- sentence-completion (5 questions)
- true-false-not-given (5 questions)
Test Information
- Total Questions: 14
- Time Limit: 20 minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Format: IELTS Academic Reading
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–4
For each question, only ONE of the choices is correct.
Write the corresponding letter in the appropriate box on your answer sheet.
1. The GSBF lamps
2. More than half of India’s population uses
3. In India, the GSBF lamps are too expensive for most people
4. The GSBF lamps
Questions 5–9: Sentence Completion
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each gap.
Another example of cheap technology helping poor people in the countryside is . Kerosene lamps and conventional bulbs give off less than GSBF lamps. It is unlikely that the Indian government will achieve its aim of connecting 112,000 villages to electricity because many villages are . GSBF lamps would be cheaper if it weren’t for . Users need to wipe from the LED in order to keep it working well.
Questions 10–14
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
10 Ganpat Jadhav’s monthly ration of kerosene was insufficient.
11 Kerosene causes many fires in homes in developing countries.
12 LED systems could solve the world’s energy problems.
13 Chaddha has so far funded the GSBF lamp project himself.
14 Microcredit would help to get more people to use LED lamps.
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20 min
14 questions
Low-Cost Lamps Light Rural India
Reading Passage Content
This page contains IELTS reading practice materials with comprehensive questions and explanations.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–4
For each question, only ONE of the choices is correct.
Write the corresponding letter in the appropriate box on your answer sheet.
1. The GSBF lamps
2. More than half of India’s population uses
3. In India, the GSBF lamps are too expensive for most people
4. The GSBF lamps
Questions 5–9: Sentence Completion
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each gap.
Another example of cheap technology helping poor people in the countryside is . Kerosene lamps and conventional bulbs give off less than GSBF lamps. It is unlikely that the Indian government will achieve its aim of connecting 112,000 villages to electricity because many villages are . GSBF lamps would be cheaper if it weren’t for . Users need to wipe from the LED in order to keep it working well.
Questions 10–14
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
10 Ganpat Jadhav’s monthly ration of kerosene was insufficient.
11 Kerosene causes many fires in homes in developing countries.
12 LED systems could solve the world’s energy problems.
13 Chaddha has so far funded the GSBF lamp project himself.
14 Microcredit would help to get more people to use LED lamps.
Ready to Start?
Click to begin your 20-minute reading test
20 min
14 questions