Question

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

1. The 7869-ft high sher-ka-Danda (Tiger’s Ridge), one of the seven hills that surround the lake-

town may come down roaring someday once again. It may result in catastrophe, thousand times

more in terms of magnitude and the resulting devastation than it had been in 1866, 1869, 1880,

1898 and 1924. An observation of the Civil Department of IIT Roorkee suggests this

apprehension.

2. Prof R Balagan is a veteran geologist from IIT-Roorkee. He attributes the cause of the recent

devastating erosion from the Varunavat hill in Uttarkashi is the random layout and alignment of

the road and unplanned construction on the face of the hill. He is as per a recently released report,

of the opinion that in Nainital too roads have a rather straighter elongation at the foot and face of

the referred hill. This increases the possibility of landslide.

3. Prof Balagan is a member of the team that is to study the vulnerability of the referred ridge. The

Study is being made on the request of the district administration. The professor states that

alarming signals like the appearance of fissures and crevices on the expanse of the hill and

seepage of water from the lower body of the rocks, which normally precede such a catastrophe

have been criss-crossing Sher – ka-Dhanda. Mounting pressure on such hills, consequent on rapid

construction is further increased when the surface runoff seeps into these fissures and exerts

‘pore-pressure’ All this, says the expert, has been happening in Nainital since long.

4. Drifting of a stretch of Mall Road along the shoreline of the lake is perceptible to anyone and the

tale of this drift is conspicuous enough at Saint Loo Ridge in Sher-ka-Danda, 2000 ft above the

Shoreline.

5. Geologists from the Kumaon University carrying out field researches in the region say that

several cracks on the ridge are advancing from North to South. Their expanse may be seen right

from compartment no.7, close to the ropeway system on the very ride, to the Alukhet village on

the outskirts of the town. For masses, the State Government and the district administration seem

to have turned a blind eye towards this imminent danger.

Answer the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read. (1x 8 = 8)

(i) The Study of the vulnerability of the referred ridge is being made on the request of

a) District Administration

b) Kumaon University

c) IIT Roorkee

d) Prof R Balagan(ii) Several cracks on the ridge are advancing

(a) from North to West

(b) from North to South

(c) from North to East

(d) None of these

(iii) The expanse of the cracks can be seen from …………..

(a) Aluket village

(b) Nainital

(c) compartment no. 7

(d) outskirts of Alukhet village

(iv) ……………… is 2000 ft above the shoreline.

(a) Mall Road

(b) Saint Loo Bridge

(c) Sher-ka-Danda

(d) Kumaon University

(v) The Tiger's ridge, surrounding the laketown is situated at the height of …………..

(a) 9585 feet (b) 6789 feet

(c) 7869 feet (d) 8225 feet

(vi) Some alarming signals of future catastrophe in Kumaon hills are …………..

(A) appearance of fissures and crevices

(B)seepage of water from lower rocks

(C) widening of roads

(D)more traffic on the roads

(a) A and C (b) C and D

(c) A and B (d) B and C

(vii) Mounting pressure on hills in Kumaon is result of …………………

(viii) The State Government and District Administration according to the general public have turned a blind

eye towards this danger. (True/False)​

Answer 1

Answer:

true......

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

1) Prof R Balagan

3) Compartment no.7

4) Sher ka danda

5) 7869 feet

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