Question

Q. 2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. (1x5=5)

Water is an invaluable gift of God on the earth. Earth is the only planet where life is possible. It is

because of oxygen and water. No one can survive without water. There is very little amount of

potable water on the earth. We cannot drink the water of oceans and seas. We should save water.

We should not waste it. We must preserve clean and potable water for our future generations. Rain

water harvesting is the need of the hour. Water is no less than nectar.

Questions:-

1. What is the opposite word of „invaluable‟?

(a) cheap (b) inexpensive

(c) valuable (d) immortal

2. What is the verb form of „wastage‟?

(a) waste (b) wasteful

(c) wasting (d) wasteness

3. Why shouldn‟t we waste water?

4. There is a lot of water on the earth. Why does everyone say that “Water conservation is the

need of the hour”?

5. What makes life possible on the earth?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) d) immortal

2) a) waste

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. Valuable (c)

2. Wasting (c)

3. We shouldn't waste water because if we waste the water available to us, the quantity of it will keep on depleting and there won't be enough water for our future generations to thrive.

4. It is said so because out of all the water present on Earth, only 1% of it is freshwater which can be directly consumed by us. Most of the freshwater are groundwater, inaccessible to humans or present in glaciers.

5. Water to drink and oxygen to breathe (or respire) supports life on earth.

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