Question

Building dams over rivers is like clotting the blood of nature and stopping its pulse beats. Scientists have proved that dams and embankments cause more floods and do more harm than good. Flooding is a boon of nature. It cleanses and renews river basins, expands feeding and breeding grounds of plants, fish, birds and wildlife, and spreads fresh layers of fertile silt from which we get bumper crops. Philip Williams, President of the International Rivers Network says, ' We are recognising the value of natural flood plains in slowing down flooding, improving water quality and assisting in protection of the ecosystem." Governments must not allow construction contractors who are largely responsible for man-made floods to plunder the timber wealth of forests.
Many countries, such as, Japan, the US, Germany and England have begun to pay more attention to waste reduction measures and plan to reduce global warming. The Japanese solution to environmental hazards is burning, burying, reducing and recycling waste products. Every Japanese community makes use of incinerators for garbage disposal. In the US, more than 2,000 garbage burning plants work day and night in addition to 125 large incinerators. Another Japanese solution is aqua culture which they have introduced in their industries to keep them clean An Italian chemical giant has manufactured a plastic substitute which reduces the greenhouse effect.
Now answer the following questions:


1. Building dams over rivers *

(a) create so many problems

(b) only clot the blood and stop the pulse of nature

(c) pollute rivers

(d) uproot many villages


2. The construction contractors are responsible for
a) destroying the environment
b) polluting rivers and forests
c) plundering forest wealth
d) Exploitation of the local residents


3. Waste reduction measures help in
a) stopping pollution
b) reducing plundering of forests
c) reducing global warming
d) reducing environmental degradation


4. Japanese solution which is aqua culture is used to clean the
a) industries
b) rivers
c) forests
d) incinerators


5. What does embankments mean
a) walls of cement made to keep water back
b) walls of metal made to keep water back
c) walls of stones made to keep water back
d) walls of bricks made to keep water back
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Answer 1

Answer:

5) c

4) b

3) d

2) a

1) b

Explanation:

these are the correct answer