Question

Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. [5 Mark]
The river flows on but sluggishly. Its surface is calm and smooth. It turns a bend at a clump of bamboo,
gently passes a grove of coconut, and now drifts along with scarcely a murmur. It is wide, too.
A white flock of river tern appears. The terns energetically flap their pointed wings but mill around in an
effort to go slow with the flow. They swoop and pick off the surface of the river small silvery fish, floating
strangely immobile on their side. It is easy work, for the fish are already dead. Dozens of dead fish follow,
sprinkled and sparkling on the river, killed by poison or by the shock of a dynamite blast upriver. Some
feed the terns, others drift here and there and below the culverts and into the nearby fields.
The waters had travelled far to get here. The forests pump hundreds of thousands of litres of water into
the air, and the air returns some of it, falling as rain, condensing as dew. Some of this water flows
overland, much sinks in, sponged by the leaf litter and soil. Below the surface, the water travels through
pipes and aquifers far and wide, recharging ground waters, emerging as springs, and draining into
streams feeding the wide river.
The clear waters from the forest join other waters; waters deadened by passage through dams and
reservoirs, through stagnant pools and ponds with hyacinth and algae. Waters carrying earth from
grooves and exposed soils under alien plantations of acacia and eucalyptus and from forests whose
litter–blankets are harvested to enrich the nearby fields with nutriment. Waters course in with the wastes
of villages, towns, and cities, the effluents of factories and the oil and fuel spilled from lorries washed on
the banks.
The story of the river seems so familiar. The river gives us water for irrigation, drinking, washing, bathing,
navigation, and power. It provides us fish and fertile plains, reeds and recreation. But, does the river really
give to us all this or do we just take it? And what do we give back, if anything?
1.What is the course that a river takes?
(a) River flows rapidly, bends here and there, passes across trees and groves and then widens on to the
plains.
(b) River flows slowly, bends here and there, passes across trees and groves and then widens on to the
plains.
(c) River flows agilely, bends here and there, passes across trees and groves and then widens on to the
plains.
(d) River flows slowly, bends here and there, passes across trees and groves and then narrows on to the
plains.
2. What is strange about the food which the terns catch?
(a) The fish are already dead (b) The fish are small and silvery in quality
(c) The manner in which they swoop and pick up the fish (d) The fish are strangely immobile
3. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given
quotes:
1. Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.-
Jacques Yves Cousteau
2. Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and rivers die.--Gil Scott-Heron
3. Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. - Minna Antrim
4. A river is more than an amenity; it is a treasure. It carries life. It nurtures and nourishes. It’s
our duty to conserve them.-Oliver Wendell Holmes
(a) Option-1
(b) Option-2
(c) Option-3
(d) Option-4

4. Choose the option that lists the statement that is NOT TRUE:
(a) Small river fish are killed by toxins or by the shock of an explosion.
(b) The forests contribute in a big way to enlarge a river.
(c) Humans disregard river waters and exploit it excessively.
(d) When the river water flows overland, it restores ground waters.
5. In para 4, the synonym of ‘sewage’ is :
(a) effluents (b) hyacinth (c) stagnant (d) litter-blankets
{Please take your time and give correct answer}

Answer 1

Answer:

1. B
2. B
3. a
4. a
5. that are right ans hope help you