I am not an environmentalist in the fashionable sense of the term. My generation had a
glimpse of an era when the resourceful use of resources was a creed. When we were in
school, we were taught to eke out our pencil stubs by fitting them into old fountain pen
holders. The eraser had to virtually become non-existent before it was replaced. On
instrument box saw us through school. Uniform were carefully let down or handed down to
younger siblings, as were textbooks. You did not have to be on the bread line to observe
financial stringency. It was not in good taste to flaunt wealth and the parents sincerely
believed that a little deprivation honed the spirit. (Para 1)
Our parents had their own tales of deprivation. They walked many miles to school, while we
were privileged to have buses, bicycles and even cars to ferry us to and fro. Our children in
turn need central air-conditioning, computers and microwaves to make life liveable. So do
we, now. But sometimes I worry that our minds will atrophy with all the software
programmes available to us today. We can safely stop thinking for months and years and
not even know it. (Para 2)
Our parents read no books on lateral thinking, but they were most innovative. Many years
ago, my sisters-in-laws and I mixed the batter for a fancy cake, full of fruits and nuts. But a
power cut rendered the oven impotent. Powerless, we abandoned the cake baking.
However, after two hours there came the mouth-watering aroma of freshly baked cake. My
mother-in-law was holding aloft beautiful specimen. She had put together a makeshift oven
with bricks and fuelled it with coconut shell and wood from the backyard, with the baking
tray sandwiched between hot sand and coconut shell embers to maintain an even
temperature. I find that I have become a part of a new consumer society that is choking on
its own glut where we know the price of everything but value nothing. (Para 3)
Answer the following on the basis of the passage you have read:
a. The incident about the cake shows that
(i) modern generation is immature.
(ii) modern generation is innovative.
(iii) older people are dependent on modern generation.
(iv) older people are more self-dependent than the modern generation.
b. The narrator calls our society a consumerist one because
(i) we properly use all the resources.
(ii) we know the price of everything but value nothing.
(iii) we know the importance of everything.
(iv) we are dependent on consumers.
c. Choose the suitable heading for the passage.
(i) Modern Consumerism
(ii) Ancient Consumerism
(iii) Use of Resources
(iv) Lack of Resources
d. Choose the option which lists the statements that are NOT TRUE according to the
passage:
(i) People of his generation used all the resources.
(ii) They passed on their uniforms, textbooks and other things to the younger siblings.
(iii) Older people were not self-dependent.
(iv) They wasted money only to show off.
(a) (i) & (iii) (b) (ii), (iii) & (iv) (c) (i), (ii) & (iii) (d) (iii) & (iv)
e. Which of the following is the synonym of ‘glut’?
(a) scarcity (b) dearth (c) excess (d) hope
f. Which of the following is NOT the synonym of ‘stringency’?
(a) severity
(b) gentility
(c) rigidity
(d) hardness
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Which of the following statement is not true ?
(a) All the land area available on the earth is not habitable.
(b) Due to over exploitation the volume of water has reduced over time.
(c) Distribution of natural resources depends upon factors like rainfall, landforms etc.
(d) Sustainable Development will help maintain ecological balance
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