Question

After a century of speculation, scientists confirmed in 2006 that bones buried in a Spanish church belong to Christopher Columbus. DNA samples taken from bone fragments confirm that at least some of the explorer’s remains were buried in Spain. Scientists compared the bones to remains known to be from Diego Columbus, Christopher’s brother. It was a perfect match. What is the main idea of the paragraph? Scientists studied DNA samples from Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had a brother. Christopher Columbus was an explorer. Christopher Columbus was buried in Spain.

Answer 1

Answer: D) Christopher Columbus was buried in Spain.

Explanation: The main idea of a text is the claim or statement that represents the subject of the text. In the given paragraph we can see a description of how scientist found and confirmed that the remains of Christopher Columbus were buried in a Spanish Church. So, from the given options, the one that better represents the main idea of the paragraph, is the corresponding to option D: Christopher Columbus was buried in Spain.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the last one: Christopher Columbus was buried in Spain.