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UPCAT Detail questions with answers

9 UPCAT detail practice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Drill this single topic instead of a whole subtest.

  • 4 easy
  • 4 medium
  • 1 hard
  1. 2According to the passage, how do most jeepney drivers relate to the vehicles they operate?
    Answer: A. They rent them daily and keep the fares left after a fixed payment.
    Reading Comprehension
  2. 6According to the passage, what gives a healthy reef its color?
    Answer: A. The zooxanthellae living in the coral's tissues
    Reading Comprehension
  3. 11What does Delia's mother bring to the terminal?
    Answer: D. Two bags of food, still warm
    Reading Comprehension
  4. 16According to the passage, trees reduce district temperature in two ways. One is by blocking radiation. What is the other?
    Answer: B. They release water that carries heat away as it evaporates.
    Reading Comprehension
  5. 17The passage reports that raising canopy cover from ten to thirty percent lowers peak afternoon temperature by roughly
    Answer: B. two to three degrees
    Reading Comprehension
  6. 22According to the passage, when does a village typically appear in the written archive?
    Answer: D. When it becomes a fiscal or legal matter requiring attention
    Reading Comprehension
  7. 26According to the passage, what happens in the hippocampus during deep sleep?
    Answer: C. It replays sequences from the day at accelerated speed.
    Reading Comprehension
  8. 29The passage says the sorting of memories during sleep favors material that
    Answer: D. the brain has reason to treat as important
    Reading Comprehension
  9. 32Batay sa teksto, bakit hindi kaagad nakarating ang tulong mula sa labas?
    Answer: C. Nabarahan ng mga nabuwal na puno ang tanging daan papasok.
    Reading Comprehension

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