Question

(i) Yamuna is gasping for breath because ________.

(a) there is no water in it

(b) it is polluted

(c) it is very narrow

(d) there is no air to breathe

(ii) Year 2014 will be lucky for Yamuna because __________.

(a) it will become wider

(b) it will flow smoothly

(c) it will become neat, clean and alive

(d) it will have more garbage

(iii) When Yamuna enters Delhi, it is _________.

(a) dirty

(b) clean

(c) wide

(d) narrow

(iv) The purpose of interceptor project is ________.

(a) to clean the river

(b) to reduce the pollution load in river

(c) to make the river dirty

(d) to reduce the sewage treatment

(v) Find the word from the passage which means the same as „making one feel

pity is ________.

(a) interceptor

(b) pathetic

(c) envisages

(d) effluents​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Yamuna is gasping for breath because it is polluted.

(ii) Year 2014 will be lucky for Yamuna because it will become neat, clean and alive.

(iii) When Yamuna enters Delhi, it is wide.

(iv) The purpose of interceptor project is to clean the river.

(v) Find the word from the passage which means the same as „making one feel pity is pathetic