Question

11) Read the given paragraph carefully and answer the questions in short:- 5 points
(Note each question carries 01 mark each)-------- Paragraph-
Once there were only a few million people living on Earth and
it took a thousand years for that number to double. There are now 3,800
million Earth dwellers and the number doubles about every thirty-five
years. Men have cleared away forests to make fields for growing
crops.They have moved mountains to make room for roads and cities.
They have built huge dams across rivers to turn valleys into lakes and have
built dykes to push back the sea and create more dry lands to live on.But
man could not see the ill effects of disturbing nature and the
consequences they will suffer in future. Questions:-
1) How many years did it take for the number of
people to double?---
-2)What were
the changes man made in nature ?------3)Find one pair of homophone
from the passage.----4)Why have man cleared away forests?--
--5) Give a suitable title to the paragraph.*​

Answer 1

1) thousand years it's take for

the number people to double.

2) the changes man made in nature are -

i) they have cleared the forests.

ii) they have built huge dams

across rivers .

iii) they have built dykesto push back the sea.

3)i don't know

4) man have cleared away forests to make fields for growing crops.

5) For man Earth is finished

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