1. Read the following passage carefully : (8 Marks) We sat in silence in the dark of the night as the large head appeared from the large foliage. The female was young, healthy and alert. Seconds later, she walked confidently to the edge of a waterhole followed by not one, not two, but three -beautiful young cubs. Like works of art on display, all four tigers bent low at the waterhole that had been created for them and for the myriad creatures that shared their troubled kingdom. The Goshri tigers had come visiting and we watched them with rapt attention on our closed-circuit TV screens, in the conservation retreat of Harsh and Poonam Dhanwatey, a husband and wife team whose life had been dedicated to the protection of tigers in and around Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Their son Nikhil carefully positioned the cameras and cabled them 40 metres from their conservation retreat, near the waterhole that had turned into a magnet for every conceivable animal found in the Tiger Reserve itself. We were making preparations to set up one of the first Community Conservation Reserves in Central India. Originally into business, the Dhanwateys changed tracks midstream by shutting down a thriving interior design business in response to just one meeting they had with Dr. UllasKaranth and Valmik Thapar, two of India's finest tiger people, in Nagpur. In their own words: "From admirers of wildlife we became passionate defenders and we launched our non-governmental organization called Tiger Research and Conservation Trust (TRACT)." The Dhanwateys lived for years in a small but that was their field camp near the famous Tadoba Lake and they discovered the secrets of the forest in the best way possible, by walking its trails,and generally learning all they could about the magical mix of life that comprise this tropical, dry deciduous forest. 1.1 Based on your reading of the passage, complete the following sentences wit) appropriate words I phrases: (1x8=8 Marks) (a) The narrator and the others watched with rapt attention as the _________. (b) Harsh and Poonam Dhanwatey had dedicated their lives to the cause of _________. (c) Before taking up the cause of tigers the Dhanwateys were (d) The waterhole is referred to as a magnet because _______. (e) The narrator had gone to the Tiger Reserve to __________. (f) The meeting with Dr. UllasKaranth and Valmik Thapar changed the lives of__________ (g) The Dhanwateys discovered the secrets of the forest by________ (h) TRACT stands for ___________.
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The narrator and the others watched with rapt attention as The Goshri tigers came visiting. (b) Harsh and Poonam Dhanwatey had dedicated their lives to the cause of the protection of tigers in and around Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. (c) Before taking up the cause of tigers the Dhanwateys were (d) The waterhole is referred to as a magnet because it was created for them probably because of lack of sufficient water. (e) The narrator had gone to the Tiger Reserve to observe tigers with the Dhanwateys. (f) The meeting with Dr Ullas Karanth and Valmik Thapar changed the lives of the Dhanwateys (g) The Dhanwateys discovered the secrets of the forest by walking its trails, and generally learning all they could about the magical mix of life that comprise this tropical, dry deciduous forest.
(h) TRACT stands for Tiger Research and Conservation Trust.
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