Question

Q. 1. Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them: (Any Eight)
Modern food has become our enemy. We have become so slavish to taste and presentation that we eat
food for its entertainment value, not for its nutritional benefit. Even as health awareness is increasing, the
variety of junk and nutritionless food is also increasing. Each restaurant boasts of a new cuisine, which is a
mixture of refined flour, oil and sugar. Pasta, noodles, white rice, white bread and maida based products
like pizzas, burgers, naan and rumali roti are the main options in Italian, Chinese, Indian or Mexican
cuisines. The vegetarian dishes are either overcooked or have a lot of corn starch and fat. The nonvegetarian dishes are either white-sauce based or made in rich gravies.
People are trying to lose weight by eating less in the day, so that they can accommodate such foods in the
night. They skip breakfast and lunch so that they can satisfy their taste buds in the night with a family
dinner. Perfect health, however, cannot be achieved by a process of eating less and not eating. The idea is
to nourish the body. You might achieve some weight loss but you will also lose out on your health.
Therefore, whilst embarking upon any weight loss programme, remember that health is much more than
just weight loss, at the same time achieving ideal body weight in a healthy way does provide a basis for
achieving perfect health.
Our weight is a balancing act, but the equation is simple: If you eat more calories than you burn, you gain
weight. And if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight.
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All too often, we make weight loss much more difficult than it needs to be with extreme diets that leave us
cranky and starving, unhealthy lifestyle choices that undermine our dieting efforts, and emotional eating
habits that stop us before we get started. But there's a better way! You can lose weight without feeling
miserable. By making smart choices every day, you can develop new eating habits and preferences that will
leave you feeling satisfied-and winning the battle of the bulge.
Choose the correct alternatives: 4 – Marks
(a) We have become slave to modern food because of its _________.
(i) taste (ii) nutritional value (iii) presentation (iv) taste and presentation
(b) Restaurants use more _______ in their food.
(i) flour and oil (ii) sugar and oil
(iii) refined flour, oil and sugar (iv) refined flour and sugar
(c) I Perfect health can be achieved by ______.
(i) skipping breakfast (ii) eating less
(iii) not eating (iv) eating nutritious food in appropriate quantity
(d) We can win the battle of the bulge by ______.
(i) making smart food choices (ii) developing good eating habits
(iii) preferring nutritious food (iv) all of these
(e) The vegetarian dishes in the restaurants ______.
(i) are undercooked (ii) full of corn starch
(iii) are full of corn starch and fat (iv) none of these
(f) What is meant by ‘nourish’? (Para - 2)
(i) feed (ii) grow (iii) improve (iv) love
(g) What is meant by ‘undermine’? (Para - 5)
(i) better (ii) weaken (iii) underestimate (iv) improve
(h) Find the word opposite in meaning to ‘happy’. (Para - 5)
(i) unhealthy (ii) satisfied (iii) miserable (iv) cranky
(i) Find the word opposite in meaning to ‘neither’. (Para - 1)
(i) variety (ii) starch (iii) gravies (iv) either

Answer 1

Answer:

(a)

(iv) taste and presentation

(b)

(iii) refined flour, oil and sugar

(c)

(iv) eating nutritious food in appropriate quantity

(d)

(ii) developing good eating habits

(e)

(iii) are full of corn starch and fat