1. Read the given passage carefully:
According to a legend, the world originated in the Garden of Eden, a place of pristine beauty
and nature’s bounty. Words such as pollution, disaster, poverty, population were unheard of.
Today, we see this pristine Eden being continually ravaged and destroyed.
The root cause of this destruction is that man has forgotten that he did not weave the web of
life and that he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does unto himself.
In the pursuit of industrial development and betterment of the standards of living, man has
shamefully and grossly neglected the fellow members of the biotic world and the
environment in general. A big chunk of responsibility for containing the plague driving our
presently polluted and populous planet towards crisis rests with industries and business.
Three major impacts that industries have had on the world are water contamination, air
pollution and deforestation. All these factors have brought about great ecological imbalance
which in turn is affecting crucial elements such as rainfall and climate and also challenging the
existence of certain plants and animals.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage complete the following sentences. Write
the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
1. The garden of Eden used to be a
_______________________________________________________
2. To develop the standards of living, man had ignored________________________________________________________
3. The word 'ravaged' means__________________________________________________________
4. The great ecological imbalance is caused by________________________________________
5. Biotic world's is challenged by________________________________________
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a. A place of pristine beauty.
b. the fellow members of biotic world and the environment in general.
c. Great damage to.
d. The impacts of industries that leads to water contamination, air pollution and deforestation.
e. Industries and business established by man.
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