Question

Q.I. Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option: 6x1= 6 Marks

In response to the increasing environmental damage wrought by poachers, authorities placed a ban on ivory in the 1980s. Although the ban resulted in an initial decrease in the sale and trade of illegal ivory and a concurrent increase in the elephant population, more pressing needs caused most Western nations to withdraw funding for poaching prevention programmes. Without significant financial support, poorer countries were unable to effectively combat poachers. The resulting explosion in the ivory trade has seen prices increase to nearly 10 times the $45 per pound price at the beginning of the decade.

Unfortunately, the countries with the worst poaching problems have also tended to be the ones least able to combat the problem due to unstable political systems, corruption, lack of comprehensive enforcement programs, or some combination of all these factors. One primary hindrance to better enforcement of the ivory ban came from an inability to definitively identify the country of origin of illegal ivory. Countries used this uncertainty to avoid responsibility for curbing illegal poaching in their territories by attempting to blame other countries for the oversights in enforcement.

Now, though, zoologists have perfected a new DNA identification system. First, scientists gathered genetic data from the population of African elephants, an arduous effort that ultimately resulted in a detailed DNA-based map of the distribution of African elephants. Then, the researchers developed a method to extract DNA evidence from ivory, allowing them to match the ivory with elephant population on the map. Zoologists hope this new method will pinpoint the exact origin of poached ivory and force countries to accept their responsibility in enforcing the ban.

Questions:
1. What was the initial outcome of the ban on ivory in 1980’s?
1 point
(a) Generate funding for poaching prevention programmes
(b) Unsuccessful in reducing the trade of illegal ivory.
(c) Decrease in the sale and trade of illegal ivory and increase in the elephant population
(d) None of the above
2. Why were the poorer countries unable to effectively combat poachers?
1 point
a) Because of the lack of financial support
b) Because of negligence towards illegal hunting
c) Lack of awareness amongst people
d) Increase in ivory prizes
3.The passage suggests which of the following about the DNA-based map created by zoologists?
1 point
(a) Its assemblage involved a great deal of work on the part of the researchers.
(b) It could pinpoint the exact origin of poached ivory .
(c) To extract DNA evidence from ivory & match the ivory with elephant population on the map
(d) All of the above
4. The passage is chiefly concerned with:
1 point
(a) advocating a course of action for countries with poaching problems
(b) exposing the weaknesses of the ivory ban
(c) pleading with Western countries to re-institute financing for the ivory ban
(d) detailing a way to overcome the problems that have lessened the effectiveness of the ivory ban
5. State whether the following sentence is True or False: (i)Authorities placed a ban on ivory in the 1980s.
1 point
a. True
b. False
6.Choose a word from the given options which is the synonym of the word ‘Hindrance’ used in the passage?
a) help
b) obstacle
c) advantage
d) promotion

Answer 1

answers

1. decrease in sale and trade of illegal ivory and increase in the elephant population

2.because of the lack of financial support

3.all the above

4.advocating a course of action for countries with pochaing problems

5.True

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

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